No, Freedom Isn't Free
I hear the sound of taps one night, When everything was still,
I listened to the bugler play, And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times, That taps had meant "Amen,"
When a flag draped a coffin, of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children, Of the mothers and the wives,
Of the fathers, sons and husbands, With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard, At the bottom of the sea,
Of unmarked graves in Arlington. No, freedom isn't free.
-Anonymous
>> Everybody enjoy the day!
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> Denny
mac davis - 31 May 2005 16:40 GMT
Larry.. since you threw that in, I gotta do my favorite:
"The statesmen stand, and prattle on
Ten Thousand miles from here.
They cannot feel the bullets,
They cannot taste the fear.
They contemplate, negotiate
and Tally up the score.
While my brothers die like candles
in the wind of senseless war."
Harry Foxwell, Sgt. U.S. Army (Ret.)
1st Infantry Div. Charlie Company
Republic of Vietnam
>No, Freedom Isn't Free
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>> Denny
mac
Please remove splinters before emailing
Dang, must be small hogs.
Henry
Viet 69
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> Denny
Denny - 29 May 2005 19:19 GMT
> Dang, must be small hogs.
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> Henry
> Viet 69
Groundhogs that eat soybeans must be plinked...
Denny
Roy - 29 May 2005 19:38 GMT
>> Dang, must be small hogs.
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> Denny
Go get'em Carlos!!
Roy
TranSurgeon - 29 May 2005 20:10 GMT
> > Dang, must be small hogs.
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> > Henry
> > Viet 69
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> Groundhogs that eat soybeans must be plinked...
We had a neighbor that literally worried himself into a heart attack over
that
This guy had rifle mounts on all his tractors..............
Denny - 29 May 2005 20:46 GMT
> This guy had rifle mounts on all his tractors..............
Don't all tractors have spring clips in the cab??
Denny
TranSurgeon - 29 May 2005 20:49 GMT
on a WD-45 and a D-17 ?
> > This guy had rifle mounts on all his tractors..............
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> Don't all tractors have spring clips in the cab??
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> Denny
Denny - 29 May 2005 20:56 GMT
> on a WD-45 and a D-17 ?
Ok-Ok They hadn't invented the rifle yet when those ole Allis's were in
use.. <G>
I saw your link about the Beartooth. That sucks
Denny
TranSurgeon - 29 May 2005 22:23 GMT
> I saw your link about the Beartooth. That sucks
yeah, my old HS buddy Doug and I were gonna start out in Denver, drive up to
Red Lodge, do the Beartooth, then YNP and out the N Entrance, then spend a
few days re-tracing L&C's route across the mountains, from near present-day
Dillon Mt, across the Lemhi's to the Salmon River, then across the Lost
Trail Pass, then over the Lolo Pass to the Columbia watershed
sh.t..........the BT is such a great drive; now we'll have to go thru
f*cking Cody ('little Jackson') and over the Chief Joseph, might take a
dead-end run up to the top of the BT just for grins, if they even open the
western side this year
Denny - 29 May 2005 23:21 GMT
>> I saw your link about the Beartooth. That sucks
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> Dillon Mt, across the Lemhi's to the Salmon River, then across the Lost
> Trail Pass, then over the Lolo Pass to the Columbia watershed
Sounds awesome..
> sh.t..........the BT is such a great drive; now we'll have to go thru
> f*cking Cody ('little Jackson') and over the Chief Joseph, might take a
> dead-end run up to the top of the BT just for grins, if they even open the
> western side this year
The museum in Cody is awesome. The first time we stopped there, I spent 4-5
hours following the family thru the arts side--bored as hell and damned near
took a nap on a bench.I didn't notice the other side till we was walking
out. The next day I spent the 4-5 hours going thru the good side and who
knows where all the women went. What really gets me is when I get talking
and find out how many relocated easterners are out there.The first year we
went west, we stopped for a week in the Big Horns. The guy that owned the
place we stayed at was from Cleveland. I run into that alot out there.
Denny
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> Did you decide on the size of pond that you're putting in??? <G>
Looks like it will seat 6 or 7. Or in your case it would be a 2 person.
While I have your attention, I answered the email you sent on the 19th about
the stuff in your eye. Did you get it or are you being ignorant? <VBG>
> Today is gonna be a tomato planting/yard mowing/weed whacking day in my
> world. And maybe if I'm lucky I may get done in time to plink a few hogs.
What kind and how big?
Roy
Denny - 29 May 2005 20:53 GMT
>>> Everybody enjoy the day!
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> about the stuff in your eye. Did you get it or are you being ignorant?
> <VBG>
I just went back and looked in the inbox and the deleted files just to see
if I got rid of it by mistake. I don't see where I got anything from you..
Old age setting in???
>> Today is gonna be a tomato planting/yard mowing/weed whacking day in my
>> world. And maybe if I'm lucky I may get done in time to plink a few hogs.
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> What kind and how big?
ground and if they walk, they can be plinked.
Denny
> Roy