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« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2008, 06:05:12 pm »
Damn, that's right! I am older the you......ah well.   Kiss on the cheek ROTF ROTF ROTF
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« Reply #16 on: January 10, 2008, 10:05:30 am »
EX ...  oldfossil  talk about feeling old.  tip_dog who I have gotten to know a little from the other place is a retired E7.  He's also the son of my first XO on the MESQUITE.  
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« Reply #17 on: January 10, 2008, 05:49:07 pm »
I felt kinda old when a friend that was in Nam about the time was told me his grandosn was going to Iraq when I went there.  That's two generations younger then me!

Hey, where did the geezer smiey go?   :confused:
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« Reply #18 on: January 10, 2008, 05:56:56 pm »
Quote from: EX-CG-GM on January 10, 2008, 05:49:07 pm
Hey, where did the geezer smiley go?   :confused:

 oldfossil  It's on the "more" link
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« Reply #19 on: January 10, 2008, 06:07:27 pm »
How come they keep getting moved around?  Or does that happen automatically as others are used?   :confused: oldfossil
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« Reply #20 on: January 10, 2008, 06:14:26 pm »
Only a geezer would ask those questions...I know I are one.
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« Reply #21 on: January 11, 2008, 05:07:57 pm »
Quote from: EX-CG-GM on January 10, 2008, 06:07:27 pm
How come they keep getting moved around?  Or does that happen automatically as others are used?   :confused: oldfossil

Good question. We old farts don't handle changes very well...  LMAO
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« Reply #22 on: January 11, 2008, 05:58:04 pm »
Hope I don't ever get so old that somone has to "change" me  AARRGGHH
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« Reply #23 on: January 12, 2008, 11:18:02 am »
Quote from: sparky on January 11, 2008, 05:58:04 pm
Hope I don't ever get so old that somone has to "change" me  AARRGGHH

I've always told my sons I want to  live long enough for them to have to change MY diapers......payback's a *****! 

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« Reply #24 on: January 28, 2008, 10:07:49 am »
          half-staffRest in peace shipmates and thank you for your service.


Today, Monday, 28 January 2008 at 11:00 A.M. at the Blackthorn Memorial Park in Tampa Bay there will be the memorial
service for the 23 Blackthorn Coasties who lost their lives in this terrible tragedy. Please join me in remembering them and
offering up a prayer for their family and friends.
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« Reply #26 on: January 28, 2008, 03:36:46 pm »
Photos of today's 28th Memorial Service for the crew of the CGC BLACKTHORN


CLICK ON THE PHOTO LINK ABOVE AND SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THE PHOTOS OF TODAY'S SERVICE
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« Reply #28 on: January 28, 2008, 06:47:38 pm »


 half-staff   REST IN PEACE, SHIPMATES.    HERE'S TO A FINE SHIP, TOO SOON DEPARTED.

 
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« Reply #29 on: January 28, 2008, 11:19:20 pm »
Thanks for posting the pics of the memorial. I can only imagine the last moments for that crew knowing what it was like serving on a black hull and how they were laid out below and above decks...Anyway, it is so good that so many remember those that have gone on before.
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