A COMRADE
IF ONE OF US BECOMES TIRED,
THE OTHER WATCHES FOR HIM--
IF ONE OF US HAD DOUBTS,
THE OTHER LAUGHS REAAURINGLY--
IF ONE OF US SHOULD FALL,
THE
OTHER TAKES THE PLACE OF TWO--
FOR GOD GIVES EVERY WARRIOR
A COMRADE!
--HERBERT
MENZEL, 1944
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THE REUNION
SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2004
WHAT A GREAT TIME.
WHO SAID THE NEXT ONE IS IN TWO YEARS. BRING IT ON.
THANKS
BURNSIDE REUNION COMMITTEE
FOR A GREAT NIGHT.
I'LL SAY MORE LATER, STILL TRYING TO SOBER UP. BUT LET'S HERE FROM YOU GUYS.
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the reunion:
THERE WERE SOME COMPLAINTS. PEOPLE,
THIS WAS A PARTY, HOW CAN YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT A PARTY?
I DIDN'T HEAR YOU COMPLAINING WHEN YOU WERE DRINKING
CHEAP WINE IN THE SCHOOL YARD IN THE FREEZING COLD, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU COMPLAINING WHEN YOU WERE DRINKING WARM BEER IN THE
PRIAIRE, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU COMPLAIN WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING DOWN THE STREET WITH A BEER IN ONE HAND AND A BASEBALL BAT
IN THE OTHER CHASING SOME MAMELUKE OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WHAT'S THE BEEF. FORGET ABOUT IT!
YOU KNOW WHAT MY COMPLAINT IS? WHERE THE HELL
WAS ALOT OF PEOPLE? THIS REUNION WAS DOWN BY ABOUT HALF. NO ONE IS ASKING YOU TO GIVE UP YOUR FIRST BORN.
YOU'RE INVITED TO A PARTY.
COMPLAINTS?
WE SHOULD BE SENDING THANK YOU CARDS OUT TO
THE BURNSIDE REUNION COMMITTEE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GREAT, ALOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE,
OUR CHILDREN, CAME OUT. MY DAUGHTER CAME TO THE REUNION, SHE HAD A GREAT TIME. JIM AND SUE JOHNSON BROUGHT
ALL THREE OF THEIR DAUGHTERS, AND THEIR GRANDDAUGHTER. THAT'S THE STYLE JIM! THAT'S
HOW YOU KEEP THINGS GOING.
WELL, THAT'S ENOUGH CRAP OUT OF ME, WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE?
GET ON THE OPEN FORUM, LET'S HEAR YOUR OPINIONS AND IDEAS.
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