John H wrote:
On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:07:43 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 13:10:57 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Jan 7, 3:24 pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:35:10 -0800 (PST),

wrote:
Always liked those Carolina Skiffs, big, open, and simple...
Tough too - the bait shop guys around Lake Murray have them and beat
the snot out of them and they just keep on floating. One guy, at Lake
World, has repowered his more than once.

They are tough - butt ugly, but tough.
Well, being a "tool guy" I find them to be quite attractive... Of
course you could always hire me to design some "nose art" for you, I
will work for cheap
I already have the design.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...40-ftigers.jpg

Tom, have you ever read any of W.E.B. Griffin's stuff?" His "Men at War"
series starts off with a couple guys joining the AVG to fly those buggers
in China.

Coincidence. I just started reading the guy a couple weeks ago.

I've read his Brotherhood of War series and the Corps series and the one
one about S. America during WWII. The guy is a great story teller.

I actually met a guy who was taken prisoner by the Germans in April of
1945 and the Soviets came through and were getting ready to load up all
of the POW regardless of country of origin and ship them East. Luckily
he and some other Americans POWs were plucked out of line by some field
grade US officers from the Soviets before being loaded on the train.
Talk about scary.

On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:24:02 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:07:43 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 13:10:57 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Jan 7, 3:24*pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:35:10 -0800 (PST),

wrote:
Always liked those Carolina Skiffs, big, open, and simple...

Tough too - the bait shop guys around Lake Murray have them and beat
the snot out of them and they just keep on floating. *One guy, at Lake
World, has repowered his more than once.

They are tough - butt ugly, but tough.

Well, being a "tool guy" I find them to be quite attractive... Of
course you could always hire me to design some "nose art" for you, I
will work for cheap

I already have the design.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...40-ftigers.jpg

Tom, have you ever read any of W.E.B. Griffin's stuff?" His "Men at War"
series starts off with a couple guys joining the AVG to fly those buggers
in China.

Coincidence. I just started reading the guy a couple weeks ago.

Yep - he's a good story teller, but I get bored after the sequel -
it's like reading the same story over and over and over again.

I do that with most series actually - with a couple of exceptions.

"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 13:10:57 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Jan 7, 3:24 pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:35:10 -0800 (PST),

wrote:
Always liked those Carolina Skiffs, big, open, and simple...

Tough too - the bait shop guys around Lake Murray have them and beat
the snot out of them and they just keep on floating. One guy, at Lake
World, has repowered his more than once.

They are tough - butt ugly, but tough.

Well, being a "tool guy" I find them to be quite attractive... Of
course you could always hire me to design some "nose art" for you, I
will work for cheap

I already have the design.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...40-ftigers.jpg

Pheasant hunted with a former Flying Tiger pilot about 25 years ago.
Belonged to the same duck club I belonged to. Told some interesting
stories, but not about combat. Like hunting pheasants with 45's with shot
shells. They received a couple cases by mistake. Walk in your stocking
feet and listen for the pheasant to move. Range was so short they had to
shoot the bird before it flew.

"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:24:02 -0500, John H
wrote:

On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:07:43 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 13:10:57 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Jan 7, 3:24 pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:35:10 -0800 (PST),

wrote:
Always liked those Carolina Skiffs, big, open, and simple...

Tough too - the bait shop guys around Lake Murray have them and beat
the snot out of them and they just keep on floating. One guy, at Lake
World, has repowered his more than once.

They are tough - butt ugly, but tough.

Well, being a "tool guy" I find them to be quite attractive... Of
course you could always hire me to design some "nose art" for you, I
will work for cheap

I already have the design.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...40-ftigers.jpg

Tom, have you ever read any of W.E.B. Griffin's stuff?" His "Men at War"
series starts off with a couple guys joining the AVG to fly those buggers
in China.

Coincidence. I just started reading the guy a couple weeks ago.

Yep - he's a good story teller, but I get bored after the sequel -
it's like reading the same story over and over and over again.

I do that with most series actually - with a couple of exceptions.

His Philadelphia police series is probably the best. Like men at war,
follows an officer though the ranks.

On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:08:35 -0500, BAR wrote:

John H wrote:
On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:07:43 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 13:10:57 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Jan 7, 3:24 pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:35:10 -0800 (PST),

wrote:
Always liked those Carolina Skiffs, big, open, and simple...
Tough too - the bait shop guys around Lake Murray have them and beat
the snot out of them and they just keep on floating. One guy, at Lake
World, has repowered his more than once.

They are tough - butt ugly, but tough.
Well, being a "tool guy" I find them to be quite attractive... Of
course you could always hire me to design some "nose art" for you, I
will work for cheap
I already have the design.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...40-ftigers.jpg

Tom, have you ever read any of W.E.B. Griffin's stuff?" His "Men at War"
series starts off with a couple guys joining the AVG to fly those buggers
in China.

Coincidence. I just started reading the guy a couple weeks ago.

I've read his Brotherhood of War series and the Corps series and the one
one about S. America during WWII. The guy is a great story teller.

