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Forum: General Posts 09-23-2004, 09:26 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,999
Posted By Desdichado
Ha!!!!!!! :D

Ha!!!!!!! :D
Forum: Vietnam 09-23-2004, 09:24 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,233
Posted By Desdichado
Noise. Dreams (mine at least) get...

Noise.

Dreams (mine at least) get triggered by ambient noise. For an ex-grunt, which I'm assuming your father is, the quiet of night can trigger bad stuff, since maybe ninety percent of every...
Forum: General Posts 07-23-2004, 06:51 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 917
Posted By Desdichado
Sweet. But why blot out the license plate...

Sweet.

But why blot out the license plate and shine the car so good you can read it in the reflection anyway? :D
Forum: General Posts 07-18-2004, 02:26 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,212
Posted By Desdichado
Priceless!! :D

Priceless!! :D
Forum: Vietnam 07-16-2004, 07:33 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,375
Posted By Desdichado
Re: spoils of war

Unless it's an automatic. I ran into a bunch of souvenier hunters who were frantic to try and swap the "cool" AKs they'd acquired for SKS's, so's they could send them home. I don't think they had...
Forum: General Posts 07-16-2004, 07:20 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,212
Posted By Desdichado
Jenkins the Deserter

Is this really a good time to be pedantic? The Japanese in the street see this guy as a romantic hero (his story does put most romantic thriller fiction to shame) and they want to give him a home.
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Forum: Civil War 07-16-2004, 07:03 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,975
Posted By Desdichado
Glad I wasn't there!!!! ;) Hell, forget...

Glad I wasn't there!!!! ;)

Hell, forget wars; look at the Spanish flu, the Black Death, yellow/scarlet fever, cholera, infant mortality....

It's a mystery there's any of us at all.
Forum: Nineteenth Century 06-30-2004, 04:57 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,484
Posted By Desdichado
LOL It's a nice country though. I wouldn't...

LOL

It's a nice country though. I wouldn't give it back, would you? ;)
Forum: Vietnam 06-24-2004, 07:36 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,985
Posted By Desdichado
My old Brownie Hawkeye (still got it in a box...

My old Brownie Hawkeye (still got it in a box somewhere) only managed a few pics that didn't actually suck to look at. I wish'd I had a nicer camera.
Forum: Vietnam 06-24-2004, 07:31 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,102
Posted By Desdichado
Don't thank me, thank the guy who thunk it up. ...

Don't thank me, thank the guy who thunk it up. That thing rocked. Never got used much, but what a show when it did. A nicer carpet of instant on-call damn-damn you never saw laid.
Forum: General Posts 06-24-2004, 07:22 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 594
Posted By Desdichado
LOL err.... Thanks, I think. Sparrow, where'd...

LOL err.... Thanks, I think. Sparrow, where'd you get that paparazzi movie of me? Naw, wait, cain't be me - that'uns got a shirt on. :D

I had an ice cream cake, in case anyone was...
Forum: Vietnam 05-30-2004, 04:37 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,102
Posted By Desdichado
We had a mortar ship in our company. It was a...

We had a mortar ship in our company. It was a standard H model Huey fitted with a crude, but effective, wooden chute system to saturate an area with 81s. Sort of a carpet bombing with mortars idea....
Forum: World War II 05-30-2004, 04:28 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,796
Posted By Desdichado
The greatest generation. Just said goodbye to...

The greatest generation. Just said goodbye to another one last week.

They were too good for us.
Forum: Vietnam 05-29-2004, 01:39 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 683
Posted By Desdichado
oooooh, too many memories of the infamous "black...

oooooh, too many memories of the infamous "black label cable". You just can't get your butt clean after laying one of those. :(
Forum: Vietnam 05-25-2004, 08:01 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 2,974
Posted By Desdichado
:m: Nice job!

:m: Nice job!
Forum: World War II 05-23-2004, 02:39 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,247
Posted By Desdichado
Official Army website. ...

Official Army website.

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/Guard-US/ch4.htm
Forum: World War II 05-23-2004, 02:11 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,247
Posted By Desdichado
I found this on the internet. I think it answers...

I found this on the internet. I think it answers all your questions.
Forum: General Posts 05-23-2004, 01:42 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 903
Posted By Desdichado
Re: Global Hawk

My wife must have had a hand in that design. She can spot a brunette hair on my brown sweater at 200 paces. :D
Forum: General Posts 05-23-2004, 06:16 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,243
Posted By Desdichado
The very thought of a "pure" armored force being...

The very thought of a "pure" armored force being sent into an urban environment just makes me ill. I was absolutely aghast and dumbfounded when I watched the Russians attempt just that in Grozny -...
Forum: General Posts 05-23-2004, 06:05 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 903
Posted By Desdichado
Except for the global hawk, I don't know what any...

Except for the global hawk, I don't know what any of that stuff is. I guess I'm glad about that. :)

If I could "take something back" it would be those fancy MREs instead of Cs. The lasagna...
Forum: General Posts 05-23-2004, 06:00 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 977
Posted By Desdichado
I like Tony. I wish he were ours. Can we have...

I like Tony. I wish he were ours. Can we have him when you're done with him, images? You won't get much in trade, I'm afraid. ;)
Forum: Civil War 05-22-2004, 05:54 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,934
Posted By Desdichado
Thomas Meagher, commander of the Irish Brigade. ...

Thomas Meagher, commander of the Irish Brigade.

"Those Irish are crazy; they LIKE to fight!" - attributed to a Union Private.
Forum: General Posts 05-21-2004, 05:57 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 1,879
Posted By Desdichado
Well, Reeb, you got off lighter than I did. I...

Well, Reeb, you got off lighter than I did. I had to do some hard time too, but, then again, my reasons weren't as good.

It's funny (well, not really), but when a new neighbor finds out I was...
Forum: General Posts 05-21-2004, 05:45 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,069
Posted By Desdichado
Re: I am your WORST buddy

I ain't buyin' that for a minute. :D

When you're done what ya gotta do - come home. Bit of free advice there.
Forum: General Posts 05-18-2004, 06:05 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,027
Posted By Desdichado
Re: Filet,...

I shake your hand, sir. Nice to meet a man who knows how to do up a steak proper like. ;)

No garlic on mine, though. Sprinklin' of dried mustard instead, and served with a dab of blue cheese...
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