What the hell is that "Traumatizer"?

good looken lady.  I left my parents house at age 21 and never came back. I paid for a 4 year private school education as well.

Just make life at home not as fun like getting them to do lots of chores should work.

Is "service route" the Military?

Well, that explains the mortar tube.

in the sand box, we painted the word "traumatizer" on our mortar, a chaplin made us remove it. i would like to think, my chess game brings shock and awe.   lol   thx guys

I guess conscription goes in US the same way as in Brazil. Here, every 18 year old male needs to register himself in the reserve of the Military. Some of them can voluntary go to full service, and a very small amount is actualy obligated to do it. The vast majority just stay in reserve.

To take all the young men out of the job market to a 2 year military service would indeed be a economic disaster. Unless it is a state that base its economy on war plunder, like Acient Rome.

It is a shame they didn't got at least those sheeps.

Trillions of dollars are just trillions of printed paper pieces, but sheep have wool, milk and meat! It would be totaly worth it.

The French make Roquefort, "Le Roi du Frommage" from sheep milk, and the  Basques make quite a few delicious cheeses from sheeps milk.

There was a company in Vermont that used to distribute a yogort made from  Water Buffalo milk--incredibly rich and good!

Nice Chess Board.

You bet!  Manchego is delicious.

I see those types on old Chess pictures. Hard to find those Boards online. Will you restore your Board?

Not to be rude, but who would pay for that?  I was under the impression that service members get a ton of benefits.  My brother is in the army and every other time he needs something (medicine, shipping, college) it seems it's been paid for or offered at a large discount.

Not that serving your country is bad... I'm simply saying they'd have to cut down on all that free stuff.

It is funny how natural the transition to food talk was made here.

Sometimes it is completly unatural, like someone posting a waffle foto, but in this topic cheese emerged naturaly.

As for the chess board, it is indeed beautiful.