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I‘am from Europe too, but I came of age to a time when there had still been conscription. BTW, Soviet 7,62x39 behaves totally different from NATO 7,62x51 ;)
Was your dad from the GDR?
I missed the conscription times by a few years. We're from hungary.
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So... yeah, Ryker is an Afghanistan vet and IIRC he is released from Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas as the tale begins...
nice dodge :KEK:
Btw I haven't connected those dots, but fuck, that is quite the distance Ryker and Jess traveled, 1500 miles or so.
 
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nice dodge :KEK:
Btw I haven't connected those dots, but fuck, that is quite the distance Ryker and Jess traveled, 1500 miles or so.
I once drove about 600 miles in one day. it was horrifying... couldnt sleep for lomg that day because every time i closed my eyes i got scared because i subcontiously thought of slleping behind the wheel.. Poor Ryker, as Jessy didnt seem to drive...
 

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nice dodge :KEK:
Btw I haven't connected those dots, but fuck, that is quite the distance Ryker and Jess traveled, 1500 miles or so.
Not that unheard of for an American. Couple years ago I moved from Arizona to Illinois. When I was in the service, I went from Arizona to Texas, from Texas to Arizona, from Arizona to Washington (state), from Washington to Florida, and from Florida to Arizona... all in the span of about 3 years for just training. Not to mention travel for deployments and the like.
 
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doubt she has license.
It's America, she's over 16. You betcha she does. Besides, back before they left Hicksville she and Tracy had a little negotiation about which car she'd take to go see Angie while Tracy & Ryker were makin' whoopee in the hot tub. :)
 
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I once drove about 600 miles in one day. it was horrifying... couldnt sleep for lomg that day because every time i closed my eyes i got scared because i subcontiously thought of slleping behind the wheel.. Poor Ryker, as Jessy didnt seem to drive...
I think the longest I drove was something like 400 kilometers, and even then we switched halfway through with my girlfriend :ROFLMAO: And that was a trip to Poland. Small countries I guess.
 

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It's America, she's over 16. You betcha she does. Besides, back before they left Hicksville she and Tracy had a little negotiation about which car she'd take to go see Angie while Tracy & Ryker were makin' whoopee in the hot tub. :)
Well, I'm way over 18 and let me say you, the only cars I legally can drive are the ones build up out of pixel and polygons.;)
 
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Not to mention travel for deployments and the like.
I dunno all about that, but I did a work trip to Korea via China, man that was a fucking nightmare. Longest flight of my life, longest layover. Couldn't sleep for shit on the plane.
 

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Well, I'm way over 18 and let me say you, the only cars I legally can drive are the ones build up out of pixel and polygons.;)
But you don't live in West Bumfuck, Kansas where it's 6 miles to the grocery store either I bet. :)
 

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But you don't live in West Bumfuck, Kansas where it's 6 miles to the grocery store either I bet. :)
No, obvioulsy not.;) Although, I do see the positives (and the negativs too), I think I would mostly be a Sunday driver if I would have the license and I'm be enormously generous to the all other drives out their and don't want to disturb them.:LOL:
That and it would be either having a car on my own (thus insucrance, money for parking lot, tax, ...), being in a car sharing group or rent one...
 
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I was home on leave about 6 months before I got out of the service. I had saved money and bought a short wheel base dodge van and fixed it up inside with a kickass stereo, small fridge and a bed in the back with storage space underneath. Anyway, it took days to get insurance so I could drive the damn thing because insurance companies considered me an itinerant since I was in the service. I made good use of a CB radio I installed in an overhead console with a pioneer supertuner while I drove the 1600 miles from Kansas City, MO to Camp Pendleton,CA in 22 hours. Heh... that included pulling over near Albuquerque, NM for 4 hours to sleep. I made it just in time. Before you start thinking I'm going off topic... Ryker probably took the same route I did when he and Jessy made the trip.
 
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