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When I say 'long', what is your first thought?

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Posted - December 2, 2020

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  • 24
    Okay, I’ll be the first to bite:  dong
      December 2, 2020 7:18 PM MST
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  • 44173
    I like the allusion...nice.
      December 2, 2020 7:20 PM MST
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  • 24
    Ahhhh, you caught my drift. LOL
      December 2, 2020 9:54 PM MST
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  • 10037
    Do you mean Long Duck Dong? 

     ;)
      December 2, 2020 7:42 PM MST
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  • 24
    In case you’re wondering, yes, you got me to turn my phone upside down. Lol
      December 2, 2020 7:53 PM MST
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  • 10037
    But it's right side up!! Long Duck Dong is looking down at Molly Ringwald from the top bunk! :)
      December 2, 2020 7:55 PM MST
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  • 24
    I guess I never saw that movie. :)
      December 2, 2020 9:48 PM MST
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  • 10037
    Another classic John Hughes teen flick featuring Molly Ringwald (Sixteen Candles). If you're over 30, you probably missed the boat on being able to appreciate it. :)


      December 5, 2020 7:38 AM MST
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  • 10037
    Long way home. 
      December 2, 2020 7:45 PM MST
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  • 22853
    It rarely (for me) gets better than Supertramp.
      December 3, 2020 7:41 PM MST
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  • 10037
    Agreed! 
      December 5, 2020 7:38 AM MST
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  • 17364
    long, farewell,.....
      December 2, 2020 8:25 PM MST
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  • 22853
    Auf Wiedersehen, goodnight . . .
      December 4, 2020 5:51 AM MST
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  • 17364
    Yep.  :)
      December 4, 2020 1:31 PM MST
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  • 4631
    Time - how long it might take to accomplish something? How long will an event last? How long before the optimum time for something arrives or passes?

    My second thought is length - estimating the length of any object by past experience with a standard measure, by reference to my height and reach, or by comparison to another object or the relative positions of things.

    Third thought - I sometimes long for something - perhaps water while working in the heat and starting to feel dry mouthed, tired and foggy brained.



    This post was edited by inky at December 4, 2020 12:43 PM MST
      December 2, 2020 8:49 PM MST
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  • 44173
    You are a walking encyclopedia.
      December 3, 2020 7:48 AM MST
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  • 13251
    Or a sitting encyclopedia.
      December 5, 2020 8:30 AM MST
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  • 7776
    I say spaghetti pasta.
      December 2, 2020 8:56 PM MST
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  • 52903

     

     

      I knew a Sergeant Long when I was a Sergeant in the Marines and we were stationed overseas. He and I both were Section Leaders, he had Port Watch and I had Starboard Watch (civilians, this is all military jargon, you won’t understand any of it, so just talk among yourselves until it’s over). A section was twenty enlisted men and four corporals.
      Our rotation was that each section had four days in the field, a day and a half of training/standby, and a day and a half off duty, then we‘d each switch. The opposite section started with a day and a half off duty, a day and a half of training/standby, and four days in the field. There was a third, smaller section, the React Squad. Comprised of one senior sergeant, two senior corporals and twelve senior enlisted men, React picked up any slack between rotations, but had a less regimented op plan. For six months, Sgt Long and I hardly ever saw each other. He and I both were “dating” the same woman out in town, even though all three of us, he, she and I, each pretended that we didn’t know about the double-dipping.

      Ah, the memories of youth . . .
      


    ~

      December 2, 2020 9:07 PM MST
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  • 4631
    Fascinating to hear a snippet of regular Marines life.
    I have zero knowledge of what life in the armed services is really like during times of peace.

    It seems that lucky woman never had to wait.
      December 2, 2020 9:34 PM MST
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  • 52903

     

      Lol, you don’t know what intricate drama revolved around that whole situation. You probably don’t WANT to know, either.
    ~

      December 2, 2020 9:36 PM MST
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  • 13395
    Foot long hot dog.

    Long Wang's Chinese restaurant.
      December 2, 2020 9:25 PM MST
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  • 22853


    I don't remember.

    (My answer reminds me of another mugger)


    I read your question two days ago, didn't answer then and I don't remember my first thought.
      December 4, 2020 5:56 AM MST
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  • 44173
    I don't remember thoughts from 10 minutes ago.
      December 4, 2020 11:39 AM MST
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