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bnix
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Are you hiding,johnslat???  |
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Linda L.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 12:15 am Post subject: |
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| He went into seclusion exactly one week after he sent me a PM boasting that he would have Dave ban me within one week. |
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PanamaTeacher
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Location: Panama
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 12:29 am Post subject: |
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Bnix--this forum should be limited to "integer vitae scelerisque purus."
It is not, so we must suffer.  |
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Micro67
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Location: HCMC, Vietnam
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 4:42 am Post subject: Former Marine and RPCV |
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| I am a former Marine who served in Operation Oil Grab I, which helped pay for my education. I am also a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, having served two years in the great state of Chuuk in the Federated States of Micronesia. Waiooooo! |
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Linda L.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 5:52 am Post subject: |
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Here - here, all vote for this forum to be the exclusive turf of the macho men! Yeah!
Bash women but just let a woman say something bad about a man and well, we just can not have any of that now can we.
Military service is something we all owe a debt of gratitude for and also for peace corps. Get a piece of one of those bare breasted Yapeese women? |
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misterkodak
Joined: 04 Apr 2003
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Location: Neither Here Nor There
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 12:24 pm Post subject: military and esl? |
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Micro: I thought being prior-service disqualified one for peace corps service? Something about security clearances and such. Maybe I'm confused here... at least thats what the brochures I got 6 years ago said.
I think my 4 years in the US Air Force (902.. medical services 1990-94) prepared me for ESL... the head cases I had to work with , weird work hours, bizarre living conditions etc. "Don't sweat the small stuff.. What small stuff? It's ALL small stuff".
During a trip home for Christmas 2001, I allowed myself to be coerced into joining the Army and going to basic (Ft. Knox 1 ATB) again at age 30.(I know.. what was I thinking?!) A broken foot,refractured leg (I still graduated much to the chagrin of my drills), Med 200 and 6 months later, I'm back in ESL. Aaah, I didn't do 4 years in the AF, a BA and 4 years teaching ESL in Turkey to become a glorified gaspumper for helicopters anyways.. |
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PanamaTeacher
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| Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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| the modern military has women serving as well as men |
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Micro67
Joined: 29 May 2003
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Location: HCMC, Vietnam
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2003 6:36 am Post subject: Re: military and esl? |
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| misterkodak wrote: |
Micro: I thought being prior-service disqualified one for peace corps service? Something about security clearances and such. Maybe I'm confused here... at least thats what the brochures I got 6 years ago said.
I think my 4 years in the US Air Force (902.. medical services 1990-94) prepared me for ESL... the head cases I had to work with , weird work hours, bizarre living conditions etc. "Don't sweat the small stuff.. What small stuff? It's ALL small stuff".
During a trip home for Christmas 2001, I allowed myself to be coerced into joining the Army and going to basic (Ft. Knox 1 ATB) again at age 30.(I know.. what was I thinking?!) A broken foot,refractured leg (I still graduated much to the chagrin of my drills), Med 200 and 6 months later, I'm back in ESL. Aaah, I didn't do 4 years in the AF, a BA and 4 years teaching ESL in Turkey to become a glorified gaspumper for helicopters anyways.. |
Prior military service does not disqualify anyone from service in the Peace Corps. Any affiliation with intelligence duties would be a problem and prior military will be grilled about this. Oddly, there seemed to be no real concern that I was involved with military intelligence. I know ... I couldn't believe it either.
Also, there are some opportunities to double dip. I served in an the Federated States of Micronesia which has about 60 voluteers at any given time and came into contact with at least 3 others with military experience of one sort or another. |
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Micro67
Joined: 29 May 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2003 6:43 am Post subject: Yep |
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| Linda L. wrote: |
| Get a piece of one of those bare breasted Yapeese women? |
Sadly, I never made it to Yap. I did my pre-service training in Kosrae then went to Chuuk. Over my time in I went to Pohnpei a couple of times and, of course, Guam. I had intended to make a tour after my time was done and go to Yap and Palau, but comming to Asia via Manila was just too cheap to pass up. |
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Lucy Snow
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Linda L wrote:
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I use johns for only one reason.
John's used me for only one reason. |
Geez, Linda, is there a thread on this board where you don't bring that up sooner or later? |
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