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letter from a Marine

jigs

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LETTER FROM A FARM KID,
(NOW AT San Diego MARINE CORPS RECRUIT TRAINING.)

Dear Ma and Pa,
I am well. Hope you are. Tell Brother Walt and Brother Elmer the Marine Corps beats working for old man Minch by a mile. Tell them to join up quick before all of the places are filled. I was restless at first because you got to stay in bed till nearly 6 A.M. but I am getting so I like to sleep late. Tell Walt and Elmer all you do before breakfast is smooth your cot, and shine some things. No hogs to slop, feed to pitch, mash to mix, wood to split, fire to lay. Practically nothing. Men got to shave but it is not so bad, there's warm water. Breakfast is strong on trimmings like fruit juice, cereal, eggs, bacon, etc., but kind of weak on chops, potatoes, ham, steak, fried eggplant, pie and other regular food, but tell Walt and Elmer you can always sit by the two city boys that live on coffee. Their food plus yours holds you till noon when you get fed again.

It's no wonder these city boys can't walk much. We go on "route marches," which the platoon sergeant says are long walks to harden us. If he thinks so, it's not my place to tell him different. A "route march" is about as far as to our mailbox at home. Then the city guys get sore feet and we all ride back in trucks. The country is nice but awful flat. The sergeant is like a school teacher. He nags a lot. The Captain is like the school board. Majors and colonels just ride around and frown. They don't bother you none.



This next will kill Walt and Elmer with laughing. I keep getting medals for shooting. I don't know why. The bulls-eye is near as big as a chipmunk head and don't move, and it ain't shooting at you like the Higgett boys at home. All you got to do is lie there all comfortable and hit it. You don't even load your own cartridges. They come in boxes.


Then we have what they call hand-to-hand combat training. You get to wrestle with them city boys. I have to be real careful though, they break real easy. It ain't like fighting with that ole bull at home. I'm about the best they got in this except for that Tug Jordan from over in Silver Lake . I only beat him once. He joined up the same time as me, but I'm only 5'6" and 130 pounds and he's 6'8" and near 300 pounds dry.


Be sure to tell Walt and Elmer to hurry and join before other fellers get onto this setup and come stampeding in.



Your loving daughter,
Carol
 

jigs

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farm girl wants to train for war because if this society falls apart like you think, then all those ignorant city folks will be out of food, then they will be headed out to the country to see if old Joe Farmer would feed them. BUT Joe Farmer is too busy taking care of his family to notice that city boy is starving.

Lucky that the farm girl went to the military, because that training now comes into effect protecting her family.


I know a guy who truly believes this scenario will happen in his lifetime.
If the food chain and distribution break down, how long can the homies in the hood live on crack and beer? I know I will be fine on my own out here, will you survive stevec??? money will be worthless at that point, what will you have to offer???
 

Jinglebob

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I was visiting with a friend in the cities a couple of nights ago, and this subject had come up at his job.

One guy said, "I'll be alright." Another asked if he had survival skills and he told him "yup, I've got a shot gun!"
:lol:
 

Hanta Yo

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stevec said:
All I have is a solution to stop the lunacy. Unfortunately getting people to understand it will probably be my life's work.

Also, I think you are mistaken thinking you don't need the people in the city. We all need each other. The "homies in the hood" are just the first crack, but it will grow. And farmgirl is making it worse by going to work for the Empire, not better.

It is the Empire that is making everyone miserable.

Sam Adams was right about the Empire, but wrong about how to solve the problem. The Boston Tea Party just made everything worse.

When all was through, Lendall Pitts led the patriots from the wharf, tomahawks and axes resting on their shoulders. A fife played as they marched past the home where British Admiral Montague had been spying on their work. Montague yelled as they past, "Well boys, you have had a fine, pleasant evening for your Indian caper, haven't you? But mind, you have got to pay the fiddler yet!"

We are still paying the fiddler.


Sir, you need to see a shrink, none of this makes sense, you are absolutely bonkers!!!!! :!: :!: :!:
 

Mrs.Greg

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Hanta Yo said:
stevec said:
All I have is a solution to stop the lunacy. Unfortunately getting people to understand it will probably be my life's work.

Also, I think you are mistaken thinking you don't need the people in the city. We all need each other. The "homies in the hood" are just the first crack, but it will grow. And farmgirl is making it worse by going to work for the Empire, not better.

It is the Empire that is making everyone miserable.

Sam Adams was right about the Empire, but wrong about how to solve the problem. The Boston Tea Party just made everything worse.

When all was through, Lendall Pitts led the patriots from the wharf, tomahawks and axes resting on their shoulders. A fife played as they marched past the home where British Admiral Montague had been spying on their work. Montague yelled as they past, "Well boys, you have had a fine, pleasant evening for your Indian caper, haven't you? But mind, you have got to pay the fiddler yet!"

We are still paying the fiddler.


Sir, you need to see a shrink, none of this makes sense, you are absolutely bonkers!!!!! :!: :!: :!:
:nod: :nod: :nod:
 

Steve

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Somebody left the gate down HY and there is a room full of them here.

kinda makes an old saying relivent again......

I didn't put up a fence to keep the cows in,,,

I put it up to keep the neighbor's bull out......
 

Hanta Yo

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YUP!!! You guys are way too funny! :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

Ooooops, 'scuse me, we are ganging up on ole stevec, that's MEAN!!
 

ranchwife

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Hanta Yo said:
YUP!!! You guys are way too funny! :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

Ooooops, 'scuse me, we are ganging up on ole stevec, that's MEAN!!

:clap: :clap: :clap:

speaking of marines....where is yours, Hanta???? how is he doing?? demodrivergus got online with a good friend of hers and told him about the site anysoldier.com and he signed up...now anyone can correspond with him and we write frequently....tell that boy of yours to sign up if possible and we would love to keep in touch with that wonderful young MAN!!!! hooooraaahhhh!!!! :wink: :wink: :!: :!: :!:
 

Hanta Yo

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We don't know what his address is yet, so I doubt he has internet access. He called Saturday am, but we were out doing our stuff, hasn't called back. Sooooooooooo we don't know. :eek:
 

jigs

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stevec said:
All I have is a solution to stop the lunacy. Unfortunately getting people to understand it will probably be my life's work.

Also, I think you are mistaken thinking you don't need the people in the city. We all need each other. The "homies in the hood" are just the first crack, but it will grow. And farmgirl is making it worse by going to work for the Empire, not better.

It is the Empire that is making everyone miserable.

Sam Adams was right about the Empire, but wrong about how to solve the problem. The Boston Tea Party just made everything worse.

When all was through, Lendall Pitts led the patriots from the wharf, tomahawks and axes resting on their shoulders. A fife played as they marched past the home where British Admiral Montague had been spying on their work. Montague yelled as they past, "Well boys, you have had a fine, pleasant evening for your Indian caper, haven't you? But mind, you have got to pay the fiddler yet!"

We are still paying the fiddler.

trying to follow some of your posts really gives me the chuckles....you ought to stop smoking, and start selling that stuff! cause it is foggin your mind son!
 
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