{"id":8530,"date":"2009-05-20T18:45:11","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T01:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=8530"},"modified":"2009-05-20T18:45:11","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T01:45:11","slug":"its-not-an-eod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8530\/its-not-an-eod\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s not an EOD"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am stealing from myself in this posting, which I believe is okay because the message just never seems to ring loud enough for me.\u00a0 Some years back I met a Marine and his wife while showing homes.\u00a0 What follows is my recount of meeting them.\u00a0 It’s an account I hope some of you will follow with your own stories about perhaps your own EOD encounters.<\/h4>\n

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I took a young couple out looking for homes today. First time we had met, and our initial introduction had been through my web site and a couple of emails.In the course of our meeting I engaged in my usual convivial chatter, finding out in small snippets where they were from, what they were dreaming, and of course, what they \u201cdid for a living.\u201d Now an old philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard, once wrote \u201cif you label me, you negate me\u201d, and being not quite that old, but old enough to remember and revere the 60\u2019s, I always ask \u201cwhat do you do\u201d hoping it creates something that really takes me to the core of that person, not just to the superficial meaning of his or her life as labeled by a job.<\/span><\/p>\n

So today I asked \u201cwhat do you both do?\u201d She said, \u201cI\u2019m ex-military, and he\u2019s still on active duty.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat branch?\u201d, I asked.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was in the Air Force\u201d, she said, \u201cand he\u2019s in the Marines.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re here in Oceanside, California, home of Camp Pendleton, and some of the finest young men and women in the whole world. I myself served as a Marine many years ago, but continue to find that meeting and interacting with young service people always makes me glad I live in the San Diego area where so many opportunities arise to do so.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do you do in the Marines?\u201d, I asked.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEOD\u2019s,\u201d, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m looking at him, and he\u2019s a young guy who clearly loves his gal, his country, and is not a big talker like me. So I ask him, \u201cEOD\u2019s\u2026.what are they?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cExplosive Ordinance Devices,\u201d he says. \u201cYou know, Read more<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am stealing from myself in this posting, which I believe is okay because the message just never seems to ring loud enough for me.\u00a0 Some years back I met a Marine and his wife while showing homes.\u00a0 What follows is my recount of meeting them.\u00a0 It’s an account I hope some of you will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-general","7":"category-real-estate","9":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13571,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/13571\/realtor-prayer-for-veterans\/","url_meta":{"origin":8530,"position":0},"title":"Realtor Prayer for Veterans","author":"Don Reedy, San Diego, CA","date":"November 10, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The National Association of Realtors Code of Ethics starts with this: \"Under all is the land........\" Today, on the 235th birthday of the U.S. Marines, and in anticipation of tomorrow, Veteran's Day, I suggest that every Realtor, every American, and every freedom loving citizen of the world stop to consider\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Flourishing"","block_context":{"text":"Flourishing","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/flourishing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":289,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/289\/detailing-the-mechanics-of-the-redfin-cost-shift\/","url_meta":{"origin":8530,"position":1},"title":"Detailing the mechanics of the Redfin cost shift . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 5, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Taking on the New York Times' fawning coverage of Redfin.com, Jim Kimmons at Transforming Real Estate details the details behind the cooperation\/compensation model of real estate brokerage:The contention that the listing agent should be pleased to show an \"eager buyer\" the home when they come with no agent is just\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blogging"","block_context":{"text":"Blogging","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/blogging\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":329,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/329\/could-valley-resale-home-inventories-really-only-be-15-over-normal\/","url_meta":{"origin":8530,"position":2},"title":"Could Valley resale home inventories really only be 15% over normal?","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 13, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Interesting notes from John L. 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