WEEKEND WARRIOR

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Smitty37

Passed Away Mar 29, 2018
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This weekend I will be away-my ship the USS Kenneth D Bailey DDR713 is having a reunion and I shall be there to swap lies, tall tales and a lot of laughs with guys that I knew 53 to 56 years ago. We sailed together, drank together, spent time in houses of ill repute together and knew more about each other than I ever need to know about anyone....we were SHIPMATES. We would complain endlessly about her but let someone else say something bad about OUR ship and we'd fight at the drop of a hat. The skipper might be an SOB but as one politician once put it - he was OUR SOB and you darned well better tread very lightly when speaking of him.

That being said my store is closed until Sunday night as I will be far too into my cups to be of any service to anyone much less folks who want to spend money and would like the items they receive to closely match the items they order....words and numbers can get confused and scattered about under the influence of strong drink.
 
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Well Smitty...I wasn't in the Navy but I was in the Air Force and I can connect with what you are sayiong. You have a great time. Up end one for me.
 
Great weekend

I had a great weekend with good friends and past buddies. I keep in touch with about 6 or 7 guys who served on the ship the same time I did and worked with me but none of them made it. There were several others that I knew from the ship who did though and a lot who served before and after me. All in all a lot of good conversations, hearing about buddies they were in touch with and remembering some of the ones who are gone now.
 
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