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Veterans Day, Remembrance Day & Armistice Day

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 102 Comments › )
Filed under History at November 11th, 2021 - 2:43 am

14 November 1918
For the first time away from the front since July 5th.
In a camp, behind the lines.

Dear Mom and Dad:

Well, of all the wonderful things that could ever happen. The war is “won”. As the French say, “Fini la Guerre.” Every Frenchman we meet hollers, “Fini la Guere, Merci! Beaucoup.” It means– The war is over, thank you many times. We are sure some glad bunch. I sure will have a lot of stuff to tell you when I return. And that won’t be long. We are now way from the front for the first time. I just got rid of a bunch of cooties yesterday. I hope that they will be the last, too. The are sure the cause of one hell of a feeling.

[Letter home from 19 year old Private Walter, my granduncle. He was in the U.S. Signal Corps, stationed at the front in France. More here.]

Tags: veterans day
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Weekend Open and NCAA Football week 10 2021

by coldwarrior ( 355 Comments › )
Filed under College Football, Open thread at November 5th, 2021 - 11:15 am

@/4 last week. Broke even. 25/31, $1800/$1000. 80% ROI…it was 90% with a low of 40%. If this were real money, i’d quit here too.

Let’s see what’s on tap for Saturday:

#25 Pittsburgh at Duke 12:00 PM ACCN: My beloved Panthers lost to the criminal element last week in one of the WORST officiated games that I have ever seen. This week they are at Duke and are 21 point favorites. They won’t cover.

#13 Auburn at #14 Texas A&M 3:30 PM CBS. This is going to a fantastic football game. Auburn is a 5 point dog and should cover in this one.

#3 Michigan State at Purdue 3:30 PM ABC. Obviously, I am missing some vital info here or something. Sparty is only a 2.5 point favorite. Uh, no. They cover.

Tennessee at #18 Kentucky 7:00 PM ESPN2: Well, Rain, yinz’s vols went from 1.5 point dogs to 1 point favorites. This is a yuge game for both sides. My pick: The Vols cover on the road! All is not lost in Vol Land!

#4 Oregon at Washington 7:30 PM ABC: Something seems very odd about this. The Ducks are only 7 point favorites…~~I don’t know what to do here. This looks too easy…unsure if I am betting this one. Will update.~~ How about the Ducks cover.

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¡Celebramos el Día de Los Muertos!

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 260 Comments › )
Filed under Art, Music, Music, Open thread at November 1st, 2021 - 3:00 am

La Bruja, Tlen Huicani & Lino Chávez (Veracruz trad.)

“¡Ay! dígame, dígame, dígame usted,
¿cuántas criaturitas se ha chupado usted?”

[English translation for La Bruja here.]

Tags: Dia de Los Muertos, La Bruja, Music
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A Cigar Story. And All Hallows Eve

by coldwarrior ( 6 Comments › )
Filed under Friday Cigar at November 1st, 2021 - 12:51 am

5 years ago i walked into a sushi bar…ok, it’s an opening for a great joke. It is.

That said, I sat down and looked over the menu and got my order together. The guy next to me was with his wife and they were just back from Central America, tanned in February. It was noon on a Wednesday. Since days of the week are a joke to me but the months aren’t, tanned? I looked like a ghost.

He had a box of unmarked cigars with him. As we were confined in the sushi area we started talking about travel and places we had been. He didn’t want a trade for one of his smokes. He gave me one out of the box. He said that he and his friends get a few hundred a year, every year from the same place in Honduras.

I let that cigar sit in my high end humidor for 5 years. I smoked it just now, well, it took 90 minutes. It was excellent. Almost like a Fuente Long Story….

enjoy your day

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