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Forecast for Nashville: 60 degrees and clear for Thanksgiving day.

My plan: Hide as many Thanksgiving dinner trimmings as I can without the wife becoming suspsicous, then wait for the "Honey, I need you to run to the store for....". Knowing that finding an open store will be difficult on Thanksgiving day, I'll have at least 30 minutes per run in the six! I'll hide things in the garage so I won't have to come back empty handed. I think its a wash with her bringing new clothes into the house one item at a time so they blend in and I don't notice until weeks or months later

The wife is much sharper than I in this respect. If I get one ride out of it I will be very pleased with myself.

“The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance.”
 
prb51 said:
Looks like the US North country.
My unit jumped into Sandefjord in 1978 and we conducted joint operations in the area.
They allowed us downtown (small town) in our fatiques and the locals were really wonderful and hospitable.
I really enjoyed my visit to Norway.
It was summer/fall and the weather was fine thanks.
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Well, prb51, Norway's a very small country, and you cannot go undetected here. Your downtown escapade mid-week in 1978 is still on everybody's lips. Seems your unit (paratroopers?) went dancing at "Tre lykter" in the ground floor at the local Park Hotel, and met up with the locals. Slow evening otherwise. You a sergeant major then, or was that one of your buddies? Anyway, especially Anne was quite fascinated and taken by your machos, warm greetings from her (she's out of politics now). She's still waiting for you guys to return.
Made it back to base at Torp OK? Hangovers as severe as the locals expected?

Anders

https://www.rica.no/index.cfm?oa=hotel.display&con=529
 
brent615 said:
...I think its a wash with her bringing new clothes into the house one item at a time so they blend in and I don't notice until weeks or months later :smile:....
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Lucy used to do this so that Ricky didn't know that she bought new clothes... She'd buy things, hang them in the back of the closet, then when she wore them for the 1st time and Ricky said, "Lewcie! Is That a New Dress?!?" She'd reply, "Oh, THIS Old Thing? It's been in the closet for months!!"

...Women...
 
Just a Staff Sergeant (509th Airborne Bn Combat Tm) at the time but did do some dancing. Lovely girls, and I do remember that well, and made it back to camp fine but with the hangover you mentioned.
I was amazed that just about everyone spoke English....except this one elderly Gentleman that came to our table with some drinks he'd ordered...He stood very straight and spoke a short speech, I understood only a few words...Churchill, Rosevelt, and Hitler.
The ladies we were with told us he was thanking us for America's part in WW2 and he was proud to have American soldiers in his country.
I've never forgotten that elderly gentleman nor his demeanor.
I'd love to visit again.
 
prb51 said:
Just a Staff Sergeant (509th Airborne Bn Combat Tm) at the time but did do some dancing. Lovely girls, and I do remember that well, and made it back to camp fine but with the hangover you mentioned.
I was amazed that just about everyone spoke English....except this one elderly Gentleman that came to our table with some drinks he'd ordered...He stood very straight and spoke a short speech, I understood only a few words...Churchill, Rosevelt, and Hitler.
The ladies we were with told us he was thanking us for America's part in WW2 and he was proud to have American soldiers in his country.
I've never forgotten that elderly gentleman nor his demeanor.
I'd love to visit again.
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Glad you enjoyed yourself. As to the language, being such a tiny country populationwise, one has to open up to the world outside. And we got quite anglofied in the aftermath of WW2, both from fighting on the same side as well as the Marshall aid in the years thereafter. And the old man was right with regards to American soldiers being appreciated.
Your evening in Sandefjord must have been in connection with the multilateral NATO-maneuver that fall. And if you came up against our own soldiers, I hope they stood their ground :smile: BTW, I'm not kidding you with regards to Anne. If you were appr. 10 "green berets" dancing in Sandefjord a slow monday evening in 1978, you did not go unnoticed.

You're highly welcome should you visit again. We have quite a few old Triumphs over here.

Anders
 
Wasn't my outfit. I was in the Airborne Infantry at the time (Vicenza, Italy) and the Special Forces guys would have been from 10th SF Group from Bad Tolz Germany.
I qualified for SF later and spent all of my time in 5th SF Group (oriented to the Mid East and horn of Africa) so never got back to Europe again after the transfer.
Tell Anne that I'm sure the SF guys remember her too.
Europe was such a great place to be stationed and I loved my time visiting/working in so many different countries.
Thanks for the invite Anders, your comments have brought back many wonderful memories.
Email me if you ever visit Arizona, we'll 'cowboy up'.

Pat
 
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