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re: Found the saddest thing ever at a garage sale last weekend
Posted on 11/10/20 at 2:26 pm to OysterPoBoy
Posted on 11/10/20 at 2:26 pm to OysterPoBoy
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She's probably a democrat.
Jesus Christ you people are stupid. My money is on.. She isn't a regular voter and just really had no idea what they were.
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Posted on 11/10/20 at 2:27 pm to theantiquetiger
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I explained them to her and said these should not be sold. I told her I’d take them if she really wanted to sell them, I would honor them.
One of the coolest things I've read on this site.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 2:27 pm to OweO
quote:Ribbons at garage sales. Thoughtful posts getting downvoted. The whole world's gone crazy.
Out of all the things that get up voted and downvoted.. Why would people down vote someone suggesting an act of kindness?
Posted on 11/10/20 at 2:27 pm to LSUBoo
Very well said!
Posted on 11/10/20 at 2:31 pm to theantiquetiger
Well I don't know about the particular case you experienced but I do know a Viet Nam vet that wants NOTHING to do with his medals.
This person is very close to me and when his mother died I was there going through an old dresser and there in the dresser was a box of his military medals.
He had a bronze star with laurels, a Purple Heart and several campaign ribbons. He wanted NONE of them and offered them to me. I told him to give them to his kids and he said no he never wanted to see them again or be reminded of them again.
That war was a shitty war ran by a shitty President--LBJ. Those boys---men of 18 and 19 years of age--in the jungle did crap and witnessed crap they never want to think about again.
This person close to me walked point up Hamburger Hill and was right in the middle of the Tet offensive I gather from the very few things he has told me. He has told me more than any body else I suspect. He came home in one of Nixon's first troop withdrawals.
Don't hold it against that lady. The man that had those medals might not have been too proud of the medals.
It was a horrible thing our country did drafting those kids out of high school and sending them to that quagmire.
This person is very close to me and when his mother died I was there going through an old dresser and there in the dresser was a box of his military medals.
He had a bronze star with laurels, a Purple Heart and several campaign ribbons. He wanted NONE of them and offered them to me. I told him to give them to his kids and he said no he never wanted to see them again or be reminded of them again.
That war was a shitty war ran by a shitty President--LBJ. Those boys---men of 18 and 19 years of age--in the jungle did crap and witnessed crap they never want to think about again.
This person close to me walked point up Hamburger Hill and was right in the middle of the Tet offensive I gather from the very few things he has told me. He has told me more than any body else I suspect. He came home in one of Nixon's first troop withdrawals.
Don't hold it against that lady. The man that had those medals might not have been too proud of the medals.
It was a horrible thing our country did drafting those kids out of high school and sending them to that quagmire.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 2:33 pm to JDGTiger
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Don't hold it against that lady. The man that had those medals might not have been too proud of the medals.
They represent more than one person
Posted on 11/10/20 at 2:33 pm to theantiquetiger
That's pretty damn sad.
My dad's uncle had a handwritten note from FDR to his mother (my dad's grandmother) thanking her for the service of her 6 sons during WWII. I can't think of anything in our family that is more valuable.
My dad's uncle had a handwritten note from FDR to his mother (my dad's grandmother) thanking her for the service of her 6 sons during WWII. I can't think of anything in our family that is more valuable.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 2:36 pm to theantiquetiger
Grandpa died when my dad was still a toddler, but no amount of financial ruin would lead me to sell the evidence of his service that he left behind
Posted on 11/10/20 at 2:39 pm to Jcorye1
Great point
Posted on 11/10/20 at 2:39 pm to diremustang
All this got me thinking.
As much garage sale & estate sale shopping I do, I might start buying every piece that I find, and making some kind of display out of them.
As much garage sale & estate sale shopping I do, I might start buying every piece that I find, and making some kind of display out of them.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 2:40 pm to theantiquetiger
I had a friend when I was at LSU in the early 80's who lived on Aster Street. His next door neighbor had a mid-1960's Corvette Stingray sitting up on cinderblocks in her carport. Her son had apparently purchased the car before he shipped off to Vietnam only to not return. The lady eventually died; I have no idea what happened to the car.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 2:40 pm to theantiquetiger
That is bullshite.
Look man they did some bad crap and then some Lt. would get them a medal or something.
It was not WWII or any of the more modern wars. They were rewarded for body counts. That was the goal. Every night Cronkite and Brinkley reported the kill stats reported that day by the DOD. They would take a hill and then withdraw because some bureaucrat decided it was more than a police action. McNamara decided the measures of success were how many were killed.
It was shite.
Just take my word for it.
Look man they did some bad crap and then some Lt. would get them a medal or something.
