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  1. 06-28-2022, 05:52 PM #1
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    Default Marine meets woman in bar, gets married in Vegas

    How is this even news?

    Nobody reported on this same event in 1992 when I did it.

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    Default Re: Marine meets woman in bar, gets married in Vegas

    Could have been polite with a link to the story, but google is our friend. It's the Warrior Monk.
    https://sports.yahoo.com/james-matti...134534868.html
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    Default Re: Marine meets woman in bar, gets married in Vegas

    I met my wife in a bar in 1984. The interesting this is she was a teetotaler. Nobody wrote a news article about us, either.

    We got married in Maryland.
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    Default Re: Marine meets woman in bar, gets married in Vegas

    Everything is news now.
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    I like our story better. We met in a real estate business meeting. She decided that day to move in with me. The marriage... was few years later.
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    Bulldog Mattis got married? To a physicist? By an Elvis impersonator?

    And why is the new link coming from the sports section?
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    Default Re: Marine meets woman in bar, gets married in Vegas

    yep..

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    Default Re: Marine meets woman in bar, gets married in Vegas

    Mattis and I both graduated from Central Washington University, aka Harvard of the West.
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    My brother was in Mattis’ high school class, but all he recalls is a guy who was mainly interested in hunting and fishing.
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    Default Re: Marine meets woman in bar, gets married in Vegas

    Us as well, met her in a pub, she didn't drink but had gone to keep a friend company………………..
    I'd gone to listen to a band…………..

    (NO headlines either)
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    Default Re: Marine meets woman in bar, gets married in Vegas

    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Bow View Post
    My brother was in Mattis’ high school class, but all he recalls is a guy who was mainly interested in hunting and fishing.
    Killing
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    Default Re: Marine meets woman in bar, gets married in Vegas

    Quote Originally Posted by Yeadon View Post
    Mattis and I both graduated from Central Washington University, aka Harvard of the West.
    Mmmmm... you misspelled Hereford. <G>
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    Default Re: Marine meets woman in bar, gets married in Vegas

    Quote Originally Posted by David G View Post
    Mmmmm... you misspelled Hereford. <G>
    How do you spell bobbys?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Canoeyawl View Post
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    Default Re: Marine meets woman in bar, gets married in Vegas

    Quote Originally Posted by Yeadon View Post
    Mattis and I both graduated from Central Washington University, aka Harvard of the West.
    So you met your wife over a Mabel’s Hot Burger?
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