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Bort

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The last living U.S. WWI vet
« on: February 27, 2011, 11:06:47 PM »
Sorry about the lack of a clever title, but I figured he didn't really deserve the usual snark:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/27/wwi.veteran.death/
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J. Walter Weatherman

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Re: The last living U.S. WWI vet
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2011, 11:15:29 PM »
Yeti's long shot comes in.
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Re: The last living U.S. WWI vet
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2011, 11:43:05 PM »
Thank you very much
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Re: The last living U.S. WWI vet
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2011, 11:30:39 AM »
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 27, 2011, 11:15:29 PM
Yeti's long shot comes in.

A 110 year old dying was a long shot?  Who else was on his list?  A bunch of dead people?
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Re: The last living U.S. WWI vet
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2011, 11:35:15 AM »
Quote from: Oleg on February 28, 2011, 11:30:39 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 27, 2011, 11:15:29 PM
Yeti's long shot comes in.

A 110 year old dying was a long shot?  Who else was on his list?  A bunch of dead people?

Also, does he get -1 for being a decade over 100?
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BH

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Re: The last living U.S. WWI vet
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2011, 11:43:21 AM »
Quote from: Oleg on February 28, 2011, 11:30:39 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 27, 2011, 11:15:29 PM
Yeti's long shot comes in.

A 110 year old dying was a long shot?  Who else was on his list?  A bunch of dead people?

I think thrill was joking.
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Oleg

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Re: The last living U.S. WWI vet
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2011, 11:45:39 AM »
Quote from: BH on February 28, 2011, 11:43:21 AM
Quote from: Oleg on February 28, 2011, 11:30:39 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 27, 2011, 11:15:29 PM
Yeti's long shot comes in.

A 110 year old dying was a long shot?  Who else was on his list?  A bunch of dead people?

I think thrill was joking.

You're probably right.  I was blinded by my impulse to make fun of Yeti to properly read the green font.  My bad.
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Bort

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Re: The last living U.S. WWI vet
« Reply #7 on: February 28, 2011, 11:48:50 AM »
Quote from: Oleg on February 28, 2011, 11:45:39 AM
Quote from: BH on February 28, 2011, 11:43:21 AM
Quote from: Oleg on February 28, 2011, 11:30:39 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 27, 2011, 11:15:29 PM
Yeti's long shot comes in.

A 110 year old dying was a long shot?  Who else was on his list?  A bunch of dead people?

I think thrill was joking.

You're probably right.  I was blinded by my impulse to make fun of Yeti to properly read the green font.  My bad.

I'm sure there's a Forkjoke involving "green" that I'm just too tired to make.
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BH

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Re: The last living U.S. WWI vet
« Reply #8 on: February 28, 2011, 11:53:31 AM »
Quote from: Bort on February 28, 2011, 11:48:50 AM
Quote from: Oleg on February 28, 2011, 11:45:39 AM
Quote from: BH on February 28, 2011, 11:43:21 AM
Quote from: Oleg on February 28, 2011, 11:30:39 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 27, 2011, 11:15:29 PM
Yeti's long shot comes in.

A 110 year old dying was a long shot?  Who else was on his list?  A bunch of dead people?

I think thrill was joking.

You're probably right.  I was blinded by my impulse to make fun of Yeti to properly read the green font.  My bad.

I'm sure there's a Forkjoke involving "green" that I'm just too tired to make.

I do admire Yeti's willingness to go from 16 yr old girls to 110 yr old guys.
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J. Walter Weatherman

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Re: The last living U.S. WWI vet
« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2011, 12:18:11 PM »
Quote from: BH on February 28, 2011, 11:53:31 AM
Quote from: Bort on February 28, 2011, 11:48:50 AM
Quote from: Oleg on February 28, 2011, 11:45:39 AM
Quote from: BH on February 28, 2011, 11:43:21 AM
Quote from: Oleg on February 28, 2011, 11:30:39 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 27, 2011, 11:15:29 PM
Yeti's long shot comes in.

A 110 year old dying was a long shot?  Who else was on his list?  A bunch of dead people?

I think thrill was joking.

You're probably right.  I was blinded by my impulse to make fun of Yeti to properly read the green font.  My bad.

I'm sure there's a Forkjoke involving "green" that I'm just too tired to make.

I do admire Yeti's willingness to go from 16 yr old girls to 110 yr old guys.

Irony noted:

Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on January 03, 2011, 08:58:05 PM
Oldest: WWI vet Frank Buckles, 110 next month (Yeti, bucking his rep)
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Tinker to Evers to Chance

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Re: The last living U.S. WWI vet
« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2011, 04:05:31 PM »
Wow.  The Western Front in 1917-18 and a Japanese POW Camp in 1942-45?

This man ran the gauntlet of suck.
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Re: The last living U.S. WWI vet
« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2011, 04:37:14 PM »
Quote from: Tinker to Evers to Chance on February 28, 2011, 04:05:31 PM
Wow.  The Western Front in 1917-18 and a Japanese POW Camp in 1942-45?

This man ran the gauntlet of suck.

He was never stationed in Ogden, Kansas.
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Re: The last living U.S. WWI vet
« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2011, 06:52:10 PM »
Quote from: PenPho on February 28, 2011, 04:37:14 PM
Quote from: Tinker to Evers to Chance on February 28, 2011, 04:05:31 PM
Wow.  The Western Front in 1917-18 and a Japanese POW Camp in 1942-45?

This man ran the gauntlet of suck.

He was never stationed in Ogden, Kansas.

Damn right, female Ogdens.
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