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Title: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: BlueJ1 on January 18, 2009, 11:28:38 AM
Ive been in this lovely country for 4 months now. I have 5 left. Heres a list of TV series Ive watched so far in my down time.

-Band Of Brothers (multiple times)
-3 Seasons Of Deadwood.
-2 Seasons of Rome
-2 Seasons of Jericho (2nd season was a waste)
-3 Seasons of Heroes (Last disc in season 3 does not work. Doh!)
-All the seasons of Family Guy
-The Sarah Chronicles
-The Unit
-24
-Transformers (From the originals to Beast Wars)
-All the South Park seasons to this date
-CSI NY

All except Band Of Brothers I bought here from the Foo store on base. $2 a disc. I have 5 months left and Im running out of movies to watch.  :(   
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: Tarmac on January 18, 2009, 11:35:20 AM
online classes, dude.  have something to show for your time over there.
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: Tango on January 18, 2009, 11:38:22 AM
Watch Farscape. Its a pretty good scifi series.
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: BlueJ1 on January 18, 2009, 11:42:09 AM
online classes, dude.  have something to show for your time over there.

Im already EMT-B qualified thanks to a college that teaches here. Im also taking multiple engineering and aviation classes here. I will have my BA finished by the time I leave here.
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: TOMCAT21 on January 18, 2009, 11:42:35 AM
1st time in Iraq , I watched  smallville, all the CSI's at that the time.  :salute
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: BlueJ1 on January 18, 2009, 11:43:55 AM
Forgot about the the Rescue Me series.
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: TOMCAT21 on January 18, 2009, 11:44:36 AM
thats a great show
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: texasmom on January 18, 2009, 11:48:53 AM
Sorry BlueJ, I still have a box sitting here to send you. It's cram-packed with DVD movies for you to watch. Don't feel too badly though, they're right next to the boxes of Christmas gifts for my family that I haven't sent either... getting to the post office isn't something I do well. :)
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: BlueJ1 on January 18, 2009, 11:57:14 AM
Sorry BlueJ, I still have a box sitting here to send you. It's cram-packed with DVD movies for you to watch. Don't feel too badly though, they're right next to the boxes of Christmas gifts for my family that I haven't sent either... getting to the post office isn't something I do well. :)

Dont worry about it ma'am. I have 11 more days before I go on leave and I cant wait. Thankyou.
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: WMLute on January 18, 2009, 01:02:43 PM
I hear the new Battlestar Galactica series is most excellent.

I have been meaning to around to watching it.
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: Selino631 on January 18, 2009, 02:32:17 PM
try getting ahold of The Simpsons full DVD collection, there is over 300 epesodies, thats bound to kill some time.
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: oakranger on January 18, 2009, 04:20:23 PM
What, no porn movies?
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: BlueJ1 on January 18, 2009, 04:25:11 PM
What, no porn movies?

Porn is a UCMJ offense in a combat zone. But does a bear dooky in the woods?

 
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: Angus on January 18, 2009, 04:26:55 PM
Thought you had something to do over there...

Like...looking what's under the Burka  :devil
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: sunfan1121 on January 18, 2009, 04:52:11 PM
toobzoom.com has all the movies and TV shows your heart desires (as long as you don't mind some of the movies shot from a personal camera somewhere in japan.)
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: Anodizer on January 18, 2009, 05:05:58 PM
I hear the new Battlestar Galactica series is most excellent.

I have been meaning to around to watching it.

The show is almost over..  The finale is sometime in March..
I've watched it since the mini-series they first aired on NBC. 
The actually series didn't start until a year later I believe.
It's a serial, so you'll have to watch it from start to finish
to understand what's going on.  In my opinion, it's excellent
television and well worth having the entire collection that has been
released so far on Blu-Ray or dvd. 
There is also a movie they made called Razor and there has been another one that was filmed
that is now post production..  I think the Sci-Fi channel has many episodes you can stream
if you have a decent internet connection. 
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: Ripper29 on January 18, 2009, 05:22:30 PM
Ive been in this lovely country for 4 months now. I have 5 left. Heres a list of TV series Ive watched so far in my down time.

