DECEMBER 15, 2008 STOLE IT FROM STILLYBEE.. WHO POSTED IT ON STEVES'..... CAUSE I THINK IT' S TOO COOL!

DECEMBER 15, 2008
  STOLE IT FROM STILLY BEE..
 WHO POSTED IT ON
 STEVE IN A BOX.....
CAUSE I THINK
 IT' S TOO COOL! SAME HOUSE.. DIFFERENT SONG lockerridge

DECEMBER 12, 2008 UNITED FRIENDS CHALLENGE NUMBER ONE HUNDRED... A STIR OF BIRTH AND MYRRH

DECEMBER 12, 2008 UNITED FRIENDS CHALLENGE NUMBER ONE HUNDRED... A STIR OF BIRTH AND MYRRH

Sumax's Challenge

100 Challenges!  Wow!  It is a year since this group was started and we have covered quite a few subjects here. However, I now want to steal an idea from Worth1000 and set a really sticky Challenge in celebration of reaching Challenge #100. Ready for a really challenging Challenge? I want you to write a story using one syllable words


A STIR OF BIRTH AND MYRRH

What is the stir of birth and myrrh you ask me sir? Why it is the tale of a babe born in a barn! It has been told as true. It has been told as myth. It has been told to all who are, he and she, in the land.
Yes, what I say is true! It is told that a babe was long time past, born in a barn, in this tale of a birth and myrrh. He drew wise men from far out in the land, who gave him a gift or three.
Gold was one and myrrh one more.
It is told that when this chap was born.. God said," I bless you all, who are he and she in the land, for He will be a hand out of hell to you all!" And so each year on the same day as this chap was born, all they who are he and she in the land, show great joy! For this chap, who was born in a barn, is a  Gift more than gold and myrrh!

That sir,  is the tale of the big stir of birth and myrrh.
Yes! What I say is true!
 For I have met this chap, have you?
Terri McCain/lockerridge

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DECEMBER 9, 2008 ITS A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR MY SIS... NEWGIZMO DANI!!!

DECEMBER 9, 2008
  ITS A BIRTHDAY PARTY
 FOR MY SIS...
NEWGIZMO DANI!!! TODAY IS MY SIS'S BIRTHDAY! SHE IS .. UMM.. OLD ENOUGH FOR ME TO KNOW BETTER THAN TO TELL YOU HOW OLD SHE IS!  LETS JUST SAY SHE WAS A CUTE LITTLE GIZMO NOT LONG AGO!  
DANI AND I HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW.. I THINK THIS MAKES THE THIRD BIRTHDAY PARTY I HAVE THROWN FOR HER .. SO YOU COULD SAY.. I ORDERED YOU THIS HUGE CAKE AND GUESS WHAT? I ACTUALLY GOT IT TO THE PARTY! YEEEEHAAAWWW! SO GET A PIECE OF CAKE AND WATCH THE LITTLE BUNNY WISDOM VIDEO I MADE FOR YOU.. AFTER YOU WATCH THIS YOU WILL BE AS WISE AS THE BUNNY.. AND YOU KNOW HOW WISE THAT IS DON'T YA? LET'S JUST SAY YOU PROBABLY WILL STILL NEED TO HOLD A GROWN UPS HAND CROSSING THE STREET AFTER YOU SEE IT.. BUT HEY.. WHO EVER SAID BEING A GROWN UP IS BORING.. DOESN'T KNOW NEWGIZMO!             NOW WE HAVE PRESENTS AND YOUR VERY OWN ONE LINER FUNNY THING I FOUND SOMEWHERE..
Flash Toys at WishAFriend.com OH YEAH... I MADE YOU A BIRTHDAY CARD.. AT THE SAME PLACE I GOT THE ONE LINER THING..
Flash Toys At WishAFriend.com YOU KNOW DINGLE.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANI.
. YOUR ONE IN A MILLION..
YOUR TWO IN A TRILLION...
YOUR CUTER THAN MATT DILLION...
 AND I WAS SO BLESSED
 WHEN YOU DROPPED INTO MY LIFE
LIKE STARS BY THE ZILLION I LOVE YA SIS!
I HOPE THIS IS
 YOUR VERY BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!
ALL MY LOVE..
YOUR SIS ..
TERRI lockerridge

