Okies in the BYC The Original

[Buster52]

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I missed that first gig, but made the second two and briefly the last two. I almost got in a fight at El Toro on my way to get in one at Lejune.

I was visiting my best bud at El Toro on my way to the All Marine Trials. For old time's sake he decided it might be fun to take on about 10 Recon dudes. I somehow made it out of that unscathed but can't say the same about the Trials.

To be so young and stupid on so many levels. Ah, those were the days.

 

[Stimpy]

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I was there in late '71 - early '72. Camp Hansen.

Buster, did you spend time with the fleet?

-Stimp-

 

[BetsyOK]

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A few years back, a snake ate 6 guinea eggs that had been brooded for a week by a first-time bantam pullet. I happened to be working on the roof of the guinea house and thought they were fussing at me. When I finally went down, the lumpy snake couldn't exit the coop. I killed it--the first snake I'd ever killed, and walked on it to squeeze the eggs out. The pullet would have nothing to do with the eggs. I broke one getting them out, but cleaned up and incubated the rest. One keet pipped and died, but another (with help) actually made it and became Phoenix, my tamest ever guinea hen--mom of many. I've talked with several people who've successfully done the same thing. Worth a try if you have a 'bator and the stomach for it.

 

[Buster52]

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I was there in late '71 - early '72. Camp Hansen.

Buster, did you spend time with the fleet?

-Stimp-

Yup. BLT 3/4. We did a lot of time in the Philippines, then swung by Thailand and Hong Kong. On the way between the last two we hit a typhoon. I was on one of the little troop carriers built to haul tanks and trucks and such on that leg of the journey. That was pretty exciting. Huge waves. Stand on the deck and seemed like you could look straight over your head and see water. For some reason I never got sick.

I was infantry but didn't see any combat. I came close a couple of times. Mayaguez thing hit just before we went on float, and they evacuated Saigon a week or two before I arrived on the Rock, so I barely missed those two. I have a buddy that volunteered to do the Saigon thing and got his picture on the cover of Time. He's in that famous picture of the helicopter on some roof and he is helping people up off of a ladder.

I couldn't for the life of me remember the name of the camp I was at in Okinawa, but I'm pretty sure it was Hansen now that you mention it. We might have been in some of the same places, I'll bet.

We really need to hook up at one of these chicken things and swap stories, Stimp. I never went to Vietnam, but that was the reason I signed up.

 

[poultryand bees]

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A few years back, a snake ate 6 guinea eggs that had been brooded for a week by a first-time bantam pullet. I happened to be working on the roof of the guinea house and thought they were fussing at me. When I finally went down, the lumpy snake couldn't exit the coop. I killed it--the first snake I'd ever killed, and walked on it to squeeze the eggs out. The pullet would have nothing to do with the eggs. I broke one getting them out, but cleaned up and incubated the rest. One keet pipped and died, but another (with help) actually made it and became Phoenix, my tamest ever guinea hen--mom of many. I've talked with several people who've successfully done the same thing. Worth a try if you have a 'bator and the stomach for it.

Betsy - this is the kind of information that is worth having in the back of your mind, because I don't think I would want to be the first one to "try it" just to see if it worked.

 

[Stimpy]

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I was there in late '71 - early '72. Camp Hansen.

Buster, did you spend time with the fleet?

-Stimp-

Yup. BLT 3/4. We did a lot of time in the Philippines, then swung by Thailand and Hong Kong. On the way between the last two we hit a typhoon. I was on one of the little troop carriers built to haul tanks and trucks and such on that leg of the journey. That was pretty exciting. Huge waves. Stand on the deck and seemed like you could look straight over your head and see water. For some reason I never got sick.

I was infantry but didn't see any combat. I came close a couple of times. Mayaguez thing hit just before we went on float, and they evacuated Saigon a week or two before I arrived on the Rock, so I barely missed those two. I have a buddy that volunteered to do the Saigon thing and got his picture on the cover of Time. He's in that famous picture of the helicopter on some roof and he is helping people up off of a ladder.

I couldn't for the life of me remember the name of the camp I was at in Okinawa, but I'm pretty sure it was Hansen now that you mention it. We might have been in some of the same places, I'll bet.

We really need to hook up at one of these chicken things and swap stories, Stimp. I never went to Vietnam, but that was the reason I signed up.

Yeah, if you were with 3/4, you were at Hansen. I was with 2/4 there. My favorite unit of all that I served with. In fact, I'm going to a 2/4 reunion in September. We're going to go to San Diego to see a series of new Marines get their EGA's and graduate.

