From: Longhunter7 (longhunter7@sbcglobal.net)
Date: Wed Jul 07 2004 - 15:21:31 PDT
Ronzo!
Think of your Deuce as a very large tool for the preparation of a gourmet
dinner! Pressed duck is very expensive! This could turn out to be a "get
rich quick" idea!
P.S. I loved the "dead duck" on the door idea! Remember, 5 ducks and you are
an ACE!
Longhunter7 out!
MVPA #23952
72 AM General M35A2C w/w
> From: "Ron" <rojoha@comcast.net>
> Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 11:05:41 -0400
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Subject: [MV] CHICK MAGNETS?? WAS Re: [MV] 4th of July...advice
>
> I don't know about a CCKW with a .50, but an M35A2 with a .50 is a DUCK
> magnet.... Twice in the past 2 months I've had a Mama Duck lead their broods
> out in front of my truck trying to cross the road. First time we were doing
> 50 MPH and they stepped off "Phase Line DAFFY" about 50 feet ahead. Tried to
> avoid and almost rolled the truck on the soft shoulder. Won't happen again.
> Score: M35- two, MD and squad -two. Did a FOD check when we stopped at the
> Ice Cream stand, but couldn't find any ESD on the tires or truck after the
> first run in, err, over. (Hint for future reference... Stopping for Ice
> Cream IMMEDIATELY after such an incident terminates ALL protests by the
> porch monkeys in the back and appears to erase all things BAD that occurred
> in the past half hour enroute to the IC Stand...must be so they don't
> associate Ice Cream with squishing which would make Ice Cream distasteful,
> ergo.... it NEVER happened!!!).
> 2nd time, same scenario, "Phase Line HUEY", no attempt to scatter, MD
> had squad hang a very rapid left and the column played Kamikaze and took us
> on from 12 o'clock, passing safely under truck (couple got blown ass over
> tea kettle or did a 'Duck and Cover' but recovered) and MD hung a right and
> continued the march across the road and commenced amphibious operations.
> Maybe the difference in outcome was that the 1st group was an ARMY DUCK
> group, led by a new 2nd LT Mama Duck who had snuffed her Platoon Sgt in a
> previous road crossing, where the 2nd was a MARINE CORP DUCK unit led by a
> Gunny Mama Duck, hence the iron discipline made for no question, charge into
> the guns response. Safe for now, since it's wabbit season BUT....
> "Make way for Ducklings"...yeah right. In the avian community around
> here the word is getting out to "Make way for OD Trucks or become pate
> "......
> BTW... the Missus made me take off two magnetic 'duckies' I had put on
> the upper front corner of the drivers door (properly spray painted flat
> black) for giggles, 'cause she said it was in poor taste. Damn... my first
> two 'CONFIRMED' since putting the AA .50 on the truck.... damn PC world.
>
> Ron (zo)
>
> PS... For those of you a little slow today, ESD= E vidence of S quished
> D uck(s).
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve & Jeannie Keith" <cckw@comcast.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: 01 July, 2004 22:07
> Subject: Re: [MV] 4th of July...advice
>
>
>> Steve Workman (.50 cal MG replica maker from NH) claims that a
>> (CCKW) deuce is a chick magnet......
>>
>> Steve AKA Dr Deuce(s) [I have lotsa chick magnets then...]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Charles Kealey" <cwkealey@atlanticbb.net>
>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 8:25 PM
>> Subject: Re: [MV] 4th of July...advice
>>
>>
>>> Nige,
>>>
>>> I am in awe.
>>> It is a great honor to read the words of wisdom of a true gentleman.
>>>
>>> For 25 years I was a police officer working on boats. And with all of
> the
>>> law enforcement duties and overtime worked . . . I was NEVER able to
>>> convince my wife that it wasn't JUST BIKINI PATROL.
>>>
>>> Well, maybe a little bit . . . sigh.
>>>
>>> Bill K.
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Nigel Hay" <Nigel@milweb.net>
>>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 2:28 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [MV] 4th of July...advice
>>>
>>>
>>>> After many years of attending shows and parades with military vehicles
>> of
>>>> various types, I found that it was always fun to persuade the
> organisers
>>> to
>>>> let the Face Painting stand go next to my Stuart. Not to delight all
>>> those
>>>> small children who were having their faces painted, no indeed. But
> Face
>>>> Painting stalls meant there was a constant supply of pretty young
>> mothers
>>>> with time to kill while their offspring got made up...........
>>>>
>>>> Golden moments included persuading a particularly pretty mother in a
>>> white
>>>> top to swap it over for a darker polo shirt from my overnight bag so
> she
>>>> wouldnt get it dirty as she climbed in....... this gave us all a
>>>> fascinating insight into how to change a top in public and keep it
>>>> modest.... she failed and it was a wonderful moment.
>>>>
>>>> Rather than suggest to small children that they should ask their mummy
>> if
>>>> they could have a ride in the tank, it became - "could you ask you
>> mother
>>> if
>>>> she'd like to ....."
>>>>
>>>> NIGE
>>>
>>>
>>>
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