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Post by mryelm on Jan 9, 2020 17:04:39 GMT
I know everyone does not have the desire or time to read a lot of stuff. with that in mind I created an abbreviated way to 'participate' in the thread. The only necessary reading is in white font. Extra details/info are in blue font!
I recently asked SwampRat about his screen name which got me thinking about the rest of the members avatars and names! Of course some of us are reluctant to share any personal information and I understand that as well. For other braver members please do tell why you chose your avatar and screen name. Additionally elaborate how careful UR posting info including photos' etc. Soooo' anyone want to share?
I will go first by saying I am very, very, way careful about posting any personal info online. I use simple techniques to combat phishing ID thieves, spam and other malicious even criminal nuances. When personal info is posted it's purposely not particularly accurate, that includes photos. Most times light photo shopping and other processes are enough. Oh the above includes pets!
So I guess I am little paranoid (but not schizo, I hope!) concerning sharing info. I call it 'healthy paranoia' (lol). But being suspicious when posting personal info or even general information that could be used maliciously is ingrained in my DNA. Why? several reasons! ( I lay down on the psychiatrists couch) Well, Doc let me tell you... my last MOS* was a low level PsyOps flunkie in the army, AKA REMF by the grunts**. I had a very low security clearance and was a E-4 pay grade/rank***, still even way back then the abilities of Army PsyOps was so scary! I did no James bond stuff but was privy to gossip and some info because I worked on AG row****. Sorry for going off on a tangent I was just expressing why I am so careful online etc.
* MOS definition; That means what job one holds in the military, it's an abbreviation for military occupational specialty (MOS) represented by a code. Example PsyOps is 37F as of 2020. Way back when I was active it was 9305.
** Grunts.....infantry solider. REMF...a derogatory tag grunts gave clerks including PsyOps guys anyone that worked in an office. I meant Rear Echelon M***** F*****.
*** E-4 Is a Sgt, sergeant, an noncommissioned officer.
**** AG Row.....Adjutant-General. Row is the road where law and civil affairs offices are located in an information hub.
Ok, what is a YELM? I want to define what Yelm is since it can mean a few things, and there are a couple I don't want to be associated with! Short answer; the seething hot plasma in space of the early universe, mostly a hot 'soup' of subatomic particles.
Ok Yelm from the web i.e. Wiki ; ..... ylem(Noun)….In the Big Bang theory, the hot and dense plasma of which the cosmos consisted at the time of recombination in an early stage of its expansion and cooling, when the first atoms formed and photons decoupled, the source of the cosmic background radiation. Origin: Resuscitation of , one of several variants for the hyle, a transliteration of Aristotle’s concept of “(fundamental) matter”, in ὕλη or πρώτη ὕλη (“fundamental matter”).
My Avatar; Its an modified photo, an alien because I desperately hope they are out there or even better here! I love to speculate about ET and do thought experiments. UFO's SETI goes well with my second most favorite hobby which is (very) amateur astronomy/cosmology.
The avatar started out as a public domain royalty-free black and white full body photo. I do a little photoshop art as a hobby so I decided to make it an original by some light manipulation. After I beheaded him by a cut and paste it was time to 'paint' with the airbrush & to clone and line with other tools. Text tools added the 666 and another C&P/size adjustment applied the barcode in the eye. More color was added by the 'adjustments app'.. Actually it was a quickie low quality illustration, so I am working on a new one.
ANYONE STILL AWAKE? Anyone here??? MrSoup has left the universe BBS.....
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Post by swamprat on Jan 9, 2020 17:20:37 GMT
My mos in the Marine Corps was Supply Sergeant and I was not privy to any unusual or classified info.
NOTE: For those of you with a blue background on your Casebook pages, you can read mryelm's blue print by highlighting it with your cursor, which will turn it white.....
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Post by mryelm on Jan 9, 2020 17:31:46 GMT
Thanks for the heads up info swamprat! I saw the freaky blue font and tried to hurry and change it but you beat me to it! A jar head huh? ha ha…! ! I have to admit Marines are a tough bunch. Hey, do you know what a puking buzzard is? Me!
Thanks for your service mr Swamprat! A brother in green, a mean green fighting machine! Everbody loved supply sgts when I was in!
That said I will X-plain about the change... I was editing while you were posting! But I guess that was obvious eh...? |
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Post by mryelm on Jan 9, 2020 17:40:24 GMT
A puking buzzard; 
I was 101st but not a ranger and saw no real combat. God bless our soldiers!!
ADDDED.EDIT @ 2:30 est Thrus. ; I don't know your active service date but Marines called us (101st) puking buzzards when they wanted a bar fight. Sounds funny now but when I was in that insult was like calling a female the c word!....instant on! |
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Post by swamprat on Jan 9, 2020 20:41:50 GMT
I was in from '64 to '70. We were on 24 hour standby to go to Nam for awhile but never went.