It was not WWII or any of the more modern wars. They were rewarded for body counts. That was the goal. Every night Cronkite and Brinkley reported the kill stats reported that day by the DOD. They would take a hill and then withdraw because some bureaucrat decided it was more than a police action. McNamara decided the measures of success were how many were killed.
It was shite.
Just take my word for it.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 2:48 pm to theantiquetiger
When your education system does, at the least, a poor job of teaching our children about the greatness of America but, more likely, how evil and corrupt our country is this is the result. If our country is bad, why is any sacrifice worthy of respect.
Our country needs a healthy dose of American Exceptionalism infused back into our education system.
Our country needs a healthy dose of American Exceptionalism infused back into our education system.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 2:59 pm to theantiquetiger
We were settling my dad's estate and my sister wanted to give my dad's Croix de Guerre to my niece. We all knew that was a bad idea. She would probably lose it or give it to some loser bf... I came up with the idea to donate it to the WW2 museum, we all agreed. Just a thought next time when you are faced with that dilemma.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 3:06 pm to theantiquetiger
Was she hot
Posted on 11/10/20 at 3:06 pm to Gtmodawg
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You know prior to 2004 I was under the impression that a purple heart recipient was a hero any way you sliced it. Ive known a couple and we all see one once in a while with the tag. That nugget from the 2004 election was not only unnecessary but it called into question ANYONE who had ever receieved a purple heart. That's what is sad.
It's sad that you think it calls into question anyone who received a purple heart. It does not. It never has.
It's sad too that the fact the men who served alongside him expressed their opinions of him still upsets you.
This post was edited on 11/10/20 at 4:44 pm
Posted on 11/10/20 at 3:07 pm to theantiquetiger
People are horrible
Posted on 11/10/20 at 3:16 pm to Tigeralum2008
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I told my parents that I literally do not want to inherit anything from them EXCEPT my grandfather's WWII ribbons
Exact same brother. And I ended up getting them. Cherished for life.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 3:20 pm to theantiquetiger
Had a similar experience some years back, when a family on my block was moving an elderly brother and sister out of their home to sell. The real estate agent, a relative, saw us talking and asked us if we wanted to come in and take anything remaining. She needed the house empty to show.
Not much in there of value, but I was looking for anything old--memorabilia and whatnot. I found an old rusty, dusty metal suitcase in the top/back shelf of a backyard shed. It obviously hadn't been open in years.
Turns out the woman's deceased husband had been in Europe in WWII. In the case was a treasure trove of Nazi medals, including an Iron Cross, Artillery Badge, multiple Wound Badges (equivalent of a Purple Heart), SS epaulets, and others. Also there were unopened packs of post cards from Paris, France, and tons of mint-condition V-mail (to save on all the bulk shipping overseas mail used to be copied to film then printed back in the states).
Anyway, showed the relative, who said, "The family doesn't care what you found. If it's valuable, just keep it. They don't care".
Kept it for a few years, then donated it all to an organization that raises money for living WWII vets and families. It's on display in a good situation now.
Not much in there of value, but I was looking for anything old--memorabilia and whatnot. I found an old rusty, dusty metal suitcase in the top/back shelf of a backyard shed. It obviously hadn't been open in years.
Turns out the woman's deceased husband had been in Europe in WWII. In the case was a treasure trove of Nazi medals, including an Iron Cross, Artillery Badge, multiple Wound Badges (equivalent of a Purple Heart), SS epaulets, and others. Also there were unopened packs of post cards from Paris, France, and tons of mint-condition V-mail (to save on all the bulk shipping overseas mail used to be copied to film then printed back in the states).
Anyway, showed the relative, who said, "The family doesn't care what you found. If it's valuable, just keep it. They don't care".
Kept it for a few years, then donated it all to an organization that raises money for living WWII vets and families. It's on display in a good situation now.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 3:29 pm to theantiquetiger
That’s a shame. I had my grandpa’s army stuff and his brother’s (who has never married or had children). My grandpa was in the pacific in WW2, and my great uncle in Europe (DDay, Ardennes, through to some concentration camp they liberated) -
Anyway - too many stories - but point being I lost it all in Hurricane Katrina. I mean we saved it but sitting in that water so long didn’t help it. And I regret not packing it - but who knew it was going to be 12-15 feet of water? It was in the top of the closet with my great grandma’s baptism certificate that was in French
People just don’t have sentimentality anymore
Anyway - too many stories - but point being I lost it all in Hurricane Katrina. I mean we saved it but sitting in that water so long didn’t help it. And I regret not packing it - but who knew it was going to be 12-15 feet of water? It was in the top of the closet with my great grandma’s baptism certificate that was in French
People just don’t have sentimentality anymore
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