Oh trust me.. there have been complaints in the past...

He got the name from a girlfriend.. (no, not for that).. he was poking her with a pencil or something and she yelled in the middle of class.. " STOP IT POKEY!".. and it stuck.

 

Well.....whomever is complaining can go "pack sand" or stop coming to this thread and reading about it if it bothers them that bad! I can't imagine!

Believe it or not, I hadn't thought about Pokey being about "that". LOL! It's funny how a nickname sticks sometimes from something innocently said.

 

I "knew" that I must have gone thru there before, but recently realized I always missed it cuz I was in the sleeper. 5 weeks ago I went thru again (often go from Dallas to K.C.) and this time I made my co-driver wake me up.

Honk and salute delivered as promised!

I noticed they were giving his highway a facelift when I went through. Hope he likes it.

 

Thanks Hobo... The bridges are getting facelifts.. not much of one either..

 

Fozzy, went through last night and did give a honk in honor of your son. Sure hope the whole town heard it! Very nice sign. Hope you & the family are doing well.

 

Thanks for that! Sunday it will be five years since we lost him.. Sunday I will leave the house early alone and go to the cemetery and have a chat with him and later we will take the time to go to a local sports bar who will allow us to have a "beer for the fallen" display and we will meet with a few friends and and drink in his honor.. since I don't drink with the exception of these occasions. It will probably will mean a ride home.

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I wrote this one last year.. but it is still relevant.. the other day as things happen this time of year..... He made himself come to the forefront of my day.. I was cleaning old files out of my desk and shredding anything with driver or applicant information on them.. the very last piece of paper in the drawer and I forgot it was there was the official death certificate for " E-3 / PFC Micheal E Phillips" and it related that since he was postumously awarded the rank of Specialist (E-4) that no pay for that rank would follow.. and other tidbits.. KIA by hostile fire in the Global War on Terror / Operation Iraqi Freedom was there and a few other things..

I ask that if you partake in an adult beverage on Sunday the 24th.. take the time to remember Micheal..

 

Bumping this in honor and memory of Spec Micheal Phillips.

And with thoughts today for Fozzy and Bunny.

 

I have been working 7 days a week on call and called 24/7 since the beginning of the year.. had my wife not gone out and spruced things up for Micheal.. I would have been more bummed out and more heartsick than I already am..