Posted on 05/24/2004 4:55:48 AM PDT by The Mayor
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THE WEEKEND THREAD
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It is a reminder that we often are *angels unaware* to those around us, merely by interacting pleasantly with them, and allowing them to reminisce about things that are important to them...
Sometimes just being a Good Listener brightens someone's day,
and you did that wonderfully.
{{{{{ HUGS }}}}}
Thanks, it was a pleasure.
I will! :O)
Now if they could just AC the outside! :O)
I have done this before. I will never forget the look on the gentleman's face when I noticed his veteran license plate and waited paitently for him to get out of his car so I could say thank you. He said I was the only person he ever remembered hearing say that to him. Now I try to do it every chance I get. It really is an awesome feeling.
Lookie, lookie what I found...
Here's my WORLD famous recipe for Marquesan "Poisson Kru". Enjoy!
Some recipes are tolerant of inexact quantities and timing. However, this recipe will not abide the haphazard chef, and therefore must be followed to the letter. Any deviation from the recipe can have grevous results.....So....here we go:
First, get up at 2:00 a.m. and go catch a big tuna. Second, cut off all of the unappealing parts of the fish. We don't want any eyes, or viscera, skin or bones...just nice tuna meat. Cut five or ten pounds of the tuna into pieces about the size of MY little finger, or maybe just a little bit bigger or maybe a little bit smaller. ACCURACY is important.
Next, steal about 40 limes from a friendly Marquesan's back yard tree. Squeeze the limes through a sieve into a separate bowl. We don't want the seeds! Then go down to the Marche' and trade Andre a box of .22 shells for a bunch of veggies: two cukes, a few tomatoes, an onion or two, bell peppers (two colors, if possible) and even a few celery stalks would be nice. He'll still owe you.
Now, climb a coconut tree and get a couple of ripe coconuts. No green ones, please. They are good for drinking but not for copra. If you survive the fall, shuck the nut, crack it in half with a machete and use a "rapacoco" to shred it. A "rapacoco", a toothed metal device, makes short work of the coconut. You can get one at Kamakes or at Maurices in Tiohae....among other places. The meat must be shredded very fine. (Andre' at the Marche, will grind up your coconut on his new-fangled mechanical grinder if you enjoy kicking TRADITION in the face). Now cut up the veggies into bite-sized pieces and the onion should be sliced very, very, very thin.
Now here's the MOST critical part of the operation. LISTEN UP! Pour the lime juice over the tuna meat and stir it up with your hands. Let the tuna "cook" for oh, between 5 minutes and 2 hours. It's your call, but timing is CRUCIAL! Th meat will turn slightly opaque, I hope. If you stope overripe limes, you could cook it for a year and nothing would happen except putrification. (Note: steal the yellow overripe ones anyway...they are good with rum and coke.)
Once the "cooking" is complete, drain the excess lime juice and throw the veggies in with a tablespoon of white pepper and a tablespoon of salt.
Next take a clean cloth (skivvies are usually the only relatively clean thing around), lay it out and put the shredded coconut meat on top. Close the skivvies around the coconut and twist until the pressure causes the coconut milk to strain through into a bowl. If you are a size 36 or under it may take two or three BVD loads to complete the process. Once you get the coconut milk, you might just as well toss the skivvies, as you'll never get the small of rancid coconut milk out. Add the coconut milk to the fish, veggies, salt and pepper. Mix it all up. Try it. If it tastes like it should.....send some to me.....mine always tastes like hell.
BON APPETITE.
From: Invictus
http://members.aol.com/tgrus2kdfz/island3.html
The Medal of Honor, established by joint resolution of Congress, 12 July 1862 (amended by Act of 9 July 1918 and Act of 25 July 1963) is awarded in the name of Congress to a person who, while a member of the Armed Services, distinguishes himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against any enemy of The United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which The United States is not a belligerent party. The deed performed must have been one of personal bravery or self-sacrifice so conspicuous as to clearly distinguish the individual above his comrades and must have involved risk of life. Incontestable proof of the performance of service is exacted and each recommendation for award of this decoration is considered on the standard of extraordinary merit.
The Medal of Honor is America's highest award for combat valor. Its stature is so high that President Harry S. Truman, a WWI veteran with a deep understanding of the horrors of combat and the need for extraordinary heroism to overcome them, once told a gathering of WWII recipients: "I'd rather have this medal than be president".
General George S. Patton, an outstanding combat soldier who also had a clear grasp of combat bravery, told one recipient as he placed the coveted medal around the hero's neck: "I'd give my immortal soul for that medal".
