tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post4240926559627187104..comments2023-12-18T03:16:30.455-07:00Comments on Merle's Secular Life: Merle Sneedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01228809667893921954noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-82350255105262155112009-03-08T13:48:00.000-07:002009-03-08T13:48:00.000-07:00Dennis might be lying.Dennis might be lying.Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459620834878853588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-68412690084163996192009-03-07T10:35:00.000-07:002009-03-07T10:35:00.000-07:00Dennis has a nephew who was born on Guam.Dennis has a nephew who was born on Guam.dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07382113112087625147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-6519822405626136332009-03-07T07:21:00.000-07:002009-03-07T07:21:00.000-07:00merle!!!!!!! i can't get past the fact that you li...merle!!!!!!! i can't get past the fact that you lived in guam!!! I too lived in guam and of course for (almost) the very same reasons. this must explain a great deal about us.<BR/><BR/>alas our years did not overlap, I sense that your old man may have been older than my old man and obviously that explains it.<BR/><BR/>we lived in guam from 1964 to 1966. guam at the time I was there was a big staging area for the vietnam war, which probably explains why I'm the peacenik that I am now....<BR/><BR/>but despite the military maneuvers and presence, guam for me was an island paradise and it was a great place to be an inquisitive, adventurous kid whose parents subscribed to the notion that parents have their world and kids have there world and these worlds don't always have to intersect!!<BR/><BR/>I went to our lady of guam school? any chance that you did too? do you know the legend of the virgin and the sea turtle??? oh my.... this is all too wonderful!<BR/><BR/>oh by the by my dad was in the navy, he wasn't at all involved in the war - his mission was actually pretty cool which allowed him to visit all the islands all over that part of the pacific....he was kind of a airborne shepard of lost fisherman ....well, that is what he told us, but you know just now I realize that was probably a cover story.....given the timing and my father's photographic skills (he went to navy photo school) he might have been up to something else all together! hmmmmmm something to ask him about next time I see him....<BR/><BR/>i totally remember anderson afb...if memory serves me correctly, the naval base was on the other side of agana .... <BR/><BR/>thanks for the trip down memory lane.<BR/><BR/>i love chamorro foods.... very much like phillipine food....mouse (aka kimy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09385557065971602436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-28469080362465856492009-03-06T16:58:00.000-07:002009-03-06T16:58:00.000-07:00Ten Bucks way back then was like $ 945.00 now! I b...Ten Bucks way back then was like $ 945.00 now! I bet your dad was ticked off!Avid Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11941594574518793056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-79368877759116997002009-03-06T09:42:00.000-07:002009-03-06T09:42:00.000-07:00Yikes. What a mess.I used to have a shirt that fea...Yikes. What a mess.<BR/><BR/>I used to have a shirt that featured a big old map of Guam. I got it in a thrift store. It wasn't really appropriate for most occasions.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-45032190233359321432009-03-06T06:29:00.000-07:002009-03-06T06:29:00.000-07:00I have a friend who grew up on Guam. She was born ...I have a friend who grew up on Guam. She was born after you left, tho.Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03076973960956565537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-69613029765263555932009-03-06T01:38:00.000-07:002009-03-06T01:38:00.000-07:00that's why they call it rough-housing, because you...that's why they call it rough-housing, because you're not supposed to do it insidea.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04187569807093887442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-5736348681264659142009-03-05T23:57:00.000-07:002009-03-05T23:57:00.000-07:00I'm on my way soon as I get off work tomorrow. It...I'm on my way soon as I get off work tomorrow. It's about a 6 hour drive, so if you need to stock up, latest you should leave for the liquor store is oh-something-hundred...<BR/><BR/>;)Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387041422819664987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-39208091335013348792009-03-05T20:41:00.000-07:002009-03-05T20:41:00.000-07:00I'll bet that was a vile-smelling mess. Did he ma...I'll bet that was a vile-smelling mess. Did he make you clean it up? How many weeks of allowance was $10? For me that would have been 40 weeks at 25 cents a week.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356998698106275372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9030581.post-7137758753322917792009-03-05T19:52:00.000-07:002009-03-05T19:52:00.000-07:00That's quite a tale, Merle! If all your dad did wa...That's quite a tale, Merle! If all your dad did was part with $10, you and he both got off lucky. I hope you have a good weekend.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.com