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RCK

Posted 2008-04-27 7:53 PM (#15410)

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Subject: This Day in History

You may have been wondering about today feeling like something was amiss. Something you had forgotten that kept bothering you. Well today the 27th of April 1822 was the day that Ulysses S. Grant was born and also the day in 1963 that he had completed the first phase of his deployment of troops and equipment across the Mississippi to New Carthage for what would eventually sound the death nell of Vicksburg and the turning of the tide that would end the Civil War. No it wasn't Gettyburg it was Vicksburg that rang the bell! Now those of us who have Southern heritage in our liniage would just a soon forget that last bit, but history is history.

Ralph Luther

Posted 2008-04-27 8:33 PM (#15411 - in reply to #15410)

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Seems like yesterday. Actually, the 1963 should be 1863. Today, I feel old enough to have been there in 1863. Strained the back yesterday doing "honey-do's".

RCK

Posted 2008-04-28 7:10 AM (#15417 - in reply to #15411)

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Sorry to hear you hurt your back. My Knee been giving me hell. Tell you what, lets trade in all the worn out parts for good used ones and they can shoot the old ones out the GDU!!!

Ralph Luther

Posted 2008-04-28 8:45 AM (#15420 - in reply to #15410)

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Sounds like a good idea to me. We've got to wait for Doc Gardner to heal though. Ain't no way on God's green earth that I'd let Doc Beeghly whittle on me. He might try and rearrange the location of various parts as a joke. He does have that strange sense of humor don't cha know.

Jim M.

Posted 2008-04-28 10:16 AM (#15425 - in reply to #15420)

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Ralph Luther - 2008-04-28 8:45 AM

.......Ain't no way on God's green earth that I'd let Doc Beeghly whittle on me......

Ralph, kind sir, a very smart move on your part.... heh heh heh

Doc Gardner

Posted 2008-04-28 10:47 AM (#15427 - in reply to #15420)

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Subject: RE: Hang on Ralph...

Ralph Luther - 2008-04-28 9:45 AM

Sounds like a good idea to me. We've got to wait for Doc Gardner to heal though. Ain't no way on God's green earth that I'd let Doc Beeghly whittle on me. He might try and rearrange the location of various parts as a joke. He does have that strange sense of humor don't cha know.

I'm on the way; but these crutches don't let me walk too quick.

Corabelle

Posted 2008-04-28 11:06 AM (#15428 - in reply to #15411)

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Subject: Poor Ralph !

Looks as though you're buildin' up to a good excuse to never do "Honey-do's" again.

I can sympathize with you. I've been dealing (kinda unsuccessfully) with back problems for over 20 years, ever since I had the first of my four (yeah, 4) failed back surgeries. I want my twenty-year-old body back!!! Please, God. This time I'll appreciate it.

I'll drink to that; and also to your swift recovery.

And one more for the road. Hic!!

Cora

Ralph Luther

Posted 2008-04-28 4:38 PM (#15444 - in reply to #15410)

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Thanks Cora and you may have uncovered my plan,

Doc, no need to hurry. I've been living with this since '63 when I tried to wrestle a F-M cyliner liner across the brow by myself. Ah, the things we use to do when we were young and foolish.

Coyote

Posted 2008-04-28 5:47 PM (#15445 - in reply to #15444)

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Subject: RE: This Day in History

Ralph Luther - 2008-04-28 6:38 PM
Doc, no need to hurry. I've been living with this since '63 when I tried to wrestle a F-M cyliner liner across the brow by myself. Ah, the things we use to do when we were young and foolish.

You're right, Ralph. Heck, we're lucky to have got this far after some of the stuff we did. Take it easy for a few days.

Coyote

Sewer Pipe Snipe

Posted 2008-04-29 1:05 AM (#15450 - in reply to #15410)

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Subject: RE: This Day in History

Now Ralph, all us old Charleston sailors have heard the tail about you trying to wrestle that chimpanzee down at the Dew Drop Inn on Thursday night. Fairbanks Morse my butt.

Ralph Luther

Posted 2008-04-29 5:38 AM (#15452 - in reply to #15410)

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Subject: RE: This Day in History

Walt, you were suppose to keep that quiet. You're going to ruin OUR reputations with the ladies on this bbs and to get back to what RCK posted----Now those of us who have Southern heritage in our liniage would just a soon forget that last bit, but history is history.
Cheers mates!!!!

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