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FE Power Forums => Non-FE Discussion Forum => Topic started by: 57 lima bean on September 23, 2015, 11:47:40 AM
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Reading one of his quotes.."When you come to the fork in the road..take it".It had DragWeek drive all over it. :)
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You can observe a lot by just watching.
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Steve were you related to Yogi? Sounds similar to what you would say LOL.
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Steve were you related to Yogi? Sounds similar to what you would say LOL.
I never thought of that! It makes perfect sense, especially after a few beers... ;D
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One thing hardly mentioned about Yogi, he was a WWII vet. Everything he did on the baseball field comes after that IMO.
Jeff
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Jeff...Keep hit'n your head on trailer hitches and you too will be as Yogi. ;)
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My favorite Yogi Berra saying...... “It gets late early out here.” Living in the mountains makes this an easy one to remember. :) He was a true American hero.
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My favorite Yogi Berra saying...... “It gets late early out here.” Living in the mountains makes this an easy one to remember. :) He was a true American hero.
Some of the counties we drove through do not have daylight savings time.Jezz...we're making good time,wait,no we're not.Yogi was indeed one of a kind.
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I didn't know he was a WWII vet. Anybody know what he did, or what branch of the service he was in?
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Navy.
When Yogi turned 18, he put his baseball career on pause and joined the Navy in 1943. Trained as a gunner's mate, Yogi worked on a rocket launching boat and served on D-Day. He said about the invasion that "Being a young guy, you didn‘t think nothing of it until you got in it. And so we went off 300 yards off beach. We protect the troops." For the next twelve days his boat was ordered to shoot down enemy aircraft. They accidentally shot down an American plane, but managed to save the pilot. He went on to serve in a second assault on France for which he received a medal from the French government.
Sixty years later, he received the Lone Sailor award from the U.S. Navy Memorial, an honor given to sailors who use skills learned in the service to advance their careers. The president and Navy Memorial CEO said, "Our honorees are living examples of how service to country changes lives and helps develop leaders."
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Navy.
When Yogi turned 18, he put his baseball career on pause and joined the Navy in 1943. Trained as a gunner's mate, Yogi worked on a rocket launching boat and served on D-Day. He said about the invasion that "Being a young guy, you didn‘t think nothing of it until you got in it. And so we went off 300 yards off beach. We protect the troops." For the next twelve days his boat was ordered to shoot down enemy aircraft. They accidentally shot down an American plane, but managed to save the pilot. He went on to serve in a second assault on France for which he received a medal from the French government.
Sixty years later, he received the Lone Sailor award from the U.S. Navy Memorial, an honor given to sailors who use skills learned in the service to advance their careers. The president and Navy Memorial CEO said, "Our honorees are living examples of how service to country changes lives and helps develop leaders."
Very cool.