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One Marine, One Ship
Originally Las Vegas Review-Journal ^
| 22 Oct 2000
| Vin Suprynowicz
Posted on 10/26/2015 4:57:02 AM PDT by DuncanWaring
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To: DuncanWaring
Thanks, it is an old favorite.
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10/31/2015 1:30:05 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: DuncanWaring
When the Hasbro Toy Co. called up some years back, asking permission to put the retired colonel's face on some kid's doll, Mitchell Paige thought they must be joking. But they weren't. That's his mug, on the little Marine they call "GI Joe."
Fifteen years or so ago, I got to visit Mitchell "just call me Mitch" Paige at his home here in La Quinta. His wife and my Mom were DAR buddies, hence the arrangement.
I'd obtained one of those GI Joes and he autographed the (still) unopened box. When I referred to it as a doll he smilingly corrected me: "Please - I prefer 'action figure'",
As a former Jarhead, the visit thrilled me. His study was chock full of USMC memorabilia, and of course, 'the medal'....
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posted on
10/31/2015 1:37:36 PM PDT
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ErnBatavia
(It ain't a "hashtag"....it's a damn pound sign. ###)
To: ErnBatavia
I recall you mentioning that once upon a time.
The one guy I wish I could have met is “Red” Irwin.
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posted on
10/31/2015 4:08:47 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Excellent. I'll pour you a tumbler of
The Famous Grouse. Would you like that neat, or on the rocks?
Sipping the whiskey can put you in the mood even if General Flem Pickering can't serve it up to you!
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posted on
10/31/2015 5:33:39 PM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(As we say in the Air Force, "You know you're over the target when you start getting flak!")
To: Alas Babylon!
On the rocks please. :)
Actually it is a pretty good drink.
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10/31/2015 5:48:26 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Proud Infidel, Gun Nut, Religious Fanatic and Freedom Fiend)
To: Alas Babylon!
Excellent. I'll pour you a tumbler of The Famous Grouse. Know what's funny about this? I used to hunt grouse with some guys in NC. They would stay down at this guy's vacation home in the NC mountains, and hunt grouse all day, and mostly drink at night. (I'd have one, but that's all; not a big drinker.) They would say, "we don't always shoot one, but we always have a Grouse!"
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11/06/2015 2:49:36 PM PST
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backwoods-engineer
(AMERICA IS DONE! When can we start over?)
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