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Monday, July 25, 2022

Well... (continued)

Actually, one of the things that Mark learned early in life (when he was always called Mark before any nicknames were acquired) was that old people are loving and fun-loving people no matter what problems come along in later life and no matter their beginnings. The first thing that they did when the... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 24, 2022

Well...

I'm not in the mood today for copying old letters onto Blogit. In fact, for some reason I have not really felt all that whoopy, so I'm just going to free-wheel it from memory. There are many things that Ribcage did in the US Navy that never got written into letters, but during his years after Patti... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 23, 2022

The Good and the Bad

This is #21 in the series of Ribcage writing home while he was in the US Navy in the 1980's. I began with them on the 4th of July. "May 1983 -- "Really memorable times on the beaches of Hong Kong and the Philippines. I'm rested and tanned and feeling good. But one bad thing happened in the... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 22, 2022

Away or Aweigh?

" April, 1983 -- "Painting and repainting everything on the ship, getting ready to pull back out to sea again. This past week we have had four Canadian ships and four Australian ships pull into port in Yokosuka. I have been on several of them talking to the signalmen. We were comparing some our sea... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Yunalisa Rose

"March 3, 1983 -- "All my time in Singapore was spent with a sweet little Chinese girl named Yunalisa Rose. She has been writing to me regularly since the last time we were in Singapore and I have been trying to keep in touch with her. She knows nothing of life in America and is amazed at things I... Sign in to see full entry.

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