Remember to check your fluids even if you just got your vehicle back from the repairshop. Somehow made it halfway back to school with no coolant literally.. and yes your temperature gauge CAN go beyond the red zone and even the H with the thick dash line

If not due to 9/11, my last 6 years would have been as a regular student and where would I be now?

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Ocular Penetration Restriction of 2007

blah it’s *the onion* thanks Calliope_Verona

So while driving to school the day before school starts, my alternator belt decided to snap off.
Sadly that meant no more cooling the engine and loss of power steering.

Fortunately I was driving straight and managed to pull over to the shoulder before my engine blew up.
Got to school at midnight…. and I left at 7pm-ish. Sigh.

At least I’m in one piece.

In the end, I managed to drive it off the exit and thr’ some miracle there was a Goodyear mechanic shop there.
That saved me the price of towing and more time.
Does cost me about $400 already and I haven’t even brought a textbook yet…

Thanks to livescience.com

Gotta love it when the VA makes an appointment for you without notifying you about it, until a week before by mail.

The real kicker is when I asked for the next available date and she tells me she’ll reschedule and I’ll find out by mail. What kind of crap is this?

http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL19821905.html

Stars and Stripes | Leo Shane III | July 12, 2007

Senate Rejects One-for-One Dwell-Time Proposal by Four Votes

WASHINGTON � The Senate on Wednesday rejected a proposal to guarantee all troops a month home for every month they are deployed into a combat zone.

The Senate fell four votes short of the 60 needed to end debate on
the topic, preventing Democratic leaders in the chamber from bringing
the issue up for a full vote and effectively forcing them to drop it.

Earlier in the day, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid,
D-Nev., called the proposal �critical for the strength of our military
and the well-being of our troops� and chastised Republicans for
blocking the amendment.

The one-for-one proposal was introduced last week by Sen. Jim Webb,
D-Va., as a way to ease the burden of deployments on troops and their
families. Proponents said the measure would help preserve troop morale
and health, while opponents said it unfairly restricted military
planners.

Earlier this year, Defense Secretary Robert Gates introduced a new
dwell-time policy requiring that units spend a minimum of 12 months
home after 15-month deployments overseas.

Currently, the Army is using that 15-12 ratio, while Marine Corps
unit deployments are typically seven months at home after seven months
downrange.

The dwell-time proposal was part of the Senate�s debate over the $649 billion 2008 defense authorization bill, which sets military funding priorities and limits for next year.

The House passed its version of the bill in the spring. The Senate
is expected to approve its draft by the end of the week and begin
deliberations with the House on a compromise measure.

http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,142121,00.html?ESRC=army-a.nl

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They want us home but they don’t want us to get time off….  yea , they got our best interests in mind.

Quote of the prior day from my friend:

“I have to go home early to quickly download 200 photos”