Just got back from deployment, got the day off for work..anybody know where the good restaraunt deals are? Anything local going on for Veterans day in the fairfax area?

Applebees...

Chili's and Hooters also give Veteran's Day specials.

Outback also...

105.9 has been announcing free carwashes in Woodbridge on Minnivielle Road between Smoketown Rd. and the P.W. Parkway tomorrow on Vets. Day.

Here's a link to the information on the car wash: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-smart-car-wash-to-hold-two-news-events-to-celebrate-its-official-opening--free-car-washes-for-vets-on-veterans-day--ribbon-cutting-ceremony-on-friday-106952048.html

Thanks for your service, Veterans !!



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To all Veterans out there, Thank You very much

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Welcome home Grizz. Thanks for your service.

I heard that Golden Corral is also doing a free meal for Veterans and AD on Monday (15NOV10), from 5PM to 9PM (Dinner). I'm going to take the Old Man either tomorrow to Applebee's, or to GC on Monday.

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Is it strange that I just want to be left alone on Veterans Day? (In case you're new here and don't know already I'm a vet) I appreciate seeing all of the mass "Thank you to our vets" facebook status updates and posts everywhere, but when I get texts, phone calls, e-mails and the like thanking me for serving I just kind of get annoyed and don't respond.

It's sad that these guys go off to a foreign land and give up their lives to fight for our country, and when they return, the practically get killed off by shitty restaurants offering discounts on Veterans Day.

Thank god they are the toughest guys/gals on the planet and have learned to avoid danger. Otherwise, they might end up at Chilis or Applebees. (or one of the other shitty restaurants).


I wish I personally knew the OP, I would buy him a nice meal at a for real restaurant!

why isn't Hooters doing their part for the Vets? (and I don't mean food)

Gonads & Strife Wrote:
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> Is it strange that I just want to be left alone on
> Veterans Day? (In case you're new here and don't
> know already I'm a vet) I appreciate seeing all of
> the mass "Thank you to our vets" facebook status
> updates and posts everywhere, but when I get
> texts, phone calls, e-mails and the like thanking
> me for serving I just kind of get annoyed and
> don't respond.


Wow.

"Is it strange that I just want to be left alone on Veterans Day? (In case you're new here and don't know already I'm a vet) I appreciate seeing all of the mass "Thank you to our vets" facebook status updates and posts everywhere, but when I get texts, phone calls, e-mails and the like thanking me for serving I just kind of get annoyed and don't respond."

I would submit that if nobody acknowledged your service you would become equally as annoyed. SO, thanks for your service Gonads!

Gonads & Strife Wrote:
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> Is it strange that I just want to be left alone on
> Veterans Day? (In case you're new here and don't
> know already I'm a vet) I appreciate seeing all of
> the mass "Thank you to our vets" facebook status
> updates and posts everywhere, but when I get
> texts, phone calls, e-mails and the like thanking
> me for serving I just kind of get annoyed and
> don't respond.




The other extreme would be like the Vietnam days when you had journalists, college kids, and middle class people calling you a scumbag and baby killer all the while not getting treatment for your crippling PTSD.


Take your pick.


Anyways, I showed my DD214 at Applebee's and got a great steak free.

eesh Wrote:
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> Gonads & Strife Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Is it strange that I just want to be left alone
> on
> > Veterans Day? (In case you're new here and
> don't
> > know already I'm a vet) I appreciate seeing all
> of
> > the mass "Thank you to our vets" facebook
> status
> > updates and posts everywhere, but when I get
> > texts, phone calls, e-mails and the like
> thanking
> > me for serving I just kind of get annoyed and
> > don't respond.
>
>
>
>
> The other extreme would be like the Vietnam days
> when you had journalists, college kids, and middle
> class people calling you a scumbag and baby killer
> all the while not getting treatment for your
> crippling PTSD.
>
>
> Take your pick.
>
>
> Anyways, I showed my DD214 at Applebee's and got a
> great steak free.


eesh, you're not a veterinarian.

Doesn't Matter Wrote:
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> Gonads & Strife Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Is it strange that I just want to be left alone
> on
> > Veterans Day? (In case you're new here and
> don't
> > know already I'm a vet) I appreciate seeing all
> of
> > the mass "Thank you to our vets" facebook
> status
> > updates and posts everywhere, but when I get
> > texts, phone calls, e-mails and the like
> thanking
> > me for serving I just kind of get annoyed and
> > don't respond.
>
>
> Wow.


I checked the timestamps on the posts above against when I received your texts and am assuaged of guilt. You sent your texts nearly 3 hours after my post and without knowing that's how I felt about the holiday.

Grizzled-vet Wrote:
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> Just got back from deployment, got the day off for
> work..anybody know where the good restaraunt deals
> are? Anything local going on for Veterans day in
> the fairfax area?

Welcome back and Happy Veteran's day to you - I know, a bit late, but I'm deployed in Helmand province and time goes backward here. I honor you, all my fellow Sailors, Marines, Soldiers, Airmen and Coasties.

