Subj : BBSes was: Gravy was: Cra
To   : Shawn Highfield
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Fri Jun 02 2023 13:19:01

Hi Shawn,


 RH> name of Ragsdale. He served time in the Navy (subs), said that a lot of
 RH> his fellow sailors called him "Rags", which he goes by, to this day,
 RH> even by his wife. Some of the officers tried to get them to correct it
 RH> but he said that it never stuck. Logical, with a name like that--and it
 RH> fits his personality.

 SH> My great aunt met the love of her life in a border town.  He was in
 SH> the army from Texas and his real name was "Herbert".  She didn't like
 SH> the name and called him Tex.  For the next 40 years he was "Tex".  No
 SH> one knew his real name. lol

Probably had to hunt down a marriage license or similar to find the real
name. One of our pastors in HI was always called "Dub". Even his
obituary just put his first two initials, then "Dub" so very few people
knew his real name. He'd served in the state for, IIRC, 40 some years
and quite well known--except for the real name. (G)

We got back yesterday afternoon from an Alaska (and bit into Canada)
cruise/tour. Saw a lot of snow, ice, bald eagles, water, whales, but
only caught a glimpse of a moose. Food, for the most part was good, had
a couple of meals on the ship I ended up not enjoying but did find a
great strawberry/greens/feta/candied pecans/craisins salad with balsamic
vinegarette dressing at our hotel in Fairbanks.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


.... Gone crazy, be back later. leave a message at the Beep!

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