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Wee Mac
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 Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:58 am Post subject: Another Corps Birthday |
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I know it is a day late, a belated Happy Birthday for yesterday, to the USMC.
 
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Jimbo
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:04 am Post subject: |
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oo-rah
happy birthday to our colonial cousins!
semper-fi
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sticky blue
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:12 am Post subject: |
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Had many a good PU at the USMC birthdays around the country and made a couple of good friends that I'm still in touch with.
Happy Birhday Marine
"Semper Fi"
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Wee Mac
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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In 1975, Stonehouse Buglers went to AFSOUTH in Naples. to play at the USMC Birthday Ball.
On that occasion, we did not dine with our hosts but were sat in a side room next to the function room.
As we were getting stuck into our Clam Chowder, a very senior USMC SNCO came over to our table and very proudly said ""200 years a", or something similar.
Pedlar stopped consuming his chowder, like an orphan would, straight from the bowl and without raising his head said " The furst free hundrerd years are the wurst".
You should have seen the look on the face of the Bugle Major. 
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RAB
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:23 pm Post subject: |
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The Edzell stories have been well documented elsewhere in here, and I for one will never forget the hospitallity shown to us by... well US I suppose.. 
Happy Boiday cuzzies...
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bunky the bugler
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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| RAB wrote: | The Edzell stories have been well documented elsewhere in here, and I for one will never forget the hospitallity shown to us by... well US I suppose..
Happy Boiday cuzzies... |
happy memories of edzell, happy birthday USMC |
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admin
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:53 am Post subject: |
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EDZELL.... Grrrrrrr don't mention that gig to me!!! It cost the Corps of Drums a lot of money to do that gig. Cheers for the gig Wurz...
Happy late birthday Marines
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bunky the bugler
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| admin wrote: | EDZELL.... Grrrrrrr don't mention that gig to me!!! It cost the Corps of Drums a lot of money to do that gig. Cheers for the gig Wurz...
Happy late birthday Marines |
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bunky the bugler
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| Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 11:14 am Post subject: |
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| admin wrote: | | We paid for all the drink placed on the COD's Tab AND the band's tab. It cost over £100 each I seem to remember... |
Buglers nowadays, I don't know what the worlds comoing too ! |
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bootybandy
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Well all I can say is that the price of drink then must have been astronomical!!!! 
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