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The FReeper Foxhole - Lazy Sunday and some WW1 Facts - October 17th, 2004
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Posted on 10/16/2004 10:14:43 PM PDT by snippy_about_it
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Did you know...
WAR SLANG
The following words were first used in the trenches of WWI, and are still used today!
Over the Top, Trench Coat, Ace, Buddy, Pushing up the Daisies, Red Tape, Zoom, Sniper, Washout, Cootie, Tune Up, In the Pink, Zero Hour, Zoom, Busted , Guy Ticked Off, Put a Sock in it, Hit the Deck, Washout, Rookie, Coffin nail, Seconds, Fed Up, Rise & Shine, Pipe down, Mess up, Get knocked off, Hike, Gadget, Kick the Bucket, Rank & File, Chow Down, Bull, Cushy, Scrounge, Shot(inoculation), Humdinger, Missed the Bus, Basket Case
DID YOU KNOW????
Veteran's Day was once called Armistice Day.
The day WWI ended, peace was declared on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, 1918.
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and King George V of England were all first cousins-grandchildren of Queen Victoria of England.
Claude Ryan of California, a World War One aviator built Charles Lindburgh's "Spirit of St. Louis".
The first women to serve in the military in an actual branch of service were World War One yeomanettes in the US Navy. They were formally designated yeomen(F) for female.
Over 100,000 Chinese laborers were used by the British Army to dig trenches on the Western Front.
The winter of 1917 was the coldest winter on record.
On a 10 mile front in Flanders Field, Belgium in 1917 over 5,000,000 artillery shells were fired in 3 day period.
The Last Post is still sounded each night at 6 p.m. at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium to honor the War Dead. (Suspended only during the occupation by Germany during the Second World War)
Educational Sources:
http://www.worldwar1.com/
http://lou_ww1.tripod.com/myww1trench/id3.html
http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~worldwarone/WWI/
To: All
Here are the recommended holiday mailing dates for military mail this year:
For military mail addressed
TO APO and FPO addresses, the mailing dates are:
- Parcel Post - November 13
- Space Available - November 27
- Parcel Airlift - December 4
- Priority Mail, First Class cards and letters - Mailing date is December 11 to all locations
- EXCEPT for locations starting with ZIP 093. For all locations starting with ZIP 093 the mailing date is December 6.
- Express Mail - December 20 to locations where Express Mail service is available. Check with your local post office to determine which APO/FPO addresses can receive Express Mail. Note: This service is not available to ships.
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For military mail
FROM APO and FPO addresses, the mailing dates are:
- Space Available - November 20
- Parcel Airlift - December 4
- Priority Mail, First Class cards and letters - December 11
- Express Mail - December 18 from APO/FPO addresses where Express Mail can be accepted. Check with your local military post office to determine if they can accept Express Mail. Note: This service is not available from ships.
Thanks for the information StayAt HomeMother
Veterans for Constitution Restoration is a non-profit, non-partisan educational and grassroots activist organization.
Actively seeking volunteers to provide this valuable service to Veterans and their families.
Thanks to quietolong for providing this link.
UPDATED THROUGH APRIL 2004
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posted on
10/16/2004 10:15:29 PM PDT
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snippy_about_it
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posted on
10/16/2004 10:16:32 PM PDT
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snippy_about_it
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To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf; All
Good (early) morning, Foxhole! Falling in before falling into bed. I hope this finds everyone well!
Snippy, Sam ... how have you been? Have been gone to tend to departed family and got back late this week.
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posted on
10/16/2004 10:19:48 PM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
(I need a new tagline. Or, I should simply let go of the American League playoffs.)
To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf; Professional Engineer; PhilDragoo; The Mayor; Matthew Paul; Samwise; ...
Good Sunday morning everyone.
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posted on
10/16/2004 10:21:29 PM PDT
by
Soaring Feather
(~Poetry is my forte.~)
To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf
Hiya Snippy and Sam, enjoy your "lazy Sunday" and be ready to get back to it on Monday!!!! :)
Interesting facts you have here ..... I didn't know Rin Tin Tin was a WWI dog .... I remember watching Rin Tin Tin movies as a kid in the '50s ..... :)
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posted on
10/16/2004 10:26:49 PM PDT
by
Neil E. Wright
(An oath is FOREVER)
To: snippy_about_it
The War to End All WarsThat turned out to be a real misnomer didn't it?
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posted on
10/16/2004 10:27:07 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(I have an inferiority complex, but not a very good one.)
To: snippy_about_it
Good Evening,
My grandfather was a WWI vet and was a victim of mustard gas poisoning. Why were we in this war anyway?
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posted on
10/16/2004 10:28:18 PM PDT
by
Coleus
(God gave us the right to life and self preservation and a right to defend ourselves and families)
To: bentfeather
In the First World War, the US Marines (God Love'em) were part of the US 2d Inf Div.
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posted on
10/16/2004 10:31:17 PM PDT
by
investigateworld
((Oh,Father watch over our service men and women, they are so young and so far from home))
To: snippy_about_it
1918 - "Rin Tin Tin" a German Shepherd dog was born in a trench in 1918 and rescued by an American Soldier. The dog became the nation's most famous dog and starred in more than 40 films
Rin Tin Tin
Died 1932 Paris, france
"PARIS, france!?!! Dammit! Are you kidding?"
We know what you're thinking. We think it, too. Famous American movie dog Rin Tin Tin is buried here, in france, not in our country. It is shameful, but we're not here to sugarcoat the truth.
His grave is in a cemetery named "The Cimetière des Chiens (et Autres Animaux Exotiques)," in the suburb of Asnieres, hard by the River Seine. The tombstone for the star of American films such as "Jaws of Steel" and "The Man from Hell's River" is made of fruity black onyx, with a gold-leafed "star of the cinema" inscription.
