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[jimmy olsen]

 

[Phillip V]

How much $$$ does a giant flag cost?

[jimmy olsen]

Ask the NY Port Authority.

[CountDeMoney]

My grand-uncle Paul passed away tonight.  94 years old.  Guam, Bougainville, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima.  Hell of a Marine.

[garbon]

[Ed Anger]

Well, that sucks.

[CountDeMoney]

He lost all his memories, all his records and photos from the war, as well as his brother's, in Sandy.  Basement flooded, destroyed everything.  He didn't care so much, but you simply can't replace that stuff.  Big chuck of Ryan family history, wiped out by water.

[Phillip V]

While too late for that now, one of my ongoing projects is scanning all old family papers and photos for online storage.

[jimmy olsen]

My grand-uncle Paul passed away tonight.  94 years old.  Guam, Bougainville, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima.  Hell of a Marine.

[Ed Anger]

He lost all his memories, all his records and photos from the war, as well as his brother's, in Sandy.  Basement flooded, destroyed everything.  He didn't care so much, but you simply can't replace that stuff.  Big chuck of Ryan family history, wiped out by water.

That makes me appreciate my Mom's genealogy stuff she did. Also I better make more backup DVD's of her stuff....

[CountDeMoney]

He lost all his memories, all his records and photos from the war, as well as his brother's, in Sandy.  Basement flooded, destroyed everything.  He didn't care so much, but you simply can't replace that stuff.  Big chuck of Ryan family history, wiped out by water.

That makes me appreciate my Mom's genealogy stuff she did. Also I better make more backup DVD's of her stuff....

Yeah, one of my aunt's on that side of the family was big on doing that, and apparently had unsuccessfully tried to pry as much of that stuff away from him as possible over the years.
But, it's tough to tell a 94 year old Marine what to do.

Damned shame.

[PDH]

My grand-uncle Paul passed away tonight.  94 years old.  Guam, Bougainville, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima.  Hell of a Marine.

Salute to him.  That generation didn't hold up signs saying they didn't want to follow orders.

[derspiess]

My grand-uncle Paul passed away tonight.  94 years old.  Guam, Bougainville, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima.  Hell of a Marine.

  Hats off to him.

[CountDeMoney]

Salute to him.  That generation didn't hold up signs saying they didn't want to follow orders.

Apparently when he was making arrangements he told the family in lieu of flowers, donate to the Marine Corps Scholarship Fund instead.  Gold and scarlet to the end.

[PDH]

Salute to him.  That generation didn't hold up signs saying they didn't want to follow orders.

Apparently when he was making arrangements he told the family in lieu of flowers, donate to the Marine Corps Scholarship Fund instead.  Gold and scarlet to the end.

See, that is what I am talking about.