DECEMBER 6, 2008 CHILDRENS THOUGHTS ABOUT THE SEA

 
DECEMBER 6, 2008 CHILDRENS THOUGHTS ABOUT THE SEA

1.  Kelly age 7 ... There is an animal in the sea called an octopus.. it has 8 testicles. 2.  James age 5... Oysters balls are called pearls. 3.  Wayne age 8... If you are surrounded by the sea .. your called an island.. If you aren't  surrounded by the sea.. your called incontinent. 4.  Kandy age 6... Sharks are big and mean.. and ugly.. and they have great big ugly teeth.. just like Emily Richardson.. she ain't my friend no more. 5.  Billy age 8... Whales breathe through a asshole in the top of their heads. No wait.. dolphins do that.. uh... maybe not.. uh.. let me check. 6.  Millie age 6... My uncle goes out to sea in his boat and takes pot with him. He always comes back with crabs.. lots of crabs. 7.  William age 8... When a ship goes out to sail .. it uses trade winds to make it go. Sometimes when the wind don't blow the sailors will whistle to get the sails to go.. My brother said they would have be better off to eat lots of beans. 8.  Helen age 9... I love mermaids.. they live in the sea .. I love their really shiny tails.. How do mermaids get pregnant.. like really? 9.  Amy age 9... I don't know anything about the sea.. mostly cause my brother is always screaming, and my mom and dad are screaming and my big sister just got pregnant and all she does is cry.. ..so I don't think I want to ride to the sea with them to find out stuff about the sea so I can talk about it .10.  Christopher age 7... Some fish are dangerous.. Jellyfish can sting you.. electric eels can shock you. They live on the bottom of the ocean in caves and have to plug up to chargers I think. 11.  Kevin age 6...  When you go swimming in the sea it is very cold and it makes my willy really small. 12.  Christie age 7...  Divers have to be very safe when they go diving.. they can't go diving alone.. so they have to go together.. It is called practicing safe diving...  I think maybe they have to get married first. 13.  Julie age 9...  On our holidays my mom when skiing and she said shes not going to do that any more.. cause she fell and she said that the water fired right up her big ass.. it was real funny. graphics for my blog provided by glittergraphics.com lockerridge

NOVEMBER 27, 2008 UNITED FRIENDS CHALLENGE NUMBER NINETY-SIX.... WORDS

NOVEMBER 27, 2008 UNITED FRIENDS CHALLENGE NUMBER NINETY-SIX.... WORDS         LadyHarleys Challenge The US is celebrating Thanksgiving today. So, let's all give THANKS for what we have... Take one of the Thanksgiving words below and turn it into what you're thankful for.
Words that can be used:......THANKS; CORNUCOPIA; PUMPKIN; THANKSGIVING; PILGRIMS; NOVEMBER; THANKFUL; FAMILY; and / or FEAST. (You don't have to limit yourself to just one of the words. If you're really bored, or up to the challenge... do all them all!) :o)          




My Thanksgiving Day was a blessing that has filled my cup to overflowing tonight! It brought to me a peace of mind I have not felt in quite some time.   
I am truly grateful for all this day held for me. The Lord God smiled on me and mine today, His bounty was more than enough, it brought not only more food than we could eat... it brought also, the knowledge that I did good for God when I raised the child he blessed my life with.. for he is a good person.. it brought me much peace.
I pray with all hope in my heart,  that it was the same for every home in America, and the world over today.         THANKSGIVING     T... Time with my child.
H... Hope for the future.
A... Angels who watch over us.
N... No deaths or bad illness in the families this year.
K... Kangaroos live in Australia and not in my backyard.
S... Silence .. sweet.. sweet.. silence.
G... Getting my hind end in gear and working on the house.
I... Incredible friends and fun on the net.
V... Valuable time, that I have always had.. but only just discovered.
I... Invitations to become involved in someone Else's life.
N... Nickels and dimes I can save instead of spend.
G... God still loves me..in spite of myself..  and He loves all of you  too!           For More Stories and Poems Click Here     graphics for my blog provided by
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NOVEMBER 24, 2008 LITTLE BIT OF FUNNY ...LITTLE BIT OF THE SIDE EFFECTS OF EXCESSIVE TESTOSTERONE

