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Kosh's Shadow
12/7/2020 5:40:38 PM
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It is the morning of the day That will live in infamy Dropping bombs I can see Maybe one for me I stand and watch as planes go by The Japs can’t bomb everything I want to hear the cannons ring All I hear is the sound Of bombs falling on the ground I stand and watch as planes go by It is the morning of the day That will live in infamy Bombing ships that I knew Nips bit off more than they can chew I stand and shoot At planes go by
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Occasional Reader
12/7/2020 5:54:01 PM
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Thank God it’s Friday. oh, wait...
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Kosh's Shadow
12/7/2020 6:06:15 PM
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In #2 Occasional Reader said: Thank God it’s Friday.
oh, wait...
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Kosh's Shadow
12/7/2020 7:03:52 PM
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This thread has a case of the Mondays Jukebox
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@PBJ3
12/7/2020 7:06:31 PM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 1: +++++
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Kosh's Shadow
12/7/2020 7:11:29 PM
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Reply to @PBJ3 in 5: Thanks. That was a 5-10 minute parody. Once it got into my head, I had to write it. As bad as Pearl Harbor was, I thinks the Nips got nuked enough at least for now. But sometimes I think Germany still needs nuking. Then I think that is too good for them. Gas instead. And unfortunately, there is no gene indicating being a big shit in the Chinese Communist Party, or I'd say they deserve a virus that only gets top CCP members.
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@PBJ3
12/7/2020 7:32:56 PM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 6: I wonder a lot about Germany as well. Our old friend Callahan wrote something on Facebook after this latest election indicating that a Democratic win was going be hard on the good people in their country. I think he felt that many would give up. I've never visited Germany but our daughter and a friend treated a young high school kid to a trip and he picked Germany. Our daughter didn't feel comfortable around the ones from East Germany. They were not friendly at all.
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@PBJ3
12/7/2020 7:41:27 PM
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Something I shared on Facebook: Judy, a purebred pointer, was the mascot of several ships in the Pacific, and was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and taken to a prison camp. There she met Aircraftsman Frank Williams, who shared his small portion of rice with her. Judy raised morale in the POW camp, and also barked when poisonous snakes, crocodiles or even tigers approached the prisoners. When the prisoners were shipped back to Singapore, she was smuggled out in a rice sack, never whimpering or betraying her presence to the guards. The next day, that ship was torpedoed. Williams pushed Judy out of a porthole in an attempt to save her life, even though there was a 15-foot drop to the sea. He made his own escape from the ship, but was then recaptured and sent to a new POW camp. He didn't know if Judy had survived, but soon he began hearing stories about a dog helping drowning men reach pieces of debris after the shipwreck. And when Williams arrived at the new camp, he said: "I couldn’t believe my eyes! As I walked through the gate, a scraggly dog hit me square between the shoulders and knocked me over. I’d never been so glad to see the old girl!" They spent a year together at that camp in Sumatra. "Judy saved my life in so many ways," said Williams. "But the greatest of all was giving me a reason to live. All I had to do was look into those weary, bloodshot eyes and ask myself: 'What would happen to her if I died?' I had to keep going." Once hostilities ceased, Judy was then smuggled aboard a troopship heading back to Liverpool. In England, she was awarded the Dickin Medal (the "Victoria Cross" for animals) in May 1946. Her citation reads: "For magnificent courage and endurance in Japanese prison camps, which helped to maintain morale among her fellow prisoners, and also for saving many lives through her intelligence and watchfulness". At the same time, Frank Williams was awarded the PDSA's White Cross of St. Giles for his devotion to Judy. Frank and Judy spent a year after the war visiting the relatives of English POWs who had not survived, and Frank said that Judy "always provided a comforting presence to the families." When Judy finally died at the age of 13, Frank spent two months building a granite and marble memorial in her memory, which included a plaque describing her life story. |
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Kosh's Shadow
12/7/2020 7:56:07 PM
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Reply to @PBJ3 in 8: Thanks And with that, I should go to sleep.
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@PBJ3
12/7/2020 7:57:56 PM
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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 9: Sweet dreams.
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