I actually met a guy who was taken prisoner by the Germans in April of
1945 and the Soviets came through and were getting ready to load up all
of the POW regardless of country of origin and ship them East. Luckily
he and some other Americans POWs were plucked out of line by some field
grade US officers from the Soviets before being loaded on the train.
Talk about scary.

So far I've read only three of his books in the 'Men at War' series. I like
him. I'll finish this series and find another to start. How did you like
the 'Brotherhood of War' series?

"John H" wrote in message
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On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:08:35 -0500, BAR wrote:

John H wrote:
On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:07:43 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 13:10:57 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Jan 7, 3:24 pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:35:10 -0800 (PST),

wrote:
Always liked those Carolina Skiffs, big, open, and simple...
Tough too - the bait shop guys around Lake Murray have them and beat
the snot out of them and they just keep on floating. One guy, at
Lake
World, has repowered his more than once.

They are tough - butt ugly, but tough.
Well, being a "tool guy" I find them to be quite attractive... Of
course you could always hire me to design some "nose art" for you, I
will work for cheap
I already have the design.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...40-ftigers.jpg

Tom, have you ever read any of W.E.B. Griffin's stuff?" His "Men at War"
series starts off with a couple guys joining the AVG to fly those
buggers
in China.

Coincidence. I just started reading the guy a couple weeks ago.

I've read his Brotherhood of War series and the Corps series and the one
one about S. America during WWII. The guy is a great story teller.

I actually met a guy who was taken prisoner by the Germans in April of
1945 and the Soviets came through and were getting ready to load up all
of the POW regardless of country of origin and ship them East. Luckily
he and some other Americans POWs were plucked out of line by some field
grade US officers from the Soviets before being loaded on the train.
Talk about scary.

So far I've read only three of his books in the 'Men at War' series. I
like
him. I'll finish this series and find another to start. How did you like
the 'Brotherhood of War' series?

I like them all. They are all sort of the same, and some of the characters
overlap.

On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 19:35:18 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
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On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:08:35 -0500, BAR wrote:

John H wrote:
On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:07:43 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 13:10:57 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Jan 7, 3:24 pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:35:10 -0800 (PST),

wrote:
Always liked those Carolina Skiffs, big, open, and simple...
Tough too - the bait shop guys around Lake Murray have them and beat
the snot out of them and they just keep on floating. One guy, at
Lake
World, has repowered his more than once.

They are tough - butt ugly, but tough.
Well, being a "tool guy" I find them to be quite attractive... Of
course you could always hire me to design some "nose art" for you, I
will work for cheap
I already have the design.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...40-ftigers.jpg

Tom, have you ever read any of W.E.B. Griffin's stuff?" His "Men at War"
series starts off with a couple guys joining the AVG to fly those
buggers
in China.

Coincidence. I just started reading the guy a couple weeks ago.

I've read his Brotherhood of War series and the Corps series and the one
one about S. America during WWII. The guy is a great story teller.

I actually met a guy who was taken prisoner by the Germans in April of
1945 and the Soviets came through and were getting ready to load up all
of the POW regardless of country of origin and ship them East. Luckily
he and some other Americans POWs were plucked out of line by some field
grade US officers from the Soviets before being loaded on the train.
Talk about scary.

So far I've read only three of his books in the 'Men at War' series. I
like
him. I'll finish this series and find another to start. How did you like
the 'Brotherhood of War' series?

I like them all. They are all sort of the same, and some of the characters
overlap.


And, most important, they're cheap. The library's got him pretty well
covered.

John H wrote:
On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:08:35 -0500, BAR wrote:

John H wrote:
On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:07:43 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 13:10:57 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Jan 7, 3:24 pm, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:
On Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:35:10 -0800 (PST),

wrote:
Always liked those Carolina Skiffs, big, open, and simple...
Tough too - the bait shop guys around Lake Murray have them and beat
the snot out of them and they just keep on floating. One guy, at Lake
World, has repowered his more than once.

They are tough - butt ugly, but tough.
Well, being a "tool guy" I find them to be quite attractive... Of
course you could always hire me to design some "nose art" for you, I
will work for cheap
I already have the design.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...40-ftigers.jpg
Tom, have you ever read any of W.E.B. Griffin's stuff?" His "Men at War"
series starts off with a couple guys joining the AVG to fly those buggers
in China.

Coincidence. I just started reading the guy a couple weeks ago.
I've read his Brotherhood of War series and the Corps series and the one
one about S. America during WWII. The guy is a great story teller.

I actually met a guy who was taken prisoner by the Germans in April of
1945 and the Soviets came through and were getting ready to load up all
of the POW regardless of country of origin and ship them East. Luckily
he and some other Americans POWs were plucked out of line by some field
grade US officers from the Soviets before being loaded on the train.
Talk about scary.

So far I've read only three of his books in the 'Men at War' series. I like
him. I'll finish this series and find another to start. How did you like
the 'Brotherhood of War' series?

It was interesting to read when I was young, when I was 19 or 20. He
likes to tell the story about the development of something whether it be
Army Aviation or the OSS/CIA interwoven into historical context. The
really are page turners.

My other favorite author until he was convicted was Jeffrey Archer, an
English guy. His collections of short stores, three books if I remember
correctly, were really good. And, one of his best stories was Cain and
Able.