Don't know shit about Model As????

[31 Model A]

Then sign up and learn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JDupuis]

Put me down for 4 tours of duty..
Yes sir, I am over the age of 18. Jeff

[Tom Wesenberg]

I signed up and all my girl friends left me while I was gone for 3 years.

[wmws]

I signed up and my girl friend married me when I got back. I guess absence makes the heart grow fonder.

[Synchro909]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

I signed up and all my girl friends left me while I was gone for 3 years.

If that's an indication of their sincerity and attitudes, you might have been lucky! PHEW!

[31 Model A]

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Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

I signed up and all my girl friends left me while I was gone for 3 years.

By special request!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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[Ted Duke]

I signed up. US NAVY, and my wife followed me around with the kids for 20 years, even to Argentia, Newfoundland for my first tour and Ft Monmouth, NJ for my last tour. (Exceptions apply , the USN wouldn't let her accompany me on carrier cruises!)

I learned a lot, Newfoundland was fun, New Jersey was not, and NEVER volunteer still applies.

[Tom Wesenberg]

I didn't realize Jean Shepard and Ferlin Husky went back that far.
Two great singers, and isn't jean looking good in that picture!

[Marvin/TN]

I signed up in the USAF, was gone for 3 years and 8 months to England and Germany. I brought my G/Friend (Wife) back with me. Still have her 53 years later.

[Benson]

??? Removed Army story not relevant ... No bad language was used in there!!

[Bruce of MN]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

I signed up and all my girl friends left me while I was gone for 3 years.

Maybe they found out about each other?

[William Kelchner]

I joined the Navy during the transition from sail to steam..

[Tim Ayers]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

I signed up and all my girl friends left me while I was gone for 3 years.

Girl friends? You sir, sound like a real ladies man!

[31 Model A]

Originally Posted by Tim Ayers

Girl friends? You sir, sound like a real ladies man!

and I taught him everything he knows.

[31 Model A]

Originally Posted by William Kelchner

I joined the Navy during the transition from sail to steam..

Serve on any gunboats up the Yangzi ???

[Jeff/Illinois]

Poster I saw at the Ohio Valley Miltiaria Collector's Show of Shows two weekends ago:

"JOIN THE ARMY. TRAVEL TO FAR OFF PLACES. MEET INTERESTING PEOPLE. AND THEN KILL THEM."

[Jeff/Illinois]

Originally Posted by 31 Model A

Serve on any gunboats up the Yangzi ???

I think that William not only served on a gunboat up the Yangtze but as most of us have experienced at one time or another (debt, opinion, stash of old Ford parts, etc. etc.) he no doubt was up the Wazoo.

[31 Model A]

Originally Posted by Jeff/Illinois

I think that William not only served on a gunboat up the Yangzi but as most of us have experienced at one time or another (debt, opinion, stash of old Ford parts, etc. etc.) he no doubt was up the Wazoo.

Good one!!!

[Ryan]

I cleaned this thread up a little... and honestly fellas, if a word like "shit" offends you, you prolly shouldn't be on any of my forums.

[leo]

But I do know about "Shinola"!

[Mikeinnj]

My Uncle was drafted and served in Alaska during WW2 where they made him a Sgt. in the motor pool. He did not even know how to open the hood of a car when he was discharged 4 years later.

[31 Model A]

Originally Posted by Mikeinnj

My Uncle was drafted and served in Alaska during WW2 where they made him a Sgt. in the motor pool. He did not even know how to open the hood of a car when he was discharged 4 years later.

The old man who owned his family's ranch in Montana that I ramrodded was homesteaded in 1912 by his parents. All they had was horses, old Harold knew his horses and when he was drafted in WWII he told them that, he became a mule handler. He told his superiors he knew horses not mules, they asked, what's the difference!!!! They had old worn out wagons and buckboards laying around but no cars, they could never could afford one.

[Marshall V. Daut]

Much as we like to think of WWI (1914-1918) as the first "modern" war, the vast majority of cannon and wagons were transported by horses. Motorized vehicles were just staring to make their effect felt in the Great War and were not all that reliable. By 1918, though, the tide was beginning to change. I believe I read somewhere that something like 1,000 horses per day were killed on the Western Front. These were overwhelmingly used by the artillery after they had been mostly withdrawn from the then-useless cavalry. Even in the next world war, horses played an important role in moving supplies. Look at photos showing German artillery and supply wagons being pulled by horses. I think the Korean War (OOPS! PC: Korean "Conflict") was probably the first truly almost militarily horseless war, other than those still used by the indigenous people. It only took 5,000+ years of human evolution to get away from horsepower - which we all want to increase in our Model A's.
Marshall

[Tom Wesenberg]

Marshall, don't forget Colonel Potter's horse.

[Marshall V. Daut]

"Mule Fritters!!!" One of Colonel Potter's many euphemisms for the expression we're not supposed to use on this website. From now on when I smash a finger and cut an artery while working on a Model A, I'll scream "Mule Fritters" instead of "Oh, sh*t!!!" in my pain while blood spurts all over the garage floor. Now, THAT'LL make me feel better!
Marshall

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In the latest episode of "Combat Dealers" shown here, they unearthed horse gas masks from WWII.

A bit about the series.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...-Hollywood.htm
A snippet from one episode.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1u...chtripper_auto