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Post by mley1 on Apr 4, 2015 22:44:23 GMT -5
You know, every now and then I hear something that just makes me go HUH? WTF!!!
The other day I heard a young officer talking, maybe even trying to brag a little, about how it was BACK IN THE DAY in TDCJ. The youngster had one hash mark on his sleeve. I waited for the right moment, and asked the officer what year he started, you know maybe he had more time under his belt than he looked. I guess he didn't know me, cause he answered back with 6 yrs. I just chuckled, and asked him how old he was. 26yrs old. I chuckled again. He seemed offended and asked what was so funny. I just said "son, back in the day, it was TDC, and you hadn't been born yet".
While I liked his enthusiasm, he had no freaking clue what "back in the day" really is. So, if any of you youngsters out there decided to talk about what you used to do "back in the day", make dang sure there ain't no old hand standing around that may just set you straight. You may embarrass yourself.
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Post by bobothebeaten on Apr 6, 2015 13:43:34 GMT -5
You know, every now and then I hear something that just makes me go HUH? WTF!!! The other day I heard a young officer talking, maybe even trying to brag a little, about how it was BACK IN THE DAY in TDCJ. The youngster had one hash mark on his sleeve. I waited for the right moment, and asked the officer what year he started, you know maybe he had more time under his belt than he looked. I guess he didn't know me, cause he answered back with 6 yrs. I just chuckled, and asked him how old he was. 26yrs old. I chuckled again. He seemed offended and asked what was so funny. I just said "son, back in the day, it was TDC, and you hadn't been born yet". While I liked his enthusiasm, he had no freaking clue what "back in the day" really is. So, if any of you youngsters out there decided to talk about what you used to do "back in the day", make dang sure there ain't no old hand standing around that may just set you straight. You may embarrass yourself. I was in the USMC in 1969 and we use to hear all those back in the day stories. Even now I don't consider my time in service as back in the day. To me back in the day was the 1950's. Those Jar Heads were just plain crazy!
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Post by mley1 on Apr 7, 2015 9:14:52 GMT -5
You know, every now and then I hear something that just makes me go HUH? WTF!!! The other day I heard a young officer talking, maybe even trying to brag a little, about how it was BACK IN THE DAY in TDCJ. The youngster had one hash mark on his sleeve. I waited for the right moment, and asked the officer what year he started, you know maybe he had more time under his belt than he looked. I guess he didn't know me, cause he answered back with 6 yrs. I just chuckled, and asked him how old he was. 26yrs old. I chuckled again. He seemed offended and asked what was so funny. I just said "son, back in the day, it was TDC, and you hadn't been born yet". While I liked his enthusiasm, he had no freaking clue what "back in the day" really is. So, if any of you youngsters out there decided to talk about what you used to do "back in the day", make dang sure there ain't no old hand standing around that may just set you straight. You may embarrass yourself. I was in the USMC in 1969 and we use to hear all those back in the day stories. Even now I don't consider my time in service as back in the day. To me back in the day was the 1950's. Those Jar Heads were just plain crazy! Ha ha! I'll bet!! I would have loved living in the 50's. The cars were cool. Times were much simpler. With regard to TDCJ, I consider back in the day to be prior to the Ruiz stipulation taking full effect. We had BT's, turnkeys, gave away RJR, didn't have UOF video camera's, and the field force actually worked. It was a time when respect actually meant something. And, wimps and cry babies need not apply.
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Post by mley1 on Apr 7, 2015 9:16:41 GMT -5
In my career I caught the very tail end of "back in the day".
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Post by accussedsnitchgp11 on Apr 18, 2015 2:11:57 GMT -5
With our Turn Over Rate......Starting to Look like "Back in the Day" Means More than 1 year... The New Catch Phrase is "When I was in Pre-servive Last week.."
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Post by maintgal73 on Sept 17, 2015 23:24:07 GMT -5
The boots are so young they still smell like similac.