Man, was Hong Kong a blast or what? How long were you there? I spent 10 days R&R there and had to go back in country to get some rest. I loved Hong Kong.

What was the name of the troop carrier that you sailed on? Do you remember what type of ship it was?

-Stimp-

 

[Poco Pollo]

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A few years back, a snake ate 6 guinea eggs that had been brooded for a week by a first-time bantam pullet. I happened to be working on the roof of the guinea house and thought they were fussing at me. When I finally went down, the lumpy snake couldn't exit the coop. I killed it--the first snake I'd ever killed, and walked on it to squeeze the eggs out. The pullet would have nothing to do with the eggs. I broke one getting them out, but cleaned up and incubated the rest. One keet pipped and died, but another (with help) actually made it and became Phoenix, my tamest ever guinea hen--mom of many. I've talked with several people who've successfully done the same thing. Worth a try if you have a 'bator and the stomach for it.

Betsy,

Too bad I was so slow in making my decision. I understand that bull snakes are mouse eaters and non-poisonous, so I hesitated on that account. I'll have to rethink the way the electric wires are set up on that pen. This weekend I'm planning to stake a coil of plastic bird netting around my SS pen. How does one get a snake OUT of the bird netting once tangled?

 

[QueenPeaches]

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Top of the morning to ya "Chief"

I was just catching up on the posts when I came across this one. I didn't have to look at the author's name, I knew from the verbage that it was someone 'military' by the

....So there we were I laughed till I had tears running down my face. Do you realize how many stories I've heard that started with that line. And to hear the

tale of the young cockrel getting his crow, it is both funny and strange at the same time. We had one just a couple of weeks past that did the same thing. Peaches and I were

looking at each other wondering " What the heck was that?" The little guy couldn't have been 7 inches tall and proud of his new trumpet.

Hi-Jacker

 

[poultryand bees]

Good morning, Doc
How many pots of coffee have been consumed this morning in the goal of total alertness?

Now that my "genetically altered" chicks are getting larger, I want to do some reading to learn how they are developed and whether once the genetic alteration is made, the breed will continue to have those long hackle feathers every generation. Any suggestions on where to begin to find information?

 

[QueenPeaches]

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no, southside of OKC, i just have family down there. My dad grew up around there he was born in Dequeen Arkansas because that was the nearest hospital to Broken Bow. We go back several times a year to see family or just enjoy the scenery we also go to the fall festivals around those parts. we use to camp on the north side of Broken Bow lake (to avoid the tourists) during the summers, havent done that since i was a kid. But whether or not i was born there doesnt matter its in the blood, it will always be home.


And for those of you who say that there are not any mountains in southwestern Oklahoma, let me roll you down one of em and get back with me afterward

I all but grew up in Rattan. I still have kin in that area too. I've hunted and fished and camped all over that area for almost 50 years now, including 40 years in a row. Since the days before Weyerhauser, when it was Dierks Timber. Back then it was jeeps and 2 wheel motorcycles, and then the 3 wheelers came along. Now the 4 wheelers are here and I just bought a new side by side. Who knows what the next step in that evolution might be? The important thing is that there will be a next step and those roads and trails should be left open for them. Sure, there are a few that spoil things for the larger group, but they should be dealt with individually. To place restrictions on everyone who rides the trails in unnecessary and unfair. As long as they are not doing permanent damage to the environment, I say let 'em ride.

-Stimp-

I grew up in that area before there was a Broken Bow Lake, Pine Creek Lake or Hugo Lake. Our cattle 'free-ranged on Dierks timber and all the locals would round-up the

cattle in big sorting pens and beside Bear Mountain Tower or up at Cloudy Flats and then take your cattle the rest of the way home.

We didn't take Easter or Spring break to go to Florida, we knew we would be in the hills on horseback bringing down the cows.

Grandpa had an Ol' International pickup that would go anywhere and Uncle William would take his tractor. I grew hunting and fishing the area and didn't worry about fences

because the only fences were at someone's house around their barn and paddock areas and you knew everybody and where they lived.

My Grandpaw was mad as ever when they started building the dam on Mountain Fork River to build Broken Bow Lake. So much of that land was Choctaw land and the

government (Corp of Engineers) just took it. Yes, it is beautiful but it was so much more prestine before they put the lake and dam in on the river.

Hi-Jacker