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Kathleen Burrow Pulte 
06/01/10

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Ginger, I don't have any trouble with you being in the DAR. Since you brought up the topic, I would like to know how you were able to get in with your viewpoints.

Kathleen Burrow Pulte 
06/01/10

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Ginger, I don't have any trouble with you being in the DAR. Since you brought up the topic, I would like to know how you were able to get in with your viewpoints.

Ginger Hearn Email
06/01/10

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I'm an official Sierra Club member as of today.. I've been associated with them for a year... I'm an 'eclectic' person... DAR, moderate independent, metaphysical Methodist residing in Memphis..and now a Sierra Club member..
Kathleen, I know you have trouble with this.. (I don't think Kathleen can understand how...I can be a DAR person and not....a Republican...! )  Sigh....it is a mystery, and I love mysteries...       

***I hope Dru's knee feels better soon...Probably 6-8 weeks..That's the usual thing..
Happy Tuesday.....    

Ginger Hearn Email
06/01/10

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Quit that Barry...! He can't be helpful to Dru if he has a terrible toothache... Be compassionate... to Mr. America..!

                                                                            

Kathleen Burrow Pulte 
05/31/10

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John, Why did they call you "Mr. America" at SOC?

Barry Gibbs Email
05/31/10

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John:  Tomorrow is Dru's day so quit your whining about a little tooth discomfort and tend to Dru's needs.  She will need loving care for a few weeks, so the tooth will have to wait.  We know you can do it John-you da man!

Sam Tenpenny 
05/31/10

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I'm proud of you Cuz.  See, you knew how to hold your helmet so the body odor didn't get inside it, and if it rained while you were holding it, you'd have a dry head.  Where was that, Camp Wisdom?  You guys didn't need no stinkin' guns!

Sgt. John Southworth 
05/31/10

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My hat is off to all you veterans (of which I am not).
 
On this Memorial Day I find myself thinking of Boyd Sarratt. Back in 1964 he and I and three other guys all found ourselves working as clerks at Southwestern Life Ins. Co. after spending a semester or two at Arlington State.
 
We became good friends - all the same age. In August 1965 Boyd was the first to get a summons from the Draft Board. He went and talked to them, then came back to work and spoke seriously to the rest of us about joining the Army with him. "We could even apply to become a Green Beret!", he told us. The next week he enlisted. We were stunned.
 
The remaining four friends (me, Ron Archer, Jeff Pruitt & Skip Roark - see pic) knew our time was coming very soon and a decision had to be made. Boyd's enlistment forced our hand. In Sept. '65 the four of us joined Company A (Admin) of the 49th Armored Division of the Texas Army National Guard.
 
http://people.consolidated.net/swsw/1966-ft_hood.jpg
 
Boyd entered the Army, went to Viet Nam and attained his dream of becoming a Green Beret. The rest of us spent 6 years in an admittedly cushy job that entailed issuing National Guard paychecks and maintaining personnel records.
 
Boyd came back home with all his fingers and toes and married a girl named Betty at Southwestern Life. I hadn't thought about him for decades until today. Found this recent pic of him on the internet (Boyd at far left). He made a career of the Army.
 
http://people.consolidated.net/swsw/old_friend.jpg
 
Again, my hat is off to Boyd and all of you who did the heavy lifting back in those days.

Lynell Garrett Smith 
05/31/10

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Forgot to mention that David won some ribbons and received a personal letter from Admiral Zumwalt.  Like most veterans, he seldom mentions his experience overseas.

Lynell Garrett Smith 
05/31/10

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Betty, I'm sure there are several vets who visit/lurk here.  I hope they speak up.  My husband served in the USN in Vietnam 1968-69.  He drove a boat up and down the rivers for a year, came home, and we were married four days later on Aug. 31, 1969.  He was a GMG3 without aspirations for promotion, although they were offered to him.  He served in a dangerous job and saw many servicemen fall.  He didn't particularly want to be there, but he was. 

Betty Gibbs Email
05/31/10

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Any Veterans visiting here? I salute you, my friends. Thank you for all you've done, and continue to do for our great country. Your presence still makes a difference!

John Southworth 
05/31/10

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Jud, I appreciate your generous offer of dental assistance but, for now, I will stick with my new Amoxicillin 500mg Rx and a whole bunch of Advil every 3 hours.

Hoping the dentist can work me in sometime Tuesday while Dru is under sedation.

Charlotte, Dru thanks you for the plug for her brand new Etsy website. She is having fun setting it up. I hope her hospital room has WiFi.

Ginger Hearn 
05/31/10

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Did Yoko Ono...really make her own CD...? I'm so behind the times.... How long ago was this...?

Happy Day...  I like what Andy Rooney said about Wars, last night...on the 2nd 60 Minutes...
      I hope we bring them all home...soon...Alive

                                                       

Lynell Garrett Smith 
05/31/10

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Jud, your promise of the Yoko Ono CD has caused me to up my flossing schedule to twice a day.

Lynell Garrett Smith 
05/31/10

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Wishing everyone a peaceful and happy Memorial Day, with a heartfelt thank you to our valiant troops throughout history who have made it possible for us to live in this great country.  Let's pray that our leaders don't blow it.

