Loss of Innocence
Sep 15, 2020 22:40:19 #
FinFisherman wrote:
I know we were looked down on by civilians but singer/ actress that sang " These boots were made for walking" should have walked to Vietnam. She lost any money I may have spent on her s#+×t because her treatment of a marine buddy of mine.
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Sep 15, 2020 22:40:50 #
Papacon357 wrote:
My grandad was a paratrooper and my dad was also Air Force. They wouldn’t let me in for health reasons, but I tried. I salute and thank each and every one who has ever served. I feel like you truly went in my place. Any of you are welcome in my home at anytime. THANKS AGAIN, GOD HAS BLESSED AMERICA !!!
They didn't want me either. I've got a lazy eye and I couldn't pass the vision test. I could drive hunt and everything else so my optometrist told me how to bet the test so went back and passed the test. So the rest of my life I've used my brain and passed every eye test. I even had a private pilots license and passed all my solo flights. The only restriction I had was I had to have a second pair of glasses when I flew.
Sep 15, 2020 22:43:32 #
BadFisherman
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
Kerry Hansen wrote:
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The singer of 'These Boots Were Made For Walking' was Nancy Sinatra, Frank's daughter.
Sep 15, 2020 22:48:06 #
BadFisherman
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
Foodfisher wrote:
I have thought I just shrugged it off. These talks have caused me to rethink. Looks of disdane, sneers,pointedly ignored, is probably why us baby killers hung around together. Doubt and unassuredness are the fruit. Hidden, cocked and loaded,safty on.
“Even in times of trauma, we try to maintain a sense of normality until we no longer can. That, my friends, is called surviving. Not healing. We never become whole again ... we are survivors. If you are here today... you are a survivor. But those who have made it thru Hell and are still standing? We bare a different name: Warriors.”
Sep 15, 2020 22:50:22 #
BadFisherman wrote:
The singer of 'These Boots Were Made For Walking' was Nancy Sinatra, Frank's daughter.
OOPs your right, I was thinking of Jane Fonda, Sorry to Nancy fans and family!
Sep 15, 2020 22:52:01 #
teabag09
Loc: Chesapeake, Virginia
BadFisherman wrote:
Decades ago, I ran across this while visiting the ... (show quote)
Thank you! This need to be posted every year. Mike
Sep 15, 2020 22:52:33 #
BadFisherman wrote:
The singer of 'These Boots Were Made For Walking' was Nancy Sinatra, Frank's daughter.
She met a plane that my friend was returning to the U.S. on and many of the guys on that plane were seriously wounded but Ed told me some of the comments she made to them were bad enough that he wainted to shoot her. I don't have personal knowledge but I trusted Ed.
Sep 15, 2020 23:05:08 #
BadFisherman
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
teabag09 wrote:
Thank you! This need to be posted every year. Mike
Always good to hear from you, Mike.
Sep 15, 2020 23:11:10 #
Kerry Hansen wrote:
OOPs your right, I was thinking of Jane Fonda, Sorry to Nancy fans and family!
Your right Jane ffff
Sep 15, 2020 23:22:38 #
teabag09
Loc: Chesapeake, Virginia
mikefain wrote:
Thanks BF. Most of those children are still out there. We need to engage them every chance we get. Be proactive in our pursuit. Many of them served when others couldn't - or chose a different path. They took someone else's place. There, but for the grace of God, go I, eh?
I was 4-f. Tried to join the Marines following my Dads lead, he wanted to kick my ass, nope, tried to join the AF, no deal. Went to Richmond for the draft and didn't pass either time so my dad got me a job with the Merchant Marine and arranged to get me assigned to a Northern Europe assignment, can you imagine Holland . Unfortunately I signed on to go to South East Asia, on an ammo ship headed to Viet Nam. I spent my 18th birthday in a cheap bar/whore house in Panama of which I was so stupid I sent a Pic home to my Mom with a barely clad woman.
I am now 70 years old though still feel like an 18 teen old in ways mentally and am taking care of my losing my wife who just turned 68. She goes in for several procedural s on Thursday but I'm afraid they are to late.
I've been begging fo medical help for months and it's not there
Sep 15, 2020 23:27:08 #
teabag09 wrote:
I was 4-f. Tried to join the Marines following my ... (show quote)
Dang, sorry to hear that, Hope they can fix it.
Sep 15, 2020 23:45:55 #
BadFisherman
Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
teabag09 wrote:
I was 4-f. Tried to join the Marines following my ... (show quote)
My heartfelt condolences, Mike. I hadn't known and am so sorry to hear of your wife's condition.
Sep 15, 2020 23:46:24 #
teabag09 wrote:
I was 4-f. Tried to join the Marines following my ... (show quote)
Sorry to here that as well. Is she on Medicaid or insurance? Have faith. Don't give up. Wish there was something better I could say
Sep 16, 2020 22:39:17 #
teabag09
Loc: Chesapeake, Virginia
FinFisherman wrote:
Sorry to here that as well. Is she on Medicaid or insurance? Have faith. Don't give up. Wish there was something better I could say
Hey to all of you guys and gals, thank you. She is so tired of me nagging her to take this and that that I'm not sure she's ready to just go. She hasn't eaten more than a half yogurt or a pudding a day for a month and I'm watching her go down hill daily. Thank the Lord she goes in the hospital for other procedures Thursday and I'm going to beg them to commit her and install a feeding tube and get her nourished again. If they will do that I can maintain her nourishment and health.
We are both on Medicaid and private insurance, thank goodness. We've also saved a bit, not enough to cover this I'm sure.
To let you know where I'm at, I've price shopped cremation prices just in case and so my Daughter doesn't need to worry about that at end of our lives
Again. Thank You. It's good to know there's back up. Mike
Sep 16, 2020 23:57:02 #
Is there a favorite food of your wife's ie ice cream, pie, candy bar or even bacon. Feed her whatever she wants. When I was going thru chemotherapy I lost my appetite and threw up was nauseated bad. Iwent to a civilian doctor and he prescribed marijuana. That fixed the nausea so my favorite food was ice cream so I ate it 3 or 4 or 5 times a day. I stopped loosing weight. Chemo was 3 months. I believe if I hadn't started marijuana and eating I wouldn't have made it thru surgery. I went from 195 lbs to 130 but ice cream got me back to 150 before surgery. So I know there are miracles and prayers help too. My prayers go out to you and your wife. In Florida you can use marijuana medically. You might want to check with your doctor.
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