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   by missed_out 10y ago

   I have bilateral pars defect at L5 with a grade I Spondylolisthesis. Local doctors want to fuse L3-L5, or I will be in a wheelchair within 5 years. For younger people that may be their only option. Non-local doctors do not recomend fusion.
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   by missed_out 10y ago

   After 28 years of DoD service, civilian engineer, I just called it quits. I got tired of the retaliation for turning in security violations. The last one: sharing of passwords on a secured network. One violator's response: Where is it
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   by missed_out 10y ago

   This is what I observed at McClellan AFB during my time there. No matter how hard I fought to do the work as a government engineer, management continuously turned the work over to contractors. As to why? I was taken aside and given the mos
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   by missed_out 10y ago

   At one time, government engineers were in equal standing with contractor engineers. As defense spending dwindled down after the Vietnam war, defense contractors began to lobby for more control of defense workloads. On a contract, the govern