dave
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Post by dave on Aug 29, 2016 22:03:42 GMT
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Post by quincannon on Aug 30, 2016 4:22:05 GMT
Dave I think Semper Fe is Always (Latin) Faith (Spanish)in two languages, but what the hell, everyone knows what you mean.
I will have to look into such a late date (1916) for organizing the USMCR. Seems like they should have done that before, but maybe they were not included in what was otherwise game changing legislation at the close of the Span Am War. Regardless, they have designed their reserve force very well, where it can be seamlessly integrated into their active component, and have done so long before the Air Force, which has done wonders, and the Army who is still looking upon their reserve components as Christmas help (the Army needs a good lube job, and tune up STILL, and that's a crime)
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Post by Beth on Aug 30, 2016 18:00:32 GMT
It's just that Southern Drawl of his.
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Aug 30, 2016 19:41:56 GMT
I thought Semper Fe was in NM.
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Post by quincannon on Aug 30, 2016 19:42:10 GMT
Thought it might have been a cornbread crumb stuck between his front teeth.
No Tom Semper Fe is in southern Utah, about six miles down the road from Tempus Fugit, on the way to Sic Semper Rini, if you go the back way through Mississippi.
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Post by dave on Aug 31, 2016 1:33:34 GMT
The back roads will take you through the thriving Mississippi communities of Possumneck, Hot Coffee, Chickenbone, Whynot and leave via doglap on your way to Chukoo, VA.
Wont y'all drop in for a spell and have a bite and glass of sweet ice tea? Or some sippin' whiskey for the city slickers? Regards Dave
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Post by yanmacca on Aug 31, 2016 9:37:18 GMT
Dave you just have to jump in the car outside our home and within minutes we are travelling through the beautiful Cheshire countryside and passing through villages like Daresbury (were Lewis Carroll wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), Delamere (and its huge forest), Pickmere (with its beautiful lake), Alderley Edge (with its stunning vista), Beeston (with its ancient market and Castle) plus the two lovely villages of Little Budworth and Great Budworth.
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Aug 31, 2016 10:19:50 GMT
The back roads will take you through the thriving Mississippi communities of Possumneck, Hot Coffee, Chickenbone, Whynot and leave via doglap on your way to Chukoo, VA. Wont y'all drop in for a spell and have a bite and glass of sweet ice tea? Or some sippin' whiskey for the city slickers? Regards Dave Dave, a friend of mine passed away last week, she and her family lived in Cuckoo, VA a little berg in Louisa County. I was in Louisa on Sunday. Funny you should mention it.
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Post by yanmacca on Aug 31, 2016 10:27:40 GMT
There is actually a town called "hot coffee" do they serve tea?
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Post by quincannon on Aug 31, 2016 14:12:05 GMT
Who said Al Capp was dead?
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Post by dave on Aug 31, 2016 14:32:37 GMT
Ian Why of course there is a Hot Coffee, Mississippi! I have a little more info for you down below. Unlike your country we are relative newcomers as Mississippi became a state in 1820. The change in the rural areas of Mississippi post WW II is remarkable. When I was a kid in the 1960's on Saturday morning's we had a farmer's market around the square and courthouse. You could buy all the vegetables, fruits, live stock (chickens, cows, goats and mules) and get things of any nature repaired and fixed. Parts of Lafayette county did not receive electricity till 1947 and many roads were not paved until the 1960's all because of poverty. All races suffered from farmed out land, lack of modern farm equipment, lack of commerce and the general malaise suffered by the veterans who returned home after seeing vast parts of the world. Perfect mixture for the violence of the 50's and 60's that assailed the blacks. No excuse just a fact but things have improved more down my way than many other parts of the country. Regards Dave www.covingtonchamber.com/in/index.php/tutorials/hot-coffee
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Post by yanmacca on Aug 31, 2016 15:04:52 GMT
Thanks Dave, I can see were the name come from.
Is wasn't that long ago when most of the normal working class houses in Widnes had an outside toilet, I am too young to remember that of course, when I came along my family of ten (I am the youngest of course) had moved into a nice new home, courtesy of the Labour party, (they were then in government) who also gave us our national health service too with free medical treatment for all.
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Post by Beth on Aug 31, 2016 19:43:17 GMT
My grandparents didn't get indoor plumbing until the late 50's-one of my uncles used some sort of bonus he got from his time in the service to pay for it. Heck the house we lived in for about 6 months in 1962 while my dad went to trade school and before he found a new job had running water but no indoor toilet. I don't know how my mother did it because she would have had 3 preschoolers and an infant at the time. but just the thought of what she had to deal with always humbled me whenever I thought life was rough with just 2 kids and a hubby on the road. If you have ever seen a road map of Iowa you can understand why actually most roads are unpaved. This is just one county but all 99 counties are set up the same way www.iowadot.gov/maps/msp/refpost/pdf/floyd.pdf
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Post by yanmacca on Sept 1, 2016 9:11:31 GMT
Keeps timing out Beth, so maybe its not available to English visitors.
Aye (I sound like Clair now) I still hear tales about the old tin bath set up on the kitchen floor on a Sunday night, mostly from the older peeps.
That was all they had and the oldest got in first so the youngest got the cloudy lukewarm water.
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Post by Beth on Sept 1, 2016 17:07:26 GMT
Hence the old adage don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
I'll explain quickly--Iowa's roads look like someone laid them out with graph paper-there is a gravel road every mile to allow farmers to easily move to and from market towns. They continue to exist because they are so handy when moving huge farm equipment from field to field. There are paved roads that connect towns but there are times it's just easier to use the gravel roads to get around.
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