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May 9, 2014 11:50:51   #
Ve'hoe
 
Must be getting lax just beating on libs all day!

slatten49 wrote:
Well, fellow Jarheads get a pass from this one. :mrgreen:

You need to maintain a tighter perimeter around your CP! :lol:

SEMPER FI!

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May 9, 2014 12:23:29   #
Tasine Loc: Southwest US
 
Wolf counselor wrote:
We left Austin early this morning, on our way to Death Valley to begin the first of six assignments. We had to go to San Antonio first to have two devices calibrated for service. It took longer than we expected but once completed, we headed west.
We finally made it to El paso by midnight and losing an hour, due to the change in time zones, after 16 hrs.
Along the way I thought of how the pioneers made this journey using covered wagons and some by horseback. Once checked in and relaxing I realized that if I'm this worn out after traveling in the comfort of a suburban Yukon xl, imagine how worn out and achy those pioneers must have felt after a days travel in their wagons and on their mounts.
I have much respect for the long passed souls of the American trailblazers.
Good night friends. May your sleep be peaceful.
We left Austin early this morning, on our way to D... (show quote)

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Yes, I, too, have thought about the pioneers during and after having driven from Waco, TX to Fresno, CA. I've gone back and forth from Calif to central Texas several times, and while I want to go, I dread the trip because it seems forever to make the trip by car. The pioneers were on the road for months and months. At least they didn't make that trek every year! My hat is off to them as well.

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May 9, 2014 12:39:11   #
Bruce Kennedy Loc: Kansas
 
Ve'hoe wrote:
Shoot!! When you leave Corpus going north, you are exactly half way to Canada, when you leave texas!!


:) :thumbup:

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May 9, 2014 12:43:33   #
Bruce Kennedy Loc: Kansas
 
slatten49 wrote:
Well, fellow Jarheads get a pass from this one. :mrgreen:

You need to maintain a tighter perimeter around your CP! :lol:

SEMPER FI!


3rd Battalion 12th Marines, FDC '05-Battery. '69 SEMPER FI!

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May 9, 2014 12:55:27   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
Bruce Kennedy wrote:
3rd Battalion 12th Marines, FDC '05-Battery. '69 SEMPER FI!


!st Battalion, 11th Marines. FDC, 'Nam 68-69.
You must have been there at the onset of FADAC. :wink:

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May 9, 2014 13:00:31   #
Tasine Loc: Southwest US
 
My salute to all veterans and truckers on this site. I hold both in the highest regard!

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May 9, 2014 13:06:15   #
slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas
 
Tasine wrote:
My salute to all veterans and truckers on this site. I hold both in the highest regard!


I'm betting you could have been an outstanding BAM*, Tasine! :wink: :mrgreen:

*Female Marine.

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May 9, 2014 13:38:22   #
Tasine Loc: Southwest US
 
slatten49 wrote:
I'm betting you could have been an outstanding BAM*, Tasine! :wink: :mrgreen:

*Female Marine.

That's a heck of a compliment, Slatten. Thanks. I did a tour in the Army Nurse Corps - probably should have stayed with it, but husband and family were too much to turn down. I loved being in the Corps. I was at Letterman General in S.F. Worked in the O.R.

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May 9, 2014 14:41:46   #
PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.
 
Loki wrote:
I drove a truck for about a year. I have gone the width of TX on I-20 and I-10 more times than I want to count. It won't break my heart if I never see Dallas/Ft Worth again. Come to think of it, I hauled a couple of loads to Houston. You can keep that one also. I prefer West TX.


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May 9, 2014 14:47:14   #
PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.
 
slatten49 wrote:
Well, fellow Jarheads get a pass from this one. :mrgreen:

You need to maintain a tighter perimeter around your CP! :lol:

SEMPER FI!


He, Ve'hoe, is always busy watching for the "do gooders" emanating from D.C coming to "make things better" on the Rez.

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May 9, 2014 14:50:05   #
PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.
 
Tasine wrote:
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Yes, I, too, have thought about the pioneers during and after having driven from Waco, TX to Fresno, CA. I've gone back and forth from Calif to central Texas several times, and while I want to go, I dread the trip because it seems forever to make the trip by car. The pioneers were on the road for months and months. At least they didn't make that trek every year! My hat is off to them as well.

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i have traveled, by auto, several times from San Diego to Fl. Texas encompasses 1/3 of the trip. It is a biiiiiig State.

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May 9, 2014 16:15:47   #
Tasine Loc: Southwest US
 
Old_Gringo wrote:
i have traveled, by auto, several times from San Diego to Fl. Texas encompasses 1/3 of the trip. It is a biiiiiig State.

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You mention SD. I've lived in California and it's a big state too. It is loonnnnng and skinny, but Texas is tall and fat. I'm a Texas gal living in Arizona. I love both states. Two grown kids in SD, though.

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May 9, 2014 16:41:21   #
PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.
 
Tasine wrote:
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You mention SD. I've lived in California and it's a big state too. It is loonnnnng and skinny, but Texas is tall and fat. I'm a Texas gal living in Arizona. I love both states. Two grown kids in SD, though.


You are correct on both counts. :lol:

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May 9, 2014 17:00:19   #
Wolf counselor Loc: Heart of Texas
 
At this moment, I am in Phoenix having lunch at the "Tilted Kilt", downtown. My trusty iPad at my side.



Tasine wrote:
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You mention SD. I've lived in California and it's a big state too. It is loonnnnng and skinny, but Texas is tall and fat. I'm a Texas gal living in Arizona. I love both states. Two grown kids in SD, though.

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May 9, 2014 18:26:38   #
rhomin57 Loc: Far Northern CA.
 
You guys are just to funny!! The Heartbeat of the forum!
slatten49 wrote:
Well, fellow Jarheads get a pass from this one. :mrgreen:

You need to maintain a tighter perimeter around your CP! :lol:

SEMPER FI!

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