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

LITTLE BIT

OF FUNNY

LITTLE BIT OF

THE SIDE EFFECTS OF EXCESSIVE TESTOSTERONE

Auntie J. is back from the deer hunt 2008! She sent me these today, and they are terrific! The first one was a commercial from the Super Bowl.. lol.. you gona love it! The second one is a comparison guide, usually for the average red blooded .. testosterone infested males among us.. but hey.. I like to bark a tire every once in a while myself! I enjoyed both of them tremendously.. and I thought I would share with ya'll.. spread the giggle so to speak... and if your in need of a male jump starter girls.. this will do it for ya! Guaranteed! This second video will not let me write the codes in to make it not auto start.. I am sorry you guys.. but sometimes it is just not something that can be done unless I spend about an hour making it happen.. and honestly.. I don't think you guys mind clicking the button off and on do you?  If you do.. then I suppose your gona be irritated with me.. but your still gona like the videos! lockerridge

NOVEMBER 20, 2008 THE STATEMENT FROM THE STATE OF MY FRIENDS.

NOVEMBER 20, 2008  THE STATEMENT FROM THE STATE OF MY FRIENDS.

Hiya everybody! How the heck is everyone doing this lovely late autumn in November. This blog is simply about a website I found which gives us all an insight as to how the people of our individual states in the USA ( Sorry you guys outside the border.. I looked but you guys don't have a state.. you have an entire country.. and they don't talk much ... though they do mutter frequently)might think their home state would consider themselves to be most likely to profile itself to others.
 Yes... I included Arkansas..( really.. did you think I wouldn't!) I knew if I didn't certain parties would have a fit with a hole in it.. I won't mention any names.. but the initials are Wile, Mikey, Dingo, and yes.. Karma... don't hit me with those baby blues.. it won't work.. stop it ..
 okay it is working ..
 I am sooo sorry I included your state in this blog..
 NOT!
These are somewhat on the insulting side in some of the shout outs.. so don't get all twisted off at the top of the ground. lol..
 Chances are your state is the worst one of all!..
 okay here we go..
 stating with none other than.. the A's of course..
But not necessarily to remain in this order.. why?.. cause I said so.. and its my blog.. that is why!.. I love power!.. who needs a man?

SUGARQUBE KAREN!.... SHE COMES FROM A PLACE IN ARIZONA THAT HAS A LAKE .. AND IT HAS A SAW.. I THINK THEY MUST WATCH A LOT OF SCARY MOVIES WITH JASON AS THE STAR.. HE PROBABLY IS A HACKASAW NATIVE OR SOMETHING.. WOULD BE MY GUESS ANYWAY.. AND YES IT COULD BE RIGHT.. I AM RIGHT SOMETIMES!! MAN.. THIS CROWD IS REALLY HOSTILE TODAY.. NO WAIT .. THEY ARE JUST NORMAL.. ITS ME WHO IS TRYING TO MAKE THEM OUT TO BE REALLY NICE FOLKS.. WHAT AM I THINKING.. NOT CORRECTLY FOR SURE! MIKEY.. STOP IT!
ALTERB4EGO "CRYSTAL", NORMIE, AND LOCKIE!
WE TOO COOL FOR SILLY OLE SCHOOL!
THE GREAT NEW GIZMO HERSELF.. DANI! ( hey.. she is my best friend.. be nice to her or lockie will give you the wrong state.. snicker.. I love power in the morning!)