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Post by SysConfig on Jan 10, 2020 17:31:49 GMT
I thought Yelms avatar was from Open Minds a once popular micro site that mysteriously disappeared suddenly..like Atlantis.. Bren was a member and admin..and military but he was brit..actuallly quite a few ex military were members at OM.. come to think about it ..a significant number of ufo boffins in ufology are current or former military. .isn't that strange? we have some political refugees here who were members at OM too ..or just escaped on a raft..  Were you a member too? |
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Post by swamprat on Jan 10, 2020 17:34:25 GMT
"Were you a member too?"
Yep!
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Post by SysConfig on Jan 10, 2020 18:09:12 GMT
"Were you a member too?"
Yep! See Yelm? You are right at home..almost..so come on out you little rascal..and tell us who you were..  |
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Post by SysConfig on Jan 10, 2020 18:48:59 GMT
ANYONE STILL AWAKE? Anyone here??? MrSoup has left the universe BBS.....Dang So Soon?  oh well..don't stay a stranger
Be Seeing you in Time
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Post by HAL on Jan 10, 2020 19:19:54 GMT
maybe a short explanation ?
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Post by mryelm on Jan 11, 2020 21:30:40 GMT
I was in from '64 to '70. We were on 24 hour standby to go to Nam for awhile but never went. Scary huh? I mean the standby. I had my first alert/standby just after basic (@ Fort Knox, KY) in AIT (@ Fort Campbell KY). I don't know if army and marines have the same training names, AIT is Advanced Individual Training. It was about midnight we were in the barracks when we heard a lot choppers coming in, then the announcement to get our stuff ready, I didn't think AIT guys were qualified to go until we finished school ~ but something happened and we didn't have to go. |
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Post by mryelm on Jan 11, 2020 21:36:05 GMT
I thought Yelms avatar was from Open Minds a once popular micro site that mysteriously disappeared suddenly..like Atlantis.. Bren was a member and admin..and military but he was brit..actuallly quite a few ex military were members at OM.. come to think about it ..a significant number of ufo boffins in ufology are current or former military. .isn't that strange? we have some political refugees here who were members at OM too ..or just escaped on a raft.. Were you a member too?
Ha ha (laughing darkly) … The original photo was on line from bing photos (I think). It was a black and white and it was tiny around 200x 160. Open Minds ? Hmmmm…..!~
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Post by mryelm on Jan 11, 2020 21:56:36 GMT
"Were you a member too?"
Yep! See Yelm? You are right at home..almost..so come on out you little rascal..and tell us who you were.. NEVER! Never, never, never! Can't ever come in! Haven't you watched enemy of the state? Or the just as good or even better, Conspiracy Theory? Or Day of the Condor (old but very good!) or...well there's so many good ones. This being a UFO site I should of listed Contact (w/Jodie) first, one more favorite movie but it's not a spy or conspiracy flk, but it's, I hope, an ET movie, and it is kind of Obscure , the name of it is 'KPax'...Hmmm all my fav movies are so old!
So back to open minds...the name sounds familiar... and all of you were/are member's?
I've found a forever home! (If I am worthy..)
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Post by mryelm on Jan 11, 2020 22:12:53 GMT
Well, two out of four isn't too bad? (below)
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Post by SysConfig on Jan 12, 2020 1:54:50 GMT
See Yelm? You are right at home..almost..so come on out you little rascal..and tell us who you were.. NEVER! Never, never, never! Can't ever come in! Haven't you watched enemy of the state? Or the just as good or even better, Conspiracy Theory? Or Day of the Condor (old but very good!) or...well there's so many good ones. This being a UFO site I should of listed Contact (w/Jodie) first, one more favorite movie but it's not a spy or conspiracy flk, but it's, I hope, an ET movie, and it is kind of Obscure , the name of it is 'KPax'...Hmmm all my fav movies are so old!
So back to open minds...the name sounds familiar... and all of you were/are member's?
I've found a forever home! (If I am worthy..)
Some are members of sites that were pioneers on the net like Thoth..UCB is a creme dela creme (is that a word?) of best minds representing decades and decades of very hard work..OMs tenure..was an almost promising ---albeit--- a very brief one on the world stage..Sayyyyy...I'ts an eerie coincidence (wink wink) that your avatar img info..has the following letters vLSmdkuOMYMPNeEvIqTc.jpg Open Minds Lev ..etc..Lev was one of the most creative ..Like yourself he is an artist too..I was talking to a dear friend about him..He ejoyed the satanic-ufo connection..which you allude to in your avatar..He is certainly missed..He predicted in 2023 the gates would close..he may well have been right.. I'm thinking of doing an an aesthetics thread on the drone again..you are welcome to add your artwork ..it doesn't have to be serious stuff..and as for worthy you are more valuable than you think..and provide just the right kick in the pants..so to speak
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Were you a member too? 
