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[quote=barnaby33]NTSD, why does it matter. There is an E-5 who lives below me, but he drives a 7 series. Its so he can look fly when he drives his girl to Denny’s to order off the dollar menu. Differing priorities.

Either that or you’ve stumbled upon a lair of real estate agents and loan brokers. Ah faded glory.
Josh[/quote]
LOL! So true! I worked on a base for 12 years, and it was a daily occurrence with low ranking, young enlisted guys, driving in brand new NICE cars asking for directions to Navy Relief. (I was tempted to sell them my 1995 Mazda Protege sitting in the parking lot….may have worked better for them…)

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I believe that Filipinos are Asians mixed with Spanish. Thus, they would not be straight up Asian (Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese), and therefore Pacific Islanders. Native Hawaiians/Guamanians/Samoans are also considered Pacific Islanders.

And, speaking of Malaysia and Indonesia, throw in Thailand to that mix. I would think they would be Pacific Islanders as well. If you pay close enough attention, you can see differences in facial features. (ie: rounder eyes on the Pacific Islanders–influence of the Spanish)

Of course, we have so many mixes of everything in SD, one can never know anything for sure! Love that!

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I believe that Filipinos are Asians mixed with Spanish. Thus, they would not be straight up Asian (Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese), and therefore Pacific Islanders. Native Hawaiians/Guamanians/Samoans are also considered Pacific Islanders.

And, speaking of Malaysia and Indonesia, throw in Thailand to that mix. I would think they would be Pacific Islanders as well. If you pay close enough attention, you can see differences in facial features. (ie: rounder eyes on the Pacific Islanders–influence of the Spanish)

Of course, we have so many mixes of everything in SD, one can never know anything for sure! Love that!

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I believe that Filipinos are Asians mixed with Spanish. Thus, they would not be straight up Asian (Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese), and therefore Pacific Islanders. Native Hawaiians/Guamanians/Samoans are also considered Pacific Islanders.

And, speaking of Malaysia and Indonesia, throw in Thailand to that mix. I would think they would be Pacific Islanders as well. If you pay close enough attention, you can see differences in facial features. (ie: rounder eyes on the Pacific Islanders–influence of the Spanish)

Of course, we have so many mixes of everything in SD, one can never know anything for sure! Love that!

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I believe that Filipinos are Asians mixed with Spanish. Thus, they would not be straight up Asian (Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese), and therefore Pacific Islanders. Native Hawaiians/Guamanians/Samoans are also considered Pacific Islanders.

And, speaking of Malaysia and Indonesia, throw in Thailand to that mix. I would think they would be Pacific Islanders as well. If you pay close enough attention, you can see differences in facial features. (ie: rounder eyes on the Pacific Islanders–influence of the Spanish)

Of course, we have so many mixes of everything in SD, one can never know anything for sure! Love that!

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I believe that Filipinos are Asians mixed with Spanish. Thus, they would not be straight up Asian (Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese), and therefore Pacific Islanders. Native Hawaiians/Guamanians/Samoans are also considered Pacific Islanders.

And, speaking of Malaysia and Indonesia, throw in Thailand to that mix. I would think they would be Pacific Islanders as well. If you pay close enough attention, you can see differences in facial features. (ie: rounder eyes on the Pacific Islanders–influence of the Spanish)

Of course, we have so many mixes of everything in SD, one can never know anything for sure! Love that!

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I have been a federal gov. employee for 14 years.

#1: True that Senior workers make more money as they are higher on the payscale. Thus, you have someone that has more experience and knowledge, and often learning government bureaucratic (and sometimes idiotic) systems takes time.

#2: My agency (which was once considered government “essential”) has merged with a contract agency. The pay was SO LOW for the contractors, that somehow the pay was raised so they could hire in some qualified people. Contract workers salary is NOW equal to that of a government worker coming in at Step 1. (Albeit, benes are not as good for the contractors)

#3: The newly hired contractors DO NOT want to do the government “essential” work. So, they are forced to do it, have no interest and are basically making a huge mess of things. The contractors also have a high rate of turnover. Who would you rather have handling your case–the government worker or the contractor?

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I have been a federal gov. employee for 14 years.

#1: True that Senior workers make more money as they are higher on the payscale. Thus, you have someone that has more experience and knowledge, and often learning government bureaucratic (and sometimes idiotic) systems takes time.

#2: My agency (which was once considered government “essential”) has merged with a contract agency. The pay was SO LOW for the contractors, that somehow the pay was raised so they could hire in some qualified people. Contract workers salary is NOW equal to that of a government worker coming in at Step 1. (Albeit, benes are not as good for the contractors)

#3: The newly hired contractors DO NOT want to do the government “essential” work. So, they are forced to do it, have no interest and are basically making a huge mess of things. The contractors also have a high rate of turnover. Who would you rather have handling your case–the government worker or the contractor?

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I have been a federal gov. employee for 14 years.

