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70sEraVet

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28. Thank for your service (sincerely)! And you are right. We learned many valuable lessons.

Reply to Puppyjive (Reply #27)

Sun Jul 10, 2022, 08:45 AM

Jul 2022

I guess the trick is to figure out which lessons to nurture, and which to unlearn.

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Just home from my shift as a bartender [View all] AKwannabe Jul 2022 OP

Nicely (Bar)Tended wyn borkins Jul 2022 #1

Not exactly... AKwannabe Jul 2022 #3

Not Too Much Information - Perhaps Not Enough wyn borkins Jul 2022 #6

Quick YT link but is also an ad... AKwannabe Jul 2022 #8

Understood - And Thank You So Very Much (n/t) wyn borkins Jul 2022 #30

Did they tip well? Thtwudbeme Jul 2022 #2

Yes. nt AKwannabe Jul 2022 #4

I'm shocked. I hope you made a bunch of money off of them. gldstwmn Jul 2022 #41

Sounds like a nightmare! You have my sympathies Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 #5

My first inclination would be to throw the drinks in the trDUMPIES faces. magicarpet Jul 2022 #20

Hooo boy! Hopefully what ever else you need to do you'll get a good sleep... electric_blue68 Jul 2022 #7

Lol! AKwannabe Jul 2022 #9

Ah.... wow.... electric_blue68 Jul 2022 #48

Wow I can't imagine going to work and having to listen to their bullshit. doc03 Jul 2022 #10

You sound like you're in the Resistance there bucolic_frolic Jul 2022 #11

No political talk in a bar?? I never got that memo! nt Shermann Jul 2022 #12

It's mostly an unwritten rule here 8n KCMO that you leftyladyfrommo Jul 2022 #13

Being from KC I can attest to this. chowder66 Jul 2022 #16

You never know by looking so we are just really careful leftyladyfrommo Jul 2022 #29

Exactly. chowder66 Jul 2022 #32

Yep AKwannabe Jul 2022 #33

I imagine the conversations are a bit uglier than they were during my years there. chowder66 Jul 2022 #36

My life every day here in Ohio dwayneb Jul 2022 #14

I work in manufacturing and my white rural coworkers are locked Boomerproud Jul 2022 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Jul 2022 #43

I question my membership Puppyjive Jul 2022 #15

I BeerBarrelPolka Jul 2022 #24

Mine is mixed AKwannabe Jul 2022 #34

The remarkable disconnect- wearing the red, white and blue while hating America and Americans RAB910 Jul 2022 #17

Red, white and blue are the colors of the Russian flag, too DFW Jul 2022 #19

+1000 MustLoveBeagles Jul 2022 #44

"Now I know who more of the tRumpers are and will act accordingly." Novara Jul 2022 #18

My thoughts are yours! Lol AKwannabe Jul 2022 #35

We don't do alcohol at our Legion - our guys shoot off their mouths enough with coffee and 70sEraVet Jul 2022 #21

The American Legion itself is Conservative leaning and has been more about conservative JI7 Jul 2022 #22

Im rather new to the Legion. I'll watch for evidence of that. 70sEraVet Jul 2022 #25

My service Puppyjive Jul 2022 #26

My service Puppyjive Jul 2022 #27

Thank for your service (sincerely)! And you are right. We learned many valuable lessons. 70sEraVet Jul 2022 #28

Nice statement. Totally Tunsie Jul 2022 #37

Maybe remind them many Americans consider wearing our flag an abuse of that flag. KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2022 #23

I would love to shove this in the faces of the "patriots," Boomerproud Jul 2022 #38

AKwannabe upholding the civilized society democracy depends on from behind the bar. Hortensis Jul 2022 #31

It's funny... Blue Owl Jul 2022 #40

you omitted the most important part Skittles Jul 2022 #42

The OP said they did in Reply 4 MustLoveBeagles Jul 2022 #45

must have them on Ignore Skittles Jul 2022 #46

You really earned your paycheck MustLoveBeagles Jul 2022 #47

This message was self-deleted by its author onethatcares Jul 2022 #49