) .Adesh said:
Ah jeez guys, don't encourage him. You do that and he'll start hanging around. Then the next thing you know he'll be asking for food. Then it'll be the occasional "how 'bout a beer" and pretty soon he's sleeping with your wife.Wrichik Basu said:
He was a Army man? Wow! Can you help me in getting his that motorbike? I think he no longer needs it (Well by help I meant robbery, I rob only those things which people don’t need).phinds said:
No, not an Army man, an Army brat. That means his dad was in the Army and he traveled around the country/world because of it. We're called "brats" because civilians think we're brats, but hey, civilians think ALL kids are brats.Adesh said:
Well, read the article about him linked to below this thread ("related threads").Adesh said:
I won’t talk about it anymorephinds said:
. Oh my God! I wouldn’t use that three letters word again “unnecessarily” 
I thought it was a chocolate glazed doughnut with sugar sprinkles.Wrichik Basu said:my black hole avatar.
Seems the COVID-19 outbreak has taken a toll on your health...and making you see food everywhere.Keith_McClary said:
At first I thought you were calling yourself a bicycle-medic and thought, “That’s a fancy name for mechanic, I’ll bet!”berkeman said:Yes, I changed my avatar at least temporarily to a more medical theme. That's me a couple years ago at dawn before a half marathon that I worked as a bicycle medic. Those are pretty fun shifts. Well, until you get an emergency call for a patient who is a couple miles away and have to race there as fast as you can, and then have to get all calmed down and get it back together to be useful medically. Lordy.
Stay safe folks.
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