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Aristus

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13. I was in that neck of the woods when I was in the Army.

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #11)

Sun Oct 13, 2013, 07:07 PM

Oct 2013

I was part of a funeral detail dispatched from Ft. Knox for a recently deceased WWII veteran.

The place was a little scary; I sort of more or less expected a Hatfield or a McCoy to jump out at me from behind a rock any minute and start blasting away...

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This is Meta [View all] In_The_Wind Oct 2013 OP

Looks like a post on a message board to me taterguy Oct 2013 #1

You ... wrong In_The_Wind Oct 2013 #4

'bout halfway antiquie Oct 2013 #2

It's 12 miles northeast from these ... In_The_Wind Oct 2013 #3

Horrible, freakout worthy. antiquie Oct 2013 #5

One place had to close for weeks while buying new bedding and fumigating. In_The_Wind Oct 2013 #6

I hope you made them clean all your clothes and luggage. nolabear Oct 2013 #7

We were lucky that night. We were too tired to bring anything into the room with us. In_The_Wind Oct 2013 #9

Meta? Whew! It doesn't even have a post office! Aristus Oct 2013 #8

We were in the town of Hazard. Those folks love to play on their ATVs in the woods. In_The_Wind Oct 2013 #11

I was in that neck of the woods when I was in the Army. Aristus Oct 2013 #13

I'm so glad you're back, my dear In_The_Wind... CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2013 #10

I thought I was being funny when I posted that song, cause I love it but ... In_The_Wind Oct 2013 #12

Now... Aristus Oct 2013 #14