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2008-07-03 Britain

Old soldier killed after asking thugs not to swear in front of a lady

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Posted by anonymous5089 2008-07-03 06:33|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 At least he died with his honor. Murtha can't, and for that matter, Cunningham can't.

RIP

Posted by Bin thinking again 2008-07-03 08:36|| 2008-07-03 08:36|| Front Page Top

#2 I remember a story told by a retired FBI man, of a burglar who picked the worst imaginable neighborhood to to do a break in.

Purely coincidentally, it was full of WWII vets of several kinds, all of whom had fought in hellish circumstances.

The house the burglar chose had a British vet, a widower, who had been an infantryman in some of the nastiest fighting of the Burma Campaign, right across the street from the retired FBI guy.

The Burma vet caught the burglar and decided to keep him, for hours. After the initial flurry of activity, most of that time the two of them just sat in chairs opposite each other. During that time, the burglar soiled himself out of fear, and "looked a mess", when the vet finally gave a call to the FBI guy to pick him up.

So terrified that when the local police got him, he confessed to the burglary, but wouldn't tell anyone what had happened. The Burma vet wouldn't, either.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-07-03 10:37|| 2008-07-03 10:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Damn I remember that. I think it was my neighbor! What are the damn odds of that!

Carry on mate!

Posted by .5MT 2008-07-03 13:35|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-07-03 13:35|| Front Page Top

#4 One less anchor for the UK.

If there were only a ban on pushing then this wouldn't happen.
/(too polite to say it, but get it together or lose it)

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-07-03 15:12|| 2008-07-03 15:12|| Front Page Top

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