Dearest BR1,

Boy--oh, boy---OH, BOY!!!! LOOK what happens when I take time out to do things that are more mature and adult-like?!?! You know, pay bills, take care of unresolved paperwork car dealerships won't help you with when they were MORE than helpful to sell you the vehicle in the first place, get the oil changed, give Gunner a badly needed bath??? Let there be no mistake---my "silence" has ZIP to do with being chicken?!?! WHAT are you thinkin'?!?!

Seems I need to do some SERIOUS damage control!!! (Cause someone has been smack talkin' pretty dang bad!!)

Make NO mistake, BR1!! You are NOT dealing with a chicken on ANY level!!! (Thank you Van Man for jumping in (not jumping out) and making sure there are zero exaggerations in my jumps---and it was at 14, 500 feet altitude---first jump through the clouds at 10 grand free-fall! And I did not HURL myself out either---they were all VERY graceful exits of the aircraft! (All the video tape showing otherwise has been destroyed!!)

Back to the issue at hand-----So, bring it, BR1!!! =) I hereby---accept every part of your challenge and raise you one more by adding Mn8X's suggestion that you must carve---yes you---a Brutus Buckeye stamp to be placed here in Ohio in the place of my choosing when you LOSE. And by some freakish firestorm, the team up north should barely squeek by because of poor officals or sneaky cheap shots that never get seen, I will carve a Spartan to be placed up north in a place of your choosing.

Please also let the record show, that I would like to thank you for doggin' me so badly, because I realize my heart is now in Ohio and bleeds for the Buckeyes and even though I'm proud that I was born a wolverines!!! Do not get me wrong, Bo Schembechler (and my grandma) helped anchor down a big part of who I am, but God forgive me, Lloyd Carr is no---Bo and he certainly is no Lord Tressel, as Van Man so rightly addressed the man. And NO ONE exceeded Woody! As hard as you try, BR1, you just THINK I'll be suffering rooting for the Buckeyes and against the Maize and Blue, but as long as I have the remote in my hand and can hit mute and avoid hearing the UofM fight song I will forever be SAFE!

So let it be official on this 16th day of October, 2007.........

it is GAME ON BR1!!!!

I'm just so very sorry that once your boots hit American soil once again, you will have something new to worry about!!! If I can find a way, I will sign you up to every event within striking distance!! Sooner or later you will have to go to one of them (probably in NC---which will be fine---cause I will be BACK there---I know you know that!!) and you will be singin' (and a dancin' a bit I'm guessin') in your NEW TT-issue and there "ain't" a stitch of digital-camo on it! =)

Oh---and NO---I'm not giving you Greg's email address!!! NICE try YO!!! =) I was not born yesterday!!! =P

The ball is back in YOUR court---with the documentation all packaged up like one of those nice MRE's! I have complied and raised your anti---you game?? hmmmmmmm????

With nuttin' but compassion for the pain you're about to endure BR1, be safe....
Buckeye---TT

WOOHOO I can't wait to find that Brutus Buckeye stamp!! Make it a good one! hahaha

TT...
I am glad that you were out doing adult things...I myself haven't done a single adult thing since July 5th 2006...KoTL04 has been doing all of the adult things that you mentioned...me on the other hand have been doing non adult things...Like killing insurgents(but only after they shoot at me first)...avoiding IED's...which thank GOD we were only hit by a few this tour...unlike 2004/ 2005...training the Iraqi Security Forces...which are a lot better than 2004/ 2005...and trying to survive this extended tour...with your help and everyone else's...since I do not live on a FOB...where KBR serves almost unlimited food 4 times a day...I live w/ the Iraqi's...with about 30-40 other american's...and about 500 Iraqi's...3 things you must do...1) carve a U of M stamp...not those darned Spartans...2) Since I am so anti-OSU, explain who Brutus is...3)Post your acceptance on OH, MI, NC, Iraq, Sports Emporium...and I gave you credit for more jumps than you actually have, accept my apologies...I was just trying to give more credit than obviously deserved...thanks VanMan for setting the record straight, and selling out TT...as far as the AKO address...it was to suggest to my brethern para to do something really nice and special for his truly devoted to the military mom...in honor of all she has done for us over here...but I guess not(btw I did it for KoTL04)...so thanks for the serious smack talk...glad to know you can truly defend yourself...and not have to have others fight your battles for you...so technically it isn't official yet....
Be Safe...
BR1

Okay BR1!!!

First, I'm sure we will be able to hear you groan or say at OH!!!!!!!! Very loudly when you see who Brutus Buckeye is...so here you go.....here is the link...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutus_Buckeye

About the jumps....you gave me credit for two too many but they were at altitudes of 14,500 where your fingers can freeze causing your heart to stop because you need those fingers to pull your chute?!?! Let alone your eye protection getting frost on them too! On a great day none of that happens and instead you get to do backflips which are one of the BEST things I've ever done in my life as far as pure exhilaration is concerned!!! You gotta do that once you cross back over to the civilian side of things!!

Okay...my bad on thinking you would do ANYthing goofy like try to get information about where my heart truly lies between the Buckeyes and Michigan from Greg and for thinking you would do ANYthing other than something completely honorable!!! My deepest apologies!!

Also....please no misunderstandings about my comment about doing adult-like things!! That was ONLY in reference to MY silence for 24 hours or so on here and consequently being called out and being called a CHICKEN?!?! Heaven forbid?!?! =P Trust me---no one thinks you are not doing adult like things 24/7---as I've said so many times before---thank God for the men and women like you who can get right in there and work with the Iraqiis, who can work on the front lines, who can set their lives back home aside to do what must be done to ensure the rest of us are all safe!! Freedom isn't free and that is why I'm having this All-Military Event to celebrate our Veterans!!!

Last but not least*
I do believe we have a deal! You made it MUCH easier on me to carve a U of M stamp instead of a Spartan! I'll take it!! I accept!!! =) mooohaahaahaaahhaawwwww! =) Signed, sealed and it WILL be delivered to all the boards listed!!

Here it comes!

Trailtracker

TT,
Still haven't seen the official postings yet...you must be using the BAWK BAWK CLAUSE...Be Safe...BR1

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TT,
Still haven't seen the official postings yet...you must be using the BAWK BAWK CLAUSE...Be Safe...BR1

It would seem that the "Spring Grove Event" has pushed this topic out of the way and taken front and center here, and that just won't do.... We need to revisit this from time to time so as we can have all the information fresh for when the Wolverines loose their butts!!!

Phooey on both of them. Wait, did I say that in writing? Out loud?