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  1. green papaya

    Show us Your Vintage Police Gear

    Here's a World War Two US MP's helmet liner and leather holster with web pistol belt as used by the US Army Military Police Mfg by the Westinghouse Electric Company (Micarta Division) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The helmet liner has been painted white with the letter "MP" painted in bold black...
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    Show us Your Vintage Police Gear

    French Gendarmerie M51 steel helmet with badge, the shell is mfg by Carpentier Cusset and dated 1964 , This helmet is complete with matching blue liner & chin straps. The same type of helmet they would have used during the Paris riots back in 1968 as shown in news photos. The Gendarmerie...
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    Show us Your Vintage Police Gear

    here is my West German gas mask with metal storage canister, the mask is mfg by DRAGER and dated Feb 1958, the carrying can is marked AUER and has extra gas mask lenses stored under the lid the helmet with net is a West German M40/52 as used by West German Police and Border Guards / BGS
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    Show us your Guns!

    looking down the sights on a Russian M44 rifle , caliber 7.62x54R with the folding bayonet in the open position , these rifles were designed to fire with the bayonet extended. These were also heavily used by the VC / PAVN / Militia units during the Vietnam War, many were also brought back as...
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    What's for Dinner?

    Mongolian Beef, rice, egg roll, crab rangoon (wonton with cheese inside)
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    THE RELUCTANT ASTRONAUT (1967) starring DON KNOTTS Roy (Don Knotts), a perpetually terrified 35-year-old man-child, still lives with his parents. He plays an astronaut at a local fairground, but his father (Arthur O'Connell) wants him to be a real astronaut and lands him a place at NASA. On...
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    FULL METAL JACKET (1987) in memory of R Lee Ermey Born: March 24, 1944, Emporia, KS Died: April 15, 2018, Santa Monica, CA
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    You know you are getting old when:

    you know your getting old when the neighbors call the police to do a welfare check on you because they havent seen or heard from you in a few days, checking to make sure your still OK. like the old lady that lives in a house in your neighborhood with 50 cats that hasnt been seen in a week.
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    Show us your Guns!

    my Luger pistol from Germany
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    Name Something That Your Mother or Grandmother Cooked That Was Your Favorite!

    egg rolls, fried chicken dinners, dim sum, barbecure spare ribs , barbecued chicken
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    Show us your Guns!

    GLOCK G34 9mm pistol manufactured in AUSTRIA
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    You know you are getting old when:

    when you have to tell kids to get off your lawn or stay off your property, and the same thing happens everytime, they keep coming back more just to show you, you cant tell them what to do, I stopped asking them to go away and just dont say anything now. most people dont like being told to do...
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    old Chinatown SF around 1960 meat market window

    a waiter back in 1960 only made about $5 a day plus tips, $10 a day was considered good pay back in 1955- 1960
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    old Chinatown SF around 1960 meat market window

    some photos showing a boy walking past a market around 1960 with roast ducks and chickens in the window, notice the price for a Roast duck is only $3.25 each, and by the looks they dont look as big and meaty as the current color photo showing the same thing today in a chinese market, the price...
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    What do you still have in your possession from your childhood?

    Nazi boot knife taken off a German soldier during WW2
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    What do you still have in your possession from your childhood?

    I still have a couple of WW2 combat knives Ive had since childhood, they came from WW2 vets
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    Show us your Guns!

    I picked up a few boxes of Winchester .45 auto service grade FMJ ball ammo for the G21 SF , this is the closest thing to GI ball ammo , they even boxed it up in old style brown paper boxes. I read this ammo is loaded a little hotter than standard target ammo, closer to military specs.
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    Which funny videos are you watching?

    7 Types of people at the GUN RANGE
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    What is your favorite military vehicle of all time?

    all types of armored vehicles
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    What's for Dinner?

    today is TACO FRIDAY NIGHT , Im making tacos right now having a late dinner , tacos & beer

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