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The Many Man Caves of the Gunny
wsj ^ | 1/3/2015 | Brittany Boddington

Posted on 01/03/2015 5:00:38 PM PST by w1n1


Interviewing R. Lee Ermey, aka The Gunny, in his home was a rare and wonderful opportunity. I did my homework on him, and the night before our interview I watched videos of him online. Those I saw had him yelling at people and forcing them to do push-ups, so needless to say, I did not sleep much that night. What had I gotten myself into?! I was timid walking up to the door...
Full story on Gunny here.


TOPICS: Humor; Military/Veterans; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: gunny
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1 posted on 01/03/2015 5:00:38 PM PST by w1n1
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To: w1n1

One of the greatest movie scenes ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71Lft6EQh-Y


2 posted on 01/03/2015 5:08:07 PM PST by vladimir998
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To: w1n1

My favorite commercial with Gunny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=steF0ULHeIQ


3 posted on 01/03/2015 5:08:12 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: w1n1

I shook his hand in passing at the NRA convention in Tulsa a few years ago. He is a tiny (but very tough) guy!


4 posted on 01/03/2015 5:13:31 PM PST by Tax-chick (Start the new year right. Donate to Free Republic and adopt a kitten!)
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To: vladimir998

100% Dittos to that!! The great R. Lee Ermey at full throttle!


5 posted on 01/03/2015 5:13:52 PM PST by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: Tax-chick

Oops, I meant in Charlotte. Memory-compression hit.


6 posted on 01/03/2015 5:14:08 PM PST by Tax-chick (Start the new year right. Donate to Free Republic and adopt a kitten!)
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To: w1n1

His website:

http://rleeermey.com/


7 posted on 01/03/2015 5:18:13 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: w1n1

Real men don’t have Man Caves.

Man Caves are a womans invention.


8 posted on 01/03/2015 5:18:39 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Gruber Revelations are proof that God is still smiling on America.)
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To: w1n1

“””...so needless to say, I did not sleep much that night. What had I gotten myself into?! I was timid walking up to the door...””””

Poor Brittany, all scared of this man. Did she think he was going to beat her up?


9 posted on 01/03/2015 5:22:31 PM PST by raybbr (Obamacare needs a death panel.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

How so?! I don’t even have a man, so I wouldn’t know...

kg/nancy


10 posted on 01/03/2015 5:22:56 PM PST by krunkygirl (force multiplier in effect...)
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To: Balding_Eagle

Man caves are a great idea.


11 posted on 01/03/2015 5:23:29 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Balding_Eagle

I hate the phrase Man Cave. It grates on my nerves right along with fingernails on the chalk board.


12 posted on 01/03/2015 5:28:44 PM PST by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: w1n1

I believe Brittany is gun writer Craig Boddington’s daughter (col. Boddington of the USMC)


13 posted on 01/03/2015 5:30:41 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: w1n1

Go to his brewery in Lancaster.It is pretty good


14 posted on 01/03/2015 5:32:29 PM PST by Organic Panic
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To: Balding_Eagle
Man Caves are a womans invention.

I bet Ermey doesn't refer to them as "man caves". The author is a woman, so that's where that came from. And I agree. the term "man cave" is yet another abuse of the language meant to infantilize and degrade the ways of men.
15 posted on 01/03/2015 5:38:13 PM PST by fr_freak
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My man cave is my residence.


16 posted on 01/03/2015 5:42:44 PM PST by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: Balding_Eagle

Ha! My “mancave” includes 30 acres of tillable, 30 acres of timber, 5 acres of pasture with a river running through it! Hahahaha!


17 posted on 01/03/2015 6:01:03 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: Rodamala

I would love a 10th of that.

I’m stuck in the burbs with a tiny basement that I am trying to make something out of after years piling up stuff.

The other option I have a building the inlaws own a few blocks away full of junk, no power but a near constant police presence. I hope to get a generator this month so I can have some juice out there. There is the long neglected CJ7 to work on.

My source of any power is a decrepit old K5 blazer that I use for a portable winch hitching post to roll that 7 in. There is a slight grade and my knees aren’t up to pushing it around.

With better weather and more daylight that will sooner or later come, I plan to get it to either start or go ahead and budget out for a jasper and labor. Its just a 256.

It makes a hell of a protest trying to spin it over. Was going to roll start it or try but apparently the brakes are gone from sitting up. I have to get some kind of barricade up. There is a very good drop at the end of the run.

I knew the engine might be bad when I bought it but overall it is in OK condition and I am too big and fat it seems to sit in my Willys CJ5 for too long. It is staying anyway.


18 posted on 01/03/2015 6:25:25 PM PST by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

Men have shops. Real men know what to do in them. Wannabes watch the Home and Garden channel.


19 posted on 01/03/2015 6:36:10 PM PST by WorkingClassFilth
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To: vladimir998

Having been there, done that, I never fail to bust out laughing at that scene. Funny now, not so funny then.


20 posted on 01/03/2015 7:36:57 PM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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