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craichead65

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24. I knew two....

Sat Oct 6, 2012, 12:16 AM

Oct 2012

men who were fought in that war.

One guy -- nicknamed Mac -- parachuted into Normandy when he was only 18 years old. When he got back from the war he married a woman whose husband was killed in action and then legally adopted her four children and took great care of all of them for the rest of his life. I used to sit on his dock sometimes and have a beer (he always had a kegerator tapped) and I'd just look at him and try to imagine this unassuming guy jumping out of a plane in the dark under fire and then fighting his way across Europe as a teenager.

The other guy was a marine who lied about his age and joined at 16. He was shot by a sniper in Iwojima and spent the rest of his life with one leg several inches shorter than the other. He helped me out when I was young and going through lots of emotional troubles by letting me live with him and his wife for a summer. Toward the end of his life he shared one piece of wisdom with me. He said:

"I wish I had more sex." LOL gotta love those guys.

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Just when you think it can't get any goofier [View all] hifiguy Oct 2012 OP

SMH... I really shouldn`t be surprised.. opiate69 Oct 2012 #1

It is most interesting to me that this post hifiguy Oct 2012 #2

Well, yeah... opiate69 Oct 2012 #3

i post in lounge. he brings my post to mens forum. i post again in lounge. seabeyond Oct 2012 #5

I reposted the original here for purposes of discussion. hifiguy Oct 2012 #6

All sorts of things are brought into all sorts of groups from other groups, as I'm sure you're aware Warren DeMontague Oct 2012 #9

your member told me to come into the group and address the issue. i was respectfully staying out seabeyond Oct 2012 #11

Can you differentiate between "addressing the issue" and "attacking members"? opiate69 Oct 2012 #13

yes. and i think i exactly addressed the issues raised, and i do not see "attacking" anyone. seabeyond Oct 2012 #14

You may have.. Warren lodged the attack complaint... I'm enjoying my friday too much to care frankly opiate69 Oct 2012 #15

I didn't see the link or the post where he told you to come in here and discuss it Warren DeMontague Oct 2012 #16

the non-cowardly course of action would have been for her to come here and make her case. seabeyond Oct 2012 #19

That is a post in this thread, not the lounge. To read it, you had to already be here. Warren DeMontague Oct 2012 #20

That is a flat out LIE and you know it is. hifiguy Oct 2012 #18

Good point.. I didn't tell her or anyone to come here opiate69 Oct 2012 #21

I remember when I went to this high school basketball game. ZenLefty Oct 2012 #4

In the real world, of course, it is not. hifiguy Oct 2012 #7

Is the statute of limitations up? Warren DeMontague Oct 2012 #8

Right. That's the site where they advise mothers to starve and neglect male babies. Warren DeMontague Oct 2012 #10

Wow ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2012 #12

Finally, out of the entirety of all of WWII, something WORTHY OF REAL OUTRAGE!!!!!!!!! Warren DeMontague Oct 2012 #17

That whole war was really exploitative towards women 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #22

I had two uncles in the Marines hifiguy Oct 2012 #23

I knew two.... craichead65 Oct 2012 #24

A great story. hifiguy Oct 2012 #27

+1000 n/t lumberjack_jeff Oct 2012 #28

But this shows just how much we need to push back craichead65 Oct 2012 #25

Citation for your claim that parity in education in Africa is better than the US. redqueen Oct 2012 #34

From the website: 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #35

Primary education is rather more fundamental than college level. redqueen Oct 2012 #36

Which disparity is worthy of concern? 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #37

The example you gave is pretty piss-poor Major Nikon Oct 2012 #45

Wow a new twist craichead65 Oct 2012 #26

I would be surprised if there weren't 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #29

Let me break it down: Warren DeMontague Oct 2012 #30

Additionally . . . 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #31

Don't you know those were all staged? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2012 #32

Ah yes of course 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #33

Finally, we have ascertained the greatest atrocity, the greatest human rights violation of WWII. Warren DeMontague Oct 2012 #38

How could pilots even drop bombs.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2012 #39

I guess the guy painting the picture Upton Oct 2012 #41

Good grief! libodem Oct 2012 #40

The results of this thread in the lounge were rather encouraging 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #42

Honestly, I think the Lounge thread reflected hifiguy Oct 2012 #43

I would think most DUers have normal and healthy attitudes towards sex 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #44