tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post5777088928642374193..comments2024-03-28T09:32:13.767-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: The Patrol - NightOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22076809882453560412020-09-16T16:41:30.923-07:002020-09-16T16:41:30.923-07:00It's part of a series I started back in June, ...It's part of a series I started back in June, though it ties in with a brief series I wrote about the Battle of the Bulge a few years ago. All the talk of pandemics and politics sickened me so much that I almost quit blogging. A number of folks have mentioned that I should write a book, this is pretty much it. Working on this, and letting people read it and comment on it, has saved my sanity in this rather bizarre year. You can find all of the fictional stuff I've written <a href="https://oldafsarge.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" rel="nofollow"><b>here</b></a>. It got big enough that it needed its own blog page to track it!<br /><br />I'm enjoying doing this, if there's a market for it (and I think there is) then someday who knows, I might seek to get it published. For now, I'm enjoying the ride.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-61782263165175416002020-09-16T15:34:47.616-07:002020-09-16T15:34:47.616-07:00Sarge, your postscript sort of answered my questio...Sarge, your postscript sort of answered my question about whether you were writing this as you post, or posting up excerpts from something you've already written, but I was wondering if you had already started shopping this to editors yet. I'm not a regular reader of this type of work, but I think it's really exceptional and would expect there's a decent market for it.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55019841165404697222020-09-16T14:48:11.469-07:002020-09-16T14:48:11.469-07:00Hahaha! Crowd activity, next comment explains it a...Hahaha! Crowd activity, next comment explains it all.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23036439110331793492020-09-16T14:47:40.454-07:002020-09-16T14:47:40.454-07:00That would be my guess.That would be my guess.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55412530358517909672020-09-16T14:27:39.280-07:002020-09-16T14:27:39.280-07:00Crowd = Kraut naturlich. And how did the Germans c...Crowd = Kraut naturlich. And how did the Germans come to be known as Krauts?<br /><br />Sauerkraut I guessWilliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720206407574457665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-12014823292576259912020-09-16T14:24:01.338-07:002020-09-16T14:24:01.338-07:00It is a cliffhanger! But does one Kubelwagen in th...It is a cliffhanger! But does one Kubelwagen in the village mean there’s crowd activity?<br /><br />Maybe they’re just passing throughWilliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720206407574457665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-3414689435279835432020-09-16T14:19:22.540-07:002020-09-16T14:19:22.540-07:00Could be innocent hijinks on the part of the Wehrm...Could be innocent hijinks on the part of the Wehrmacht.<br /><br />Ya never know. (Sometimes I don't know until I start writing...)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-18600495981023959392020-09-16T13:41:27.352-07:002020-09-16T13:41:27.352-07:00Ruh-roh. Is that scary music I hear in the backgro...Ruh-roh. Is that scary music I hear in the background?<br /><br />Enjoying...👍PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-52386086821115449542020-09-16T13:21:37.224-07:002020-09-16T13:21:37.224-07:00😁😁OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-79309014161635904772020-09-16T13:18:56.522-07:002020-09-16T13:18:56.522-07:00Hey AFSarge;
The Antici......Pation, LOL ...Hey AFSarge;<br /><br /> The Antici......Pation, LOL Either the Ketchup commercial from the 70's or "Frankenfurter" saying it in "Rocky Horror Picture Show", LOL depending on your perspective.MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-56261625964890474672020-09-16T10:58:01.778-07:002020-09-16T10:58:01.778-07:00Might be a cherchez les femmes sort of thing as we...Might be a <i>cherchez les femmes</i> sort of thing as well.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-49805338650959791512020-09-16T10:56:31.013-07:002020-09-16T10:56:31.013-07:00I intentionally use first person when Gammell is t...I intentionally use first person when Gammell is the focus. It does get confusing in spots.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-48052367379751816252020-09-16T10:54:32.062-07:002020-09-16T10:54:32.062-07:00Drum roll please...Drum roll please...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-86292746532071892502020-09-16T10:52:35.488-07:002020-09-16T10:52:35.488-07:00Well, alrighty then!Well, alrighty then!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74242727829957102062020-09-16T10:13:29.771-07:002020-09-16T10:13:29.771-07:00And the plot thickens.
...in more than one sense.
...And the plot thickens.<br />...in more than one sense.<br /><br />I, too, have experienced prescription delays.<br />Though, fortunately, not recently.<br />I remember how frustrating it is, particularly because whoever it is you can speak with about it usually has no more control than you.<br />Big Grrrrr!<br /><br />Maybe those Germans just went back to the Belgian village for another beer... ah, bier?<br />Because we all know about how well Belgians brew.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-18052587945299293162020-09-16T09:52:50.507-07:002020-09-16T09:52:50.507-07:00Another gripping installment.
This line, shifting...Another gripping installment.<br /><br />This line, shifting to first person seemed out of place, and would be better as third person. (Going by ear, not a grammar nazi)<br />"I signaled a halt, Hebert immediately moved closer."<br /> <br />Hope the eye healing continues.<br />JBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27980710538998594652020-09-16T09:41:18.520-07:002020-09-16T09:41:18.520-07:00Aw, sheisse... Nothing good can come of this. A ...Aw, sheisse... Nothing good can come of this. A kraut occifer rolling into a village where they're celebrating the krauts leaving and two GIs are there to witness with orders to hold fire and no way to communicate...<br /><br />This is gonna hurt, ain't it?<br /><br />The Volkswagon engine does have a very distinctive sound, doesn't it?<br /><br />Glad your eye is better. We, too, at Chez Haricots, have experienced 'delays' in medications. Which, when dealing with some that have limited lead times thanks to the 'Affordable Care Act' and other stupidities dealing with the legal drug world from the presidency of TWPE and his doofus sidekick, Slow Joe. Which ain't fun. Especially when you show up on Friday when they've said it would be in, and you called the prescription refill order in at the beginning of the week. <br /><br />Them - "Oh, we're not getting the prescription you called in a refill for until next Monday because our shipments don't come in on the weekend." <br /><br />Me - "Can you do a partial?"<br /><br />Them - "We're not allowed to do a partial."<br /><br />Me - "Can you call another pharmacy in your chain to see if they have it and transfer the prescription?"<br /><br />Them - "We can call, but according to XYZ=PDQ (an invocation of demons known as 'ACA') we can't transfer THAT prescripion, you'll have to call your doctor's office and get..."<br /><br />Me - "You mean the one that closed 5 minutes ago? Don't you people think? Don't you think that some of these meds that have critical 2 days before end-of-bottle max refill time and other restrictions should have been pre-ordered and set aside for just this instance?" (as my normally boisterous voice goes from loud to louder, and all the cheerfulness comes out of said voice.) "Are you people purposefully trying to kill XYZ person in the family?"<br /><br />Yeah, I've experienced issues since Corona-chan reared her ugly but mostly non-dangerous head (unless you're an old person in Wisconsin, New Jersey, New York, Miami-Dade-Broward...)<br /><br />Breathe, Beans, breathe.. Switch topics...<br /><br />Can't wait for the next installation of 'Dooooom in the Foressssttttt!'Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-29735605840658406492020-09-16T09:26:50.656-07:002020-09-16T09:26:50.656-07:00Though camels usually do it in the desert (one hum...Though camels usually do it in the desert (one hump) or on rocky terrain (two humps.)<br /><br />I think the lack of noises and activity count as a 'desert,' and the situation that the writer is putting them in counts as 'rocky.'Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-52670616628896390162020-09-16T08:45:13.917-07:002020-09-16T08:45:13.917-07:00Thanks Rob!Thanks Rob!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-57730091121621163852020-09-16T08:32:14.485-07:002020-09-16T08:32:14.485-07:00This is a really good story....This is a really good story....Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05450082315014407506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21262368802894491022020-09-16T07:24:09.175-07:002020-09-16T07:24:09.175-07:00A most excellent question.
Don't know about P...A most excellent question.<br /><br />Don't know about Popes, but bears certainly might.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-43171038768527247652020-09-16T07:02:20.436-07:002020-09-16T07:02:20.436-07:00Huh, if those guys are on patrol long enough, do w...Huh, if those guys are on patrol long enough, do we get an answer to the eternal question:<br /><br />Does the Pope s**t in the woods?<br /><br />a bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871505359143633270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-48771406274477864872020-09-16T06:36:39.917-07:002020-09-16T06:36:39.917-07:00Alas, the ointment was delayed...
Keeping my fing...Alas, the ointment was delayed...<br /><br />Keeping my fingers crossed that it comes in today.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-90240352566289378642020-09-16T06:29:25.160-07:002020-09-16T06:29:25.160-07:00Dang it! Now I'll be thinking about the fate ...Dang it! Now I'll be thinking about the fate of those two GIs all day! <br />Rest is often good medicine for any infection - helps getting the immune system up to speed. How'd the ointment do overnight? Tom in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576958446243001152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-80088168280478009812020-09-16T05:28:00.291-07:002020-09-16T05:28:00.291-07:00I was still writing at around 2200, decided sleep ...I was still writing at around 2200, decided sleep was necessary, so...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com