Our own Tripler just made contact from Qatar where he’s stationed. Evidently the base he’s assigned to doesn’t allow him to connect to the SDMB, but he wants to say “hi” to everyone and let you all know he’s safe.
He’s been there for about six weeks now, and will likely be extended until September. He’s doing airfield work right now.
Tell him “Hey” from me. My good thoughts are with him. Thanks for giving us this update.
Tell him hey from a complete stranger.
paperbackwriter has he been subscribed yet? Since he can’t from there and the deadline is coming up I’ll do it if he needs someone to help out. It’d be too bad if he missed out given the siutuation.
Let me know.
I was wondering about that, ether. Are we allowing extensions on becoming charter members to our Doper service members over in Iraq?
Thanks paperbackwriter I don’t know Tripler all that well, but please tell him ‘Hi’ and ‘Stay safe’.
Tell him I said hi. Like him, I’m deployed as well, but in a much nicer place. Low stress, high per diem is the word of the day here, unlike what he’s dealing with. Give him my best.
Also let him know that good thoughts are headed his way from Iowa.
Tell him to stay safe. 
Tell’im hi, from Long Island! And he’d better come back ASAP so he can entertain me, dammit.
I don’t know him all that well either but tell him hi anyway. And thanks for being there.
Ditto what everybody else said.
Too bad he can’t get on the board from there. My brother had good Internet access from both Uzbekistan and Afghanistan last year.
I was wondering where he was hiding.
Did I miss the ** So Long & thanks for the Fish, Tripler UnLeashed **Thread?
He’s in BFE without SDMB. That’s just FU’d, IMHO.
Gosh, I wonder if his liver is gonna survive the shock!
You let him know that when he gets back that I’ll keep filling his ungodly beer mug/cocktail glass thinger of his until he passes out… several times over.
OhhhhYeah… and see if he can bring back one of those spiders encased in lucite. Man, those things freak me out.
Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Ewwwww…
<shudders>
Gross.
Apparently the poor bastard can visit only some sites; the SDMB doesn’t make it through the base filters. Can you believe that? As if there’d ever be anything anti-American or subversive on here.
Tripler is now a Charter Member.
your humble TubaDiva
Administrator
I’ve passed on your comments to Tripler. He appreciates the nice thoughts and says:
He has also said I can post this e-mail addy for anyone that wants to contact him with requests for such flags (or carbonite-frozen camel spiders): baranr@gimail.af.mil
Send a “Howdy!” from Dallas if you would. I was just thinking about Tripler the other day and how I missed his crazy post style! When I saw this thread my first thought was “hey, doesn’t he live in Canada?”
–==Mike==–
Those spiders ook me out while being cool at the same time.
Oh man. I’m glad I’m not in Tripler’s shoes. Give 'im a shout from UncleBeer. He’s always been one a my favorite reads here.