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Hey, Bro
When I call someone friend, it's for life ... unless that particular friend decides otherwise ... knowwhatamean?
I'm glad you didn't get a lightning bolt through your computer ... might have been kinda nasty.
Right now I'm just south of Newark, NJ at the Thomas Edison Service Plaza on the NJ Turnpike. I delivered in Newark late this afternoon, and I thought I'd wait 'til morn to try and get a load outa here.
By the by, El Paso is where one of my brothers spent most of his tour of duty as an instructor with the Hawk Air Defense Missile System. I, myself, specialized in the repair of the Vulcan and Chaparral Air Defense Systems.
Are you familiar with "Puff the Magic Dragon" used in Vietnam? That was my "baby" ... the Vulcan 20 MM "Gatling gun" ... only there is was used as an air-to-ground system.
For the non-military minded soul, if you ever saw "The Green Berets" with John Wayne, you saw that system in action ... for a few seconds, anyway. The only way Charlie could have maybe escaped the fury of "Puff" was if he happened to be about the size of a football ... with "maybe" being the operative word. That wicked little piece of hardware probably kept a lot of our guys alive back then.
By today's Liberal standards, however, that system would probably be considered "inhumane" ... knowwhatamean?
Sorry for the long discourse, but I just love the taste of freedom! Take care, bro ... and don't put away your wings just yet!
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