Official Civ4 S&T Off-Topic Thread

[Spirictum]

Wow guys that sucks. Here in Brazil there is the mandatory military service, but there are more people wanting to join then they can support, so I was dispensed in the first test, which I purposedly did without my glasses because it was sight test . Then the guy asked me if I was interested in serving to which I said no, and then he dispensed me.

The last tale of military moving orders in my family is about my grandfather. My grandmother had to stay in Rio while my grandfather had to move to the South of Brazil. Although that sucked, it was actually great because that meant he didn't need to go to WWII. He was assigned border patrol duty instead of going to liberate Italy.

After the troubles of war he was still in the army but never had to move again. He was an engineer in the army, I think that's a good excuse to not need to move from place to place. He had to give classes in the Military Institute of Engineering, which is located in Rio, so that probably forced the army to keep him here.

I have no idea what my Grandfather was when he retired, but he became a Colonel upon retiring (I have no idea if that's a clue to what he was before retiring).

 

[GreekAnalyzer]

Yeah I can imagine. We actually were talking about it. My parents and older brother lived on a base before I was born and didn't really like it. I don't think I've ever lived on base. What position is your parent?

Lieutenant Colonel.

@Spirictum Glasses master race

 

[CaterpillarKing]

That's really interesting Spirictum. Your grandfather may have been one of the people Brazil's Civ V UU is based on

That's pretty impressive Greek, well I wish your family all the best.

 

[TheNoob]

Glasses master race

 

[Noyyau]

@Spirictum Glasses master race

Glasses master race

 

[CaterpillarKing]

Here I am with like 12/20 vision.

 

[baseballpie]

I've always had great vision, but it concerns me when I can't tell what my algebra teacher is writing on the board from the back of the classroom.

 

[CaterpillarKing]

Perhaps it's degraded somewhat. I know people that had great vision a year or two ago and need glasses now.

 

[baseballpie]

I can usually make it out if I squint. Plus, it helps when the new teacher actually writes not only legibly, but also in large font.

 

[CaterpillarKing]

It would be good to at least have your eyes checked out. If you let it go on it can make your eyes even worse and can give you headaches and can impede learning and other functions.

 

[Royal Tenenbaum]

I think my eyesight is 120/20

 

[CaterpillarKing]

I may have said that wrong. Is it how you see things first or others? What I meant was I have really good vision.

 

[mrrandomplayer]

My Dad and grandfather were both in the army, but neither served during a war. I do recall my dad telling me a funny story about the Italian army marking him down as eligible for conscription (he's a dual citizen) and he had to get a lot of paperwork filled out thorough a lot of bureaucracy to get deferred. With regards to distance my eyesight is roughly normal but I have a horrible astigmatism.

 

[Civ'ed]

I'm technically in the army...

 

[CaterpillarKing]

How are you technically in the army?

 

[trexeric]

My great grandfather served in World War One, and my great great great grandfather served in the American Civil War (fought in Gettysburg), but other than that no other stuff.

 

[CaterpillarKing]

My dad's dad parajumped into the town my mom's mom lived in at the time in Germany in World War II

 

[Civ'ed]

How are you technically in the army?

The Ministry of Defence sends everyone a letter in the year they turn 17, which states that you're in the database, and will be conscripted in wartime.
Basically, "you're a conscript but not"

 

[CaterpillarKing]

I think most countries do that. America does that. So you're not technically in the army

 

[clanky4]

Selective Service. You don't sign up you get a go to jail free card.