Say, Ramius ... does that watering hole of yours serve real ginger ale? Or do they make it out of Coke and Seven-Up?
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THANKS TO EVERYONE AT THE HOBBIT HOLE. I RECEIVED A THIRD PACKAGE WITH PLENTY OF GOODIES IN IT. FROM US ALL, THANKS. I WAS STRUCK WITH THE THOUGHT THAT IF I WAS STILL PRACTICING MY HABITS AS I DID WHEN I FIRST STARTED READING THE HOBBIT, THESE MUNCHIES WOULD HAVE HIT THE SPOT. YES, I'M AN OLD HIPPIE. MY CHILDREN ALL THINK I'M ANCIENT AND OLD FASHIONED BUT STILL A LITTLE BIT HIP.
WE AS A BASE ARE DOING WELL HERE IN DJIBOUTI AND WE HAVE BEEN PRACTICING BUNKER DRILLS WITH AND WITHOUT MASKS. OUR MISSION IS DIFFERENT HERE THAN IN IRAQ, AND WHERE THEY MIGHT NEED THESE SKILLS, WE MORE THAN LIKELY WILL NOT. IT IS BETTER HOWEVER TO BE PREPARED THAN SORRY. MORAL IS GOOD EVEN IN THE LIGHT OF THE PRISONER ABUSE SEEN ON TV. IT IS UNIVERSALLY SCORNED UPON BY ALL I HAVE SPOKEN TOO ABOUT THE SUBJECT. THAT IS NOT THE AMERICAN WAY AND FOR WHAT WE STAND. I AM SO IMPRESSED BY THE TROOPS I PASS EVERYDAY. MY EXPERIENCE WAS IN VIETNAM AND THIS IS A DIFFERENT ARMY. THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER DON'T HAVE TO BE REMINDED OF WHAT THE DRAFT DID TO OUR NATION. WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD AND SUPPORTIVE TO OUR VOLUNTEER MILITARY AS IT IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD. THERE IS NOT THE RACIAL PROBLEM NOW THAT WAS SO PRONOUNCED THEN. JUST ONE TEAM. THANKS AGAIN
GOTTA GO. JERRY