SAM, Snippy,
Your accomplishment, this Foxhole, has been a great blessing to me. I become mean spirited from disappointment, so many disappointments over the years, about how Viet Nam was lost, about Clinton, of all of God's creation, being elected President, twice. How about all of us looking into the very jaws of slavery, of Hell, as the truly evil guys seem to so steadily win. Right now.
So, anyway, I have looked forward to reading all the thread every day, and if I miss one, two in one day. All of you have been a great help. As the say in the Naval Service, "I sh** you not."
And special thanks to U S Army EOD. A dang lot of years ago Navy EOD saved my hide, and it was terribly unlikely I even came to know that it happened. I suspect this happened more than once.
Those VC people loved that stuff. Like the al Queda does in Iraq.
You will say, "Couldn't have been me, I'm Army." Each GI is
sui generis, of course, absolutely unique. But at the same time each GI is just a guy trying to do his duty, uniformed, under orders, just like every GI. In that same way I owe every EOD guy something. My salute, Sir.
Still can handle one more war. This time I will need plenty of naps. Still ready.
This time I will need plenty of naps.We'll stand watch while you nap and we know you'll do the same for us. :-)
You may think you're mean spirited but we've not seen it here. You're quite sensible. You and Sam think alike and you've been a blessing to us.
Mean Spirited? You? You should have Snippy tell you about my "attitude" some time. I've always enjoyed your posts and comments, lots of time you put into words what I was thinking. Thanks for the support you've given us over the years, it has been appreciated.