{"id":133938,"date":"2022-11-24T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T11:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=133938"},"modified":"2022-11-23T17:10:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T22:10:32","slug":"thank-you-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=133938","title":{"rendered":"Thank you"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thanksgiving feast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thanksgiving is a good day to give thanks. Here’s a few things I am thankful for….<\/p>\n

Family – we didn’t intend to found a dynasty…we were just a coupla enlisted kids who liked each other a lot. Three kids, six grandkids,\u00a0 and a dozen degrees later (we’re big on education) including a daughter getting the first doctorate in family history: I’m happy to be the family dummy.<\/p>\n

Things civilians will never know. Chow hall turkey…may not have been the best turkey ever, but it was there and they made it for us. Thanks to all the cooks and chow hall workers who gave us home when we were far away.<\/p>\n

Sounds odd, but “To The Colors”.\u00a0 A daily reminder of our flag and our country, still my favorite bugle call.<\/p>\n

A private joy: Those odd, strange, idiosyncratic LBCs, Little British Cars. Once you’re bitten by the bug, you are a junkie for life.<\/p>\n

That relaxed Wednesday before the culinary madness of Thanksgiving. Probably not as relaxed for the wife, who is already stressing with my daughters about dinner tomorrow.<\/p>\n

The ability to go to church Sunday. Or not. But the freedom to choose. And agree or disagree as I see fit.<\/p>\n

Mr. Heinlein, Mr. Clarke, Dr. Asimov. ‘Nuff said.<\/p>\n

I can go gun shopping. It’s a free state…thank God for Texas.<\/p>\n

All o’ ya DWs and DWettes here at TAH for making me welcome for the last 179 columns. Or at least muffling the derisive laughter.<\/p>\n

And – the sound of “The Star Spangled Banner”. Extra points for it being played overseas. Folks wonder at the sight of Olympic athletes with tears running down their faces during the music: how can they NOT? When you’re somewhere else, that is the most beautiful piece of music ever. I don’t care that the tune was from a drinking song, or if Mr. Key’s time was politically incorrect. Fetch me my hanky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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