Well shit, I guess I'm moving back to the states

Not disappointed or anything, just sprang up on me really quickly. I'm gonna miss England. This has been a superb 3 years.

Soma, Bruegs, Pete Best, anybody else interested and nearby, you're invited to this if you're around next weekend.

Perhaps I'll get back to Chicago once in a while to take in some shitty basement shows.

Why are you moving back? And where will you be (stationed)?

This is big news...for America!

zappo wrote:Why are you moving back?  And where will you be (stationed)?

It was never going to be a permanent thing, they just sort of sprung new orders on me with a super short timeline. Norfolk/VA beach area Virginia. Lived near there before in a ghetto apartment across the street from some batting cages, and once spent a bunch of months crashing on my buddy's VA beach couch. Good town, good times. Beers at Harpoon Larry's forthcoming.

They got tired of you staying up all night to watch the Blackhawks.

country feels a little bit safer with Dargan coming back

any time you're in the military and they're redeploying you somewhere further away from the Middle East i think that's considered a positive

Glad to have you back, bro.

Yeah, get in here, you.

Should I try to get Uncle Sam to ship my backwards car back to the states or will registrations and shit be too difficult? Serious question.

Registrations and shit will be too difficult. You can check with the DMV of whatever state you're coming back to, but if it is for permanent then you'll probably need to rearrange the console so you don't drive like James Bond.

Yeah... That doesn't sound too cool. The whole point was so I'd be able to drive around like James Bond and freak out the Judge Smailses of the world.

First Thatcher, now Braden...

Soon we won't have any national treasures left.

there's some corner of an English field
that is for ever Braden

Now you're getting me all choked up...

Here's my rough draft of the framed gift I'm getting for RAF 8 Squadron. I gotta take an old school photo with my buddy Danny and then see if the local frame/arts n crafts joint can help me put it together. Better than just another signed pic of a plane imo. Or at least more unique.

That's a fucking gift, aka not just some bullshit you buy for someone. Very nicely done.

you and Danny sitting at a table in the same poses as Ike and Monty would be pretty good

I was thinking of throwing a little quote in between those pics...
what do you guys think about the little Flashheart Blackadder nugget: "I've got a plan! And it's as hot as my pants!"
Was also thinking about "Teamwork makes the dream work," but that's a bit less UK specific.

big beats are the best, get high all the time

Real talk, Ned--next time you're in the far northwest suburbs of Chicago and with some spare time, you should let me know. Algonquin Sub Shop, perhaps?

zappo wrote:Real talk, Ned--next time you're in the far northwest suburbs of Chicago and with some spare time, you should let me know.  Algonquin Sub Shop, perhaps?

1000% on board with this. Either that or the Dairy queen on that bike trail near that one bar. Or anywhere in that Dundee Crystal Lake radius. Or anywhere else really.

I'm 1000% onboard with tagging along as a third wheel on that brodate.