THE OFFICIAL UNOFFICIAL STEELERS BS THREAD..PART 8

[Steelersrie]

 

[whyoh]

No he is sending out to be cut.

lol, rep

 

[Steelersrie]

gonna run for a bit ~ catch y'all later

 

[NorthCoastSteelersFan]

Not quite ready, Rie. Gonna visit friends in the Burgh, and have some things to do first.

Good pictures, BTW. Was the last one someone you knew?

 

[Steelerin MS]

Set for the weekend, pool guy was here, bought too much meat grill is going to be tired. Beer fridge is full, All Is Good!

 

[WestEndVol]

Good afternoon, Steeler peeps.....just dropping by.

 

[BigBlueNation111]

Set for the weekend, pool guy was here, bought too much meat grill is going to be tired. Beer fridge is full, All Is Good!

lol...sounds good!!!

 

[Steelersrie]

Not quite ready, Rie. Gonna visit friends in the Burgh, and have some things to do first.

Good pictures, BTW. Was the last one someone you knew?

yes, my hero Robert ~ in lineage, he was my cousin's son but he grew up as my favorite (only) nephew.

 

[whyoh]

yes, my hero Robert ~ in lineage, he was my cousin's son but he grew up as my favorite (only) nephew.

 

[BigBlueNation111]

Good afternoon Steeler peeps and friends!!!

Have a great weekend rie and be safe!

 

[Steelerin MS]

Slow thread today.

 

[grayghost668]

drive by

 

[WestEndVol]

drive by

 

[Steelerin MS]

Y'all tend to drive alot.

 

[grayghost668]

I like to keep moving

 

[NorthCoastSteelersFan]

Rie, I know you're not on right now, but thank you for reminding me...

I need to pick up a small flag for a vet's grave in the town where I live. A forgotten vet...the Legion, VFW and Scouts decorate all the other veteran's graves, but this one fellow's resting place always gets overlooked, so I've sort of adopted him.

The irony is that most of those other vets survived their wartime service, came home, raised families and died of natural causes, usually old age. Not to take anything away from them, but "my" veteran paid the ultimate price. His name, lest it be forgotten by history, was Samuel Deforest, and he died in 1864 at Chattanooga, TN, of wounds sustained in battle. He was young enough to be my son. I guess he's been overlooked because his grave stone is so badly worn, it's hard to read. Only history nerds like me read old tombstones, I guess.

 

[whyoh]

Rie, I know you're not on right now, but thank you for reminding me...

I need to pick up a small flag for a vet's grave in the town where I live. A forgotten vet...the Legion, VFW and Scouts decorate all the other veteran's graves, but this one fellow's resting place always gets overlooked, so I've sort of adopted him.

The irony is that most of those other vets survived their wartime service, came home, raised families and died of natural causes, usually old age. Not to take anything away from them, but "my" veteran paid the ultimate price. His name, lest it be forgotten by history, was Samuel Deforest, and he died in 1864 at Chattanooga, TN, of wounds sustained in battle. He was young enough to be my son. I guess he's been overlooked because his grave stone is so badly worn, it's hard to read. Only history nerds like me read old tombstones, I guess.

that's a great story, north

 

[WestEndVol]

Rie, I know you're not on right now, but thank you for reminding me...

I need to pick up a small flag for a vet's grave in the town where I live. A forgotten vet...the Legion, VFW and Scouts decorate all the other veteran's graves, but this one fellow's resting place always gets overlooked, so I've sort of adopted him.

The irony is that most of those other vets survived their wartime service, came home, raised families and died of natural causes, usually old age. Not to take anything away from them, but "my" veteran paid the ultimate price. His name, lest it be forgotten by history, was Samuel Deforest, and he died in 1864 at Chattanooga, TN, of wounds sustained in battle. He was young enough to be my son. I guess he's been overlooked because his grave stone is so badly worn, it's hard to read. Only history nerds like me read old tombstones, I guess.

That's really awesome that you would do something like that.

 

[Steelerin MS]

Great story North. I will sit back and think about my friends I lost throughout my military career and afterwards. That is a great gesture on your part. Hat's off!

 

[NorthCoastSteelersFan]

That's really awesome that you would do something like that.

Thanks, but it's no great sacrifice on my part. A small flag costs a couple of bucks at the drug store, and I walk my dogs in that cemetery every day.

Memorial day is about those who served, and I never had the privilege, but I try to remember those who did, especially since my Dad was a disabled WW II vet.