Be a post whore! - Page 92

monster · 07-14-2009, 10:32 PM

A successful marriage:

ZenGum · 07-15-2009, 12:44 AM

Haggis, what's really funny is that chat screen is how they talk to each other...

monster · 07-15-2009, 09:15 AM

is there another way?

capnhowdy · 07-15-2009, 11:54 AM

...but you can't make the chat screen scream.

dar512 · 07-15-2009, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by capnhowdy

...but you can't make the chat screen scream.

Depends on how fast the computer is.

capnhowdy · 07-15-2009, 09:27 PM

Ed Freeman

You're a 19-year-old kid. You're critically wounded and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley, 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam. Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in.

You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you're not getting out. Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away and you'll never see them again. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.

Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter and you look up to see an unarmed Huey, but it doesn't seem real because no Medi-Vac markings are on it.

Ed Freeman is coming for you. He's not Medi-Vac, so it's not his job, but he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire, after the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come.

He's coming anyway.

And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire as they load 2 or 3 of you on board.

Then he flies you up and out, through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses.

And he kept coming back, 13 more times, and took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out.

Medal of Honor Recipient Ed Freeman died on Wednesday, June 25th, 2009, at the age of 80, in Boise, ID. May God rest his soul.

Medal of Honor Winner
Ed Freeman!
Since the media didn't give him the coverage he deserves, send this to every red-blooded American you know.

THANKS AGAIN, ED, FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR OUR COUNTRY.
RIP

glatt · 07-16-2009, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by capnhowdy

Medal of Honor Recipient Ed Freeman died on Wednesday, June 25th, 2009, at the age of 80, in Boise, ID. May God rest his soul.

I heard this story a while ago, and went to snopes to look it up to refresh my memory.

The guy was a hero, but he died last year, not three weeks ago. Not sure why the chain e-mail would lie about the date of death. Doesn't make sense, and actually detracts from the man's accomplishments to mix lies in with the truth. The truth is good enough.

Clodfobble · 07-16-2009, 01:01 PM

Because Michael Jackson died on June 25th - a slightly longer version with that date notes how the media is jumping all over Jackson's death while "ignoring" Freeman's death (supposedly on the same day.)

capnhowdy · 07-16-2009, 07:53 PM

My bad. I learned of it from a Marine buddy via a FWD. I need to learn to research. Oh well..... still a valid point.

Clodfobble · 07-17-2009, 10:40 PM

Absolutely.

(Don't take offense, cap'n, I'm just poking you.

)

capnhowdy · 07-18-2009, 09:30 AM

None taken. I missed that thread. Thanks for pointing that out.

monster · 07-27-2009, 07:02 PM

just cruising the IOTD forum, contemplating the 2010 cellar calendar, comparing most viewed and most replied-to threads, and notice that there is little correlation between the two.

Notably two 2009 posts which hardly rate a mention in the replies thread are right up there in the most viewed. I suspect we attract the internet perv element -the threads were entitled "dirty art" and "whale penis".

no, go find them yourself.

monster · 07-27-2009, 09:45 PM

We Won! on ebay. lego star wars windscreens lot

it's a big deal to those in the know. srsly.

Clodfobble · 07-27-2009, 09:51 PM

Windscreens, as in the British way of saying car windshield? Or some other kind of windscreen? I do not understand what it is you have purchased, but I believe you that it is cool.

monster · 07-27-2009, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Windscreens, as in the British way of saying car windshield? Or some other kind of windscreen? I do not understand what it is you have purchased, but I believe you that it is cool.

must be a nerd/star wars space thing, because yes, i mean windshield, but you get more and better hits on ebay if you call them windscreens.

07-14-2009, 10:32 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	A successful marriage: Attached Images __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-15-2009, 12:44 AM	#2
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Haggis, what's really funny is that chat screen is how they talk to each other... __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-15-2009, 09:15 AM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	is there another way? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-15-2009, 11:54 AM	#4
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	...but you can't make the chat screen scream. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

07-15-2009, 09:27 PM	#6
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Ed Freeman You're a 19-year-old kid. You're critically wounded and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley, 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam. Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in. You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you're not getting out. Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away and you'll never see them again. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day. Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter and you look up to see an unarmed Huey, but it doesn't seem real because no Medi-Vac markings are on it. Ed Freeman is coming for you. He's not Medi-Vac, so it's not his job, but he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire, after the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come. He's coming anyway. And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire as they load 2 or 3 of you on board. Then he flies you up and out, through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses. And he kept coming back, 13 more times, and took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out. Medal of Honor Recipient Ed Freeman died on Wednesday, June 25th, 2009, at the age of 80, in Boise, ID. May God rest his soul. Medal of Honor Winner Ed Freeman! Since the media didn't give him the coverage he deserves, send this to every red-blooded American you know. THANKS AGAIN, ED, FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR OUR COUNTRY. RIP __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

07-16-2009, 01:01 PM	#8
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Because Michael Jackson died on June 25th - a slightly longer version with that date notes how the media is jumping all over Jackson's death while "ignoring" Freeman's death (supposedly on the same day.) __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-16-2009, 07:53 PM	#9
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	My bad. I learned of it from a Marine buddy via a FWD. I need to learn to research. Oh well..... still a valid point. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

07-17-2009, 10:40 PM	#10
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Absolutely. (Don't take offense, cap'n, I'm just poking you. ) __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-18-2009, 09:30 AM	#11
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	None taken. I missed that thread. Thanks for pointing that out. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

07-27-2009, 07:02 PM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	just cruising the IOTD forum, contemplating the 2010 cellar calendar, comparing most viewed and most replied-to threads, and notice that there is little correlation between the two. Notably two 2009 posts which hardly rate a mention in the replies thread are right up there in the most viewed. I suspect we attract the internet perv element -the threads were entitled "dirty art" and "whale penis". no, go find them yourself. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-27-2009, 09:45 PM	#13
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	We Won! on ebay. lego star wars windscreens lot it's a big deal to those in the know. srsly. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-27-2009, 09:51 PM	#14
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Windscreens, as in the British way of saying car windshield? Or some other kind of windscreen? I do not understand what it is you have purchased, but I believe you that it is cool. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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