From: Ben517@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 2:03
PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Mail Call
NO.69
Hello,
Leave tomorrow for Tucson and Ca..I will forward all mail and news to Dot
and
Cathy and they will send out "Mail Call" while I am away. I expect to
have
access to computers and will be able to receive and send mail. I have
the 6.0
version of AOL and am supposed to be able to take address book with
me but
not planning on it.
Note JD Butler's new address
j-dbutler@juno.com
Ben
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Date: 3/6/2001
12:04:35 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: Genedie77
To: PRCT517
Bob
I read with great interest the small book
written by Colonel Graves, Titled,
517 Parachute Combat Team. I searched by
files and found the copy that was
sent to me after I was wounded at
Bergstein, Germany. I was in a hospital in
England and my best buddy
sent me a copy which was autographed by what may
have been the remainder of
Company E. The signatures included Capt. Newberry,
1st Lt. John E. Brearley
along with twenty or so enlisted men, by friends who
survived that horrible
battle which ended on Feb. 8, 1945. This was to be
the last battle of
the war for the 517th. This is a great addition to the WEB
page. It is
beautifully written, in such a short version. I was with the
outfit from the
first page to the last battle around Bergstein. I could never
thank, Ray
Helms enough for sending me that book.
There's one thing that
confuses me, I have never heard it referred to as
the Blue Book, possibly
because I was never back with the outfit, but rather
in hospitals for over
nine months, before being discharged from Brooke
General Hospital in Oct.
1945. I hope everyone reads it, thanks for getting
it on our page.
Regards,
Gene Brissey
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The
following was forwarded to us by Bob Christie
> > Primer on Texas
Colloquialisms
> >
> > The White House is not just getting a
new team, but a whole new
> > language. George W. Bush will be
bringing with him many friends from
> > Texas, and for anyone not born
in the Lone Star State, the Texan
accent,
> > the cowboy
colloquialisms can seem a bit strange.
> >
> > Here is a
guide to a few of the more colorful expressions they might
> >
encounter:
> >
> > 1. The engine's runnin' but ain't
nobody driving = Not
> > overly-intelligent
> >
> > 2. As welcome as a skunk at a lawn party
(self-explanatory)
> >
> > 3. Tighter than bark on a
tree = Not very generous
> >
> > 4. Big hat, no cattle
= All talk and no action
> >
> > 5. We've howdied but
we ain't shook yet = We've made a brief
> >
acquaintance, but not been formally introduced
> >
> >
6. He thinks the sun come up just to hear him crow = He has a pretty
> > high opinion of himself
> >
>
> 7. She's got tongue enough for 10 rows of teeth = That woman can
talk
> >
> > 8. It's so dry the trees are bribin'
the dogs = We really could use
a
> > little
rain around here
> >
> > 9. Just because a chicken has
wings doesn't mean it can fly =
> > appearances can
be deceptive.
> >
> > 10. This ain't my first rodeo = I've
been around awhile.
> >
> > 11. He looks like the dog's been
keepin' him under the porch = Not
the
> > most
handsome of men
> >
> > 12. They ate supper before they said
grace = Living in sin
> >
> > 13. Time to paint your butt
white and run with the antelope = Stop
> > arguing
and do as you're told
> >
> > 14. As full of wind as a
corn-eating horse = Rather prone to boasting
> >
> > 15. You
can put your boots in the oven, but that doesn't make them
> >
biscuits = You can say whatever you want about
something, but
that
> > doesn't change what it
is
________________________________________________________________________Subj:
J.D. Butler
Date: 3/5/2001 3:33:17 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: chrcook@juno.com
To: Ben517@aol.com
Hi Ben, I don't have a phone number for J D Butler,
but I do have two
email addresses for him. jdbutler@flash.net or on next
line
j.d.butler@#worldnet.att.net Mail calls are great anyway you want
them.
I say, the more the better.
Bob
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Subj: Re: Mail Call
NO. 68
Date: 3/5/2001 11:24:14 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: CackyG
To: Ben517
I really enjoyed mail call as usual,
especially the "Man do I feel old" item
and the "rest of the story"
concerning Gene Brissey's dog tag.........what a
great story that is.
Dot Lubic
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This
was frowarded by Tom McAvoy
THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?
1. Rubber
bands last longer when refrigerated.
2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients
of dynamite.
3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
4. The
average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
5. A shark is the only
fish that can blink with both eyes.
6. There are more chickens than people
in the world.
7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.
8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched".
9. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
building is an American flag.
11. No word in the English language rhymes
with month, orange, silver,
or purple.
12. "Dreamt" is the only English
word that ends in the letters "mt"
13. All 50 states are listed across the
top of the Lincoln Memorial on the
back of the $5 bill.
14. Almonds are
a member of the peach family.
15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies'
room during a dance.
16. Maine is the only state whose name is just one
syllable.
17. There are only four words in the English language which end in
"dous"
: tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
18. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la
Reina de los
Angeles de Porciuncula".
19. A cat has 32 muscles in each
ear.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
21. Tigers have striped
skin, not just striped fur.
22. In most advertisements, the time displayed
on a watch is 10:10.
23. Al Capone's business card said he was a used
furniture dealer.
24. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were
named after Bert the
cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a
Wonderful Life."
25. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
26. A
goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
27. A dime has 118 ridges
around the edge.
28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
29.
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
30. In England, the
Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak
31. The microwave was invented
after a researcher walked by a radar tube and
a chocolate bar melted in his
pocket
32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister
33. The average person
falls asleep in seven minutes.
34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation
golf ball.
35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only
the left hand
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Subj: New Address
Date: 3/6/2001 3:59:07 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:
j-dbutler@juno.com (J. D Butler)
Greetings to all: J. D.
Butler is back. Please note the new email
address. Regards to
all, jd
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