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mulegemichael
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geez, i thought we were ALL vietnam vets....where have i been?
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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vgabndo
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My photo was taken the 3rd. week in January this year.
Oh, and Michael. I was as close as the Tonkin Gulf and I don't call myself a Nam Vet. I was back in the world at Pendleton before the De Nang
landing. No one who wasn't in country is a veteran of that mess. IMJ
[Edited on 12-2-2009 by vgabndo]
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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BajaWarrior
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I saw a YouTube video once titled Forrest Gump of Baja (or Mexico, I forget) Sorry don't know how to upload onto Nomads... I was about that very
beggar man of Catavina.
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaWarrior
I saw a YouTube video once titled Forrest Gump of Baja (or Mexico, I forget) Sorry don't know how to upload onto Nomads... I was about that very
beggar man of Catavina. |
Maybe this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KQz91OTobE
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Casey67
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Great pics and posts Pompano!
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Hook
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My favorite tidbit was the fact that he had been growing strawberries in a nearby valley and THAT was the inspiration for Strawberry Fields Forever.
I guess I never knew that John Lennon did Baja.....................
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Crusoe
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Hook............
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vgabndo
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How terribly unfair to the fictional Gump.
My impression is that Gottapeso is too young to have been damaged during the Vietnamese civil war. It may be that there is a reason that of all the
other things he believes he did in his life that serving in SE Asia may not be one of them, or that he is blocking-out the memory. This is not to say
that there are not thousands of veterans who behave much like him because they were never able to overcome the damage done by being drafted into a
life of insane barbarity, then promptly forgotten.
Please remember these men and women.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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ELINVESTIG8R
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I feel sorry for him! I hope he is ok.
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Bajahowodd
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It's probably just my general crankiness, but I found the You Tube video to be way too patronizing. Several years ago, we overnighted at the El Moro
outside of Santa Rosalia. come dinnertime, we went into their restaurant to find a very paltry buffet (which we opted out from). But we did meet one
fellow, a self-described Viet Nam vet, who lived in his van in the Mulege area. He told us that he drove up from Mulege just so he could enjoy this
(awful) buffet. I sincerely hope he is OK. But the bigger issue here is that this country needs to stop throwing its youth at the world just so a
fortunate few can make obscene profit. The last legitimate war this country was involved in was WWII. We were attacked by Japan. We were helping our
European friends beat back the assault fro Hitler. Everything since that time has been little more than a thinly veiled excuse to make people rich at
the cost of our precious youth. Still happening today.
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fishbuck
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I never give him any money but I feel sorry for him too! That's got to be a tough life.
| Quote: | Originally posted by ELINVESTI8
I feel sorry for him! I hope he is ok. |
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vgabndo
civil war |
Oxymarooon delux.
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
My favorite tidbit was the fact that he had been growing strawberries in a nearby valley and THAT was the inspiration for Strawberry Fields Forever.
I guess I never knew that John Lennon did Baja..................... |
Forrest Gump: In the land of China, people hardly got nothing at all.
John Lennon: No possessions?
Forrest Gump: And in China they never go to church.
John Lennon: No religion too?
Dick Cavett: Ah. Hard to imagine.
John Lennon: Well it's easy if you try, Dick.
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