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Warning: very active “DEA Special Agent” phone scam going on
My wife was checking voicemail messages on our home phone tonight and found the following message, received on our home phone at 1431 pm MDT: Hello, this message is for Sandra Webster. This is...
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US Navy lets Japanese Imperial Navy know how to reach them: 13 August 1945
Today is the anniversary of the surrender of Japan to the United States. As it turns out, my father John Webster — as a 21-year-old US Navy radioman on Guam in August 1945 — was involved in sending the...
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Three Four must-read Friday links
First, Megan McArdle: “Banking without risk is impossible“: The fundamental fact of a banking crisis, which is different from a crisis in any other industry, is that if people believe a financial...
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Veterans Day – 2013
Here is our annual Veterans Day post listing the vets in our respective families: ============= Bruce Webster: CPL Darren Green, USMC (active) — served twice in Afghanistan; married and still active....
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Veterans Day – 2014
(Fourth from the left is my nephew Darren Green) Here is our annual Veterans Day post listing the vets in our respective families: ============= Bruce Webster: Sgt. Darren Green, USMC (active) —...
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70 Years On: This Is What Victory Looks Like
[Thanks to Ed Driscoll for the Instalanche!] [And as a sign of my own senility, I had this taking place 50 years ago, instead of 70. Thanks to Garrett York for the gentle correcting e-mail.] Seventy...
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Veterans Day – 2015
Darren Green (USMC) and Jon Webster (USMC), right after Darren’s completion of USMC Boot Camp, May 2008. Here is our annual Veterans Day post listing the veterans, living and passed on, in our...
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Veterans Day 2016
A freshly-minted Jon Webster, USMC, from a decade or so ago. OK, since I’ve only made one post since last Veterans Day, I probably need to revive the blog a bit. In the meantime…. Here is our...
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Veterans Day 2019
Bruce Henderson as a newly-minted Marine ========== Here is our annual Veterans Day post listing the veterans, living and passed on, in our respective families: Bruce Henderson: Andy Henderson, USN...
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Grandpa Jack’s Mexican Beans (recipe)
“The name is Fickes. Jack Fickes.” I get asked on a regular basis for the recipe for my Grandpa Jack’s Mexican Beans. I have it buried in a 2006 blog post on this site, but have decided to copy it...
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