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re: John Glenn is just being buried
Posted on 4/6/17 at 12:26 pm to 777Tiger
Posted on 4/6/17 at 12:26 pm to 777Tiger
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kind of thinking they'd move him up towards the front of the line
Agreed.
Today is Glenn's wedding anniversary. His wife is still alive. That probably had something to do with it.
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Posted on 4/6/17 at 12:27 pm to GetCocky11
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That probably had something to do with it.
that sounds right
Posted on 4/6/17 at 12:35 pm to GetCocky11
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Today is Glenn's wedding anniversary. His wife is still alive. That probably had something to do with it.
It does; heard it being discussed on the 'news.' ... My uncle was buried in Arlington 10 days after he died. Even with full honors, it wasn't long of a wait at all. It took quite a while to get the marker installed though.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 12:38 pm to Arkla Missy
No volume ?? Lol
This post was edited on 4/6/17 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 4/6/17 at 12:39 pm to Ole Geauxt
Not working. Technical difficulties.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 12:40 pm to Arkla Missy
Can't borrow a record player, they still make them?
This post was edited on 4/6/17 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 4/6/17 at 12:40 pm to Arkla Missy
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Not working. Technical difficulties.
Code for Pics!
Posted on 4/6/17 at 12:43 pm to Count Chocula
Lol, code for an app ... actually a photoshop app, so technically you're kinda correct I guess. 
Posted on 4/6/17 at 12:45 pm to Arkla Missy
You have my gmail addy
Posted on 4/6/17 at 12:45 pm to Arkla Missy
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actually a photoshop app, so technically you're kinda correct I guess.
in that case, pics while you're waiting on the app
Posted on 4/6/17 at 12:46 pm to 777Tiger
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in that case, pics while you're waiting
Get in line, fly boy...
Posted on 4/6/17 at 12:47 pm to 777Tiger
Junior Highizzm never ceases.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 12:54 pm to Broke
Probably had to wait for the ground to thaw out. A friend of my parents is buried there and they had to wait because they were told the ground was frozen.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 1:17 pm to Jim Rockford
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By all accounts he and his wife had an extraordinary
Glenn was a family man. While the other astronauts were pulling up in their corvettes Glenn was driving his station wagon.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 1:32 pm to Broke
Lots of great quotes by John Glenn but this one is my favorite.
Howard Metzenbaum to John Glenn:
Metzenbaum: “How can you run for Senate when you’ve never held a ‘job’?”
Glenn: “I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps. I was through two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12 different occasions.
“I was in the space program. It wasn’t my checkbook, it was my life that was on the line. This was not a 9-to-5 job where I took time off to take the daily cash receipts to the bank.
“I ask you to go with me, as I went the other day to a Veterans Hospital, and look those men with their mangled bodies in the eye and tell them they didn’t hold a job.
“You go with me to any Gold Star mother, and you look her in the eye and tell her that her son did not hold a job.
“You go with me to the space program, and you go as I have gone to the widows and the orphans of Ed White and Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee, and you look those kids in the eye and tell them that their dad didn’t hold a job.
“You go with me on Memorial Day coming up, and you stand on Arlington National Cemetery — where I have more friends than I like to remember — and you watch those waving flags, and you stand there, and you think about this nation, and you tell me that those people didn’t have a job.
“I tell you, Howard Metzenbaum, you should be on your knees every day of your life thanking God that there were some men — SOME MEN — who held a job. And they required a dedication to purpose and a love of country and a dedication to duty that was more important than life itself.
“And their self-sacrifice is what has made this country possible.
“I HAVE HELD A JOB, HOWARD!”
Howard Metzenbaum to John Glenn:
Metzenbaum: “How can you run for Senate when you’ve never held a ‘job’?”
Glenn: “I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps. I was through two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12 different occasions.
“I was in the space program. It wasn’t my checkbook, it was my life that was on the line. This was not a 9-to-5 job where I took time off to take the daily cash receipts to the bank.
“I ask you to go with me, as I went the other day to a Veterans Hospital, and look those men with their mangled bodies in the eye and tell them they didn’t hold a job.
“You go with me to any Gold Star mother, and you look her in the eye and tell her that her son did not hold a job.
“You go with me to the space program, and you go as I have gone to the widows and the orphans of Ed White and Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee, and you look those kids in the eye and tell them that their dad didn’t hold a job.
“You go with me on Memorial Day coming up, and you stand on Arlington National Cemetery — where I have more friends than I like to remember — and you watch those waving flags, and you stand there, and you think about this nation, and you tell me that those people didn’t have a job.
“I tell you, Howard Metzenbaum, you should be on your knees every day of your life thanking God that there were some men — SOME MEN — who held a job. And they required a dedication to purpose and a love of country and a dedication to duty that was more important than life itself.
“And their self-sacrifice is what has made this country possible.
“I HAVE HELD A JOB, HOWARD!”
Posted on 4/6/17 at 1:46 pm to habanos
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Arlington? If so they have a waiting list.
shite if anybody should be fast-tracked.....
Posted on 4/6/17 at 2:13 pm to Yammie250F
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Probably had to wait for the ground to thaw out. A friend of my parents is buried there and they had to wait because they were told the ground was frozen.
This happens often in areas that get a lot of snow and very cold temps. I know some folks who couldn't bury a loved one in OK until the ground thawed. Seemed foreign to me, but it's common elsewhere.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 2:15 pm to Broke
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What do they do with the body for 3+ months then?
If you're James Brown they spray you with some clearcoat and start fricking partying.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 2:23 pm to Loungefly85
There is a long wait list. It's not like you can make an apt before you die. My father died in August. They contacted us with the earliest available dates, and asked us to choose what would best fit our travel schedules. He wasn't buried until almost Thanksgiving of that year.
In order to 'fast-track' someone, you would have to essentially kick to the curb someone that has been waiting for months, and then ask them to wait a couple more months
In order to 'fast-track' someone, you would have to essentially kick to the curb someone that has been waiting for months, and then ask them to wait a couple more months
Posted on 4/6/17 at 2:25 pm to League Champs
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My father died in August
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He wasn't buried until almost Thanksgiving of that year.
Not trying to be cruel or non-caring, but what did you do with your dad's body while waiting?
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