https://scoolerisms.com/vietnam-and-me Dive into Don Scooler's world of nostalgic tales, a journey through laughter, wisdom, and the spirit of an era gone by Mon, 10 Jun 2024 19:56:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://scoolerisms.com/vietnam-and-me#comment-78 Mon, 10 Jun 2024 19:56:07 +0000 https://scoolerisms.com/vietnam-and-me#comment-78 I am part of the Department of Redundancy Department

]]> https://scoolerisms.com/vietnam-and-me#comment-77 Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:04:48 +0000 https://scoolerisms.com/vietnam-and-me#comment-77 Aha. You made my day. One of my life’s goals in life is to make someone smile, laugh or, better yet, guffaw every day. I’m still working on my cardiologist. I have made him smile a time or two. But no guffaw yet. He keeps extending my life with the pacemaker/ defibrillator he implanted. I am truly living better electrically now. Just don’t pull my plug. LOL.

]]> https://scoolerisms.com/vietnam-and-me#comment-76 Mon, 10 Jun 2024 08:49:33 +0000 https://scoolerisms.com/vietnam-and-me#comment-76 You still make me laugh! I think that reading your stories make me miss visiting the market with you guys even more.

]]> https://scoolerisms.com/vietnam-and-me#comment-75 Sun, 09 Jun 2024 13:42:06 +0000 https://scoolerisms.com/vietnam-and-me#comment-75 Thanks, Fran
I remember when you and Walter went to Viet Nam. This is the first I remember you commenting about it. Of course, my memory ain’t what it used to be. I would definitely have a bad reaction to a museum bragging about fighting Americans. Some of my colleagues went back to visit Nam after we left. I had no desire to go back.
We miss our weekly chats at the market. Marjorie loves to remind me of when I got so involved in my story telling that I rocked back too far in my chair and went ass over teakettle and landed on my back on the ground. Big question— Did I finish my story?

]]> https://scoolerisms.com/vietnam-and-me#comment-74 Sun, 09 Jun 2024 12:41:30 +0000 https://scoolerisms.com/vietnam-and-me#comment-74 We used to enjoy your stories of your time in Vietnam as we sat around the table at the market in Charleston. In fact, those stories inspired us to take a trip there while we were still working in England. We did visit Danang and Saigon among other places. I got into trouble in Hanoi because I had my hands in my pockets when we visited the mausoleum in front of the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh! I still do not know why that was a problem! Walter even went into the Ch Chi Tunnels. I did find their museum somewhat disturbing because it celebrated how they fought against the Americans. Not fun.

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