Only an act of the most conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity, far above and beyond the call of duty, in the presence of an armed enemy merits the Medal of Honor. The deed must involve a clear risk of life. It must be that type of voluntary act which, if the hero did not do it, would not subject him to undue criticism. In addition, at least two eyewitnesses must attest to the deed. By adhering to these strict criteria the armed forces have reserved the Medal of Honor solely for the "bravest of the brave".
Of the 13 million men who served our country during WWII, only 433 received the Medal of Honor.
In other words, only 1 in every 30,000 servicemen received our nation's highest decoration for combat valor. Only 190 of those brave men survived to receive their medals.
World War II
Adams, Lucian - Army, Port Arthur, TX Port Arthur, TX
Bordelon, William James - USMC, San Antonio, TX Texas
Bulkeley, John Duncan - Navy, San Antonio, TX Texas
Carswell, Jr., Horace Seaver - USMC, Fort Worth, TX San Angelo, TX
Cole, Robert George - Army, Fort Sam Houston, TX San Antonio, TX
Dealey, Samuel David - Navy, Dallas, TX Texas
Everhart, Sr., Forrest Eugene - Army, Bainbridge, OH Texas City, TX
Fields, James H. - Army, Caddo, TX Houston, TX
Fowler, Thomas Weldon - Army, Wichita Falls, TX Wichita Falls, TX
Garcia, Marcario - Army, Villa De Castano, Mexico Sugar Land, TX
Harrell, William George - USMC, Rio Grande City, TX Mercedes, TX
Harris, James Lindell - Army, Hillsboro, TX Hillsboro, TX
Hawkins, William Deane - USMC, Fort Scott, KS El Paso, TX
Hughes, Lloyd Herbert - Army AC, Alexandria, LA San Antonio, TX
Hutchins, Johnnie David - Navy, Weimer, TX Texas
Kearby, Neel Ernest - Army AC, Wichita Falls, TX Dallas, TX
Keathley, George D. - Army, Olney, TX Lamesa, TX
Kimbro, Truman - Army, Madisonville, TX Houston, TX
Knight, Jack Llewellyn - Army, Garner, TX Weatherford, TX
Knight, Raymond Larry - Army AC, Houston, TX Houston, TX
Leonard, Turney White - Army, Dallas, TX Dallas, TX
Logan, James Marion - Army NcNeil, TX Luling, TX
Lopez, Jose Mendoze - Army, Mission, TX Brownsville, TX
Lummus, Jack - USMC, Ennis, TX Texas
Mathis, Jack Warren - Army AC, San Angelo, TX San Angelo, TX
*** Murphy, Audie Leon - Army, Kingston, TX Dallas, TX ***
Roan, Charles Howard - USMC, Claude, TX Texas
Robinson, Jr., James E. - Army, Toledo, OH Waco, TX
Rodriguez, Cleto L. - Army, San Marcos, TX San Antonio, TX
Wallace, Herman C. - Army, Marlow, OK Lubbock, TX
Whiteley, Eli Lamar - Army, Florence, TX Georgetown, TX
*** Please note Audie Murphy, who at a young age became the most decorated military man of World War II.
He later starred in Hollywood movies.
Whenever you hear someone complain about the "high number of our boys" who are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, quote to them,
Source:
HERE
I always double over with laughter as I read through that S-L-O-W-L-Y and let the absurdities sink in..:))
Thank you, Invictus, for 'sharing' it...:))
Brave men. Great Americans.
My friend has decided to join us!! Her name is MrsMike31, and she will be posting as soon as she gets registered.
She has had a very rocky weekend, and I am hoping that a warm welcome here will smooth things out a bit as they did for me.
Thank you.
Billie did such an awesome job on the material that was not lost in the crashes.
Bert - sorry I failed to summon you to here - your still was an integral part of Island Life!!
What would we have done without your Famous Fruitcakes that we sold around the world to be used as skeet chooting targets and missiles against enemies, domestic and foreign?!!
LOL
My pleasure dear ladyx.
Now I'm wishin' I wasn't so bashful when the original thread was posted. I remember reading through it way back when but I was just a rookie then. So glad someone saved it and created those animated web pages. Think I'll bookmark it.
Here's page one with links to the others...
http://members.aol.com/tgrus2kdfz/index.html
Neat audio welcome message on page one.
We will indeeed be more than happy to welcome another military wife, and stand by you both.
- Signed:
'Been There - Done That'
Military Veteran and Military Wife
(LadyX)
Trio trains for D-Day repeat
By: JOHN HUNNEMAN - Staff Writer
LAKE ELSINORE ---- Point made. Three World War ll paratroopers donned parachutes and jumped from 5,000 feet Wednesday, hoping to convince organizers of next month's 60th anniversary of the D-Day invasion they are capable of repeating history.
