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A Marine vs Morgan Fairchild

May 3, 2006 | By Charmaine Yoest

Charmaine has proof that men think differently than women. Or that Your Business Blogger is different. And a story on how an old teacher can make a old soldier do strange things. A cross post from Reasoned Audacity:

Jack has a hilarious post up entitled "Walking the Red Carpet in 7 Easy Steps." I love the part where he points out the two tennis poles growing out of his and Chris Buckley's heads. . .

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Morgan Fairchild

My favorite story from the event comes from one of the pre-dinner parties. At one point I was standing next to a beautiful woman who turned, put out her hand and said, "Hi, I'm Morgan Fairchild." Very friendly. I think I'm going to have to forgive her for being a Democrat.

We started to chat when I felt Jack pulling my elbow. "Come on. Quick," he whispered.

I wondered what could possibly be pulling us away from chatting with. . .Morgan Fairchild. But ever the dutiful wife, I hurried away with him. . .

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Lt. Gen. Bernard Trainor

"Hurry," Jack says, a star-struck sound in his voice: "We've got to meet Bernie Trainor."

Kid. You. Not.

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Charmaine really thought this was funny. And certainly odd. But she understands the military mind...

Here is the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey would say. I had a Marine instructor at The Armor School, back in the days of the horse cavalry, whose name was Trainor. A mere Captain at the time who always won all the teaching awards. For good reason: I can still detail the functions of a coincidence range finder. I wanted to learn if the two Trainor's were related or even the same man. They weren't.

So I passed up Morgan for a Marine. A good teacher can have this kind of effect. Crazy devotion.

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Mudville Gazette would get it. Visit Open Post and give congrats to Yankee Sailor.


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