Tony J Posted March 28, 2006 Posted March 28, 2006 Andy,I'll send you some copies. You know me, I'm still an old Nikon jockey stuck in the nondigital age. Maybe I'll get one of them new filmless thingamajiggies for my birthday.Tony
Stogieman Posted March 28, 2006 Posted March 28, 2006 Yep! Great Grandparents from Slovakia & Lithuania on one side....... pure Frainch Aristocrats on l'autre.You can still get the shirts on eBay..... but they have crept up in price.Cousin was over last summer and i was able to get her some time at our office near her.... received a fabulous bottle of Lithuanian Vodka as a gift. Cracked it last Fourth of July after all "responsible parties" had departed. Ever play "Contact Badminton"?? Bet you didn't know that bones can break and blood can flow.......... quite painlessly mind you from the vodka.There was about 1 finger in the bottom of the bottle and nobody would touch it after that initial fling with "destiny".......It was quite a party. I of course was completely sober and did drive home everyone that night. Now THAT was many a fun ride........
ANDY BUTKUS Posted March 28, 2006 Author Posted March 28, 2006 Stogie..You have to be careful whith that Lithuanian Vodka...It pack a punch for sure..
ANDY BUTKUS Posted March 28, 2006 Author Posted March 28, 2006 Here's one i got for my birthday...It's the Lithuanian medal of the volunteers
Tony J Posted March 28, 2006 Posted March 28, 2006 Stogie,One finger left?!!!!!!! Must be the Frainch. No Lugan would leave a wet bottle in misery. Old time Lugans, like my gramps and his old buddy, the parish priest, used to knock the top off a bottle (open and throw away the cork) just about every Sunday afternoon after services and reminise about the good old days in old country. No recorking the bottles. Or as Old Fr. Stanley used to say,"I wasn't always a priest." Them old boys sure knew how to wet their whistles. RIP to both of them.Tony
ANDY BUTKUS Posted March 28, 2006 Author Posted March 28, 2006 I'll drink to that Tony....My old man and his buddies did the same thing...God bless them.... Stogie,One finger left?!!!!!!! Must be the Frainch. No Lugan would leave a wet bottle in misery. Old time Lugans, like my gramps and his old buddy, the parish priest, used to knock the top off a bottle (open and throw away the cork) just about every Sunday afternoon after services and reminise about the good old days in old country. No recorking the bottles. Or as Old Fr. Stanley used to say,"I wasn't always a priest." Them old boys sure knew how to wet their whistles. RIP to both of them.Tony
Tony J Posted March 28, 2006 Posted March 28, 2006 Very nice, Andy!Proper ribbon and pin arrangement. Great condition too. Many of these medals are lacking the original ribbons as they didn't fair to well over the years that many of them were hidden. The soviets didn't take too kindly to any displays of 'bougeoise regime' that was pre 1940 Lithuania.Tony
Tony J Posted March 28, 2006 Posted March 28, 2006 Andy,You have to get your butt down to the SOS next year and help me close down the hotel bar again. Tony
ANDY BUTKUS Posted March 28, 2006 Author Posted March 28, 2006 Thanks Tony...The Lithuaian collection is growing...Very slowly i might add...
ANDY BUTKUS Posted March 28, 2006 Author Posted March 28, 2006 I'd love to make it down to the SOS next year. It would be my first time, but it wouldn't be my first time to close a hotel bar though... Andy,You have to get your butt down to the SOS next year and help me close down the hotel bar again. Tony
ANDY BUTKUS Posted March 28, 2006 Author Posted March 28, 2006 I'll have to see if they'll let me across the border ...It's been a while...
Tony J Posted March 28, 2006 Posted March 28, 2006 Borders? What borders? We have NAFTA now. Come as a Mexican if you must.Tony
Tony J Posted March 28, 2006 Posted March 28, 2006 Time for milk and cookies before my nappy. More fun tomorrow my friend.Viso Gero!Tony
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