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Post by 1theblacklist on Feb 6, 2016 21:02:05 GMT -5
It's great to hear that there is still a few of us Pre-Ruiz men still around. Agreed that today's prison domes not resemble our penitentiary back in the good ole days.
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Post by mley1 on Feb 7, 2016 12:51:01 GMT -5
It's great to hear that there is still a few of us Pre-Ruiz men still around. Agreed that today's prison domes not resemble our penitentiary back in the good ole days. Yea, it's a damn shame the way they coddle the convicts now days. Hell, just the other day we had an inmate who left the dorm, after the officer told them not too, and then the inmate walked to the main building cause they wanted to talk to the lieutenant. Back in the day, that inmate wouldn't have gotten far. And, likely would have ended up in the infirmary, or at least lock up. I can remember when you better not call the lieutenant unless all hell was breaking loose. It was your job as the officer to control your area. If a convict wanted to talk to a supervisor they better put in an I60 or hope they catch them in the hall going to chow or something. I get nauseated now days at all the feel good programs they have for these thugs. It's ridiculous.
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Post by child of TDC on Nov 29, 2018 14:18:14 GMT -5
Glad to find this board. I grew up at Darrington, Sugarland, Huntsville, Coffield. We left before Beto was finished. My dad started before Ruiz lawsuit started. He had to testify every few years from the late 70's up to 2009-I think-it was in the years 2000's when finally stopped. For the repeated Ruiz stuff as well as the other 6 or so inmates cases that piggy backed off of that.Even when he moved out of state, he had to call in on conference call at courthouse of city/state where he was living. Defending himself year after year and being interrogated for 30 years wore him down. We lived on the prison farms because that was truly "back in the day". Had trustee inmates working in our houses and inmates working in our front yards. Anyhow, I always tell people they don't have an opinion unless they lived or worked in it and experienced it. They simply do not understand what it does to a person working in that.
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Post by bugedout on Jan 14, 2019 2:23:16 GMT -5
Glad to find this board. I grew up at Darrington, Sugarland, Huntsville, Coffield. We left before Beto was finished. My dad started before Ruiz lawsuit started. He had to testify every few years from the late 70's up to 2009-I think-it was in the years 2000's when finally stopped. For the repeated Ruiz stuff as well as the other 6 or so inmates cases that piggy backed off of that.Even when he moved out of state, he had to call in on conference call at courthouse of city/state where he was living. Defending himself year after year and being interrogated for 30 years wore him down. We lived on the prison farms because that was truly "back in the day". Had trustee inmates working in our houses and inmates working in our front yards. Anyhow, I always tell people they don't have an opinion unless they lived or worked in it and experienced it. They simply do not understand what it does to a person working in that. Well this board too, has died. This one was slower and longer, more painful than the the other one, but it's just as dead. I just wonder if it was from lack of time for the admin guys and mods, or is everyone just too scared to speak up anymore?
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Post by mley1 on Jan 27, 2019 19:48:50 GMT -5
Glad to find this board. I grew up at Darrington, Sugarland, Huntsville, Coffield. We left before Beto was finished. My dad started before Ruiz lawsuit started. He had to testify every few years from the late 70's up to 2009-I think-it was in the years 2000's when finally stopped. For the repeated Ruiz stuff as well as the other 6 or so inmates cases that piggy backed off of that.Even when he moved out of state, he had to call in on conference call at courthouse of city/state where he was living. Defending himself year after year and being interrogated for 30 years wore him down. We lived on the prison farms because that was truly "back in the day". Had trustee inmates working in our houses and inmates working in our front yards. Anyhow, I always tell people they don't have an opinion unless they lived or worked in it and experienced it. They simply do not understand what it does to a person working in that. Well this board too, has died. This one was slower and longer, more painful than the the other one, but it's just as dead. I just wonder if it was from lack of time for the admin guys and mods, or is everyone just too scared to speak up anymore?
Well, I've not had a lot of time to devote to the board. At the moment there really isn't a lot happening. So, the boards, both here and at TJDO are pretty slow.
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