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Nous n’avons pas seulement des armes. Mais le diable marche avec nous.

Stars Go Forth

: len tak si kratim chvilu prezeranim katalogu military veci :-)

narazil som na tuto nasivku a spomenul som si na zahadu, ktoru som dodnes nevyriesil.

Tato nasivka je totiz cela zle.

Pred sebou vidite klasicku americku vlajku. Cierna je preto, lebo v boji by jasna cervena a modra prilis ziarili, aj napriklad Kanadania maju svoje vlajky na bojovych uniformach cierne a zelene.

Americka vlajka ma hviezdicky v lavej hornej casti, pri zrdi, to vie kazdy, hej?

Teraz si predstavte, ze mate tuto nasivku na rukave pravej ruky, na pleci.

Hviezdy su stale vlavo hore (blizsie k chrbatu), pruhy vpravo, blizsie k hrudi.


Tolko nasivka z armyshopu.


Skutocne cierne vlajkove nasivky US Army ale maju hviezdy vpravo hore, blizsie k hrudi a pruhy smeruju dozadu.

Ked som sa v Afganistane snazil zistit, preco to tak je, nikto mi nevedel odpovedat.

Najblizsie k vysvetleniu som sa dostal u jedneho Navy (sic!) dostojnika, ktory sa zamyslel a povedal: Stars go forth.

A to je vsetko.

Moja teoria je, ze ked sa niekto pozera na cloveka zpredu, uvidi hviezdy aj pruhy. Ak by bola vlajka normalne, videl by len pruhy a to by mohlo byt zmatocne. Ale ci to je naozaj tak, to netusim.

Nejake napady?


PS. Uz som na to prisiel :-) Je to easy as that:

The different orientation is mandated because Army regulations call for the flag “to be worn so that to observers, it looks as if the flag is flying against a breeze.”

What does a stiff wind have to do with this custom? The rule is a nod to the U.S. Army’s early history, when wars were fought as a series of carefully choreographed battles, with two armies meeting on a field, clashing head-on until one side emerged victorious. In those battles, infantry and mounted cavalry units
would always designate one soldier as “standard bearer” to carry the colors into the fight. As the standard bearer charged, his rapid forward movement would cause the flag to stream back. And since the Stars and Stripes is mounted with the canton next to the pole, that section would always be forward.


So if a soldier were charging into battle, the flag would give the appearance of forward motion. When worn on the right shoulder, the flag only appears to be backwards. And that’s why soldiers wear the flag patches on the right shoulder backwards. Because retreat in battle, as any soldier will tell you, is not the Army way.


(z wood.army.mil)

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Stroj casu

Nedavno sa mi ozval spoluziak zo zakladnej skoly. Paneboze. Niekde (viem kde) vystrachal moju pracovnu mailovu adresu a ze ci sa nejdeme stretnut.

Tak sme boli vcera.

Najskor som sa trochu obaval, ze co ked bude working class a nebude sa s nim dat o com rozpravat.

Stretli sme sa pri leguanovi. Bol working class a navyse vyzeral ako jeho otec vtedy pred strnastimi rokmi.

Bolo to take divne, kedysi sme spolu sedeli v jednej lavici a po skole sme behavali po vonku a hravali futbal a hokej a potom to islo uplne opacnymi smermi.

Citil som sa ako v stroji casu, ako keby som spoza skla pozoroval svoju minulost a to sme ani velmi nespominali.

Ale moja minulost je dobra, tak to bol nakoniec prijemne straveny vecer.

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Omrvinky

: pred nieco vyse mesiacom som po prejdeni pol kilometra minutu vydychaval. Teraz trikrat tyzdenne beham 4 km a stale zvysujem. Tesim sa. Nikdy by som nepovedal, ze behanie moze byt zabavne. Mojim cielom je 8 km a za 1hod. Stihnut do decembra.

v Mountfielde mali skvelu akciu na rucne gps. Normalne ten typ stoji cez 7 tisic, u bedu travnicka ho predavali za 2500. Tak som si ho isiel kupit, uz len kvoli tomu, ze sa to oplati. Ale uz ho nemali. Geocaching bude musiet pockat na dalsiu akciu.

je Suzuki Ignis dobre auto?

clovek by ani neveril, cim vsetkym sa niekto moze so vsetkou vaznostou a zaujatim zaoberat. Dotycny Ypsilon nam, co ovladame gramatiku, chce zrusenim tvrdeho y zobrat pocit nadradenosti nad tymi, ktori si nedokazu zapamatat pravidlo prveho padu mnozneho cisla maskulin

Hrkana uz je v poriadku, uz zase hrka len starymi chorobami. Je upokojujuce presne ovladat, odkial pochadza kazdy zvuk, nezlucujuci sa s predstavou o zdravom aute :-)

pozeral som si, co vsetko by som potreboval dokupit do pc a zistil som, ze jednoduchsie by bolo kupit nove pc. Ale na druhej strane to ani nepotrebujem, tak sa nakup techniky odklada.


formatovanie harddisku pri w xp nie je zase take jednoduche. Znamy vtip s format c: v skutocnosti nefunguje

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Slenglish

: kedze Hrkalka je zase mimo prevadzky, tak sa vozim emhadeckou. A vsimol som si zaujimavu nalepku, ktora v piatich, siestich jazykoch upozornuje cestujucich, ze si maju oznackovat listok.

Ak odhliadnem od toho, ze cele je to napisane tak dajako kostrbato, toto ma dostalo:



Push the voucher into the gap and wait a minute.

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drobnuostky

To nie je fer

Auto sa mi muselo pokazit akurat v case, ked furt leje.

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Preco nebudem Superstar

Minuly tyzden sa mi ozval kamos z Afganistanu. Teda z Rumunska, ale boli sme spolu v Afganistane.

Vraj je to velmi surne, az tak surne, ze najsurnejsie.

Organizuje totiz medzinarodnu spevacku sutaz. Take karaoke superstarovske nieco.

A ze mam prist, aby mohli povedat, ze je medzinarodna.

A lakal ma aj takto:


You only have to sing just one song (just like a karaoke) and that's all (you can choose whatever song you want, it doesn't matter! And since I'm the director of the festival, u have a better chance to win a prize!!:-)
 
Of course, we will pay for everything (plane ticket, accommodation, meals, local transportation etc).
The event it's on 5th of September, starting at local time 19.00. You have time for a rehears and plenty of beer, of course! :-) The sponsor it's Tuborg! ;-)

Please come, right now I have the money! ;-)
(and some local beautiful girls can't wait to meet you!) :-)))

Teraz by som mal objasnit jednu vec.

Neviem spievat. Vobec neviem spievat. Nie, toto nie je vyhlasenie typu, ja fakt neviem spievat a potom sa ozve novy Pavarotti. Ja neviem naozaj spievat.

Samozrejme, pozvanie som s nadsenim prijal.

Dokonca som si vecer pred zrkadlom s pustenym YouTube spieval My Way od Franka Sinatru, tam viem tak dostojne zatiahnut to maaajveeeeeej.

No a potom som zistil, ze za tak kratky cas nezozeniem nejaku schopnu letenku a ze za tak kratky cas sa mi nechce vybavovat rozne veci. Starnem. A vobec, cele som to nejako pokaslal. Mal som tam ist. Mal som sa vykaslat na robotu (ktorej teda mam tento tyzden kua pozehnane) a nejaku cikcak letenku s prestupmi zobrat a ist tam.

My Way nie je vzdy najlepsia way.

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