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In article <qur1kv8vqe76qsnrl8a350jd18jakeq1mt@4ax.com>, 
Ogden Johnson III <oj3@cpcug.org> wrote:
>ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com (Phred) wrote:
>
>>words to that effect.  I was a bit peeved at the time, but then I felt 
>>that anyone going through life with a "III" embedded in his name is 
>>entitled to a bit of consideration. ;-)
>
>I realize that the concept may be difficult to grasp for a person who
>styles himself "Phred" [or worse, ppnerk, with or without the

:-)

>DELETETHIS], but for some the concept "honor thy father ..." [and in
>my case, grandfather, too] remains a living one.

Yes, it's an interesting custom you have over there.  But the rest of 
us sometimes wonder why so many fathers condemn their sons to go 
through life called "Junior".  Not so bad once it gets to the IIIrd I 
admit, as that sounds almost regal.  (Though mad George III seems to 
be the most notable or notorious -- depending on ones view of the 
outcomes of the era -- of that designation.)

>I *am* at an age [just about to turn 60] when my III suffix would
>customarily be discarded; not least of all because with my
>father/grandfather long since interred in ANC, there is no chance of
>confusing me with them on the part of banks, the IRS, etc. However, as
>the last in our particular line of citizen soldiers [OJ WWI, OJ Jr
>WWII, OJ III VN], I have chosen to continue using my suffix in honor
>of "Big Og" and "Bud" Johnson.

Fair enough.  [Given that, you might be interested to know that the 
local Nam vets are causing their annual ructions around here by 
setting up camp again in one of the more remote national parks on Cape 
York Peninsula about 400 km north of Cairns.  The camp is to mark 
remembrance of the Battle of Long Tan, and the spokesman for the group 
is Major Les Hiddins (TV's popular "Bush Food" man) who wrote the army 
manual on survival in the Australian bush in about 1980 and has a huge 
public profile.  All very embarrassing to the Queensland state 
government who claim the vets have no right to be there; but quite 
hilarious for the onlookers to see the QG caught in such a PR bind!]

>As to the "nitpicking"; I suspect that in subsequent posts I have made
>my original intention and meaning clear to everyone; save, perhaps,
>David Lipman and, I see now, Phred.

I'm delighted you may want to save Dave after all; but I doubt if you 
can really see me.  [Ah, the meanings of words...]


Cheers, Phred.

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