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Pipe Smoker
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posted July 24, 2020 11:31 AMHide Post
My mother often drove me by Truman’s home in Independence, MO. After his presidential term ended he drove himself home – no secret service protection. He was (uncommonly) a common man.


Serious about crackers.
 
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posted July 24, 2020 11:46 AMHide Post
Yes! That’s it!
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Originally posted by mr kablammo:
^^^^^ American Gunfight by Stephen Hunter.

What do Pres. Truman and mr kablammo have in common? Both sat at Mozart's piano in Salzburg. The difference is that the teenaged mr k snuck back into the room while the tour group were going downstairs. Mozart, BTW, is buried in an unknown pauper's grave.

You can find pictures of Truman at the piano.

He also wrote an angry letter to a critic of his daughter's piano recital.
 
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Scoutmaster
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posted July 24, 2020 11:51 AMHide Post
Truman "fired" MacArthur, commenting along the lines of "I didn't fire him for being an SOB, which he is, I fired him because he violated the direct orders of the Commander In Chief".



"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it"
- Judge Learned Hand, May 1944
 
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Scoutmaster
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posted July 24, 2020 11:53 AMHide Post
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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
My mother often drove me by Truman’s home in Independence, MO. After his presidential term ended he drove himself home – no secret service protection. He was (uncommonly) a common man.


I heard a story, a fellows car broke down in Independence, he pulled to the side of the street, knocked on the nearest door, asked for help. The fellow got a local gas station to do a repair, the car owner said "thanks, you look like that jerk of a pres Truman". "I am that jerk of a pres Truman".



"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it"
- Judge Learned Hand, May 1944
 
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posted July 24, 2020 06:04 PMHide Post
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Originally posted by parabellum:
Yes, a famous Life Magazine photo.


Speaking of Life covers...

http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/life


Endeavor to persevere.
 
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posted July 24, 2020 07:03 PMHide Post
That is a great story and a great photo. If I was that close to Bacall at that age, I doubt I would have remembered to breathe.



The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything.
 
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posted July 24, 2020 10:42 PMHide Post
"You know how to whistle, dontcha, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow"!


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posted July 25, 2020 07:46 AMHide Post
Humphrey Bogart sure had great taste in the ladies.
 
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Scuba Steve Sig
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posted July 25, 2020 07:49 AMHide Post
We visited Truman's home in Independence this year before the crazy erupted and the kids earned their Junior Ranger badges. We toured the house, which Margaret set up just like how it was when Truman died. It's a 1970s/1980s time castle. It wasn't until some time after Kennedy that he received protection. They had to put up a fence beforehand to keep gawkers off his lawn and out of his windows.
 
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