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Joe Chi Minh

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30. I don't mean

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 09:25 AM

Mar 2015

Last edited Sat Mar 21, 2015, 03:17 PM - Edit history (1)

to make light of this post, which obviously contains wonderful news for Chris and all his friends, here and elsewhere.

But at first glance, I thought the header was: '****Pfc Wintergreen', i.e. the radio operator in Catch 22, who interrupted a phone-call between General Dreedle and another senior officer, in which, when Dreedle, asked,'Who ever heard of a millionaire poet!' Wintergreen interjected: 'T S Eliot...'; and the outraged Dreedle roared, 'Who said that?'

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****WCGreen Update --Thursday, March 19, 2015**** [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2015 OP

Eating! It's a wonderful thing!! So's talking!!! MADem Mar 2015 #1

Eating and talking are certainly good things. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2015 #2

They aren't suggesting this is a setback, though--I hope? This is just to make certain that MADem Mar 2015 #3

I am not sure if they see it as a setback. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2015 #5

Me too!!! :) nt MADem Mar 2015 #7

thank you! k&r... spanone Mar 2015 #4

Thanks for keeping us updated, dear CaliforniaPeggy TexasProgresive Mar 2015 #6

I hear you on his insight. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2015 #11

Grazie blm Mar 2015 #8

Thank you, Peggy. gademocrat7 Mar 2015 #9

Thank you for these updates. NCarolinawoman Mar 2015 #10

Ah, you're welcome...I miss his input too, quite a lot. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2015 #12

Good on him! riqster Mar 2015 #13

Glad to hear Peg. cwydro Mar 2015 #14

Keep ticking them off, WCGreen! Octafish Mar 2015 #15

lol, luckily I forgot to send his card yesterday- MerryBlooms Mar 2015 #16

K and r. nt cwydro Mar 2015 #17

thanks for the update, Peggy. nt awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #18

I mailed him another card, this one with a Janis Joplin stamp! Skittles Mar 2015 #19

That will make him smile for sure, my dear Skittles! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2015 #20

I'm so lookng forward to the day Chris is finally going home malaise Mar 2015 #21

Thanks for the news, Peggy. femmocrat Mar 2015 #22

Kick for the nighttime crowd. cwydro Mar 2015 #23

kick Kali Mar 2015 #24

Hey, Thanks, Kali! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2015 #25

Thanks so much for the update ... slipslidingaway Mar 2015 #26

This is great news. Next will be increasing his mobility. Warpy Mar 2015 #27

I'm glad he is doing better marym625 Mar 2015 #28

I do hope this means he is making some significant progress. It has been a long boston bean Mar 2015 #29

It has been a very long time. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2015 #31

I don't mean Joe Chi Minh Mar 2015 #30