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- From: trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Barbara Trumpinski)
- Subject: Re: A toast
- References: <1992Dec29.135938.20264@eskimo.com>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 19:12:46 GMT
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- >Jammer walks to the bar, and puts a coin from a foreign land on the bar.
- > He orders the strongest cup of espresso available, and walks to the
- >line.
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- >A toast, people.
- >On January 8, 1975, I became Private Harwood, and Scott Coffee became
- >Private Coffee.
- >On March 31, 1975, I became PFC Harwood, and Pvt. Coffee became PFC
- >Coffee.
- >On June 1, 1975, I became Coporal Harwood, and PFC Coffee became
- >Corporal Coffee.
- >On or about July 15, 1975, Sergeant Abrams ended his life in a manner
- >unbecoming, and Cpl Coffee became Sergeant (acting) Coffee.
- >He then had the distinction of being the youngest acting E5 in the 2d
- >Infantry Division.
- >Untill then, we had shared the distinction of being the two youngest
- >corporals in the Republic of Korea.
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- >The time is now 0500. At 0500, 17 years ago, Sergeant (acting) Coffee
- >came Shooting Star 6.
- >Seven of us left on patrol.
- >Six of us came back, one on a stretcher, and two walking wounded.
- >Shooting Star 6 had stopped on the way back to become a legend.
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- >This toast is actually early, Shooting Star 6 lived untill New Years
- >eve, but I can never sleep during the time Shooting Star was in the
- >field...
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- >Next year, if we are all still here, I will tell you how Shooting Star 6
- >became a legend.
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- >scott, it's no mistake that I toast you with the strongest coffee I can
- >find..
- >i am here because you are there. have you ever thought about trading
- >places?
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- >Jammer drinks his mocha, and walks to the fireplace, closes his fist,
- >and quietly crushes the glass.
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- >He then turns to the bartender, hands him $1, and asks for another
- >mocha. When he is served, he takes 100 one dollar bills out of his
- >pocket, sets the mocha on them, and directs the bartender to keep the
- >mocha hot untill after January 2nd.
- >In case scott finds his way home.
- >Jammer wraps his hand in a napkin, and walks out into the snow.
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- kitten lifts her glass, drinks, and flings it into the fireplace...
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- "to scott!" she slips out the door and puts an arm around her
- newfound friend.
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- conan the librarian a.k.a. kitten /\ /\ barbara ann
- "my life's a soap opera, isn't yours?" {=.=}
- ~ trumpins@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
- "love is the wild card of existance"
- rita mae brown
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