Going through Army Basic I had one sergeant say, “I don’t care what school you signed up for. When the enemy attacks, you’re all 11 Bush (i.e. riflemen).”
All medics and corpsmen are heroes on the battlefield. Seventy-nine have received the Medal of Honor.
Not sure I really liked them, but they’re stuck in my brain now for the rest of the day.
But I’m glad I’m not an Oscar Mayer wiener/That’s truly what I never want to be/’Cause if I were an Oscar Mayer wiener/There would soon be nothing left of me.
I had a phobia for spiders for a long time as a kid after squishing one and having it turn into a horde of mini spiders. Years later I realized it was carrying an egg sac.
I got a black, 26" Schwinn 3-speed for my 9th birthday (1955). Rode it daily to school, and then later to help a neighbor deliver the San Diego Evening Tribune. Great bike.
Beef Wellington: of English origin; made of beef tenderloin coated with pâté (often pâté de foie gras) and a mince of mushrooms, shallots and herbs (i.e., duxelles), wrapped in shortcrust pastry, baked and cut into individual servings.
Personally, I prefer a medium rare Chateaubriand for two without the pastry and pâté.
Going through Army Basic I had one sergeant say, “I don’t care what school you signed up for. When the enemy attacks, you’re all 11 Bush (i.e. riflemen).”
All medics and corpsmen are heroes on the battlefield. Seventy-nine have received the Medal of Honor.