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Uncle "Grant" KIA Belgium 1944 Patton's 3rd Army Grandpa "Charles" bombardier 8th AAC Uncle "Sonny" USN North Atlantic (gunners mate on "armed" merchant marine ships) Uncle "Homer" US Army "D" day participant......served later with Patton's 3rd Army The names will be different,but most families in the US can tell the same story Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

9 miles each way,15 min. in the morning,20 min. in the evening better than most I guess.....I could bicycle it,but I dont enjoy being a target in the bike lane Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

Quote as far as the west front - the vast majority of German troops were fighting in the east. Their best took a serious beating there after the Russian war machine was moving at full speed. I doubt the west front was necessary to win the war - the Germans would have been beaten by the Russians anyhow. Would have taken a little longer though. If the US had not directly intervened in the war, we'd speak a different language here. It'd be Russian, not German though. Possibly..........The US war effort was suppling Russia with raw materials,technical expertise and aircraft( we couldnt make the P39 Airacobra work for us so we gave thousands to the Russians) But more importantly,if the US policy of strategic daylight bombing raids had not been so successful at obliterating the Axis infrastructure.......it would have been a very long war.......possibly a stalemate on the eastern front.........and who knows....... Reichsmarshall Goering is credited with the statement "When I saw Mustangs over Berlin,I knew the war was lost" Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

Guinness of course If there is no Guinness around........then Stella

Passed me up....... Only been on 20-30 of them Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

I look towards the southeast..........in the direction of the "40 Acres"

No doubt that the US and Russia shouldered most of the burden But the UK and other Allied countries chipped in as well........ Had the US pursued an isolationist policy,things could be very different in Europe today If Hitler had developed nukes 1st............. Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

Trolls need to "get a life"..............but it may be too late for some Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

QuoteUT Alums, sound off! HORNS UP!!! Class of '77 Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

Damn English............. Let's put the Welsh in charge of that bloody country They certainly couldnt do any worse Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

It IS safe for work............... and much nicer than a wannabe skank calendar Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

Back away from the cube...........slowly Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

QuoteI remember the biker bar! Like you, the name slips my mind. You can have a blast in that town! I think something like.....One Knight????????? Spoke was on......S Lamar???????I used to go see Alvin Crow there...........Doug Sahm and Augie Meyer at Soap Creek...........Willis Alan Ramsey at the Buffalo Gap...........Jerry Jeff at a place near 17th and?????? Oh and a place just down the street from where I shared a house with 4 other skydivers......Rome Inn?????we would sometimes listen to Stevie Ray play there Apologies for the thread drift...........but the youngsters should know something about the history of the town Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

Quote I used to go to the 'Broken Spoke', the old 'Lumberyard' and a few other places. Armadillo World Headquarters The Stallion(for chicken fried steaks and cheap beer) Soap Creek Saloon Toad Hall Saloon

Go have a tall drink of Glenmorangie instead Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

Go Horns! Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

Sounds like a great way to puncture a "sleep number " bed Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

QuoteBudget surpluses get squandered Not if I'm in charge *Mark for Postmaster General* Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

What??????? Nothing trashy enough for you lately??????? What's this world coming to???? You could always go back to watching Jerry Springer Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

Just my 2 cents worth (no pun intended) They should raise the rate to 50 cents which should be good for more than a few years...... This would accomplish several things....... It would give the USPS a budget surplus which they could invest in infrastructure,improving efficiencies......lowering their per letter rate even more.........increasing their budget surplus.......forestalling any future increases for a good while....... Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

I would be concerned about flaming out on one boot.........that would create a real nasty spin Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

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I dont think they will...........the odds are against them........ but it would be great if I was wrong Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004

Good Job Laddie! Congrats! Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004