S/F
Berdhuis

Gonads & Strife Wrote:
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> Doesn't Matter Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Gonads & Strife Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Is it strange that I just want to be left
> alone
> > on
> > > Veterans Day? (In case you're new here and
> > don't
> > > know already I'm a vet) I appreciate seeing
> all
> > of
> > > the mass "Thank you to our vets" facebook
> > status
> > > updates and posts everywhere, but when I get
> > > texts, phone calls, e-mails and the like
> > thanking
> > > me for serving I just kind of get annoyed and
> > > don't respond.
> >
> >
> > Wow.
>
>
> I checked the timestamps on the posts above
> against when I received your texts and am assuaged
> of guilt. You sent your texts nearly 3 hours after
> my post and without knowing that's how I felt
> about the holiday.


Oh. It looked like you posted this at 11:43pm and I sent you one text at 2:25pm. Not that it matters. Either way, yes it's strange and it sounds a bit dick-headed. I just try to be gracious about it and move on. I always find humor in things and what made me laugh a bit is how you thought you needed to inform those who may not know that you are a vet (I'm sure they would have figured that out on their own lol) and how you have personalized Veterans of Foreign Wars license plates on your car yet, the one day anybody is supposed to give a shit about our service, you get annoyed lol! You have to admit, that's funny right there. It's all good and now we know for next year. No worries. Oh, I think you can assuage your guilt, but not sure if you can be assuaged of guilt. Odd use of a word.

as·suage
   /əˈsweɪdʒ, əˈsweɪʒ/ Show Spelled[uh-sweyj, uh-sweyzh]
–verb (used with object), -suaged, -suag·ing.

1.to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.

2.to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one's hunger.

3.to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME aswagen < OF asouagier < VL *assuÄviÄre, equiv. to L as- as- + -suÄviÄre, v. deriv. of L suÄvis agreeable to the taste, pleasant ( cf. suave; akin to sweet)

—Related forms
as·suage·ment, noun
as·suag·er, noun
un·as·suaged, adjective
un·as·suag·ing, adjective

—Synonyms
1. alleviate, lessen.

—Antonyms
intensify.

Either way, yes it's strange and it sounds a bit dick-headed. I just try to be gracious about it and move on.

This does sound like your style of "grace" or perhaps your style of "try"

I always find humor in things and what made me laugh a bit is how you thought you needed to inform those who may not know that you are a vet (I'm sure they would have figured that out on their own lol)

You don't think like I do. You assume people would figure that out on their own...I know better, people have to be told.

and how you have personalized Veterans of Foreign Wars license plates on your car yet, the one day anybody is supposed to give a shit about our service, you get annoyed lol!

It's personal and I wouldn't expect you to understand. Although if me not responding to your text has upset you so much I will be more than happy to share my very personal private thoughts on why I feel the way I do about Veterans Day. It took a lot of introspection and left me feeling a little worse than I already did when I started, but if it satisfies your ego I'd be glad to re-hash all those feelings for you and, what the hell, for everybody else out there who may be reading too.

You have to admit, that's funny right there. It's all good and now we know for next year. No worries. Oh, I think you can assuage your guilt, but not sure if you can be assuaged of guilt. Odd use of a word.

You are giving me an English lesson? Or was that Mrs. Doesn't Matter? Either way...

Sorry dude. I didn't think of it that deeply. I took your og post at face value. Sorry if I hurt your feelings or offended you man. We are clearly two very different people but you are my little brother and you always will be. Lets not treat each other like a couple of assholes on fu.

since when are Doesn't Matter and Gonads & Strife brothers?

also, I have a hard time picturing eesh as G.I. Joe.

Mr. Misery Wrote:
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> since when are Doesn't Matter and Gonads & Strife
> brothers?



They're not. It's Gonads talking to himself like he did with the screen name that he claimed was his wife. Multiple screen names are one thing, but when you talk to yourself on the internet it reaches a whole new level of sadness.



> also, I have a hard time picturing eesh as G.I.
> Joe.


And I have a hard time picturing the real person behind the Mr. Misery screen name worth anything other than a self-inflicted gunshot to the skull.

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@ Mr. Misery - since 1983


@ eesh - not sure when you decided to turn against me or why, but if you can't read the posts from the other two users and tell it isn't me then you're plain retarded.

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You really have no idea what you are talking about Chuck. Normally I wouldn't care about the ignorant comments, but these particular ones are coming from an unemployed middle aged man that lives with his mother and feeds his daughter with food stamps.

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eesh Wrote:
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> You really have no idea what you are talking about
> Chuck. Normally I wouldn't care about the ignorant
> comments, but these particular ones are coming
> from an unemployed middle aged man that lives with
> his mother and feeds his daughter with food
> stamps.

geez, eesh....what is it with you and food stamps? Did food stamps touch you as a little boy? Maybe--just maybe--he was on food stamps because he needed them (and I don't know if that's even true that Hoffmann was on food stamps, but anyway). You just don't have anything good to say about anybody or anything; you should be Mr. Misery, not me. I know it's the internet, but come on. You can't be this hateful in real life. If you are, I'm glad I don't know you.

Just mean.