-Band Of Brothers (multiple times)
-3 Seasons Of Deadwood.
-2 Seasons of Rome
-2 Seasons of Jericho (2nd season was a waste)
-3 Seasons of Heroes (Last disc in season 3 does not work. Doh!)
-All the seasons of Family Guy
-The Sarah Chronicles
-The Unit
-24
-Transformers (From the originals to Beast Wars)
-All the South Park seasons to this date
-CSI NY

All except Band Of Brothers I bought here from the Foo store on base. $2 a disc. I have 5 months left and Im running out of movies to watch.  :(   

Have you seen the Series "The Wire".....5 seasons in total.  Great series....I ended up watching all 5 season in about 3 months
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: TOMCAT21 on January 18, 2009, 05:25:55 PM
blue, your a 1-wire...fun working with you guys...
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: BlueJ1 on January 18, 2009, 05:56:31 PM
blue, your a 1-wire...fun working with you guys...

I dont know what you mean. So Im guessing Im not a 1-wire then.
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: TOMCAT21 on January 18, 2009, 08:28:49 PM
we called AE's (Aviation Electricians) 1 wires..dunno why but thats what they were called when I was in.. I was an AT-Aviation electronics tech ..we were called tweeks..
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: crazyivan on January 18, 2009, 08:51:36 PM
If you like Sci FI try Firefly and the movie they made about the series was called Serenity.
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: texasmom on January 18, 2009, 09:28:31 PM
^^^^^BlueJ, if you don't have that one, I'll send it to you. It's awesome
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: JB88 on January 18, 2009, 09:50:13 PM
www.hulu.com

Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: BlueJ1 on January 19, 2009, 10:59:12 AM
we called AE's (Aviation Electricians) 1 wires..dunno why but thats what they were called when I was in.. I was an AT-Aviation electronics tech ..we were called tweeks..

I think that nickname died. We still call AT's tweeks. They call us wire chasers mostly.
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: ROX on January 20, 2009, 11:57:17 AM
Well...you are not missing much back here...

The super bowl is going to be a real snoozer.  If you can scrape some ingredients together, the refried bean dip and chili will be more exciting than the actual game.  If you need the recipies, let me know.

More and more people are clammoring for a "College Super Bowl"...and some are actually listening.

Plaxico Burris had a "Plaxident" and won't be playing anywhere anytime soon.

Everyone loves the new Clint Eastwood movie--look around, you can probably already get Chinese made knock-off DVD's of it in the market in Kabul.

See if you can get your hands on the Survivor Series--that's always pretty good (and on DVD--not bleeped).

Right now, cute chicks you know personally are working out and getting tans...you will be back for them in 5 months!

Stay safe....and THANK YOU for your service!!



ROX
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: lowZX14 on January 20, 2009, 12:42:16 PM
Well if you've already watched Rescue Me, then there is little hope.  Just kidding, check out NCIS, definitely one of my favorite shows there.  Just whatever you do, do not admit to watching any episodes of The O.C.  When I was in Iraq, we had a guy that lived with us that watched it religiously.  We just spent a lot of time at the gym and playing Halo over a 16 port hub that the comm guys "acquired".
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: Eagler on January 21, 2009, 07:12:43 AM
BlueJ1
Thank you for your service

Keep your head down sir <S>
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: 68Hawk on January 21, 2009, 09:08:00 AM
I got many of those, and also Star Trek: DS9 and The West Wing from the local national shop on our FOB.  They might be able to get other stuff if you request it.  Never hurts to try...
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: BlueJ1 on January 21, 2009, 10:06:39 AM
Thankyou for the suggestions, I'll look for them on friday at the bazaar along with my weekly purchase of diamonds.  :D

I also picked up Silent Hunter III while I was here. The first time I had a system that could handle it. Boy did I waste time in that game. Nothing like patrolling of the coast of England and surface in a storm to find yourself in the middle of a convoy.  :devil
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: Mustaine on January 21, 2009, 01:27:01 PM
<S> blue, someone mentioned CSI, there's a lot of seasons to watch... check out House, I am hooked on that show too.

Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: 68Hawk on January 21, 2009, 10:26:24 PM
Careful of that software over there.  Lots of viruses and other problems.  You're probably better off having friends ship you disks.
Title: Re: 4 months in Afghanistan
Post by: Jappa52 on January 22, 2009, 06:17:29 PM
Hey BlueJ1. I'll send you my copy of FEAR if your interested.  Played it, beat it and deleted it.  Very fun game but AH2 cravings needed to be satisfied.  Let me know and I'll be happy to ship it on over  :salute

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