The trio ---- Richard Mandich, 79, of San Diego; Dick Case, 83, of Las Vegas; and Dick Falvey, 82, of Hammondsport, N.Y. ---- are members of a group called Return to Normandy.
All three were assigned of the 101st Airborne Division ---- the "Screaming Eagles" ---- during the war. Case and Falvey parachuted into France on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Mandich made his jump three months later on a mission in Holland.
President Bush, French President Jacques Chirac, other world leaders and several thousand veterans are expected to attend the June 6 ceremonies in France, marking the date of the massive allied invasion.
The trio learned Wednesday that the mayor of Sainte Mere Eglise, a village on the French coastline, had granted permission for them to parachute into the countryside near that town on June, 7, the day after the official ceremony.
"We faxed them all the documentation and medical clearances last night," said Dr. Bettina Experton of San Diego, who traveled with the veterans to France 10 years ago when the trio jumped at the 50th anniversary. She plans to repeat the trip next month.
"These men have no physical limitations, they're well-trained and they all have medical certificates," Experton said.
That news was welcomed by Mandich, who said he still hopes to get permission from authorities, both French and American, to be part of the official ceremony.
"They think we're all too old," Mandich said. "They don't want anything to mar the ceremony."
In 1994, at the 50th anniversary of D-Day, Mandich led a group of 41 veterans who re-enacted the jump into France. After at first being denied clearance to jump by authorities, Mandich took his case to the public, via the media, and convinced those in the highest authority that his group should be given the go-ahead.
"The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff heard about us and told President Clinton what we wanted to do and Clinton said it was O.K. with him," said Mandich. "After that, everything pretty much fell into place. Maybe (President) Bush will get the same message."
This year, about eight D-Day veterans from around the country hope to re-enact the leap, Mandich said.
Murrieta resident Bill Galbraith, 80, jumped that day 10 years ago. Wednesday, he drove to Skydive Elsinore to watch his fellow Screaming Eagles practice.
He is sitting this jump out.
"I made up my mind about 10 years ago that I'd made my last jump," said Galbraith, who was wounded after D-Day and spent nearly three years in a military hospital.
Wednesday's jump ---- under mostly blue skies with a few puffy clouds ---- was markedly different from the perilous one Case and Falvey made almost 60 years ago.
Taking off at night from an airfield in southern England to cross the English Channel in hopes of surprising Hitler's forces in occupied France, the C-47 aircraft with two dozen paratroopers aboard traveled only a few hundred feet above the waves.
"It was a cloudy night and I remember looking out and seeing the swells from underneath all the ships down below heading for France," Case said.
An armada of about 5,000 ships had sailed from England to deliver 150,000 troops to Normandy.
As they reached the coastline of France, German troops opened fire on the aircraft.
"They were shooting holes in the plane," Case said. "I couldn't wait to get out of that airplane. When you're on the ground and someone is shooting at you at least you can shoot back. When you're in an airplane there's not much you can do."
Carrying almost 200 pounds of equipment and jumping from just 250 feet above ground, Case said he landed only a few seconds after his parachute opened, 7 1/2 miles from the intended target.
Wednesday, wearing a parachute weighing about 35 pounds, Case and the others each took several minutes to glide gently down from about 5,000 feet.
The landings were mostly smooth, although Mandich clipped a pole holding a windsock in the landing area and tumbled several feet to the ground. He was not hurt.
"I couldn't have hit that pole if I had tried," he joked afterward.
All three men voiced enthusiasm about getting a chance to relive the events of what Case called one of the most important events of the 20th century.
"That was just marvelous," Case said after landing. "You can tell anyone who is against us doing this that I didn't break any bones."
I owe you BIG TIME, swabbie..:))
LadyX - thank you for your post. I have always had a special place in my heart for members of the greatest generation. Although I would never wish the horrible events of that time on another generation - I do wish we could find the fortitide that people who lived through that war did. Why can't our society work together for a greater good rather than demanding our own individual wishes at the expense of everyone else or sitting back and being content to enjoy our freedom when so many others have none.
I've begun to find that SUPRISE!! There actually are MANY people out there who support the current war and our efforts to give the Iraqi people the same liberties that we enjoy. Unfortuantely - I have also found that there aren't many members of the media who fall into that category. I get so frustrated seeing the news slant - never covering the good that's done - only the bad and the failures.
Far too many Americans are content to sit on their freedoms, unwilling to share them with others. I am honored to support the war in Iraq - I think every human being deserves the same liberties we enjoy.
Welome! Awesome post! :)
Welcome aboard MrsMike.
Awesome first post!
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