tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post5958210056381233077..comments2024-03-28T16:31:54.494-04:00Comments on Borepatch: AdministriviaBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-38258015083598248322021-06-23T07:39:49.650-04:002021-06-23T07:39:49.650-04:00More Kipling for today's world,
When you'...More Kipling for today's world,<br /><br />When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,<br />And the women come out to cut up what remains,<br />Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains<br /> An' go to your Gawd like a soldier.<br /><br />Stuff like this is why our military tries so hard to leave no service members behind. <br /><br />Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416410052064018322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-89731211449163167422021-06-22T14:36:50.763-04:002021-06-22T14:36:50.763-04:00Everyone should be able to recite a poem from memo...Everyone should be able to recite a poem from memory, this would be a good one. An interesting exercise for the mind, I will bet that it would be too much to ask of today's kids. We had to recite a poem in front of the class in , I think, 5th or sixth grade.libertymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13987591250148492879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-76853239751478085332021-06-22T07:57:03.975-04:002021-06-22T07:57:03.975-04:00"The Charge of the Light Brigade" is my ..."The Charge of the Light Brigade" is my favorite poem, and was instrumental in helping me get through my doctorate when everyone else in my cohort dropped out for one reason or another. "Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns, he said."Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-55138492210511784732021-06-22T07:50:16.132-04:002021-06-22T07:50:16.132-04:00Jim: I prefer to think I'm aging on.
Not that ...Jim: I prefer to think I'm aging on.<br />Not that it matters how I think about it. :)Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-44644593771978007322021-06-22T01:13:55.788-04:002021-06-22T01:13:55.788-04:00"They finger death at their gloves' end w..."They finger death at their gloves' end where they piece and repiece the living wires. " -Kipling<br /><br />"Back to work!" -Patey<br />Ritchiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08075903551422300106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-81683589343594543582021-06-21T16:04:21.679-04:002021-06-21T16:04:21.679-04:00Very interesting, and the quote is appropriate as ...Very interesting, and the quote is appropriate as we age out...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com