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How far would you go....

Postby ozzy72 » Fri Aug 19, 2011 3:08 pm

.... to pay off a bet?
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Personally I think he just wanted to get away from home and get drunk ;D ;D ;D
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Re: How far would you go....

Postby hyperpep111 » Sat Aug 20, 2011 6:53 pm

At least he was honest :D. Really honest. Really really really really really really really really really really really really REALLY honest to do that 8-) :) ;D ;D
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Re: How far would you go....

Postby BigTruck » Sun Aug 21, 2011 2:46 am

Personally I think he just wanted to get away from home and get drunk ;D ;D ;D


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Re: How far would you go....

Postby ozzy72 » Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:11 am

Once a bootneck, always a bootneck ;D
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Re: How far would you go....

Postby expat » Sun Aug 21, 2011 5:06 am

Once a bootneck, always a bootneck ;D



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Re: How far would you go....

Postby ozzy72 » Sun Aug 21, 2011 7:16 am

What do you mean away? I was several over the official alcoholic limit ;D
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Re: How far would you go....

Postby BigTruck » Sun Aug 21, 2011 9:57 pm

What do you mean away? I was several over the official alcoholic limit ;D


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Re: How far would you go....

Postby hyperpep111 » Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:15 pm

What's with all the old people and beer jokes? :-/
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Re: How far would you go....

Postby ozzy72 » Mon Aug 22, 2011 1:55 pm

Like it has been mentioned before, ex-servicemen are ALWAYS joking about beer and blowing stuff up ;D
The military isn't there to keep these weird people away from the general populace but to keep the general populace away from them ;D ;D ;D
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Re: How far would you go....

Postby hyperpep111 » Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:10 pm

Like it has been mentioned before, ex-servicemen are ALWAYS joking about beer and blowing stuff up ;D
The military isn't there to keep these weird people away from the general populace but to keep the general populace away from them ;D ;D ;D


No wonder all the AFB's are in remote areas ;D. Coz They made the mistake of building houses near Edwards, and then appointed ozzy :( Guess what happened next 8-)
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Re: How far would you go....

Postby ozzy72 » Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:15 am

I served my country with honour and pride.... I believe the East German Border Guards probably still have a picture of my bottom on the ramp of a Chinook doing a low pass up The Wall ;D ;D ;D
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Re: How far would you go....

Postby hyperpep111 » Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:07 am

I served my country with honour and pride.... I believe the East German Border Guards probably still have a picture of my bottom on the ramp of a Chinook doing a low pass up The Wall ;D ;D ;D


You must have put them in their place ;D
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