6 June 1944

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merkyl		#121	[-]
Posts: 54169 (06/06/08 2:31 PM) Registered loser Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	A bench, a small monument and a pole? That's a bit much don't you think?
Endofthread		#122	[-]
Posts: 4628 (06/06/08 2:32 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Those strippers aren't gonna dance by themselves ! In one hour merkyl...
merkyl		#123	[-]
Posts: 54170 (06/06/08 2:38 PM) Registered loser Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	We should totally find some single girls from work to go with us, I'm sure our wives won't mind.
Endofthread		#124	[-]
Posts: 4630 (06/06/08 2:45 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Is it still OK to request lapdances when bringing lady friends with us ?
Hamdingers		#125	[-]
Posts: 8292 (06/06/08 2:49 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	OUR GRANDFATHERS FOUGHT, BLED, AND DIED SO WE COULD HAVE LAPDANCES WHENEVER THE HELL WE WANT.
Loki		#126	[-]
Posts: 14009 (06/06/08 2:50 PM) Monkey tamer Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	one of the old guys wanted me to touch his purple heart
Endofthread		#127	[-]
Posts: 4631 (06/06/08 2:51 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	We're going asian tonight Hammy. Wanna join ?
merkyl		#128	[-]
Posts: 54171 (06/06/08 2:51 PM) Registered loser Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Four score and seven dances ago
Hamdingers		#129	[-]
Posts: 8293 (06/06/08 2:53 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Damn straight. I'll go shave my legs.
Quiche Lorraine		#130	[-]
Posts: 84 (06/06/08 3:18 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	My Dad also served in WWII. He died a few years ago, and afterwards I was sorting out his personal effects. In the pile of stuff, I managed to find his US Army discharge papers. I was looking it over, and came to a section that read: "List wounds received during service." To which, some nameless clerk had dutifully typed in "None." Then, in pencil, obviously in my Dad's handwriting, was the notation: "My pride was hurt." Thanks for your service, Dad. And thanks for your sense of humor.
GregBuisIsADick		#131	[-]
Posts: 6058 (06/06/08 3:48 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I'm gonna get me a big titty 'ho and celebrate DD-Day.
Mister Yuck		#132	[-]
Posts: 3180 (06/06/08 4:09 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	like you can afford one
Monsieur Muggles		#133	[-]
Posts: 4003 (06/06/08 4:20 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I've never seen Saving Private Ryan, so I can't vouch for its validity or realism. I know it was pretty bad, and it was the defining battle for the Western Front of the European Theatre, but beyond that, I can't tell you how many days it went or how many casualties were incurred. On the subject of family members who served, my grandfather was POW in the Pacific theatre. He NEVER told my father anything, only showed him the medals. As a result, after he passed away, the only person who knows what really happened to my grandfather is my grandmother, and I have this gut feeling that that is information she is taking with her to the grave, for whatever her reasons may be. All what my family knows is that he was picked up somewhere in the South Pacific after who-knows-how-long and was brought back to San Francisco, where he got to stay until after the war ended and watched one of the first 49ers games. Other than that, his flag and his medals (with the two Purple Hearts predominantly showing) are displayed in a large framed case on the wall of my grandmother's home.
Mister Yuck		#134	[-]
Posts: 3182 (06/06/08 4:22 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	How predictable that this thread became an opportunity for people to give shout outs to their relatives in the so-called "greatest generation", whether or not they were in D-Day.
Hotlight		#135	[-]
Posts: 21 (06/06/08 5:03 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I asked my 15 year old daughter who is taking World History this year, if they discussed D-Day today in class. She said that they didn't mention it. They just finished their unit on World War II and that it was hardly covered then. Her basic understanding of the event was that it was one of the battles fought in the war. I had to sit down and do the job that her teacher didn't. Her History teacher is very anti war and lets the kids know how she feels, so she spends very little time on any war related items and much more time on social issues. I figure WW II was pretty big in the area of social issues, but I guess it does not qualify in our public school system. I'm sure we will rue the day when the children of today become the leaders of tomorrow without having the benefit of studying events that have shaped the world we live in today.
MBD		#136	[-]
Posts: 1476 (06/06/08 5:06 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	The invasion of Normandy as reported by today's media: June 6, 1944. -NORMANDY- Three hundred French civilians were killed and thousands more wounded today in the first hours of America's invasion of continental Europe. Casualties were heaviest among women and children. Most of the French casualties were the result of the artillery fire from American ships attempting to knock out German fortifications prior to the landing of hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops. Reports from a makeshift hospital in the French town of St. Mere Eglise said the carnage was far worse than the French had anticipated and reaction against the American invasion was running high. "We are dying for no reason," said a Frenchman speaking on condition of anonymity. "Americans can't even shoot straight. I never thought I'd say this, but life was better under Adolph Hitler." The invasion also caused severe environmental damage. American troops, tanks, trucks and machinery destroyed miles of pristine shoreline and thousands of acres of ecologically sensitive wetlands. It was believed that the habitat of the spineless French crab was completely wiped out, threatening the species with extinction.
ilikelissie		#137	[-]
Posts: 12182 (06/06/08 5:13 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite
Mister Yuck		#138	[-]
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GregBuisIsADick		#139	[-]
Posts: 6059 (06/06/08 5:16 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Mister Yuck wrote: like you can afford one Bitch, you don't think I'd actually pay her, do you?
Monsieur Muggles		#140	[-]
Posts: 4004 (06/06/08 5:21 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Hotlight wrote: I asked my 15 year old daughter who is taking World History this year, if they discussed D-Day today in class. She said that they didn't mention it. They just finished their unit on World War II and that it was hardly covered then. Her basic understanding of the event was that it was one of the battles fought in the war. I had to sit down and do the job that her teacher didn't. Her History teacher is very anti war and lets the kids know how she feels, so she spends very little time on any war related items and much more time on social issues. I figure WW II was pretty big in the area of social issues, but I guess it does not qualify in our public school system. I'm sure we will rue the day when the children of today become the leaders of tomorrow without having the benefit of studying events that have shaped the world we live in today. It is NOT an issue of anti-war or pro-war, but high school history classes have become much more social issues related in the past few years. I blame the College Board and its emphasis on issues as opposed to events in the AP tests. Thus, syllabi reflected this. This in turn led to changes in non-AP classes down the stream. Fortunately, more colleges are just not accepting AP tests for college credit any longer (especially with regards to the humanities), meaning that teachers won't be as confined to strict issues to cover in their lesson plans, but the affect it will take to reverse the course of this will take several years, and won't be fully rectified unless the College Board changes the format of its tests.

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