VINNIE AND THE FLASK MAN THEMSELVES.. NO.. I DID NOT SAY THEY WERE ELVES! WHOA.. TALK ABOUT YOUR INNER EAR PROBLEMS.. MIKEY BEHAVE! JILLERMAR!... OR BETTER KNOWN AS .. THE JUICE.. LIKE A SHOT OF VITAMIN C TO PICK UP ANY ONES DAY.. THAT IS MY BUD .. JILLY.. TOO BAD YOU GOTTA PUT UP WITH A LOT OF GATORS AND STUFF.. .. HEY WAIT A MINUTE.. I THINK I HEARD SOMEBODY CALL YOU SWAMP GATOR WRESTLER CHAMP.. DIDN'T I? HUMMM... REBEL CHOPPERS ... BETTER KNOWN AS APRIL.. NO! SHE DOES NOT HAVE TEETH THAT PLAY DIXIE!..  THE WOMAN OF HARLEY RIDER.. PREVIOUS OWNER OF A REALLY BITCHIN... GENERAL LEE LOOK ALIKE.. WAS ORANGE AND EVERYTHING YOU GUYS! DIO AND FLAGON!!..  THE HIPPEST AND HOPPEST FLAME THROWIN'EST SCALY GREEN LIZARD WITH WINGS.. I LOVE HER CAUSE SHE LOVES ME!.. RIGHT FLAGON?.. UM.. WHERE DID SHE GO?... FLAGON.. FALGON.. PUT DOWN THE STUFF TO MAKE SMORES.. I STILL HAVE A SCAR ON MY ANKLE FROM THE LAST TIME YOU GOT IRRITATED AT ME.. DIO.. DIO.. DIO!!!!.. WHEW! OJ!.. OJ IS A NEW FRIEND EVERYONE, SO SAY.. HI OJ! ... .. (good grief)...  YOU PEOPLE ARE JUST PATHETIC.. I CAN GET MORE ENTHUSIASM FROM A CAN OF CREAM OF BROCCOLI SOUP .. THE OFF BRAND.. NO WAY ARE YOU GUYS EVEN IN THE LEAGUE WITH CAMPBELLS.. JUST BE PATIENT OJ.. THEY DON'T BITE.. WELL.. THEY HAVE THEIR SHOTS I THINK.. SIGH.. MIKEY AND BERNIE.. THEY BOTH HAVE ALL THIS OTHER STUFF MIXED IN WITH THEIR NAMES.. SO JUST CALL THEM MIKEY AND BERNIE.. THEY PROBABLY DON'T LIKE IT .. BUT HEY..THEY ARE FROM THE GREAT UNITED STATES OF TEXAS....  THEY WILL LIVE THROUGH IT JUST FINE! DINGO BLUE SUGAR FOOT.. OR IS IT .. DINGO SUGAR BLUE FOOT.. OR DOES SHE EVEN HAVE BLUE FEET.. I DON'T THINK SHE IS MADE OF SUGAR.. NAH.. I KNOW FOR SURE SHE IS NOT MADE OF SUGAR.. SO LETS ASSUME SHE IS BLUE.. THAT WOULD NOT MAKE HER A SMURF OR ANYTHING.. NOW WOULD IT? (nuk nuk!) RAPTUROUS RED!... SHE IS REALLY A STRAWBERRY BLONDE RIGHT NOW.. DUE TO A MOMENTARY LACK OF STRENGTH IN STANDING UP TO HER HAIR STYLIST.. SHE KNOWS BETTER NOW.. YEP.. LIVE AND LEARN.. YA LIVE AND LEARN.. HUH RR? TUTALL (LEE) AND TRAILER TRASH (JOHN).... BOY WHAT CAN I SAY AFTER THOSE ID HANDLES ON THESE GUYS FROM THE GREAT STATE OF OKLAHOMA? YOU GUYS KNOW WHY TEXAS DOESN'T SLIDE OFF INTO THE OCEAN DON'T YA?.... HEHEHEHE.. I KNEW YOU DID! KARMACREDITPLAN!!.... THIS WOMAN HAS GOT IT GOING ON NOW.. SHE IS THE PERSON WHO OPENS AND CLOSES THOSE BRIDGES THAT BREAK IN THE MIDDLE.. WHICH BY SIMPLE FACT THAT THEY BREAK APART.. I WILL NOT DRIVE OVER ONE. KARMA.. MIGHT BE FEELING FRISKY ONE DAY AND DECIDED TO PLAY WITH THE SILLY MOTORISTS WHOM THINK THEY ARE IN CONTROL OF THEIR DESTINY.. NAHHH.. NOT KARMA... RIGHT KARMA?... KARMA... UMM.. KARMA.. WHY ARE THOSE PEOPLE SUDDENLY SLIDING DOWN THE UP SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.. SHAME SHAME SHAME.. HEHEHEHE.. IT IS FUNNY ISN'T IT?... DO IT AGAIN! WILE COYOTE AND IGGWAD... NOW THAT IS A PAIR.. THE BLIND FOLLOWING THE ONE WITH TUNA BREATH.. ON A MOTORCYCLE NO LESS.. I SIMPLY AM SPEECHLESS AT THE SIGHT OF A PENGUIN ON THE BACK OF A MOTORCYCLE WITH A COYOTE DRIVING IT.. WELL HE IS KIND OF DRIVING IT.. IGGWAD YOU HAVE TO LET HIM BREATH.. DON'T HOLD ON SO TIGHT.. OH HE HAS THE TUNA IN HIS POCKET.. SILLY ME.. I HAD NO IDEA THEY HAD POCKETS.. LET ALONE TUNA IN THEM... CARRY ON.. AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE.. HAWAII.. I DO HAVE A FRIEND FROM THERE .. SHE IS SAKURA4ETERNITY.. BUT SHE IS NOT ONLINE WITH US SINCE MAY.. BUT I KEEP HOPING!.. ANYWAY.. THEIR SHOUT OUT IS SIMPLY THE BEST.. I LOVE IT AND ALL OF YOU.. FROM YOUR BUD LOCKIE..
OKAY MIKEY.. YOU WERE GOOD ENOUGH FOR "ONE" COOKIE.. AND IT CAN BE AN OREO DOUBLE STUFF IF YOU KEEP IT UP!
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NOVEMBER 15, 2008 UNITED FRIENDS CHALLENGE #92 MY UNCLE BILLYS FRIEND.. BOBBY... AND BOBBYS FRIEND .. RUSSELL

