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vl100butch
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | Ridgeland, MS |
| Biography: | LSU 1975 |
| Interests: | |
| Occupation: | Totally retired. |
| Number of Posts: | 37241 |
| Registered on: | 9/10/2005 |
| Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: GMT
Posted by vl100butch on 7/17/26 at 9:41 am to Deep Purple Haze
Morning all…well we made it to Friday!!!!!!
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how long should a fire stick 4 max last?
Posted by vl100butch on 7/16/26 at 3:11 pm
starting to have trouble with the two fire stick 4 maxs we have downstairs...had them for around two years or so.
should I look into replacing them?
should I look into replacing them?
re: GMT: Army slacking edition
Posted by vl100butch on 7/16/26 at 6:30 am to Bama and Beer
Morning all :gmt:
re: Count of hands of those that served their country
Posted by vl100butch on 7/15/26 at 8:41 pm to armytiger96
1970-2007 E-1 to O-6...everything except AGR and Inactive National Guard!
Jack Smith, does anyone else think...
Posted by vl100butch on 7/15/26 at 5:39 pm
That he looks like Rasputin on Ozempic with a decent haircut?
re: 442nd American Infantry Regiment (Japanese-Americans).
Posted by vl100butch on 7/15/26 at 5:36 pm to upgrayedd
You know we have an LSU football player who was in the 442?
And from Eunice of all places!
And from Eunice of all places!
re: GMT
Posted by vl100butch on 7/15/26 at 10:58 am to LSU Coyote
morning all :gmt:
morning errands run and recycle bin off the street...
morning errands run and recycle bin off the street...
re: GMT
Posted by vl100butch on 7/14/26 at 7:33 am to Papa Tigah
Morning all :gmt:
re: 40% of all living veterans are on disability benefits
Posted by vl100butch on 7/13/26 at 4:55 pm to TheOtherWhiteMeat
quote:
55 years old is when they, typically, stop having the vet retest for certain things. They use 55 as the age that any condition you have will not be expected to get any better.
I'd also like to point out that any VA rating you have may not be for your lifetime. You can be 100% and not get it for life. The P&T designation is what is generally lifetime, and not all 100% has the P&T designation. But even the P&T can be challenged if they have evidence your condition has improved, although that is a very rare challenge. P&T means permanent and total, for those that don't know. If you're P&T there's usually a damn good reason.
I was 73 when I got my P&T, 55 when I got my first ratings.
re: Looks Like Linda's unqualified sister has been picked to carry on his anti-American policy
Posted by vl100butch on 7/13/26 at 2:30 pm to cajunangelle
Good grief, y'all are probably too young to remember fast Eddie appointing his wife to fill the Senate seat after Allen Ellender's death. She held it for a similar period of time.
re: 40% of all living veterans are on disability benefits
Posted by vl100butch on 7/13/26 at 2:11 pm to jizzle6609
quote:
So you didn’t make 20?
Everyone I know in this range has had knee replacements and hips. Yall are savages.
I have 20 years and 5 months active duty and am credited another 3 years on my retirement from inactive duty points. Those 3 years come from another 15 years as a drilling reservist. (for pay purposes over 35 years) Will eventually have to have some sort of knee surgery and probably some more work on my feet.
re: 40% of all living veterans are on disability benefits
Posted by vl100butch on 7/13/26 at 12:18 pm to ThoUpOrange
quote:
I do know a veteran who gets full disability benefits for sleep apnea.
I don't know what degree of benefits he gets, but I know a guy who gets them for sleep paralysis.
Sleep apnea is around a 30% rating.
I have an uncle who was wounded during the breakout from the Pusan perimeter in 1950 or 51. He left the Army in 1954 and with help from the Jefferson Parish VA assistance officer, filed and has been getting something in the range of 10 or 20% disability for the last 70 years.
As for me, I'm at 100% and it took me over 18 years after my retirement at age 55 to get there. If I had stayed on active duty and gone straight on to my 20 years at age 42, I probably wouldn't have much of anything.
When I got my retirement physical in 2007, the doctor's summary was simple, "COL Butch, you are no longer medically qualified for military service." That sentence sent me to the VA and started the process.
re: GMT
Posted by vl100butch on 7/13/26 at 4:38 am to kywildcatfanone
Morning all :gmt:
re: GLAAD is sad fewer movies feature trannies & assorted alphabet people
Posted by vl100butch on 7/12/26 at 11:28 am to uggabugga
Ever think that non alphabet people are tired of seeing them on screen.
re: Lindsey Graham Dead
Posted by vl100butch on 7/12/26 at 7:54 am to Diamondawg
I’m surprised to hear of his death, but the recent pictures I’ve seen of him looked like he aged all of a sudden and didn’t look well to me.
Like others here, a solid conservative replacement would be welcome.
Like others here, a solid conservative replacement would be welcome.
re: Good Morning Thread
Posted by vl100butch on 7/12/26 at 7:34 am to Hangit
Morning all ;gmt:
re: The train came & then so did Francis
Posted by vl100butch on 7/11/26 at 9:58 am to Hangover Haven
My great grandfather broke 745 in…I asked him about it when he was in his 90’s and he said he was chosen because he had experience with superheated steam.
re: Some LSU history you may not have seen
Posted by vl100butch on 7/11/26 at 9:55 am to HurricaneCamille
What else isn’t well known is that Sherman was Commanding General of the US Army when the title for the Baton Rouge Barracks (old LSU campus) was given to LSU…not to the state.
re: GMT
Posted by vl100butch on 7/11/26 at 9:51 am to Lithium
Morning again all…quiet morning on the gmt
re: The train came & then so did Francis
Posted by vl100butch on 7/11/26 at 5:25 am to Hangover Haven
Yes it’s the same engine, UP 4014 that was out on the Fly.
re: GMT
Posted by vl100butch on 7/11/26 at 5:23 am to SallysHuman
Morning all :gmt:
Safe travels Army!
Safe travels Army!
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