Comments on: Reinventing Ourselves http://themacandcheesechronicles.com/2008/02/21/reinventing-ourselves/ life, liberty and the pursuit of comfort food Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:59:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Magnolia http://themacandcheesechronicles.com/2008/02/21/reinventing-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-811 Magnolia Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:53:05 +0000 http://themacandcheesechronicles.com/2008/02/21/reinventing-ourselves/#comment-811 I hear you Lorri on the military taking over your ife. My husband went in for the same reasons......stay in long enough to cover the ROTC scholarship and move on. 22 years later, he's still in. :)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('811','Magnolia'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('811','Magnolia','I hear you Lorri on the military taking over your ife. My husband went in for the same reasons......stay in long enough to cover the ROTC scholarship and move on. 22 years later, he\'s still in. :)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I hear you Lorri on the military taking over your ife. My husband went in for the same reasons……stay in long enough to cover the ROTC scholarship and move on. 22 years later, he’s still in. :)
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]]> By: Philip http://themacandcheesechronicles.com/2008/02/21/reinventing-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-806 Philip Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:30:51 +0000 http://themacandcheesechronicles.com/2008/02/21/reinventing-ourselves/#comment-806 True. And sometimes, if you live on an Air Force Base, then the 5 pm (or 1700 for those in the know) music might start at 5:15, 5:30, 4:30, whenever those "in charge" decide to press the button. 8-)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('806','Philip'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('806','Philip','True. And sometimes, if you live on an Air Force Base, then the 5 pm (or 1700 for those in the know) music might start at 5:15, 5:30, 4:30, whenever those \"in charge\" decide to press the button. 8-)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> True. And sometimes, if you live on an Air Force Base, then the 5 pm (or 1700 for those in the know) music might start at 5:15, 5:30, 4:30, whenever those “in charge” decide to press the button. 8-)
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]]> By: Lorri http://themacandcheesechronicles.com/2008/02/21/reinventing-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-802 Lorri Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:14:15 +0000 http://themacandcheesechronicles.com/2008/02/21/reinventing-ourselves/#comment-802 Janice- at every US military, in the States and overseas, the flag is lowered at 5pm and the National Anthem is played. The rest varies from base to base- sometimes you can hear the music from everywhere on base, sometimes only close to where the flag is. Sometimes a cannon is fired, too. If you can hear the anthem, you must stop driving (you used to have to get out of your car,too). If you're outside, you stop, face the music and put your hand over your heart. My son has been known to salute with his light saber as if it were a real sword, held vertically in front of his face.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('802','Lorri'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('802','Lorri','Janice- at every US military, in the States and overseas, the flag is lowered at 5pm and the National Anthem is played. The rest varies from base to base- sometimes you can hear the music from everywhere on base, sometimes only close to where the flag is. Sometimes a cannon is fired, too. If you can hear the anthem, you must stop driving (you used to have to get out of your car,too). If you\'re outside, you stop, face the music and put your hand over your heart. My son has been known to salute with his light saber as if it were a real sword, held vertically in front of his face.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Janice- at every US military, in the States and overseas, the flag is lowered at 5pm and the National Anthem is played. The rest varies from base to base- sometimes you can hear the music from everywhere on base, sometimes only close to where the flag is. Sometimes a cannon is fired, too. If you can hear the anthem, you must stop driving (you used to have to get out of your car,too). If you’re outside, you stop, face the music and put your hand over your heart. My son has been known to salute with his light saber as if it were a real sword, held vertically in front of his face.
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]]> By: janice http://themacandcheesechronicles.com/2008/02/21/reinventing-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-800 janice Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:45:41 +0000 http://themacandcheesechronicles.com/2008/02/21/reinventing-ourselves/#comment-800 This is very interesting... I didn't realize that OUR Army recognized the raising/lowering of the flag this way! When we were in West Africa all traffic had to halt and pedestrians froze while they lowered/raised the flag with the national anthem being played. Sometimes it was rather irritating, but yet very patriotic. You are so young to be retiring!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('800','janice'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('800','janice','This is very interesting... I didn\'t realize that OUR Army recognized the raising\/lowering of the flag this way!\r\n\r\nWhen we were in West Africa all traffic had to halt and pedestrians froze while they lowered\/raised the flag with the national anthem being played. Sometimes it was rather irritating, but yet very patriotic. \r\n\r\nYou are so young to be retiring!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> This is very interesting… I didn’t realize that OUR Army recognized the raising/lowering of the flag this way!

When we were in West Africa all traffic had to halt and pedestrians froze while they lowered/raised the flag with the national anthem being played. Sometimes it was rather irritating, but yet very patriotic.

You are so young to be retiring!

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]]> By: KC http://themacandcheesechronicles.com/2008/02/21/reinventing-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-799 KC Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:12:03 +0000 http://themacandcheesechronicles.com/2008/02/21/reinventing-ourselves/#comment-799 I've really missed "the 5pm stop what you are doing and face the direction of the flag with your hand over your heart" thing since moving off post during our last PCS move. We're 4 years from retirement. God bless.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('799','KC'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('799','KC','I\'ve really missed \"the 5pm stop what you are doing and face the direction of the flag with your hand over your heart\" thing since moving off post during our last PCS move. We\'re 4 years from retirement. \r\n\r\nGod bless.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I’ve really missed “the 5pm stop what you are doing and face the direction of the flag with your hand over your heart” thing since moving off post during our last PCS move. We’re 4 years from retirement.

God bless.

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]]> By: Sandy http://themacandcheesechronicles.com/2008/02/21/reinventing-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-798 Sandy Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:47:26 +0000 http://themacandcheesechronicles.com/2008/02/21/reinventing-ourselves/#comment-798 What we missed most were the commisary prices and the 30 days paid leave. Even now, I find myself once in a great while reaching for my ID card before I walk into a store. Old habits die hard, lol.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('798','Sandy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('798','Sandy','What we missed most were the commisary prices and the 30 days paid leave. Even now, I find myself once in a great while reaching for my ID card before I walk into a store. Old habits die hard, lol.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> What we missed most were the commisary prices and the 30 days paid leave. Even now, I find myself once in a great while reaching for my ID card before I walk into a store. Old habits die hard, lol.
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