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Old 03-21-2012, 08:48 PM
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That had to be disgusting. Look at them, all bloated up with pieces missing, brains hanging out and what-not. Gross.

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Five bucks is five bucks.

Things ain't changed that much, other than where we put the decimal point.

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Old 03-21-2012, 10:34 PM
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Five bucks is five bucks.

Things ain't changed that much, other than where we put the decimal point.

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True dat, Chas. And $5 was some long green in 1865. I think I could stand the smell for the right money.

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Old 03-22-2012, 02:27 AM
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True dat, Chas. And $5 was some long green in 1865. I think I could stand the smell for the right money.

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I can take most smells including decomposition. The worst was in the summer of 1981. I was on a concrete pad piled with various dead animal remains from the local slaughter houses. Parts stacked as high as they would stack and being loaded by a skiploader onto a conveyor for processing. This in the 110F summer heat in the San Joaquin Valley. It took several days to get the smell out of my nose. IIRC, I think they were making some sort of fertilizer.
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http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/lilj/

Here a collection of portraits that's viewable online from the Library of Congress. What struck me was how many of these soldiers looked so young.
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Old 04-12-2012, 07:27 PM
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http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/lilj/

Here a collection of portraits that's viewable online from the Library of Congress. What struck me was how many of these soldiers looked so young.
Look at our troops now. At least the ones on the front lines.

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Speaking of Harry S. Truman;

"When are old men like us gonna stop sending young men off to die?"

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