Comments on: Remembering the Greatest Generation this Veterans Day

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:05:24 +0000

Heh. Sort of. We had town drunks too. A bit like Mayberry, but in color.

By: mvirenicus

mvirenicus — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:58:31 +0000

are you from one of those small towns where everybody either works in law enforcement or is a criminal, sometimes both? i assume my dad learned to make blackjacks while serving in the u.s. army in ww2, probably while he was stationed in bermuda, fighting hordes of british sailors.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:37:58 +0000

Blackjacks. Had not heard this referred to in a while…especially not homemade ones! I used to play with them as a kid. My state trooper uncle would leave them laying around my grandparents place (the jail).

By: mvirenicus

mvirenicus — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:24:03 +0000

my parents were from the greatest generation. mom made a wicked eggplant casserole and dad fashioned blackjacks of copper wire and electrical tape that could kill with the slightest of taps to the noggin. i still have one.

By: Eric Vessels

Eric Vessels — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:05:24 +0000

Heh. Sort of. We had town drunks too. A bit like Mayberry, but in color.

By: mvirenicus

mvirenicus — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:58:31 +0000

By: Eric Vessels

Eric Vessels — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:37:58 +0000

By: mvirenicus

mvirenicus — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:24:03 +0000