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Dunc

(493 posts)
Sun May 31, 2026, 07:24 AM Sunday

Life at age sixty and memories from my youth this morning.

Smiling laughing this morning memories as I drink coffee .
Thinking forty two years ago P.T. Young kid in the P.I.R. After the usual push ups sit ups mountain climbers then closing ranks for a five mile run.
A lot of us perhaps still drunk from the night before and functioning on a hour sleep.
Our old man the C.O. He was a marathon runner he is leading the company run we’re on our way back to the company area.
And the old man leads us to the obstacle course to close out the run.
And you’re thinking what a fucking sadist asshole then we were young and could take it.
This morning after the gym walking into the grocery store I get a cramp in my left foot in the parking lot. No other options can’t turn back you have to push through this because you are low on milk bones. And a big score shopping because you found a squeak chick for your rotten soldier.


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Life at age sixty and memories from my youth this morning. (Original Post) Dunc Sunday OP
Thank god for your CO. Otherwise Dunc might not have a new squeak toy. Biophilic Sunday #1
The sacrifices we make for our good boys! biophile Sunday #2
Our dog just heard the squeak and the ears perked. Well done. Woof. twodogsbarking Sunday #3
Dunc is Gorgeous!!! 😍 Chicagogrl1 Sunday #4
Thank you. Dunc Sunday #5
Hes gorgeous !!! Karadeniz Sunday #6
Awwww. Neat story. Give Dunc a tummy scritch for me. Diamond_Dog Sunday #7
Dunc says it's the other dogs slobbers at pup camp. Dunc Sunday #11
I am definitely current on all my vaccines Dunc Diamond_Dog Sunday #13
Bragg? COL Mustard Sunday #8
Yes 325th P.I.R. Dunc Sunday #15
Hooah! COL Mustard Sunday #16
I caught a PCS to West Germany later. Dunc Sunday #17
I really enjoyed it over there. Not at first...homesick and all... COL Mustard Sunday #19
You were 1Armor I see I was up at Ayer's Kaserne 3 A.D. Dunc Sunday #20
I was in 1AD area but in an EAC COL Mustard Sunday #22
❤️❤️❤️your beautiful dog. Had to laugh at your story. spooky3 Sunday #9
I'm 66 and have been retired for 2 1/2 years wolfie001 Sunday #10
In my mid 70s and looking back with multigraincracker Sunday #12
We push through because there is no other way. Because the biggest effort is clearing our mind to get it done. marble falls Sunday #14
And mission priority is to snatch snacks at grocery store. Dunc Sunday #23
I got it bad for AFL/NFL and Big Ten games from the 60s and 70s/ marble falls Yesterday #25
"squeak chick for your rotten soldier" Skittles Sunday #18
He's beautiful. If my apartment allowed large dogs I'd definitely have a Golden. Ziggysmom Sunday #21
I'm fifty-seven. Aristus Sunday #24
You are such a great dad to your best boy golden floof. SheltieLover Yesterday #26
My big Bernedoodle loves squeak toys. Americanme Yesterday #27

Biophilic

(6,703 posts)
1. Thank god for your CO. Otherwise Dunc might not have a new squeak toy.
Sun May 31, 2026, 07:35 AM
Sunday

There are some things worth fighting for. Even if it’s with our aging challenges.

Dunc

(493 posts)
5. Thank you.
Sun May 31, 2026, 09:06 AM
Sunday

Actually Dunc would agree with you on this. Earlier he was admiring himself in the mirror what a handsome fellow I am.

Diamond_Dog

(41,254 posts)
7. Awwww. Neat story. Give Dunc a tummy scritch for me.
Sun May 31, 2026, 09:22 AM
Sunday

He is a beautiful boy. Can you ask him what his secret is, his hair looks better than mine.

Dunc

(493 posts)
11. Dunc says it's the other dogs slobbers at pup camp.
Sun May 31, 2026, 09:53 AM
Sunday

That keeps his fur beautiful. Now we can book you a slot Diamond dog yet you need to be up to date on all vaccines.

COL Mustard

(8,437 posts)
19. I really enjoyed it over there. Not at first...homesick and all...
Sun May 31, 2026, 02:34 PM
Sunday

But it turned into a great tour.

I was in Augsburg, Nuremberg and Karlsruhe during my time there.

Dunc

(493 posts)
20. You were 1Armor I see I was up at Ayer's Kaserne 3 A.D.
Sun May 31, 2026, 02:50 PM
Sunday

Someone on here once described Graf as the birthplace of mud.

spooky3

(38,918 posts)
9. ❤️❤️❤️your beautiful dog. Had to laugh at your story.
Sun May 31, 2026, 09:40 AM
Sunday

I thought you were going to say you had to press on because you were out of milk. No. Out of milk BONES. 😁😁😁

wolfie001

(8,061 posts)
10. I'm 66 and have been retired for 2 1/2 years
Sun May 31, 2026, 09:46 AM
Sunday

Just some advice, keep moving! I slowed down and got a bit lazy and now the aches are coming in spades!

multigraincracker

(38,130 posts)
12. In my mid 70s and looking back with
Sun May 31, 2026, 10:01 AM
Sunday

mixed memories. Planned and worked for this time. Now retired for 24 years. ADHD, so I’m as, if not more busy than my work years.
Mixed memories of my youth. Totally mixed. Loved fishing and time in the outdoors. Terrible time in school and never understood why until i got that diagnosis when i was 40. Lived with a family of academics. Not me until i turned 40 and learned to sit in the front and then outdoing all of them.
Was always on first name basis with the principal. Daly trips to his office. Myself and other found my comments funny, never the teacher.
I was a hunter gatherer and the rest of the family were farmers.

marble falls

(72,697 posts)
14. We push through because there is no other way. Because the biggest effort is clearing our mind to get it done.
Sun May 31, 2026, 10:43 AM
Sunday

Dunc

(493 posts)
23. And mission priority is to snatch snacks at grocery store.
Sun May 31, 2026, 04:13 PM
Sunday

It’s basically me friend i have a football problem. I find myself watching old NFL games on Tv today watched the raiders from 2015 😂 then the Eagles from 2012.

Ziggysmom

(4,172 posts)
21. He's beautiful. If my apartment allowed large dogs I'd definitely have a Golden.
Sun May 31, 2026, 03:02 PM
Sunday

Maybe I’ll move and have a dog when I retire. Or should I say if I can ever afford to retire.

Aristus

(72,630 posts)
24. I'm fifty-seven.
Sun May 31, 2026, 09:37 PM
Sunday

I used to swing into and jump out of my tank like a brachiating monkey. The joys of being twenty-two.

Now I get a paralyzing backache doing the dishes.

SheltieLover

(81,945 posts)
26. You are such a great dad to your best boy golden floof.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 09:38 AM
Yesterday

Milk bones & squeeky toy.

Great job!

Ty for sharing the vid of him.

Americanme

(572 posts)
27. My big Bernedoodle loves squeak toys.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 09:56 AM
Yesterday

He weighs 110 pounds, but he is a lil pup at heart. And yeah, I'm 64, hurt my foot yesterday just walking. But some days I feel good and run 10 miles. Depends on the day.

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