My name is Paul Fosbery*,
....so ever since school all of us Fosbery's have been called by the affectionate nick-name, Fozzer... ...!

On all of my postings I always give my first name so people have the choice to use either my "handle" or my real name...!
...cool, or what... ...!

Cheers...
Paul.
(England).

P.S. *..."...not a lot of people know that...", (spoken with a Michael Caine accent...).... ...!

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i use BMan1113VR for everything.
i think i was 11 when i created this (long time ago, so bere with me)
B- stood for my last name(Bell)
Man-self explanitory
11-my age back then
13-my lucky number
VR- cant remember

My name's Andrew Esselbach, 'nuff said!

Well. I was brainstorming oneday when signing up to a forum and I was going to have "logistical albatross" but my friend took it before I had the chance to change it. So I then chose Woodlouse2001. Then at the beggining of the year 2K2 I changed it to Woodlouse2002. I have no plans to make it Woodlouse2003 as that would be silly.

P.s. I always thought that Bmans had the same sort of origins as Rommys as Bman was a Navy pilot... Oh well...

P.p.s Rommy is Delta team the same as Delta Force? Or just a part of the Green Berets?

My real name is Don Soriano. "Zero Bubble" is a  state whereby a submerged submarine is on an even keel fore and aft.

Romulus:

Where you in 'Nam between '73 and '75?

Zero Bubble

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Why were you called that?

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73/74- which should really confuse most history buffs. The history books all say the US pulled out of Vietnam in 1973. Most people don't realize that we maintained a presents there until May 1975. Even thought many units technically "pulled out" in 1973...the US maintained a presents there militarily speaking until the embassy fell. Many Special Operation forces were there until the evacuation of the embassy. Which is what cracks me up about the history books claiming we left in 1973 and then turn around and show the helicopter evacuation to US Naval ships in 1975.

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Go back in time when Mike Connors did a TV show called "Rifleman"....gee thats my name......when I was in high school after this show had been cancelled but still on the air, a good friend of mine watched the show and thought it was me.....I had a strong resemblance to MC when I was in my latter teens............

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This I will attest to because I was there. Late in 1975 I was in Guam where my ship was undergoing overhaul. However, instead of leaving for Westpac after the overhaul, we were ordered to stay a few more weeks longer in Guam to help with the Vietnamese refugees who were coming in in droves, by ship and air. Now that was an experience. Therefore it seemed more likely that we pulled out of Vietnam sometime in early or mid '75. Ironically, the Vietnam war was the only war we won. It is the only country of a former enemy whereby we have not left any occupation troops, and the 'Congs want us back. Half a century after the last "good" war, we still have  troops in Germany and Japan. We still have troops in Korea, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Haiti, Okinawa, Kuwait, etc.

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I can't believe I said that......in fact I have even been called "Chuckie" on many occasions......My only defence is that I have been spending too much time in high stress situations of flying too low lately.............thanks for correcting me......I really need to be slapped !

OakRaiders, we LOVE guys like you in South Florida.

Apparently automobiles in NYAWK aren't equipped with turn signals so when you come down here you don't know how to use them on your rented cars. You taught us that a horn and a finger are as good as a turn signal any day.

If you didn't know it we have a local football ("American Football" for the Euros) team here and we just LOVE it when NYAWKers crowd the local bars ("Pubs" for the Euros) with their F%$#% NYAWK jerseys and cheer for their F%$#@# NYWAK team (usually Jets v Dolphins).

So now you're in NY cheering for the Raiders?  I would like to buy an insurance policy on your life.

(PS - In case anyone is inclined to take this seriously - DON'T!  I'm just praying for an early end to the tourist season so I can play cheap golf again.  I am sure OakRaiders is a decent person despite his bizzare sports affinities.)

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It probably worked out cheaper in the long run that the North ended up occupying the South.
You blokes have a habit of rebuilding conquered countires afterwards, to a standard better than they were. At least you didn't have to spend that money.

Australia started a foreign aid program in Vietnam while the Yanks were still there. You see, we did actually leave in '72.
Labor Gonernment got in and pulled us out.