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In reply to the discussion: Anybody up for a Friday-night drinking thread? [View all]Aristus
(66,090 posts)30. When I first saw 'The Beast' in 1988, I never dreamed for a moment that one day, that would be us.
I remember thinking 'Didn't the Russians learn from our example in Vietnam?' Then it was no doubt the Russians who were thinking 'Didn't the Amrikanskis learn from our example in Afghanistan, the same damn country?'
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Drunk and facing another night in a hotel room during a continuing education seminar.
Aristus
Oct 2015
#6
Getting to drink as much as I want is one of the allures of out-of-town continuing education.
Aristus
Oct 2015
#8