Quinbo
02-18-07, 12:59 PM
As times goes by and you start finding gray hairs in your comb or it takes an extra second to get out of a chair you remember birthdays gone by. May yours be memorable today. I know I can't remember all of mine that have passed but was relating one to family today. (I have a friend that swears I would pay people just to listen to me babble)
I was over seas and on my birthday a few Marines got together and took a half gallon of Jim Beam and used camoflauged duct tape to tape 10 cans of copenhagen to it and basically used the tape as wrapping..... someone had smuggled blueberry muffins out of the chow hall and they had put a candle on one. I was touched beyond words. I had an indian friend who hand made a birthday card for me with felix the cat sitting on a giant can of copenhagen and taking a slug from a bottle of beam. Everyone had signed it. I still have that card and have not forgotten that birthday. That was 17 years ago today. We all had a sip then signed our names on the label. Drinks are on the house at the gravel pitt if you walk in and your name is on the label
Earnie Batah ... if you read this thank-you. That day has not been forgotten!
I was over seas and on my birthday a few Marines got together and took a half gallon of Jim Beam and used camoflauged duct tape to tape 10 cans of copenhagen to it and basically used the tape as wrapping..... someone had smuggled blueberry muffins out of the chow hall and they had put a candle on one. I was touched beyond words. I had an indian friend who hand made a birthday card for me with felix the cat sitting on a giant can of copenhagen and taking a slug from a bottle of beam. Everyone had signed it. I still have that card and have not forgotten that birthday. That was 17 years ago today. We all had a sip then signed our names on the label. Drinks are on the house at the gravel pitt if you walk in and your name is on the label
Earnie Batah ... if you read this thank-you. That day has not been forgotten!