I cheated. I clicked Mr. Twain before commenting. I had no clue on either one. I now remember seeing a photo of the young Bill Gates, but I had not seen that photo go McCain. Thanks for the challenge. The only surviving POW I knew personally was a wonderful volunteer I worked with. He had survived Bataan Death March and imprisonment. He had limited range of motion in his arms as a result of his treatment. He was a hero of the war and a hero in helping introduce children to the wonders of the coastal environment .
I am a not so recently retired social studies teacher and basketball coach. Still hunting birds though now with a camera instead of a gun.
Nature devotee, dog lover, birder, gardener and semi-retired all around outdoor adventure seeker.
Troutbirder II is my alter ego. He loves books and history and is an opponent of unnecessary, unplanned and unending "preemptive wars". A former moderate Republican, he spent the Bush II years gradually converting to "yellow dog" Democrat. He is now somewhat unhappy with the Democrats abandonment of unions and cozying up to Wall Street. This is promoting a gradual drift towards Democratic Socialism though he remains "flexible...
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I cheated. I clicked Mr. Twain before commenting. I had no clue on either one. I now remember seeing a photo of the young Bill Gates, but I had not seen that photo go McCain. Thanks for the challenge. The only surviving POW I knew personally was a wonderful volunteer I worked with. He had survived Bataan Death March and imprisonment. He had limited range of motion in his arms as a result of his treatment. He was a hero of the war and a hero in helping introduce children to the wonders of the coastal environment
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I had thought in that direction.
Wow! Not only time has gone by!
I think it is sad that I probably looked like that back then too. Little did they know how much they would effect the world.
Well I'll be darned.
I see him!
So much hair! No wonder our parents were aghast and always After the boys to get their hair cut.
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