NOVEMBER 15, 2008  UNITED FRIENDS CHALLENGE NUMBER NINTEY TWO.. MY UNCLE BILLYS FRIEND.. BOBBY
AND BOBBYS FRIEND .. RUSSELL
Lilangelwolf's  Challenge  Write about how a veteran has touched your life...
To write about a veteran who has touched my life and simply pick one to write about, is an extremely difficult task for me
.Within my family, many of my uncles were veterans.. I have cousins who are veterans... I have in-laws who are veterans.. and I have friends who are veterans. From all divisions of the military they have walked the walk, of the protector of my freedom.
Most of the uncles who were in service, joined because of financial hardships in this country. There was no work when they were in their teens, and as for school.. college.. they really had no time for it.. they were looking for work.
 They were hungry.
I mean that literally folks.
 Times were extremely hard then, for everyone.
All four of them lied about their age, and were either learning to be a sailor or hoping to become an airplane pilot, by the time they were 17 years of age.
 All of them, save one, continued and signed back up several times for more duty time. This was all done at a time when we were not at war, or involved in a police action .. in other words. Viet Nam.
The one uncle who joined the Air Force, was good with his hands, and a perfectionist .. so he was put in the division which designed and sewed the parachutes .. he later was part of the Nasa program.. where he helped design and sew the parachutes for the Apollo missions.. ( Yeah it was really great! He was my show and tell at school many times!) One uncle who opted for the Navy after signing back on many times.. saw that he wanted no part of the Viet Nam fighting and he signed on with the Merchant Marines.. which he retired from at an early age ..
 The other two uncles.. well they were not exactly angels..  they joined because it was either go to the military or go to jail.. lol.. so they became swabbies as they called it.
 There are many people whom I know, that were in the action of the front lines during WWII and Viet Nam.. I figured out when I was quite young, that the ones who wanted to tell you all about it..  were never shot at. They were the ones who worked in the offices or the garage.. maybe a driver for an officer. The vets who do not speak much of it.. that usually shy away from speaking for any length of time about their experiences, are the ones whom I listen intently to. They are the ones who have had their lives irrevocably changed by the reality of war.
 War means death .. pure and simple, with no way around the basic fact. When you are fighting in a war. You have to kill people. Or they will kill you.
So I thought long and hard about my choice and there has to be two of them. I can't write about one without adding the other to the story.
My uncle Billy was a "get out of jail free veteran". He liked to have a few beers with his buddies and then drive around .. very fast. He was not a fella who was real smart when he was drinking, .. and he was constantly getting caught .. driving very fast while over the legal level of alcohol in his system for a 15 year old, is something the authorities frown greatly upon.. especially if your a belligerent drunk kid, who wants to fight.
After he had been a constant visitor to the cross bar motel.. and had a personal relationship with the circuit judge.. the judge took pity on him and his mother ( my granny) and gave him the choice of Navy chow or Penitentiary chow at the ripe old age of 17. The choice was not a difficult one. This all took place before the Viet Nam action started, and he actually seemed to enjoy the traveling around the world, collecting a truly stellar collection of tattoos.
 His friend Bobby on the other hand.. straightened up and graduated high school. He got a good job at a new manufacturing plant, that had just fired up in the area, and got married .. to a beautiful lady, and they had a baby girl.. He was a really content young man..

Then he was drafted.

