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April 5th, 2006, 02:04 AM
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Re: spyes
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Manuk said:
Quantum is a major and is the best player i know. His superiors must be really tough. (joke)
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Lol! As anyone who ever spent time in the military knows : people mostly only get promoted to above Major or Light Colonel because of incompetence. 
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April 5th, 2006, 03:25 AM
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Re: spyes
How true sir, General, sir!
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April 5th, 2006, 07:10 AM
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Re: spyes
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Cainehill said:
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Manuk said:
Quantum is a major and is the best player i know. His superiors must be really tough. (joke)
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Lol! As anyone who ever spent time in the military knows : people mostly only get promoted to above Major or Light Colonel because of incompetence.
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April 5th, 2006, 10:35 AM
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Re: spyes
Im retired military and I have always said that the military was one of the greatest examples of the "Peter Principle". Interesting reading. In short-form its like this..
Do your job well, get promoted. Do your job bad, stay where you are. Therefore, everyone will rise until they reach their level of incompetincy, and then stay there till they retire.
(dont ask me what I retired at)
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April 6th, 2006, 06:49 AM
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Re: spyes
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(dont ask me what I retired at)
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Hehe now you gotta tell us. |
April 6th, 2006, 10:57 AM
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Re: spyes
Its kindof misleading in the light of what I said about Peter Principle since I retired at the lowest rank you can achieve and still retire. SSgt.
But there were other reasons. As soon as I got past the mandatory ranks I refused to test for promotions. That was fun since its supposed to be optional even though no one ever signed the refuse block.
For me it did 2 things. It allowed me to spend the entire time at the same base, which had the medical center my son needed. And, even though I didnt realise it till much later, it allowed me to beat the Peter Principle since I managed to never be promoted into a job I couldnt excell at.
Gandalf Parker
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