# Today, I am ten feet tall. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2009, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513 "2009-05-15T11:29:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [May 15, 2009, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/1 "2009-05-15T11:29:17Z")
Today, I feel like I am ten feet tall. This morning I will be fulfilling a dream of mine, which has been several years in the making (eight to be exact). I simply must tip my hat and thank my lovely wife **Nawth Chucka** for all of the support and love she’s provided the past few years, especially the past ten months where I have been in Florida and she’s been in Georgia. Situations like this are not easy on a marriage, especially one still so new. But I love her, and I thank her for what she’s done for me, and what she’s let me do: chase that life dream so that “I know.” And with this, I don’t want to gloat [sub]well, a touch, but you’ll see in a second[/sub]. There are Dopers on the boards that have known me in and out of the Air Force for years, and they know how much this means to me. So, with them in mind, I can tell them that by God, I’ve finally _earned it!_ Today, at 9:AM on Eglin AFB, I will graduate Navy EOD school and become a full-fledged, working Air Force Bomb Technician; an [EOD Tech](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive_Ordnance_Disposal). I’ve had to draw upon all of my past schools and jobs and all of the electrical, mechanical to go with; interesting things I learned in the Scouts (who’d ever think knots and ropework would be important in this day and age), and a healthy dose of good ol’ fashioned, John Wayne-inspired, f\*ckin’ gumption. This feels like the culmination of my professional life. And dammit, it’s frickin’ cool too. Today, I am ten feet tall, _and_ am on pins and needles. 🆒 Tripler I play with live bombs. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/2 "2009-05-15T11:38:38Z")
Congratulations. Wishing you luck and joy in your new career. Enjoy your day in the sun! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/3 "2009-05-15T11:49:31Z")
Congratulations! And be _careful_ out there! So - do I cut the red wire or the blue wire? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/4 "2009-05-15T12:09:46Z")
> [@Typo\_Knig](#): > > Congratulations! And be _careful_ out there! > > So - do I cut the red wire or the blue wire? 😉 Never cut a wire, use liquid nitrogen. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/5 "2009-05-15T12:27:34Z")
Congratulations and best of luck in your future field! Are you blowing things up or keeping them from blowing up? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/6 "2009-05-15T12:40:30Z")
If you haven’t seen it, you must get hold of the British series _Danger - UXB_. Lots of stuff that blows up, and doesn’t blow up, neither always according to plan. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/7 "2009-05-15T13:14:26Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/8 "2009-05-15T13:25:51Z")
You play with bombs? No wonder your wife is in another state – prudent woman! 🙂 Grats. Now, could I have your professional opinion about something? This Pepsi bottle got a little shaken up; is it safe to opne at my desk? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/9 "2009-05-15T13:31:31Z")
Congratulations, **Tripler**! ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/10 "2009-05-15T13:39:42Z")
\ Heh, heh, heh…POW!!! Congratulations, dude. Now come on down off the ceiling. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/11 "2009-05-15T14:08:04Z")
Huge achievement. - Becoming a Bomb Guy? 8 years of hard work - To set a big goal for yourself and see it through? Priceless Can you answer \*\*Shibb’s \*\*question for us? Are you a blower-upper or a blower-upper-stopper? Them’s the tech words for it. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/12 "2009-05-15T14:13:15Z")
Sounds like you got a great blow job, there **Tripler**. Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/13 "2009-05-15T14:28:49Z")
> [@EpicNonsense](#): > > Never cut a wire, use liquid nitrogen. LN[sub]2[/sub]? Seriously? 🆒 (Sorry, I just had to!) Now that you mention it lowering an explosive’s temperature to 77 Kelvin should make it less likely to go off. If the thermal shock doesn’t get you! :eek: **Tripler** , at the risk of turning this into an “Ask the Bomb Tech” thread, is LN[sub]2[/sub] a legitimate approach? ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/14 "2009-05-15T14:31:58Z")
Excellent news, **Tripler**. Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/15 "2009-05-15T14:40:16Z")
No longer will you have cause to say “Some days, you just can’t get rid of a bomb!” Congratulations, **Tripler**! ---
**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/16 "2009-05-15T14:45:22Z")
Congratulations - or I should say - Con-GRAD-ulations 🙂 You should listen to a [certain song by XTC](http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858530462/) to celebrate. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/17 "2009-05-15T14:51:56Z")
Congratulations, you’ve always been the bomb, now you’re the bomb … tech. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/18 "2009-05-15T15:27:56Z")
Congratulations! You have much to be proud of! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![flyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@flyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyboy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/19 "2009-05-15T16:22:55Z")
Congrats! > [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Are you blowing things up or keeping them from blowing up? I’m guessing that if he stays in CONUS, the latter; if he goes to the sandbox, both. ETA: speaking of which, what are your follow-on orders? ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513/20 "2009-05-15T16:34:53Z")
Way to go!!! Now please be careful out there. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-am-ten-feet-tall/496513.md?page=2)