 My uncle was up for resigning at the time that Bobby was drafted. Uncle Billy came home and Bobby went to Viet Nam. Bobby is not a very big guy.. he just made the height and weight requirements to be inducted. He is a blonde and has one of those cutie pie faces with the dimples and blue eyes.  Since he was small and quick..with good eyesight and a deer hunters hearing ability..  he became what we now know as a Tunnel Rat.
 He was the fella that when they came upon a village with known enemy activity.. they usually found a tunnel they used, to move around quietly, and to hide from the Marines. They were known for their booby traps and believing that if they gave their life killing an American soldier.. they would be given much in the afterlife. They actually put bombs on their children, and sent them out crying to the GI's,  When the GI would pick them up .. the bomb would explode. This enemy had nothing they would not sacrifice to kill an American soldier, well really.. you just had to be an American to be their target.
 So Bobby was the point guy when it came to checking out a tunnel for VC before the rest of the platoon entered.

 When Bobby came home... he was no longer Bobby. He was a man without a future. He was a man who could not stand to be awake and aware of others without medication. He jumps at every small sound. He does not stand upright any more. He is in a semi crouch most of the time and his hands are always ready to cover his major organs and his face at any sound ,and usually they are shaking.
 He lost his wife.. his children grew up without ever really knowing him.. simply because he is afraid to have them in the house with him at night when he sleeps fitfully. He has flashbacks and his sweet wife took off one night with the children.. no clothes.. no money.. just grabbed the kids and took off running down the street.. She, nor he, has ever told us exactly what happened.. I don't really want to know.

 He is on full disability from the military. He has never worked at public work again.

While in Viet Nam, Bobby met a guy from the same area where we live in Arkansas, by the name of Russell. They hooked up as hillbilly buddies, and have been really tight since that time in their life.  This guy is a really sharp fella. He is so sharp that he was taken into the Green Berets.. a very skilled and very dangerous person in the military. These are the fellas who are called into those secret little missions to rescue someone .. or maybe take out a anti tank gun when they can't get to it any other way. They kill first and never ask questions. They are trained to carry out orders.. the most important thing is to carry out the orders they are given.. and never ask questions. They are the military trained killing machines.. with all the skills it takes to be a lethal weapon just by breathing.
 Russell came home and he was not Russell any more either. He astonishes me sometimes.. He is a really big guy.. with red hair and a southern drawl that you could cut with a knife. He seems to be one of the slowest moving, and slightly goofy, nice guys I have ever met. Until he gets pissed. I have seen him stand flatfooted right next to a guy who was well on his way to making him pass the calm sweet guy point, and with no effort at all, it seemed on Russells part,  jump straight up and kick the guy in the head and knock him out cold!
 It would be okay if that was where he would stop.. but it is not.. after he knocks them down  he then proceeds to step two.. that is  to break their neck.
Literally.

 He is also on medications.. and he has never been able to return to public work.

 He still carries a knife in his boots. He wears boots and fatigues .. year round. He has been known to walk in his sleep and they have found him in some strange places.. in cellars.. one time on the water tower..

He moves often.. to be trained as intensively as he was.. they build these guys egos to the point of them believing they are invincible .. and now he just feels inadequate to the job of living without war.
He has married finally, about 5 years ago.. she keeps him sane he says.. I say.. she is a brave woman with a lot of love for him to take on the challenge of living life, post war with a veteran Green Beret, who survived two tours in Viet Nam.
 Bobby has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember, and Russell came to Bobby when he came home to stay.. so I now have the both of them in my life. My Uncle Billy passed away when I was 26 years old from a heart defect that they never detected in the service, when he was 37. And Bobby and Russell .. well.. they are always there for me.. all I need do is say I need something and they are on it! So I am very careful about what I ask for!
The way they  have touched my life in the most profound way .. was they showed me.. without ever really saying too much about it..
that war is hell

War is about one thing. People killing other people.

 It takes bright young human beings and turns them into empty shells .. sort of like it takes their past AND their future, and just throws it away.
They also showed me the loyalty that comes to people when they live through something like that .. together.
 They never .. ever turn away from another veteran. No matter the need. They will pull together and make it happen some how.
 They are more family to me than blood kin is for the most part. They don't talk very long about a subject if it is serious. They simply can't understand why people spend so much time talking about problems. To these two that is a waste of time and energy, the way they see life is if there is a problem.. you just go out and fix what is wrong.. or eliminate the problem causer.
 They do not put up with a whole lot of dumb stuff.. and that has rubbed off on me recently, in a big way!
 I am blessed that I had Bobby and Russell fighting to keep me free.
 As are all of you.
They gave us their past and their future, so that we might not have to give ours up.
 Please pray for those who are now in  Iraq. I pray for no more men who were so infused with surviving and winning a war that they are empty shells who have no idea how to live without it.
Peace.
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