HOW I MAY HAVE MISSED BECOMING A REAL LIFE RAMBO BY ONE DAY
Years ago, and not long after I got out of the Marines, and while I was living in a faraway city, I answered a blind ad from a box holder who was "seeking adventurous former military men."
The ad asked for a brief synopsis of military duties, combat experience, familiarity with various types of weapons etc.
I replied with a few details of some of my various assignments in the Marines.
Then, I promptly forgot about it.
Several weeks later, I met a girl and we went out on a date. I knew right away that I wanted to see her some more. After we agreed to meet again the next day, I dropped her off at her place, and went back to my apartment.
Early the next morning there was a knock on my door. I opened it to see a nerdy anemic looking little guy in a dark suit and tie standing there. He really did look like Mr. Peepers.
He asked if I was the person who had answered a recent ad. I said yes.
He then said that he had placed the ad and that he was looking for people with my type of training, experience and background.
He wanted to know if I had any problem with jumping out of planes. "Ah, with parachutes or not?" I asked. "With," was his reply. "Nope," I said. "How about jungles?" "I like 'em," I said.
"Say," I said, "just who are you and who do you work for?" "You can just call me Mr. Jones. I can't tell you any more than that right now," he equivocated. "Are you free to travel?"
It was then that I remembered the girl from the night before. "Actually, Mr. Jones, if you had been one day earlier," I replied, "I would have said that I'm free to travel, but I've just met someone and I want to see if anything serious develops."
"Okay," he said. "You know how to contact me. If something changes, drop me a note at the same box address." With that, he left.
Nothing changed, and I never saw him again.
Nothing changed, and I never saw him again.
Some months later, I read denials from our government that we had covert ops teams in the jungles of Cambodia and Laos.
The romance lasted for a few years and then soured.
If I had it to do over, I'd probably take the jungle over the girl, but life offers very few do-overs.
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AND SPEAKING OF RAMBOS...GERALDO SAVES NEW ORLEANS...AGAIN!
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NOTE TO ALMOST DAILY DAILY PILOT
We think your headline writer meant to write "led" not "lead." LINK
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SO FAR, WE'VE BEEN PULLING OUR PUNCHES, BUT THAT MAY SOON CHANGE
We've pretty much ignored a local blogger except in the most oblique ways. We've done this for a few reasons, and here are just two: 1) He serves as a good example of why people shouldn't vote for those he supports, and thus just helps elect good improvement minded candidates, 2) He doesn't seem very bright to us.
Not exactly a Mensa candidate (Latin definition) but rather one to whom the appellation mensa may apply. (Spanish definition)
Not exactly a Mensa candidate (Latin definition) but rather one to whom the appellation mensa may apply. (Spanish definition)
On the first point above, this guy seems to have used some of his prune juice money to try to elect Schaefer and Garlich in the last election, only to see that money go down the drain and improvement candidates win the election.
And, on the second point, here's just the latest example from his blog: "As much as it pains me to admit infallibility... I published incorrect information."
Huh? It pains him to admit "infallibility"? He apparently doesn't know the difference between fallibility, and infallibility.
It's the same thing with the word "bigot" which he throws around. He apparently doesn't know that it means closed minded.
For reasons that we'll go into later, this guy has now appeared on our radar.
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THINGS FALLING INTO PLACE
We're pleased to report that the voters this year will have a very clear choice between Improvement--which means lower crime, higher home values, fewer gangs, safer streets, a nicer Westside; and Obstructionism. More later.
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