Posted on July 26, 2009 by Turkish Prawn
Harry Patch has died.
He was born in 1898, trained as a plumber at age fifteen, was conscripted into the army of Great Britain in 1916 and was the last living combatant of the First World War. There are three other men still alive who served, but Harry was the last who actually fought. A [...]
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Posted on May 25, 2009 by Turkish Prawn
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Posted on May 19, 2009 by Turkish Prawn
We had all piantballed before. In fact, Mountain Man had gotten me into it many years previously when free time was more copious and bones tended to bounce rather than break. Ioseph had joined in with his own paintball gun that he brought with him from Ohio when we moved to our area. Only The [...]
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Posted on May 14, 2009 by Turkish Prawn
I’ve always been happily surprised about rocks encountered under the surface of fast moving, fresh water. That might sound odd until you understand that most of the submerged rocks that I’ve encountered in my life were in the ocean. These tend to be sharp, covered in disgusting, entangling seaweed and for a bonus, sprinkled with [...]
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Posted on April 10, 2009 by Turkish Prawn
“You should go to the range this week.”
These are words that will always get my attention. When they come from Action Girl, they can almost bring tears to my eyes. This is how I know she loves me.
Things are finally getting warmer here in Maine and the snow banks are slowly creeping back into [...]
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