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Offline spidernat

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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #75 on: February 13, 2014, 12:57:52 pm »
Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on February 13, 2014, 10:37:59 am

It like they that part of the game left their country.

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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #76 on: February 13, 2014, 01:10:52 pm »
Quote from: skippy1999 on February 10, 2014, 10:49:34 am
She is incredible but seriously, am I the only person on earth who finds the Winter Olympics way more thrilling than the Summer games??  :shrug:
I agree too, I'm a big fan of all of the speed events. Speed skating. The giant slalom. Bobsled/luge/skeleton. And the tricks on the half pipe are pretty cool to watch.

Also - always good for a few wrecks - as long as everyone can walk away.
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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #77 on: February 13, 2014, 02:51:54 pm »



Would be a way cooler biathlon
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Offline JCA-CrystalCity

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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #78 on: February 13, 2014, 04:01:19 pm »
Quote from: Slateman on February 13, 2014, 02:51:54 pm



Would be a way cooler biathlon
I think the Russians would always win.

No offense to the 10th Mountain Division.
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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #79 on: February 13, 2014, 04:05:55 pm »
Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on February 13, 2014, 04:01:19 pm
I think the Russians would always win.

No offense to the 10th Mountain Division.

10th would have had a drone for cover.    Game/Set/Match/Gold Medal USA
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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #80 on: February 13, 2014, 04:09:29 pm »
Quote from: mitlen on February 13, 2014, 04:05:55 pm
10th would have had a drone for cover.    Game/Set/Match/Gold Medal USA
Aspen or Vail, or maybe both, was / were started by 10th Mountain vets.  The trails are named after battles in the Italy campaign.  Riva Ridge for example.
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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #81 on: February 13, 2014, 04:13:22 pm »
My money would be on the fins, the last time the Russians visited, it was pretty costly (or maybe the Afghanis- they seem good at this sort of thing)
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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #82 on: February 13, 2014, 04:13:26 pm »
Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on February 13, 2014, 04:01:19 pm
I think the Russians would always win.

No offense to the 10th Mountain Division.

10th Mountain is a bunch of little nages

There, I said it. I don't care who hears it. freak em all.
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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #83 on: February 13, 2014, 04:14:10 pm »
Quote from: Slateman on February 13, 2014, 04:13:26 pm
10th Mountain is a bunch of little nages

There, I said it. I don't care who hears it. freak em all.

I thought they were Army,  not Marines.      :stir:
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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #84 on: February 13, 2014, 04:36:36 pm »
Quote from: mitlen on February 13, 2014, 04:14:10 pm
I thought they were Army,  not Marines.      :stir:

Oh . . . oh my . . . where the freak is my e-tool. You need a brain'n
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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #85 on: February 13, 2014, 04:37:10 pm »
Quote from: Slateman on February 13, 2014, 04:36:36 pm
Oh . . . oh my . . . where the freak is my e-tool. You need a brain'n

 :hysterical:

Told the missus (she's a vet too) and she said, "Good luck on finding my brain."    Crushed me.
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Offline Ali the Baseball Cat

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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #86 on: February 13, 2014, 05:59:29 pm »
My old allergist (old in every sense) had been an army medic in the 10th Mountain...he was on the first tank to cross the Po river in the spring of '45.  He said they trained around Steamboat, CO (probably the snowiest part of the central/northern Rockies). 
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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #87 on: February 13, 2014, 06:41:51 pm »
Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on February 13, 2014, 05:59:29 pm
My old allergist (old in every sense) had been an army medic in the 10th Mountain...he was on the first tank to cross the Po river in the spring of '45.  He said they trained around Steamboat, CO (probably the snowiest part of the central/northern Rockies).


He's a little nag. Slate says so.
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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #88 on: February 13, 2014, 06:42:50 pm »
I'll let him know next time I'm having a seance
Quote from: GburgNatsFan on February 13, 2014, 06:41:51 pm

He's a little nag. Slate says so.

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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #89 on: February 13, 2014, 06:43:27 pm »
Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on February 13, 2014, 06:42:50 pm
I'll let him know next time I'm having a seance

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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #90 on: February 13, 2014, 07:01:46 pm »
Quote from: GburgNatsFan on February 13, 2014, 06:41:51 pm

He's a little nag. Slate says so.


lil' nag

Gotta say it right.
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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #91 on: February 13, 2014, 07:14:23 pm »
Three members of the 10th Division have been awarded the Medal of Honor.     John D. Magrath was the first person in the 10th Mountain Division to receive this award during World War II in 1945.   The second, Jared C. Monti, received it posthumously in 2009, for actions during a combat operation on 21 June 2006 as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.    The third, William D. Swenson, received it in 2013, for actions on September 8, 2009, during the Battle of Ganjgal in Afghanistan.
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Offline GburgNatsFan

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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #92 on: February 13, 2014, 07:27:09 pm »
I gotta guess they are pretty bad-ass. Not like Marines, but still. Pretty bad-ass.
Quote from: Slateman on February 13, 2014, 07:01:46 pm
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Offline Ali the Baseball Cat

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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #93 on: February 13, 2014, 07:42:53 pm »
Didn't the 442 (Japanese Nisei) regiment get like 20 or 25 CMHs in WWII alone?  Neither here nor there, but wow.   
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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #94 on: February 13, 2014, 07:45:17 pm »
Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on February 13, 2014, 07:42:53 pm
Didn't the 442 (Japanese Nisei) regiment get like 20 or 25 CMHs in WWII alone?  Neither here nor there, but wow.   


To include Daniel Inouye.
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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #95 on: February 13, 2014, 07:46:46 pm »
Quote from: GburgNatsFan on February 13, 2014, 07:27:09 pm
I gotta guess they are pretty bad-ass. Not like Marines, but still. Pretty bad-ass.

Marines are all show.   :P     We always joked that the Marines island hopped in WWII because the islands were so small they couldn't get lost.   

BTW    Bob Dole was in the 10th.
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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #96 on: February 13, 2014, 07:49:05 pm »
Yep.  His son was in one of the DC hardcore punk bands (Marginal Man) that got a lot of international attention back in the day...dad would actually go to shows around town.  Philosopher king. 
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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #97 on: February 13, 2014, 07:54:20 pm »
Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on February 13, 2014, 07:49:05 pm
Yep.  His son was in one of the DC hardcore punk bands (Marginal Man) that got a lot of international attention back in the day...dad would actually go to shows around town.  Philosopher king. 

The missus makes me keep track of all things Japanese American.    :P
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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #98 on: February 13, 2014, 08:04:45 pm »
So you have probably read and seen 'Snow Falling on Cedars' at least once  ;)
Quote from: mitlen on February 13, 2014, 07:54:20 pm
The missus makes me keep track of all things Japanese American.    :P
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Re: 2014 Winter Olympics
« Reply #99 on: February 13, 2014, 08:06:15 pm »
Quote from: Ali the Baseball Cat on February 13, 2014, 08:04:45 pm
So you have probably read and seen 'Snow Falling on Cedars' at least once  ;)

I'm still dealing with Suzuki.    :)
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