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I'm Scottish, Irish, English, Welch, Walloon, Italian, French, and German. I can probably find a number of holidays to celebrate.

I'll add JWV to my list of 15 other Vet's organizations that is growing almost daily. Thanks.

When I was a high school campus proctor (the only male working with six women who were useless) I worked daily with the Ontario, CA PD. A woman LEO of Dutch descent was assigned to us and was as good as anyone I ever saw. She was about 5'10", 175 pounds, and very attractive and totally fearless. She had reflexes like an alley cat. We had a mixed student body: whites, blacks, Mexicans, Cubans, Tongans, and Samoans. Every day was a circus, but she and I and a Mexican cop took on all comers. She was absolutely what any officer should be, not some "pretty kitty". I had a kid on the quad threatening everyone with a bolo knife and I couldn't get to him. She walked over and signaled for me to distract him, then she picked a 55 gallon drum that we were using for trash cans, and threw it about ten feet. He left strapped down on a gurney all broken and bloody, everyone else left the quad, and we didn't have another incident for over a week....but they doubled the number of on-campus officers for a spell. I'd walk anywhere with her by my side.

You're painting with too broad a brush. Some are better than others. Our local VFW isn't open to "everyone" except for Friday dinners, and is pretty mild and fun. Guests are welcomed with a member (I don't drink nor smoke..and smoking isn't allowed there anyway.) The AL seems to be pretty heavy on drinkers all day, every day, but I have almost no contact with them, so I could be wrong.

You're like me: "God, please give me patience, and do it right now!" I was born almost three weeks prematurely and have been in a hurry ever since.

I could never see Kate as a cop. She is too scrawny to be beating up anyone unless it's in the script....and then it isn't believable. Her clothing and shoes make no sense for a cop. She's often enough a broken ankle just waiting to happen. She has no "command presence", simply not an in charge personality. That "I'm going to hurt you" look just doesn't cut it. I have no reason to know anything about NY's (nor almost any other place's) gun laws because I'll never be there in person.

Not if I were the judge, it wouldn't.

How are you handling this, Barney? Still hanging in there? We're still praying for you, old son.

I unplugged this POs for about an hour. When I came back and fired it up again everything works just fine. Now if I could get my tablet to work.......! I've worked with computers since 1966 and I still hate the things.

I had a problem with a jackass that told me I couldn't bring a deadly weapon in his store to pick up something I had bought and delivered to him. I hadn't paid for it yet. If he had been pleasant about it I could have done what he asked, but he had this snotty way about it. I turned around to walk out and he asked where I was going. I told him I'd find someplace else to get one. "What do I do with this one?" "I really DGAS". "Why are you doing this?" "Because you just told me I couldn't come in your store. "What?" You said I couldn't bring a deadly weapon in your store. According to the Army, the Marine Corps, and two martial arts instructors, I AM A DEADLY WEAPON. I have also been a shooting instructor and I have seen combat in Vietnam." "Well, that isn't what I meant" I walked away and never went back.

Where in hell are my car keys...and my cell phone is missing, too. Yep! Been there, done that, but I had more, though much smaller pockets.

UtahState University, my alma mater, is getting involved in many things. (My Dad was a professor there for almost forty years in the Department of Education.): space nutrition (food for astronauts), lots of ecological things, wild animal husbandry, water recovery, advanced computer and electronics, medical technology, and more. A lot more. When I was there it was mostly agriculture and forestry, mechanical engineering, and school teachers.....and Army ROTC programs, earning the unofficial title of Westpoint of the West. They have added a lot of "off site" campuses, tons of new majors, and are heavily involved in our space programs. I don't even recognize the town anymore and have no reason to ever go back butI'm sort of proud of Big Blue.

Ye gods and little fishes, even my dog wouldn't eat that. I doubt a possum or a raccoon would walk away from it.

Yeah you can, and until that someone realizes you have no ammo left you can intimidate the bejabbers out of them. And DO NOT throw the empty cases away. A sock full of brass can be mighty lethal all by itself. And a calf-over sock can be refilled with rocks or sand, etc. or used as a garrote. Almost everything can be used as a weapon. LEARN TO THINK MEAN!

I thought I'd tell a joke about salt, but then I thought, Na. Nobody would get it

How about the classified ads? I don't give damn about "secret info", I just want to know what's being offered for sale.

Why can't I raise anything more recent than December 2001 on the classified pages?

Love that collection. Halfway through I had an Alpo-esque thought: I'd like to know how the walls are built to carry that much weight.

You know, I keep hearing from so many vets that" they didn't do anything important". For instance, one of my best friends was a Marine who ran a bowling alley. Another was a driver for a Colonel in the Army and never left California, and another one was on an aircraft carrier as a a cook. Don't put yourself down because YOU WERE THERE! You served where you were put, but if necessary you might have been put in a position where you could have been something that you would have been more proud of. Hell, son, someone had to do what you did. Buy yourself a baseball cap, search out a vet's group that fits your needs, put a bumper sticker on your car. You're a vet. You served where you were put and deserve to hold your head up and strut your stuff. I'm working right now on a project for the Marine Corps League to get more attention for our vets. The county has many vets (one out of every eight people in the county, according to the last census) and several organizations. There are also family members and just plain good people who are connected in some way to all of the veteran organizations. Our area is very pro-vet, but a lot of things we do is not reported nor recognized. I wear my cap and a jacket and it's mighty rare if I go to town even for a few minutes and don't hear "Thanks for your service" from someone. It really makes me feel warm when some little kids does it, or some old woman says "my husband was a marine (or soldier or sailor or whatever)", or my daughter is stationed at XXXXXX! I'm proud of all of our vets and they all deserve credit for being where they were needed at the time.

I had the same opinion of the American Legion here, but they do have some good things going for them.

I had the same problem in 1971. Finally joined here in 2018.

Someone asked George Burns how he found a new doctor. He said he found "the oldest doctor he could find and ask him who his doctor is."

I'm life member of VFW Post 10227 and an annual member of Marine Corps League Post 906. 367 days from today (for financial reasons) I will become a life member of the MCL, too. They are both great organizations in different ways. I made lots of really great friends since I joined and try not to miss a weekly lunch with the MCL or a monthly meeting of each. They work well together. The MCL holds its monthly meetings at the VFW hall. If any of you are in the Prescott - Prescott Valley area in Central Arizona, get in touch with me and I'll be proud to introduce you to whichever one you qualify for. I'll even buy your lunch. I'll sponsor you if you want to join and feel sad for you if you don't.

HAVE ONE STAGE SHOT FROM A 1923 STUDEBAKER AND YOU'D GET MY VOTE! WHEEEEE!

Yep. It's right in my back yard. The email address no longer exists and the phone rang about twenty times and then went dead.