The sporadic musings of a middle aged man who isn't exactly happy with the direction America is taking today....
31 December 2016
Blame Russia...
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I still catch myself calling them the Soviet Union, or the Soviets. Weird, eh? I still think of West Germany and East Germany. West Berlin and East Berlin. Lost in the past, I know ;)
I loved the Cold War. Especially when you were at Hof. We'd be drinking ice cold Cokes watching the East Germans goose-stepping around in their Soviet pattered wool uniforms, starched collars in the hot summer sun. As they were doing their changing of the guard on the concrete pad, the Joes would ask if they wanted an ice cold drink. When they'd dump the ice chests out onto the ground, the krauts in the tower would almost fall through the windows with their binos glued to their faces because they couldn't believe what we were doing. Neat to taunt your adversary until you got your ass chewed by some spineless superior who was afraid WW III would start on his watch.
I do the same. Inflexible, old brain I guess.
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ReplyDeleteI loved the Cold War. Especially when you were at Hof. We'd be drinking ice cold Cokes watching the East Germans goose-stepping around in their Soviet pattered wool uniforms, starched collars in the hot summer sun. As they were doing their changing of the guard on the concrete pad, the Joes would ask if they wanted an ice cold drink. When they'd dump the ice chests out onto the ground, the krauts in the tower would almost fall through the windows with their binos glued to their faces because they couldn't believe what we were doing. Neat to taunt your adversary until you got your ass chewed by some spineless superior who was afraid WW III would start on his watch.
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