Rin Tin Tin is credited with saving Warner Brothers from bankruptcy in the 1920s, receiving 2,000 fan letters a week (only 286 a week in dog years). He remained a big star until the talkies did him in. He died at age 16. And he was buried in Paris, france.
It's understandable that American malcontents with eating disorders -- like Jim Morrison and Jean Seaburg -- might end up buried in france. But why Rinty? Well, Rin-Tin-Tin was a shell-shocked pup found in the french trenches during World War I (which france needed our help to win). His savior, a US doughboy named Lee Duncan, took Rin-Tin-Tin back to the States, where the dog found fame and fortune. france took Rin-Tin-Tin back after he was dead.
Daphne Hereford, owner of Rin Tin Tin, the lineage and trademarks, takes issue with our Rinty Rant: "As a gesture of honor, Lee Duncan had the body of the original Rin Tin Tin moved to the Paris cemetery as france was his country of birth (the dogs, not Duncan's). Our representative has visited the cemetery, furnished us photos and has personally spoken to the caretaker. There is NO Danger of the cemetery going bankrupt and the original Rin Tin Tin is actually revered there." [3/12/00]
The Cimetie're Des Chiens has pleaded poverty for over a decade, and they're always making noises about closing. The threat is always the same. If we don't get enough money, they say, we'll have to close, and no one will get to visit Rin Tin Tin any more. (What? Aren't there any famous french poodles to give a damn about?) The cemetery doesn't have any money because it doesn't get many tourists, and few Parisians bury their pets there. One day the place will just lock its gates, the french will give that little shrug of their shoulders, and Rin Tin Tin will be lost forever.
It doesn't have to be that way. We can get Rin Tin Tin back. Let's learn from the lesson of American Revolutionary War hero, John Paul Jones. John Paul Jones -- The Father of The Navy -- died broke and forgotten in a cheap Paris hotel in 1792. One of Jones' drinking buddies realized that America might one day want the body back, so he had Jones placed in a heavy lead coffin, completely filled it with whisky, and then sealed it tight. Jones was buried on the outskirts of Paris in a small cemetery.
In 1899, the American ambassador to france decided to get Jones back. After five years of searching he found the body -- still identifiable after all those years. However, the cemetery had been ABANDONED and built over. We had to excavate under shops to get John Paul Jones back.
In 1905, a squadron of US warships escorted John Paul Jones home, where he is now properly interred -- in a vaulted crypt supported by dolphins -- beneath the dome of the Naval Academy's chapel in Annapolis, MD. Marines stand guard in front of the marble tomb, especially wary of visitors in berets.
That's what we should do for Rin-Tin-Tin. If that french cemetery needs money, how much would it take, really, to get them to cough up our beloved canine star?
"Otherwise, what?" we hear from those who don't want to get involved. Perhaps you should know what happened to John Paul Jones' nephritic kidney, which was inadvertently left behind in france. When US officials sought to retrieve the kidney, they were horrified to learn that the famed sea fighter's diseased organ had been inadvertently THROWN OUT by a janitor.
[Note: Some of the dogs who played Rin Tin Tin on television in the 1950s were Rinty's own American-born descendants, and they are buried in Los Angeles, at the home of Lee Duncan. Rin Tin Tin's bloodline carries on at a Houston, TX, kennel, where a litter of 8-11 selectively bred trademarked pups are born every year. The majority find careers as service dogs for disabled children, and several have done search and rescue and police work...]
www.roadsideamerica.com/ pet/rintin.html
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posted on
10/16/2004 10:35:49 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(I have an inferiority complex, but not a very good one.)
To: investigateworld
The Marine
WWII
To: Colonel_Flagg
Morning Colonel.
Please accept my condolances on your loss.
Snippy and I have been keeping busy. If we never have to look at another catalog again it'll be too soon.
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posted on
10/16/2004 10:37:40 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(I have an inferiority complex, but not a very good one.)
To: SAMWolf
I found your red x.
These are so cute, thanks Sam.
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posted on
10/16/2004 10:38:59 PM PDT
by
snippy_about_it
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To: bentfeather
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posted on
10/16/2004 10:40:10 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(I have an inferiority complex, but not a very good one.)
To: Colonel_Flagg
Feather let us know and you are in our prayers. Rest up and stop back tomorrow.
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posted on
10/16/2004 10:40:40 PM PDT
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snippy_about_it
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To: Neil E. Wright
I didn't know Rin Tin Tin was a WWI dog .... I remember watching Rin Tin Tin movies as a kid in the '50s ..... :) Yeah that surprised me too. I always thought Rin Tin Tin could kick Lassie's butt. :-)
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posted on
10/16/2004 10:41:22 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(I have an inferiority complex, but not a very good one.)
To: bentfeather
Good morning feather. I expected to post and hit the sack. LOL. What are all these people doing awake at this late hour?
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posted on
10/16/2004 10:41:32 PM PDT
by
snippy_about_it
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To: SAMWolf
To: snippy_about_it
Oh dear snippy, well I slept most of the day! LOL
Must be jet lag or else it's that time of the year when I am up most of the night and sleep late.;-)
Going to bed soon. Take care and night, night!!
To: Coleus
My grandfather was a WWI vet and was a victim of mustard gas poisoning. I thank your grandfather for serving. Mustard gas was pretty nasty stuff.
My grandfather on my Mom's side was a WWI vet, only he fought for the Kaiser. My mom said he wondered why he was in that war too.
Why were we in this war anyway?
Let's see, we had a Democratic President, they always seem to get us involved in wars. ;-)
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posted on
10/16/2004 10:46:00 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
(I have an inferiority complex, but not a very good one.)
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