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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Me also. And I still work!
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How do you do THAT ... ??
Oh, wait one ....... reminds me of a back-in-the-day military story.
It was a dark, drizzly afternoon, out on a large maneuver area in Germany.
There seemed to be a lull in the activity of the blue army (the enemy). My driver, named Chandler, pulled our jeep into a clump of pine trees, so I decided it was a good time for a nap.
I told Chandler to listen to the radio and wake me if any of the platoons reported
significant activity. He could sound just like me over the radio, and knew to take of the small things.
I kept a “map” of the battle area, sketched with a grease pencil, on the inside of the windshield of the jeep.
When I woke about 45 minutes later, I noticed the sketch on the windshield had changed ……..
I asked Chandler what the hell was going on! His reply was, “Well, Captain, you were sleeping so soundly, so I decided not to wake you, and since the enemy had moved, I repositioned the 1st and 2nd platoons along this ridge, with the 3rd platoon in reserve, here, and the weapons platoon on this ridge line over here”.
Actually it was a near perfect defensive strategy, so when we got back to the kaserne, at the end of the month, I gave him an extra 5 day pass.
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