Just a note to say hello

[mike_e67]

I've been hangin out at floorstransformed and found this link.Nice to find someplace to hang out with other mud and tile junkies.Been at this for 25 years.Recently moved to Ky from St.Louis.Not near as many old tile dudes to pick thier brains and chat with here.

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[cx]

Welcome aboard, Mike.

You sure found your place if you're lookin' to chat with old mud dudes. Why, the host of this particular site is talkin' in one of our threads about buildin' an Ark out of GopherWood; we think that's because he still has the plans from when he built the first one. I think that one woulda worked pretty good too, 'cept for all the mud floors made it so heavy. :D

And you'll note we have a History forum here too, and we would certainly welcome your comments there. You a schooled History Guy or a hobbiest? Don't matter, of course, I post there too, and the only history I know is some of what I did last week. :)

[Rob Z]

Hi Mike, and welcome. We do have some older guys around here, so you won't be disappointed.

[tileguytodd]

Well hey there Mike,Ya finally found the place did ya.
Ladies and gentlemen,this is one of the guys who actually had correct answers over there.Havent bee there much since i had a college economics expert try to tell me how to run my buisiness(remember that one mike? )
Tileguytodd= Todd-Tilewerks welcome aboard :)

[flatfloor]

Hi Mike jump in, the mud's warm! :)

[mike_e67]

Hey to you all,
Todd I must say I do remember the guy quite well,I told my wife(who was a professor at U.K. for 11 years) that the forum had gotten to educated for a non rocket science guy like me.I started to reply that I had worked in St. Louis for years with a helper who gave up his high school administrators job and his masters degree in education to work where he could make an honest living, but decided this guy was way beyond my level.

[Bud Cline]

"OLDER GUYS around here"???
Who's he talkin' about John? :(

[tileguytodd]

ROFLMAO :D

Welcome to Morterdom Mike ;)

[John Bridge]

Buckley, maybe? I ain't old. :D

Hi Mike,

I welcomed you on another thread. We can use another mud man around here. It's a heavy load tryin' to educate all these high-tech dudes. :D

What kind of history do you get into?

[mike_e67]

I'm mostly into military history,I'm also an old jarhead viet-nam vet.I also enjoy reading about a broad span of historical subjects though.I've been told I was born into the wrong era.I like classical music and art.

[John Bridge]

I like all that stuff, too. Not the jarhead part, though. I was in the army. ;)

Dau Tieng, 25th Infantry Division, '67 - '68. Pencil pusher. ;)

[mike_e67]

E2/9-E2/12 3rd mardiv 67'-68',Con Thien to Khe Sahn radio op. for F.O. for arty

[John Bridge]

My hat's off to ya, Mike. Semper Fi. :)

[IBJT]

Hi Mike,

I've got a feeling that you are going to fit in very well here.

Thank's for your service to our country!


Being a Army Vet, I do appreciate the special qualities of the Marine Corps.

John: I think CX was referring to hisownself when he said "OLD". :)

[Bud Cline]

It wasn't CX, not that CX isn't an old fart :D also, it was that kid Rob Z what said it.

[John Bridge]

Er, uh, John. I gave him the Semper Fi. Let's not brag up the Corps too much, okay? :D

CX be a vet of the Coasties. That's kinda like the Mounties, only on the water. :D

[IBJT]

Bud you're right! Musta had my tie on too tight! :eek:

[IBJT]

John:

You have to understand what "Special Qualities" means.

Like, "I haven't seen anyone other than a Marine with a hat that was starched that stiff." "Special" etc... etc...

Ain't saying nuttin bout no jars! That was some other guy!


:D :D

[mike_e67]

Thanks all.Todd I know my wife is going to ask this when she sees you are from Minn.Have you ever seen Prince?Don't everyone fall on the floor at once

[mike_e67]

By the way my helper is a sarge in the army reserves,like jump qualified and gung ho as can be.Oh and rides real bulls for fun

[cx]

Excuuuuuse me. CX' part of the Coasties was "mounted" on airplanes. Go about saving life and property, did we. :)

Definitely agree that Marines got "special qualities". Oh, yeah, ain't noooo doubt about that there. :rolleyes:


And a helper that rides real bulls and jumps outa perfectly good airplanes? OK with that, too. :)


CX done rode one of them real bulls once, 'cept it was one of them cow type longhorn thingees. Rode right out there on the pointy end of one of them horns, I did. For maybe two or three tenths of a second, which is how long it took us both to get myownself over that eight foot fence! Poked a hole in my cut-offs, she did. Mean cow. Big too. :D

[drew]

"Perfectly good" is the only kind of airplane to jump out of, trust me, when the dang thing is on fire, it takes all the fun out of it. Sort of like the difference between bailin off the deck of the Titantic and diving off the deck of a pleasure craft in the Carribean. Like the man said, changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes. Oh hell thing it's time for bed. Another 4:30 morning tomorrow. Sure wish they'd call my powerball numbers soon!!http://johnbridge.com/vbulletin/images/icons/icon6.gif

Oh yeah, hi Mike. Good to have ya on board.

[mike_e67]

They tried to get me to jump out of those perfectly good airplanes and I had to tell them I joined the Corps to stay on the ground.Guess that was one of the attractions of the trade,old timer told me early it was the only trade you could get drunk and not have to worry about falling off the floor.You have to remember at that time the union still had a beer break in the contract and I was working in the home of Anheuser-Busch(St.Louis,Mo.)

[flatfloor]

When I first got out of the ARMY, I worked for a short time in the Schafer Brewery, Brooklyn NY, loading kegs onto trucks. For 5 minutes of every hour there was a faucet that dispensed free beer. Only 5 minutes so no one would get drunk of course everybody had a big pail they filled up during that 5 minutes. Ever try to swing a full barrel into a truck when your partner is buzzed and your not? Throws HIS coordination off. :D

[tileguytodd]

Actually Mike, No. I have never met him or been to one of his concerts.I did however get pretty hammered in his bar once.So hammered in fact i cant even remember where it is :)
Suberb of the cities somwhere...Scott (Stullis) would know he lives down there.Perhaps he has met him.......

That was many years ago back when i was still a bit wet behind the ears.well maybe not quite that young.A bunch of the guys decided to go check out his bar.I went along for the ride.i recall it was a nice club and they had a dress code.The band was good and then the Liquor hit me.So,who knows maybe i did meet him.Probly not though :)

[Sonnie Layne]

Hey, I think I was there that night :D

[tileguytodd]

You musta been the Guy huddled in the corner with the carpet pulled up around him Sonny.I also remember it was way below Zero that night Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :D

[Sonnie Layne]

No, that wasn't me... as I remember you lost your cookies in that corner of the bar. I woulda remember'd that, believe me. That mighta been Bob Zimmerman, who later wrote about the incident...:D

[tileguytodd]

Naw,, Bob was blowin in the wind,remember :D

[mike_e67]

Gee maybe I shouldn't have brought it up,sounds like an unforgettable night

[John Bridge]

Mike,

I think your helper might be in the wrong outfit. When I was in the army we were lovers, not fighters. All except those guys with the boots who jumped out of airplanes. Bad asses, everyone. :D

CX,

Cow didn't like ya, huh? Talk to Bud. He knows how to handle animals. :D

[mike_e67]

John,
I guess I ought to tell the whole story.He started out as a marine, had an unfurtunate accident that kept him out , so he opted for the army.He's a daen good soldier and a hell of helper or better yet my right hand man