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To: Honor First who wrote (124721)	11/10/2006 7:04:39 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 225578

That rotten little kid slapped Nicholas again today. I told Nicholas last week not to hit him again. I'm having second thoughts. I don't know when is the appropriate time to teach a kid how to defend himself. I think this is too early but when its time he's going to be learning from the best. Nick is a southpaw that can use his right hand equally well. Thats a lethal combo. I told my ex wife that I'm not going to raise a coward so I didn't want her to say fighting is never acceptable because as a guy you sometimes have to do battle. Its like a male bonding ritual. But this pisses me off. Instead of saying "never hit" I think I'm going to tell him to respond in whatever way he has to to get this kid to stop hitting. Deep down inside (and I haven't said this to Nick) I kind of hope Nick pounds the hell out of this kid to the extent that he'll never come back looking for more.

To: Honor First who wrote (124721)	11/10/2006 7:24:00 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

Wow! Flying General Dewitt around sounds like a great , although potentially dangerous, job. I remember my Dad telling about driving Admiral Newton back and forth to shore at Pearl Harbor in the Admiral's Barge. Dad was the Admiral's orderly picked, I suppose, because he was the sharpest looking Marine on the USS Northampton, which was the Admiral's flagship. She figured in two of Herman Wouk's Novels, "The Winds of War," and "War and Remembrance." She was notable because she was at sea when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, thus escaping catastrophe. My Dad was already gone, recruiting new Marines in Butte. en.wikipedia.org We have some family artifacts that are probably the only remaining fragments of her that aren't resting on Iron Bottom Sound. She was sunk in the battle of Tassafaronga. Menu from Thanksgiving Dinner Teakwood from her deck, removed in anticipation of war with Japan. My Dad grabbed two chunks of it and we still have both. My Dad's shore pass attached.