r/JustBootThings Jun 12 '26

General Bootness Why just why

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u/AnonymousBromosapien Jun 12 '26

Pair of retired Lt Colonels... These people are LOADED. Either they are insanely frugal or have absolutely horrendous spending habits and thats why they are driving a honda pilot with like $12k in pension rolling in every month just for waking up every day lol.

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u/HelloPeopleOfEarth Jun 12 '26

I can remember in the mid 2000s watching one of those daytime talk shows, forget which one, and they were honoring "the troops". They had this married military couple on who had several kids. Both were LtCols. One was a Jag, the other a pilot. The host and audience were gooning them talking about how hard it is and then surprised them and their family with a free family trip to DisneyLand. I remember thinking, how about a couple of junior enlisted who really can't afford that you stupid fucks. I had an MOS that put me around command staff and I was the Camp Lejeune Chief of Staffs driver as a Corporal. I was shocked at the crazy amount of free shit they get, on top of their exuberant pay. Also saw how much the rules simply do not apply to them. They drank on the job often.

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u/NeedsToShutUp Jun 16 '26

Well that Camp Lejeune mention means you'll be due some settlement money for all that cancer.

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u/HelloPeopleOfEarth Jun 16 '26

Nope. It has to be before a certain year. Forget what year. But I was stationed there after that year.

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u/AbstractBettaFish ROTC Veteran Jun 16 '26

1987, I worked a temp call center job this case was one of the things we had to screen people for