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Common-Breakfast-245 OP t1_j6k6zlb wrote
Reply to comment by jackrebneysfern in My Pop being rescued by the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels, deep in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. October 1943. by Common-Breakfast-245
Australia. I remember pop saying "The Yanks were useless because the didn't understand the bush". Referring to the lack of experience in the extremely hot weather and rugged terrain. Pop grew up in a part of Australia that regularly experienced 40 degrees Celsius days.
KrayzieAlcohilicFlow t1_j6k6pd9 wrote
Is that the one that's down the street from the Dwarf brothel?
halcyonOclock OP t1_j6k6mp4 wrote
Reply to comment by Thugzz_Bunny in My dad, a forester, planting seedlings in 1983. by halcyonOclock
That is one of his all time favorite quotes and I love that you were reminded of that.
file91e t1_j6k6cce wrote
Reply to comment by okeydokeyannieoakley in Target Checkout Lanes 1990s by Djf47021
Always.
Psilobones t1_j6k69vd wrote
Reply to My Pop being rescued by the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels, deep in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. October 1943. by Common-Breakfast-245
My great uncle rests in a war cemetery in PNG. He was an engineer and was killed when making a bridge. Ifd love to go over one day and pay my respect to him.
clce t1_j6k5xik wrote
Reply to comment by Block_Me_Amadeus in Buster Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle, and Al St. John, 1918. Once his deadpan persona became established, Keaton avoided smiling in front of a camera. by L0st_in_the_Stars
I read a lengthy article about it. I don't remember the details well enough but the impression I got was that he may well have been innocent. I see nothing else in his history that would make me think he was particularly predatory. But on the other hand, a lot of rich and powerful men back then did feel pretty entitled in regards to women and I can't have or couldn't have. But as I recall, there was one or two elements about his accusers that made it sound pretty suspect.
So all I can say is, if he were innocent, it is a real shame that he lost his career and we lost great entertainer
okeydokeyannieoakley t1_j6k5wtj wrote
Reply to comment by file91e in Target Checkout Lanes 1990s by Djf47021
You’re right! There definitely was an underlying rubber and cleaner smell. The popcorn was the most overpowering though.
Fuckoffassholes t1_j6k5rk0 wrote
Reply to comment by MargbarKhamenei1401 in Barbra Streisand (1970s) by ShoKKa_
That's exactly what you did..
relativelogic t1_j6k5rf0 wrote
Looks to be short staffed
mlaforce321 t1_j6k5oat wrote
Reply to comment by jackrebneysfern in My Pop being rescued by the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels, deep in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. October 1943. by Common-Breakfast-245
I was under the impression OP was Australian, as he was referring to the natives as the Fuzzy Wuzzy Boys.
Tha_Watcher t1_j6k5nbw wrote
Reply to comment by problematicqueerfish in My grandma (and her first husband) on her wedding day, approx 1970 by problematicqueerfish
Now we certainly need to see pics of "the greatest man to exist" when he was a cool drool!
Block_Me_Amadeus t1_j6k5jf7 wrote
Reply to comment by clce in Buster Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle, and Al St. John, 1918. Once his deadpan persona became established, Keaton avoided smiling in front of a camera. by L0st_in_the_Stars
I hadn't heard a lot about the actual case until I listened to a two hour deep dive podcast. He was absolutely unfairly accused and it was awful to waste his talent and his health.
file91e t1_j6k5972 wrote
Reply to comment by okeydokeyannieoakley in Target Checkout Lanes 1990s by Djf47021
Popcorn, cleaner, rubber, vinyl. In the older years the popcorn went away and it was left with a musty old smell of dirt under the shelves that was never cleaned…and cleaner.
jackrebneysfern t1_j6k558w wrote
Reply to comment by Common-Breakfast-245 in My Pop being rescued by the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels, deep in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. October 1943. by Common-Breakfast-245
Prepare yourself. Those guys went through some of the most difficult conditions of the whole war. If your father was where I suspect he was he’s a hero just for making it out. One question, does your family come from the upper Midwest by chance? I only ask because a lot of the troops sent to Papua were from Michigan, Minnesota & Wisconsin.
Block_Me_Amadeus t1_j6k53nw wrote
Reply to comment by halfghan24 in Buster Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle, and Al St. John, 1918. Once his deadpan persona became established, Keaton avoided smiling in front of a camera. by L0st_in_the_Stars
Generally speaking, I try not to ascribe genders to gender-neutral things (being transmasculine). But "guyliner" is just such a fun little expression to put on cis dudes.
zanne61 t1_j6k51kn wrote
Reply to My Pop being rescued by the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels, deep in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. October 1943. by Common-Breakfast-245
My dad from USA was in Papua New Guinea at the same time. I have several pictures but he worked in electronics and did not see violence
yankeeuniverse t1_j6k511o wrote
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Block_Me_Amadeus t1_j6k4vwl wrote
Reply to comment by No_Video6728 in Buster Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle, and Al St. John, 1918. Once his deadpan persona became established, Keaton avoided smiling in front of a camera. by L0st_in_the_Stars
That's a solid strategy.
nick1812216 t1_j6k4h4f wrote
Reply to comment by thoxo in My great-grandfather, Paris (circa 1930) posing with the carriage and the horses that would drown him in the Seine. by thoxo
Nobody every found out what spooked the horses??
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Reply to comment by Lemon86st in Target Checkout Lanes 1990s by Djf47021
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bunchacrybabies t1_j6k4axt wrote
Reply to Twins, 1987 by Alatarial
Mom: What happened Dad: FML
galwegian t1_j6k47f1 wrote
Reply to Anne Murray at the Troubadour “right in the middle of these guys who were totally all three sheets to the wind” 1973 by eaglemaxie
Alice Cooper and Anne Murray were both managed by the Super Mensch guy. What a mensch.
EmbarrassedCaptain32 t1_j6k43hp wrote
Reply to Barbra Streisand (1970s) by ShoKKa_
Loved her in what’s up doc, so sexy😈
Ineedtwocats t1_j6k730t wrote
Reply to comment by ProfessionalSpot3436 in Barbra Streisand (1970s) by ShoKKa_
so hot in Funny Girl