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52. MineralMan, were you ever in the Army?

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 09:49 AM

Jul 2019

The padlock on my US Army-issue footlocker comes to mind. In basic training at Fort Polk in 1968, I inadvertently left my footlocker unlocked while I went to chow one morning. When I returned to the barracks, the entire contents of my footlocker had been dumped on the floor. As I re-packed the footlocker, Drill Sergeant Brewton appeared. He locked my heels, and proceeded to chew on my sorry buck-private ass - up one side and down the other - for my egregious "security violation."

Later, in Army flight school at Fort Wolters, the ante was upped, considerably. A security violation, like my unlocked footlocker in basic training, could easily get you washed out of flight school for "administrative" causes. When I got to my Vietnam assignment in the super-secret Army Security Agency, previous security directives seemed like kindergarden.

I learned my lesson well! Lock your locks, and burn your docs. All of them.

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PSA: Lock your car. [View all] MineralMan Jul 2019 OP

Garage doors also have a locking bolt. I always manually lock the doors from the inside too. TheBlackAdder Jul 2019 #1

I lived 36 years in So Cal.. Always locked car in driveway SoCalDem Jul 2019 #2

Years ago, I used to leave keys in car ignitions. MineralMan Jul 2019 #6

Having grown up in C alifornia....Locking the car WAS a must. ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2019 #3

On our last holiday to my big sister's home in Denmark malaise Jul 2019 #4

We live a lot different in the US. lpbk2713 Jul 2019 #10

My first week living in So Fla, years ago I had my radio and CB stolen in the driveway. mitch96 Jul 2019 #38

It's crazy malaise Jul 2019 #39

Put the car in the garage and lock the garage sdfernando Jul 2019 #5

Ah, wouldn't that be nice? Maybe after our five year clean-out of accumulated stuff. MineralMan Jul 2019 #8

The only time we ever parked a car IN the garage SoCalDem Jul 2019 #17

I'll have my garage cleaned out by winter. MineralMan Jul 2019 #19

Locking your car, especially if you don't put it in the garage, is a very smart move. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2019 #7

I lock my car whenever I get out of it. trev Jul 2019 #9

drive a broken down POS and you don't have to worry about it Kali Jul 2019 #11

Yabbut if they steal your battery, that's bad. MineralMan Jul 2019 #16

well ya, but Kali Jul 2019 #20

Well, there is that about an old beater car, too. MineralMan Jul 2019 #22

'Welcome to 2019?' Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #12

We've lived in this house for 15 years, and never had any problem. MineralMan Jul 2019 #21

I have a 2011 Kia Sedona minivan that requires a key to start Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #24

I wish I could buy a car with manual windows. MineralMan Jul 2019 #30

Manual windows freeze too Cirque du So-What Jul 2019 #33

I gave $1900 for a '94 Ford Ranger in 2016. House of Roberts Jul 2019 #55

I used to have an early 60s Falcon station wagon. MineralMan Jul 2019 #56

The Sherrifs Dept in my area puts signs in the medians as reminders to lock cars. SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #13

I generally don't lock the car in the garage Ilsa Jul 2019 #14

I lock my car and I live in a village. davsand Jul 2019 #15

Honestly it doesn't matter if you lock it or not titaniumsalute Jul 2019 #18

Yeah, the only time one of our vehicles was broken into they broke the passenger window csziggy Jul 2019 #44

I owned a 68 Dodge Polara convertibe the best car I ever owned. Everyman Jackal Jul 2019 #23

That's funny. MineralMan Jul 2019 #25

They think it will get them laid. Everyman Jackal Jul 2019 #27

It won't. I guarantee. MineralMan Jul 2019 #31

I looked at a used Miata once. ooky Jul 2019 #48

Used ones go for less than I'd expect. MineralMan Jul 2019 #51

Someone tried to break into my car right outside of my house. Initech Jul 2019 #26

My son-in-law had a truck stolen from his driveway a few years ago. When it was discovered that Arkansas Granny Jul 2019 #28

I'd imagine his insurance company wasn't too pleased, either. WillowTree Jul 2019 #40

Not at all. Especially when it was recovered after being driven through Arkansas Granny Jul 2019 #41

I don't lock the car ever since it was burglarized. Xolodno Jul 2019 #29

Exactly jberryhill Jul 2019 #37

So thiefs would know you had valuables if you lock your car!!! Hmmmmmm. Nt USALiberal Jul 2019 #45

THIS is why I live 15 miles from town in the forest in/on 5 acres of trees... samnsara Jul 2019 #32

I am thinking of disabling the switch that opens the trunk MasonDreams Jul 2019 #34

Also, a bear may take it for a ride muriel_volestrangler Jul 2019 #35

That is beautiful KentuckyWoman Jul 2019 #46

Or, if you don't want your window smashed, don't lock your car jberryhill Jul 2019 #36

Damn, MM customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #42

I had the tires stolen off my car in my driveway Jersey Devil Jul 2019 #43

I live on the side of a mountain in BFE Montana. I haven't known where my housekeys are for 7 years. Maru Kitteh Jul 2019 #47

does it have a car alarm? Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2019 #49

Nope. No alarm. MineralMan Jul 2019 #50

MineralMan, were you ever in the Army? DemoTex Jul 2019 #52

Nope. USAF. MineralMan Jul 2019 #54

This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Jul 2019 #53

I would advise you to install cameras in your driveway Polybius Jul 2019 #57