Eric’s Blog

Of all the memories I have of being in the Army, this is one of my favorites. Not sure why, but it’s got a bit of humor, and really epitomizes what the Army was. I remember this story because it’s soon Spring, and like most things in Spring, the lawn starts growing again. At my unit in Germany, there is grass everywhere, and like every other domesticated place, it has to be mowed. The decision of who gets to do this is easy- give it to the people that don’t have shit to do (namely my crew- the ‘Stingers’, for the missiles we were trained to fire).

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It’s getting late, but I wanted to write about something I always scoff at when I see it. When we get milk at the grocery store, the ‘good stuff’ says “From cows NOT treated with rBST”. Basic logic says that because they are specific with a single hormone, they can use a different hormone, and not be accused of lying based on the tag (as I’m sure there are 10’s of different hormones available). I’m sure that if a farm used no hormones, that they would say “From cows NOT treated with any growth hormone, including rBST.” Of course, the majority of consumers looking at the tag believes that they use no hormones- which would be the company’s goal. Nice.