Jud Caldwell Email
05/31/10

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John, I'll be over to remedy your tooth problem as soon as get my car loaded with my dental equipment...hammer, pliers, crowbar, Taser, Ecstasy, block and tackle, stink bait, shop vac, tapes of Troy Donohue movies, lug wrench, tequila, spurs, Ben Wa balls, chicken feet, cattle prod, catapult, scalpel, super glue, duct tape, Best of Yoko Ono cd, boiled okra, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Addition, a pirated copy of Rush Limbaugh Sings Whoopi Goldberg cd, WD 40, and a Fleet's enema.
For you, this will truly be a Memorial Day!

Cynthia Huse 
05/30/10

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John, you are so funny....  Had I known about your toothache problem I would added you to the prayer chain at church when I added Dru again for her surgery on Tuesday.  Hope all goes well for both of you.  Will be waiting to hear.

Happy Memorial Day Monday and thanks to all the vets that gave so much and those of you that lost family members as a result of wars.  May God bless those that served and those that we lost for our freedoms.

Cynthia

Dan Shellito Email
05/30/10

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Ginger, you were probably thinking of Peter Graves-Mission Impossible and the father  on the TV show "Fury" He  died in March-heart attack.

Ginger Hearn 
05/30/10

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I enjoyed that site with the handmade items... I saw Dru's paintings..watercolor, acrylic, ink drawings..They look nice and I like her unique style... I had never seen the Etsy site before...Thanks, Charlotte...

charlotte anders s 
05/30/10

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John,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,DRUGS.....borrow some of what you bought for Dru!
 
 
Tell Dru I am so delighted with my watercolor.  She is soooo talented.  If you guys and gals haven't seen Dru's work, be sure to do so.  She is a fabulous artist who, after teaching art a million years, finally retired and dedicates herself to her talent.  http://www.etsy.com/shop/DrusArt

Lynell Garrett Smith 
05/30/10

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Great timing, JS. You might try the Doc Adams approach to pain management. There needs to be a dental emergency room.  Let's open one and get rich. Surely one doesn't need to be a real dentist for this. I'm glad to hear that Dru is getting the show on the road Tuesday. 

Anyone bought Saran Wrap lately?  Formerly wonderful product no longer clings to itself or is suitable for microwave use. They don't list what it is good for, certainly nothing I can think of. I just fired off a rather terse message to the Saran folks  -- Terse only because they limited me to 1,000 characters.

LS

Ginger Hearn Email
05/30/10

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That's James Arness, and his brother is/was Peter....?  Arness or something else.. He just died...the brother...Mission Impossible guy...
                                                                                    

     I led the little Methodist...kids in singing this morning..I'm going to do this once a month and it looks like I'm doing story telling for 1-2 days in VBS... I did this in the Baptist churches in Tn and Tx..for 27 yrs.. Now I'm doing the same thing with those...Methodists...!  Just not every Sunday...
      I'm also going to start the process for the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.. Ancestors are there...I just have to fill out those darn papers..and provide 'proof'. If any of you have ever done this...It's time consuming...
       Happy Tomorrow...Memorial Day....!

John Southworth 
05/30/10

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Hey Cynthia! Don't forget that James Arnes had a famous brother who was on television. If my faultless memory serves me correctly, wasn't James the older brother of Desi Arnes who married that Lucy girl?

Today I am fighting a dental crisis - a raging toothache that could not come at a worse time ... a long holiday weekend. My dentist is out of the office til Tuesday - coincidentally, the same morning Dru goes in for surgery. Hmmmm, decisions ... decisions?

Lynell Garrett Smith 
05/30/10

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My neighborhood, too, Phil.  Lots of flags and honorably discharged veterans.  Aren't we fortunate to live around such wonderful people?

phil pelch 
05/30/10

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Memorial Day
Remember those who gave their lives for us!
Lots of flags in my neighborhood!

Cynthia Huse 
05/30/10

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You know how deaths often run in 3s.  I was thinking who else is sick in the Hollywood sceen when I remembered we did hit 3.  Linkletter, Coleman and now Hopper.  May their families know peace.  Lynell, your aunt was not alone on James Arnes - he was a hunk but a lot of those western guys were, huh?  Even Dennis Weaver became a hunk after a little more maturing in other roles with more smarts.

May all have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.

Cynthia

Lynell Garrett Smith 
05/30/10

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My Aunt Velma was enamored with Marshal Dillon.  I thought Miss Kitty was very glamorous.  It didn't occur to me she was probably the local whoopee woman.  I liked Doc Adams, and the way he could cure just about anything with an elixer.  He was good at pulling bullets out of people after, of course, getting them drunk on whiskey. 

Kathleen Burrow Pulte 
05/30/10

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Lynell, My grandmother's favorite character was Chester and later on Festus, but I just looked up Dennis Hopper's bio and GUNSMOKE was one of TV programs in which he appeared. You're right though I was confusing him with the other Dennis.

Lynell Garrett Smith 
05/30/10

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Kathleen, you may be thinking of Dennis Weaver, who played Chester on Gunsmoke.  I got to be a Gunsmoke expert, too, because my aunt would not miss an episode with her dream man James Arness. 

Dennis Hopper was always a rebel type.  I heard on TV that he divorced is fourth wife after he became terminally ill.

Gary Coleman died this weekend, too.  He was only 42 but he led a complicated and unhappy life from what I read about him. 

Kathleen Burrow Pulte 
05/30/10

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Charlotte, I remember watching him with my grandmother in the fifties on a small black and white TV in Killeen, Tx. My grandmother's favorite TV show was GUNSMOKE.
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