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It needed a new windshield, new canvas top, new radio antenna, and an oil change. It fared far better than we did.So the Jeep is okay?
Bet it didnt get drunk when it realized it was still alive. Bet you guys had one ore two though.It needed a new windshield, new canvas top, new radio antenna, and an oil change. It fared far better than we did.
I visited the EM Club on our Kaserne; Joe was in the hospital. Joe, if you ever read this story, I'm glad you made it!Bet it didnt get drunk when it realized it was still alive. Bet you guys had one ore two though.
In Babenhausen, I liked to go to a non-GI bar in town called Zum Hanauer Tor, a small, quiet place. After a while I became a bit acquainted with a group of older German men who frequented the place. I came to find out that they were ex-Afrika Korps soldiers but they were very friendly and we got along fine. The war was over.This is a story my dad told me. He was in Germany, the 3rd Infantry Division, 8th Army in a Pioneering and Pathfinder Platoon. The Wall was going up and he said they were told to strip all the shiny black off their boots and other stuff. It was winter and snow covered the ground with more snow falling. One night in a snowstorm, he was driving a deuce and a half with a 106mm recoilless rifle and ammunition in the back under the tarp. He was somewhere in Bavaria and butt lost, the road having disappeared beneath snow and what few signs he saw were also covered in snow. Finally he saw lights and a Haufbrauhaus. Thinking a hot drink would be good and some directions, he pulled up, hopped out into shin deep snow and pulled the hood of his parka over his head and ran to the door. He heard oompah music, laughter and metallic clinking coming from inside. He pulled the door open, went inside, and before he looked up he he turned his back to the room and closed the door, turned around and stomped his feet to knock snow off while pulling the hood off. He noticed all the noise he had heard stopped, and looking up he saw why. Hanging from the back wall was giant swastika, and in front of him were sweaty muscle bound bald men with giant mustaches who had been lifting weights staring at him. He said he swallowed hard, gave a slight nod, turned and ran like hell back to the truck and fish tailed all over the snow getting out of there. Eventually he found a jeep occupied by MP's who laughed at him and gave him directions. He said getting thrown from a bull in his brief rodeo career was way less scary. Then he met my mom........
That is a very real, but nearly invisable condition.But more seriously, I've had a couple of periods in life where my mental health has been at rock bottom and honestly I am lucky to have made it through, with considerable support. It's important we talk about these things, especially us chaps.
Well, if I'm ever near Redding, I'll be sure to visit!That is a very real, but nearly invisable condition.
I've been having to deal with it lately and it's a monumental struggle, especially with no family or friends to drop by my place.
Beleive it or not, my escape from all that, is this forum.
That was my first immediate thought-- We are your family!That is a very real, but nearly invisable condition.
I've been having to deal with it lately and it's a monumental struggle, especially with no family or friends to drop by my place.
Beleive it or not, my escape from all that, is this forum.
Hurricane Hugo hit SC in 1989. 17 people were killed. Only 1 week after the storm another 17 people had been killed by chainsaws. I learned how to operate a chainsaw during that cleanup operation; from then on I use a handsaw instead in most cases. By the way, it is very inadvisable to try to cut with the TOP of the bar.In the physical sense, I fumbled a running chainsaw and dropped it on my upper thigh once, it went through my jeans and several layers of skin but stopped short of my femoral artery. But more seriously, I've had a couple of periods in life where my mental health has been at rock bottom and honestly I am lucky to have made it through, with considerable support. It's important we talk about these things, especially us chaps.
That is a very real, but nearly invisable condition.
I've been having to deal with it lately and it's a monumental struggle, especially with no family or friends to drop by my place.
Beleive it or not, my escape from all that, is this forum.
I second what S special ed says, we are your family and we ARE HERE FOR YOU! Don't ever forget that brother, you know you can PM us anytime.That is a very real, but nearly invisable condition.
I've been having to deal with it lately and it's a monumental struggle, especially with no family or friends to drop by my place.
Beleive it or not, my escape from all that, is this forum.
And it is a good thing to know we are from all over the globe. So day or night there is always someone to hang around with. Or a joke to read or share just your day. Or getting miffed about god knows what now. Its all cool.That is a very real, but nearly invisable condition.
I've been having to deal with it lately and it's a monumental struggle, especially with no family or friends to drop by my place.
Beleive it or not, my escape from all that, is this forum.