#1: True that Senior workers make more money as they are higher on the payscale. Thus, you have someone that has more experience and knowledge, and often learning government bureaucratic (and sometimes idiotic) systems takes time.

#2: My agency (which was once considered government “essential”) has merged with a contract agency. The pay was SO LOW for the contractors, that somehow the pay was raised so they could hire in some qualified people. Contract workers salary is NOW equal to that of a government worker coming in at Step 1. (Albeit, benes are not as good for the contractors)

#3: The newly hired contractors DO NOT want to do the government “essential” work. So, they are forced to do it, have no interest and are basically making a huge mess of things. The contractors also have a high rate of turnover. Who would you rather have handling your case–the government worker or the contractor?

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I have been a federal gov. employee for 14 years.

#1: True that Senior workers make more money as they are higher on the payscale. Thus, you have someone that has more experience and knowledge, and often learning government bureaucratic (and sometimes idiotic) systems takes time.

#2: My agency (which was once considered government “essential”) has merged with a contract agency. The pay was SO LOW for the contractors, that somehow the pay was raised so they could hire in some qualified people. Contract workers salary is NOW equal to that of a government worker coming in at Step 1. (Albeit, benes are not as good for the contractors)

#3: The newly hired contractors DO NOT want to do the government “essential” work. So, they are forced to do it, have no interest and are basically making a huge mess of things. The contractors also have a high rate of turnover. Who would you rather have handling your case–the government worker or the contractor?

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I have been a federal gov. employee for 14 years.

#1: True that Senior workers make more money as they are higher on the payscale. Thus, you have someone that has more experience and knowledge, and often learning government bureaucratic (and sometimes idiotic) systems takes time.

#2: My agency (which was once considered government “essential”) has merged with a contract agency. The pay was SO LOW for the contractors, that somehow the pay was raised so they could hire in some qualified people. Contract workers salary is NOW equal to that of a government worker coming in at Step 1. (Albeit, benes are not as good for the contractors)

#3: The newly hired contractors DO NOT want to do the government “essential” work. So, they are forced to do it, have no interest and are basically making a huge mess of things. The contractors also have a high rate of turnover. Who would you rather have handling your case–the government worker or the contractor?

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[quote=davelj][quote=AN]I missed out on that and I will never be able to experience that. Money can be made later but certain experiences in life only come once.[/quote]

I “missed out” on this experience as well. Thank the Fates. It looked horrible. A bunch of immature asshats living in cramped quarters… no thanks.[/quote]

The dorm “experience” is overrated. I went to OSU and lived in perhaps 500 sq feet with 3 other gals. The girl across the hallway attempted suicide, 1 girl was killed when she drove drunk into a semi on her way home for Christmas, and the other 2 roommates hated college and made it known. For one year it was a constant revolving door of roommates. I couldn’t wait to get out…but perhaps that is just cause it was in Ohio during the 80’s…..

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[quote=davelj][quote=AN]I missed out on that and I will never be able to experience that. Money can be made later but certain experiences in life only come once.[/quote]

I “missed out” on this experience as well. Thank the Fates. It looked horrible. A bunch of immature asshats living in cramped quarters… no thanks.[/quote]

The dorm “experience” is overrated. I went to OSU and lived in perhaps 500 sq feet with 3 other gals. The girl across the hallway attempted suicide, 1 girl was killed when she drove drunk into a semi on her way home for Christmas, and the other 2 roommates hated college and made it known. For one year it was a constant revolving door of roommates. I couldn’t wait to get out…but perhaps that is just cause it was in Ohio during the 80’s…..

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[quote=davelj][quote=AN]I missed out on that and I will never be able to experience that. Money can be made later but certain experiences in life only come once.[/quote]

I “missed out” on this experience as well. Thank the Fates. It looked horrible. A bunch of immature asshats living in cramped quarters… no thanks.[/quote]

The dorm “experience” is overrated. I went to OSU and lived in perhaps 500 sq feet with 3 other gals. The girl across the hallway attempted suicide, 1 girl was killed when she drove drunk into a semi on her way home for Christmas, and the other 2 roommates hated college and made it known. For one year it was a constant revolving door of roommates. I couldn’t wait to get out…but perhaps that is just cause it was in Ohio during the 80’s…..

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[quote=davelj][quote=AN]I missed out on that and I will never be able to experience that. Money can be made later but certain experiences in life only come once.[/quote]

I “missed out” on this experience as well. Thank the Fates. It looked horrible. A bunch of immature asshats living in cramped quarters… no thanks.[/quote]

The dorm “experience” is overrated. I went to OSU and lived in perhaps 500 sq feet with 3 other gals. The girl across the hallway attempted suicide, 1 girl was killed when she drove drunk into a semi on her way home for Christmas, and the other 2 roommates hated college and made it known. For one year it was a constant revolving door of roommates. I couldn’t wait to get out…but perhaps that is just cause it was in Ohio during the 80’s…..

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