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panader0

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24. My oldest friends dad was a full colonel.
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 06:45 PM
Dec 2012

I lived next door, my dad was a light colonel. On the weekends there would be a meeting of their "rat fink" club (?)
and the drinking was heavy. There were generals there too. My friend and I were upstairs, listening.
When the party broke up his dad would come upstairs and yell at his son "There's a war coming buddy, and you're goona
be in it! How tough are ya?." Then he would grab my friend and slam him to the wall, his wife and daughters cringing at their doors.
Once, I jumped on his back trying to stop him. He just flung me away. I was 15. My dad drank too, but wasn't so mean.

I just watched I, Claudius in which Patrick Stewart had a major role. randome Dec 2012 #1
I don't know. His hair in the role of Sejanus looked an awful lot like a wig. Aristus Dec 2012 #6
His hair in the role of Sejanus looked an awful lot like a wig. AlbertCat Dec 2012 #8
What about the back hair? Aristus Dec 2012 #10
Oh well, maybe I'm not adept at spotting that. randome Dec 2012 #11
Nah, not a wig. He'd grown it out and it was brushed forward to... Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #18
K/Rec progressoid Dec 2012 #2
That is so sad. nt sufrommich Dec 2012 #3
A friend finally left her abusive husband when her 10 yo daughter started trying Arkansas Granny Dec 2012 #4
"Nobody comes out of a situation like that unscathed"... bhikkhu Dec 2012 #17
I'm sorry you had to go through that. It's not right for a child Arkansas Granny Dec 2012 #20
I feel fortunate to have grown up in a house where that kind of thing never happened. There brewens Dec 2012 #5
Interesting story baldguy Dec 2012 #7
I've always been like a moth to the flame, anything Patrick Stewart....Thanks Tikki Dec 2012 #16
What a wonderful, heart touching film. Thank you for posting this. n/t Whovian Dec 2012 #21
Yet another reason to love Patrick Stewart. calimary Dec 2012 #9
I love him too! CrispyQ Dec 2012 #12
Let me say for the record - that I personally HATE and seriously LOATHE buzz cuts. calimary Dec 2012 #19
Did I hear someone say..........Engaged!! thelordofhell Dec 2012 #26
In the book SheilaT Dec 2012 #13
I follow Sir Pat and his son Daniel on twitter warrior1 Dec 2012 #14
That link just kills my computer. Skidmore Dec 2012 #15
Bless his Irish Heart! Cha Dec 2012 #22
My father was the opposite, he beat my mother while sober and was nice when drunk. My last memory of Mnemosyne Dec 2012 #23
My oldest friends dad was a full colonel. panader0 Dec 2012 #24
"The only problem with my racing driving is that I do not like speed much, and that is a handicap." dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #25
This thread needs some light-heartedness. backscatter712 Dec 2012 #27
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