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RickWatts 
05/08/19

Place: Big D

Comments:
Don, sorry I don't know what GOT is, you will have to spell it out for me. I have been racking my brain.
Sam, wish I was there , you must be having so much fun. 

Don L. 
05/07/19

Place: LV, TX

Comments:
OK, I'll break radio silence.  Anyone else catch the 'Starbucks' episode of GOT this past Sun. eve? [cool]

Paul S 
05/06/19

Place: Edmond

Comments:
Sam,
Sounds good to me.

Sam Smith 
05/06/19

Place: Crystal Beach

Comments:
Paul,
We caked on the sun block 50. If you are ever at Crystal Beach you have to go to Ocean Grill and Bubba Gumps in Galveston 🦞🦀🐟

Paul S 
05/06/19

Place: Edmond

Comments:
Sam,
I looked you up on Google maps. Looked like you were getting a little too red out there on the beach. Maybe you should head to the nearest seafood restaurant and cool down. 🍤😉🍹

Sam Smith 
05/06/19

Place: Crystal Beach

Comments:
We are enjoying a week at Crystal Beach with Moon and Shirley Mullins’s and Jerry and Terry Hubbard Fisk. Kicking back and fun times at the beach. Heading to Galveston tomorrow.

SNL 
05/06/19

Place: Richardson

Comments:
Wow, 10 yrs for Mike & Karen!!  Hard to believe.  Happy 10yr Anniversary you two!

And to the long-timers, Jame s& Geneva, a very Happy Anniversary to y'all as well.

Don L. 
05/05/19

Place: LV, TX

Comments:

Getting this out tonight, so it'll be posted first thing on 5/6 ...

H a p p y 10th A n n i v e r s a r y to Mike & Karen Davis! Back on 5/8/09*, Karen posted a GB note: “Mike and I tied the knot on Wednesday, May 6th. Mike's friend, a Rockwall County judge and part-time minister, married us at the Rockwall County Courthouse.” 

H a p p y 47th A n n i v e r s a r y to James & Geneva Young, same date, 1972!  Following Karen's note, Jim posted: “Karen and Mike - Congrats. Geneva and I celebrated 37 years of marriage on May 6th of this year*.” 

Well, that was 10 years ago.  Major congrats to all you love-birds and best wishes for many for many more joyful celebrations! [thumb]

Richard Nance 
05/05/19

Place: Calif.

Comments:
Yep, I know the hand-washing one as well, though the Marines used to pull that one on the sailors...sort of a reverse concept if they didn't wash their hands in the first place and we called them out on it.  I never saw anyone get bent out of shape over any of this.  I saw some get bent out of shape over a lot less, but that's a story for another day.

Don L. 
05/05/19

Place: LV, TX

Comments:
Richard - Another old joke I heard about while in San Diego, attending advanced Radioman (RM-B) training, as the lone 'Coasty' in the class. 

Several of us were up town at a C&W joint; many beers ago, in the Men's Room - 'Buck', the loud-mouth Navy RM of the class said something like "Check-out the 'high & tight' hair-cuts on those other guys over there - they must be f'n grunts!"

So, of course, one of those other guys said something like "Yeah, that's right, you f'n squid, we must be."  Otherwise, they didn't take the bait or become aggressive - but, if they'd been just back from 'Nam, it would've been a whole different story.

Just as we're heading for the door, a couple of them start to wash their hands, but 'Buck' just couldn't resist taking one last shot.  He said, "Just thought you guys should know, in the Navy, they teach us to not p*** on our hands!"

Somehow, we all managed to laugh our butts off, instead of going to war with those 4 Marines and winding up in the back of a Shore Patrol wagon, on our way to the Brig.  The things we survived, back in the day. [cool]

Don L. 
05/05/19

Place: LV, TX

Comments:
Paul - I recalled when I was presented a 'Vietnam War Commemoration' lapel pin recently, there was a write-up on a related website that described the significance of the design features of the seal, which is in color, although the pin is simply made of bronze:

"At the bottom of the inner blue ring are six white stars, three on each side of the blue star.  These six white stars symbolize the contributions and sacrifices made by the United States and its Allies Australia, New Zealand, The Philippines, Republic of Korea, and Thailand." 

So, I'm guessing those other pilots were from one of those countries, although I know you didn't want to call them out, and you did say the period was post-VN. [sneaky]

Richard Nance 
05/05/19

Place: Calif.

Comments:
Paul, no substitute for a shower.........I wasn't even a Marine.  I was in the Navy.

(that's an old Navy/Marine joke folks).

Paul Scholte 
05/05/19

Place: Edmond

Comments:
When we were out on a multi-day mission in the C-141 our story was that you didn't need to wash your flight suit until it could stand up by itself after you took if off.

Paul Scholte 
05/05/19

Place: Edmond

Comments:
Since I was a navigator it was my pilot buddies who were stuck in those cockpits. It was post VietNam by about two-three years.

Don L. 
05/05/19

Place: LV, TX

Comments:
Paul - You mentioned earlier being stuck in a cockpit with foreign pilots who used Jade East instead of showering.  Was this during Vietnam?

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