# An historic moment: The 1st \*ever\* SDMB post from Afghanistan. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 15, 2006, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073 "2006-01-15T08:36:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073/61 "2006-01-17T23:22:29Z")
Good to see you back. I made some stuffed cabbage the other day and gave you a thought. Stay well and stay safe. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073/62 "2006-01-18T01:12:46Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Is it true they throw Kabul stones at you when you venture into town? Argh. May your camel stub his toe–in a mine field. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073/63 "2006-01-18T01:23:56Z")
Great pictures, **Tripler**! (Except for the sartorial omission.) Don’t make me contact a superior. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073/64 "2006-01-18T01:55:19Z")
Cool pics, dude. It looks a bit chilly. Stay warm and dry, and let us know if there is anything we can send. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073/65 "2006-01-18T14:04:49Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > . . . let us know if there is anything we can send. What I would love for you guys to send would get me into hot water. But at least with that hot water I could start makin’ jello-shots. Tripler Yeah, I _really_ want you to send me Jello. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073/66 "2006-01-21T16:04:16Z")
Well, new photos going up right now, including one of the famed “[Soviet Toque](http://photobucket.com/albums/e396/TriplerSDMB/)”. Tripler Damn, I’m one good lookin’ Communist. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073/67 "2006-01-21T16:28:42Z")
Hey Tripler, in those last couple of landscape shots… The soil looks cultivated, is that from landmine removal? It looks almost like it’s ready to plant a crop, except it doesn’t look like many crops are grown around there (of course it’s winter now and all). TIA ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073/68 "2006-01-21T16:32:32Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > Hey Tripler, in those last couple of landscape shots… > > The soil looks cultivated, is that from landmine removal? It looks almost like it’s ready to plant a crop, except it doesn’t look like many crops are grown around there (of course it’s winter now and all). > > TIA The landmines around here are far too “randomized” (thanks to the Taliban and NA), and who would want to re-spread them neatly into acreage sized fields again? Typically for hand demining, you gently stack them together in one small pile, and dispose of them (usually by putting a demolition charge on top of the pile and blowing it all at once). I’m fairly certain they’re crops. Of what, I don’t know. . . Tripler I think the rows also have something to do with irrigation. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073/69 "2006-01-22T00:08:01Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > Well, new photos going up right now, including one of the famed “[Soviet Toque](http://photobucket.com/albums/e396/TriplerSDMB/)”. > > Tripler > Damn, I’m one good lookin’ Communist. Not that you could be even half his weight, but in the Toque you remind me of John Candy from Stripes for some Reason. Good Shot. Planning to borrow an Urban assualt vehicle for a night out? 😉 Jim ---
**Author:** ![bizzwire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/958977/32.png) [@bizzwire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizzwire)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073/70 "2006-01-22T00:20:35Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > _Ahem_ [tap tap] Is this thing on? > > Ladies, Gentlemen, Dopers, and everything in between . . . > > I am proud to announce the first post _ever_ from Afghanistan, Sorry, I don’t make the rules, I just enforce them… Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073/71 "2006-01-22T00:23:38Z")
Yo, Comrade **Tripler** , you got E-mail incoming. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073/72 "2006-01-22T01:12:08Z")
You rock, Tripler! Mr. Ruby spent 12 months stationed at FOB Salerno near the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. They had many nights where they would have a fireworks display for the bad guys. 😉 Be safe and Godspeed. Hooaaaa ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073/73 "2006-01-22T02:03:34Z")
Now, THAT looks like one gentleman ready to face the elements in style. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073/74 "2006-01-22T04:18:45Z")
> [@bizzwire](#): > > Sorry, I don’t make the rules, I just enforce them… > > Cite? I know there are “rules” for this sort of claim, but I’ll politely challenge you to this: I’ll defy you to find another post _from the ground inside Afghanistan_–and I’ll wager a bottle of whatever beverage you prefer on it. [sub](I’m not trying to be an arsehole. I just don’t think you can actually do it. 😉 )[/sub] Thus being, I’ve taken some “nice pictures” but nothing conclusive. I’ll see if I can find a sign or two that actually _say_ “Afghanistan” on it. **Ruby** , I was just talking with a guy who comes in and out of FOB Salerno yesterday! He was saying the same thing: it’s still “hot”. He was looking to see if I could come out and do a runway assessment. **JRDelirious** , I may be an infidel, but dammit, I know how to shcmooze the burqas off the ladies. Tripler That wagered bottle is gonna have to wait at least six months. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073/75 "2006-01-22T04:25:39Z")
**Trip** , we are serious about the “If you need/want/desire” anything. If it can fit in the mails and the Powers That Be won’t confiscate it, it’s yours. Just say the word. By the way, my department chair was tickled pinko about the chance for a multi-platform flag. My stock has risen significantly…thanks! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073/76 "2006-01-22T05:04:20Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > **Trip** , we are serious about the “If you need/want/desire” anything. If it can fit in the mails and the Powers That Be won’t confiscate it, it’s yours. Just say the word. As I frequently remind the three Lieutenants working for me: [Belloq] _“There is nothing you can possess, which I cannot take away . . .”_ [/Belloq] 😃 > [@](#): > > By the way, my department chair was tickled pinko about the chance for a multi-platform flag. My stock has risen significantly…thanks! 😃 I’m working on it. Unfortunately, I can’t _promise_, but I am working on it. Tripler I’m really not that bad to my Lieutenants. . . usually. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073/77 "2006-01-22T05:05:52Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > I’m working on it. Unfortunately, I can’t _promise_, but I am working on it. Understood. Thanks count anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073/78 "2006-01-22T17:03:18Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > I don’t think he has, yet. Before I left, I do remember he got picked up and has a line number for Staff Sergeant, but I don’t know when he ‘sews on’. > > Tripler > I’ve been out of the loop for awhile. My DOR was 15 August, and I sewed on in October. I haven’t decided on the name change, since my old one has a certain legacy to it (as it were). Anyway, keep warm, stay safe, and keep us posted, Sir. I’m glad to hear that you’re well. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073/79 "2006-01-22T17:51:09Z")
> [@Airman Doors](#): > > My DOR was 15 August, and I sewed on in October. I haven’t decided on the name change, since my old one has a certain legacy to it (as it were). I guess we’re _both_ “airmen” in the grand scheme of things. So, I wouldn’t change it. Just do me a favor: drink more beer. I hear the brewing industry has been in a tailspin since I left. . . Tripler [Homer]Mmmmmm. Beer. . .[/Homer] ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073/80 "2006-01-22T19:10:25Z")
> [@What Exit?](#): > > Not that you could be even half his weight, but in the Toque you remind me of John Candy from Stripes for some Reason. Good Shot. Not me. I stood up, saluted and then banged my shoe repeatedly on my computer desk. Thanks **Trip** , it’s absolutely all I hoped it would be. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-historic-moment-the-1st-ever-sdmb-post-from-afghanistan/340073.md?page=5)