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Post by ladytass2001 on Oct 2, 2004 10:50:04 GMT -5
No my great grandfather was a private and my grandfather was a half-track commander in world warII-- Army 3rd Armored Division(he followed Patton through hell) They are the one's that found alot of the concentration camps(such as auschwitz)
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Post by MALCOLM XERXES™ on Oct 2, 2004 10:58:51 GMT -5
No my great grandfather was a private and my grandfather was a half-track commander in world warII-- Army 3rd Armored Division(he followed Patton through hell) They are the one's that found alot of the concentration camps(such as auschwitz) SAT. OCT. 2/2004/12:05 E.S.T.
LADYTASS,
A private in what infantry?
I cannot help but wonder @ the revulsion your grandfather must have felt when he liberated KZ’s, & how tempted he & his colleagues must have been to mistreat the Deutsches soldiers whom they encountered running such vile operations.
I give thanks every day for the blood sacrifice of such men, that we may enjoy our current standard of living in the world today.
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Post by ladytass2001 on Oct 2, 2004 11:03:52 GMT -5
1st infantry and my grandfather still has troubles talking about what he saw over in the camps(such as when they found the camps there were so many dead that they couldn't bury all of them and the prisoners were so weak they couldn't use the can openers to open the food the soldiers gave them,not that most of them could eat anything anymore) but he is in the National Library in Washington D.C.(a historical volunteer came and gave him an interview that was taped and put into the library about his service in WW II they decided that our WW II vets needed to have their stories put down before they were all gone.)
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Post by First Leftenant on Oct 2, 2004 20:14:28 GMT -5
I assure you both snowboarding pales in comparison to Lady Tass' families histories and MX and the Lady's past experiences. You don't go fast at first so that by the time you tackle the more adventurous slopes you're used to much of the experience. Boarding is like bicycle riding when you hit a really steep hill. You rush down, you feel every curve, you try your best to avoid spilling and when it works you're in such a groove that you feel indestructible. When it doesn't you're usually ass over teakettles and too stunned to know what's going on until it's too late. Skydiving seems to me like something where for most of it you have no control and whether or not you land on a tree or a spike or in a fire or whatever is very much up to God!
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Post by ladytass2001 on Oct 2, 2004 20:25:07 GMT -5
If it is anything like skate boarding my hat is off to you --I can't board to save my life--I was always facinated by the concept but the actual use is not something I can do.
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Post by MALCOLM XERXES™ on Oct 3, 2004 17:01:40 GMT -5
1st infantry and my grandfather still has troubles talking about what he saw over in the camps(such as when they found the camps there were so many dead that they couldn't bury all of them and the prisoners were so weak they couldn't use the can openers to open the food the soldiers gave them,not that most of them could eat anything anymore) but he is in the National Library in Washington D.C.(a historical volunteer came and gave him an interview that was taped and put into the library about his service in WW II they decided that our WW II vets needed to have their stories put down before they were all gone.) SUN. OCT. 3/2004/18:08 E.S.T.
LADYTASS,
Your grandfather is part of a proud warrior tradition, & it does not surprise me that he would still have difficulty speaking of the horrors he saw.
What does surprise me, though, is that it took so long to mobilise people to interview men like him for archival purposes, but I am pleased that it was done & that your grandfather was able to participate when so many who might have done so were denied that opportunity by DEATH™.
Skateboarding is a sport that I want to get back into, but I prefer the 1970’s style of fish-shaped plastic with the wide urethane trucks, rather than the style which is currently in vogue, which I find ugly.
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FIRST LEFTENANT,
I thank you for that description of snowboarding, which makes it sound far more appealing than my own did. The feet being bound to the board aspect of it puts me in mind of concrete slippers, THE GODFATHER™-style, hence my aversion to trying out that Winter sport.
It’s true that gravity is a constant whenever one abandons the relative safety of an aeroplane, but one can steer quite well once the parachute has deployed.
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Post by ladytass2001 on Oct 3, 2004 19:36:57 GMT -5
MX. I see that you and I have the same idea's about the boards of today--but I must admit they may be ugly but they have done some wonderful technology on them--You couldn't do half of the tricks they do today on our kind of board
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Post by MALCOLM XERXES™ on Oct 4, 2004 10:40:02 GMT -5
MX. I see that you and I have the same idea's about the boards of today--but I must admit they may be ugly but they have done some wonderful technology on them--You couldn't do half of the tricks they do today on our kind of board MON. OCT. 4/2004/11:47 E.S.T.
LADYTASS,
That is true, but I am far more concerned with a skateboard’s aesthetic appearance, given that I aspired to the Dogtown Z-Boys style, rather than the current baggy trousers slovenly look.
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Post by ladytass2001 on Oct 4, 2004 10:50:41 GMT -5
The Z-Cav(arricci,that is) generation strikes back--The grunge look is awful. But we had some interesting looks back in the 80's too, The whole Mohawk,and rat tails weren't exactly spectacular--but our clothes were much better,and we pulled it off with STYLE.
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Post by MALCOLM XERXES™ on Oct 4, 2004 13:06:32 GMT -5
The Z-Cav(arricci,that is) generation strikes back--The grunge look is awful. But we had some interesting looks back in the 80's too, The whole Mohawk,and rat tails weren't exactly spectacular--but our clothes were much better,and we pulled it off with STYLE. MON. OCT. 4/2004/14:13 E.S.T.
I always liked the Mohawk look, especially as worn by MS. JEANNA FINE & MS. ANNABELLA LWIN, but rat-tails were never my cup of tea.
I particularly liked the clothes worn by MR. GARY NUMAN & THE TUBEWAY ARMY™, as well as MR. DAVID BOWIE’S clothes circa 1979.
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