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Check out our NEW website . . .
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Whether you have just found the Sound Off! message boards or have been a long-time member,
please consider our NEW website, Military Brats Online.
The new website has been getting rave reviews from everyone--it's a real online community and much closer to the
original vision I had for bringing Military Brats together.
Military Brats Online has discussion groups and personal blogs, your own photo gallery,
private messages, Chat room and MANY other exciting features,
including advanced searching so it's easy to find fellow Military Brats.
But what about Sound Off!--Will it remain available?
The Sound Off! message boards will remain active for a while, but will be archived later this year. We have not been able to integrate the
Sound Off! system into the new website as the two website systems are not compatible.
Once you join Military Brats Online, you can go to "groups" and copy over as many of your discussion messages as you would like and keep the
discussion threads going. Remember, your user ID and password for Sound Off! will NOT automatically work on the new website. You will need to sign up on Military Brats Online
and create a new profile.
While Sound Off! has been very popular with many Military Brats, it has been a very limited message board
system and the new website will offer far more features for re-connecting. I believe you will see that in the
long run, the new website is a huge improvement and it is highly interactive.
I am truly sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you and I thank you for your support of Military Brats Online.
--Vann Baker
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| 03-30-2003, 01:32 AM |
Hockeytown4vr
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you can still pack a suitcase in 30 minutes and remember everything you need and some extras.
I can relate to that. My husband and I have the same size bag and when we go on vacation I get more in my bag and have it packed in half the time. I'm also very good at relocation cleaning...scrubbing walls etc.
Active Army Brat 1963-1980
Army Brat - always
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| 03-30-2003, 01:41 AM |
Hockeytown4vr
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Re: You Might be a Military Brat if . . . (Re: vann)
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... when someone has a p-38 on their key ring,they tell you that you have no idea what it is or how to use it. You get a can and open it in seconds flat. Of course you know how to use it, as a kid you had to practice in the bomb shelters at school, just in case....
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I was telling my civilian born husband about this site and about dog tags. I told him when I got my ID card I put the dog tag on a key chain. My key chain hand my dog tag, house key and a p-38 (I can't believe I remembered what it was called) Then as I read posts further, there they were...alot of you remember them. I still remember when my Dad brought my brother and I home one. He told us he had something special for us, then he dropped one into our hands. We both looked at it confused. My Dad said "This could save your a** one day". He showed us how to use it then he would time us, to see how fast we were. Boy that brings back memories!!
Thanks,
~Laura
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| 03-30-2003, 01:50 AM |
Hockeytown4vr
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Re: You Might be a Military Brat if . . . (Re: vann)
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The accent thing totally holds true with me! After spending a few hours with someone, I start to adopt their accent. My husband even makes fun of this phenomenon. I almost have to fight the urge not to! This happened recently when I spent a day with my friend from Texas. I didn't realize this is normal for a brat; I'm so glad others are posting about this. My sisters have both lived in the south since 8th/9th grades, so they've got that accent and don't adapt like I do. I'm the oldest and have moved more times, maybe it's more ingrained. I can talk like my cousins from DC, or my sisters in the south, and picked up on the subtlties of Canadians during a week in Canada. After 5th grade in Hawaii I spent a week at a local summer camp and came home talking pidgeon; the rest of my family could not understand me! So glad I'm not alone in this!!
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| 03-30-2003, 01:55 AM |
Hockeytown4vr
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 Re: You Might be a Military Brat if . . . (Re: vann)
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The accent thing totally holds true with me! After spending a few hours with someone, I start to adopt their accent. My husband even makes fun of this phenomenon. I almost have to fight the urge not to! This happened recently when I spent a day with my friend from Texas. I didn't realize this is normal for a brat; I'm so glad others are posting about this. My sisters have both lived in the south since 8th/9th grades, so they've got that accent and don't adapt like I do. I'm the oldest and have moved more times, maybe it's more ingrained. I can talk like my cousins from DC, or my sisters in the south, and picked up on the subtlties of Canadians during a week in Canada. After 5th grade in Hawaii I spent a week at a local summer camp and came home talking pidgeon; the rest of my family could not understand me! So glad I'm not alone in this!!
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I can totally relate to the accent thing too. I have done this my whole life. I can even do impressions of people including their accents. I once became very good friends (after 2 weeks-you know how we are) She had a slight lisp. My mom said it took me almost a year to get out of "lisp mode". I have had southern accents, I've spoken fast like they do in California, I suppose I now have a Michigan accent.
This is such a cool site! I remember Saturdays while the civilian kids were watching cartoons, my brother and I were doing yard work. I had to police the yard before my brother mowed, then we both raked and bagged the grass. We stood before our work while my father inspected and finally "dismissed" us for play time! I'm thankful to my Dad for teaching us to have a strong work ethic.
~Laura
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| 03-30-2003, 01:58 AM |
Hockeytown4vr
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Re: You Might be a Military Brat if . . . (Re: vann)
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I can totally relate to the accent thing too. I have done this my whole life. I can even do impressions of people including their accents. I once became very good friends (after 2 weeks-you know how we are) She had a slight lisp. My mom said it took me almost a year to get out of "lisp mode". I have had southern accents, I've spoken fast like they do in California, I suppose I now have a Michigan accent.
This is such a cool site! I remember Saturdays while the civilian kids were watching cartoons, my brother and I were doing yard work. I had to police the yard before my brother mowed, then we both raked and bagged the grass. We stood before our work while my father inspected and finally "dismissed" us for play time! I'm thankful to my Dad for teaching us to have a strong work ethic.
~Laura
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