Babycat, on 09 November 2017 - 05:14 PM, said:


TRF random thoughts
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Posted 09 November 2017 - 05:41 PM
#42
Posted 09 November 2017 - 05:46 PM
#43
Posted 11 November 2017 - 12:35 PM
Although I don't go to any of the ceremonies, I try to observe 10-15 minutes silence around 11:11am. I think it's an important little thing to do.
My dear dead dad was born in 1925. His father died when dad was 10 so he dropped out of grade 4 and started working in a quarry to help out the family.
When he was 16, after lying about his age to get into the Forces, he found himself in London during the Blitz.
He retired from the Air Force in the mid-70s.
He never talked about his experiences except near the end of his life, when exceptionally drunk. It seems a bomb landed near where he just happened to be standing and he went into shock. Luckily a local saw him standing there and pulled him out of the street and helped him get his act together.
He was quite a guy. Very quiet, very humble, loved to laugh, loved nature, wore plaid pants. I wish we could have talked about what he went through and his thoughts, but in a way the drinking and drunken stories kinda sum it all up, at least for me.
God love ya, dad; and thanks for your service. I do try to remember all this shit more than one day a year.

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Posted 04 December 2017 - 03:10 PM

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#48
Posted 09 December 2017 - 08:08 PM
JohnRogers, on 09 December 2017 - 07:18 PM, said:
Edited by laughedatbytime, 09 December 2017 - 08:11 PM.
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Posted 10 December 2017 - 10:02 AM

#50
Posted 11 December 2017 - 07:42 PM
Principled Man, on 10 December 2017 - 10:02 AM, said:

One more wrong number and you would’ve won $0 instead of $180. You’re lucky!
#51
Posted 11 December 2017 - 07:51 PM
JohnnyBlaze, on 11 December 2017 - 07:42 PM, said:
Principled Man, on 10 December 2017 - 10:02 AM, said:

One more wrong number and you would’ve won $0 instead of $180. You’re lucky!
Oh contraire! 3 of 6 would have won me $6.00! A net profit of $1.00!
#52
Posted 11 December 2017 - 07:57 PM
Principled Man, on 11 December 2017 - 07:51 PM, said:
JohnnyBlaze, on 11 December 2017 - 07:42 PM, said:
Principled Man, on 10 December 2017 - 10:02 AM, said:

One more wrong number and you would’ve won $0 instead of $180. You’re lucky!
Oh contraire! 3 of 6 would have won me $6.00! A net profit of $1.00!
Ah ok. So you STILL would’ve been lucky!!!
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Posted 11 December 2017 - 08:55 PM

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Posted 15 December 2017 - 05:36 PM
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Posted 15 December 2017 - 08:30 PM
#58
Posted 21 December 2017 - 03:39 AM

( I *Love* when anything or anyone makes me laugh this way. )


#59
Posted 22 December 2017 - 09:23 AM

Edited by OldRUSHfan, 22 December 2017 - 09:24 AM.
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Posted 23 December 2017 - 12:34 PM


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