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lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭
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Coin collecting is giving way to something more important this weekend.
My boy is coming home.
The submarine he was on docked the 18th of December, and he's due in Grand Rapids Mi airport the morning of the 29th on leave.
I'll pick him up there and bring him home.
I just got an email from him.
What a wonderful Christmas present.

Ray

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  • Mercury10cMercury10c Posts: 2,958
    Merry X-Mas Ray.

    Not off topic anymore:
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  • DUIGUYDUIGUY Posts: 7,252 ✭✭✭
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    “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly."



    - Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
  • coinman420coinman420 Posts: 4,666 ✭
    merry christmasimage
    my ebay items BST transactions/swaps/giveaways with: Tiny, raycyca,mrpaseo, Dollar2007,Whatafind, Boom, packers88, DBSTrader2, 19Lyds, Mar327, pontiacinf, ElmerFusterpuck.
  • RichieURichRichieURich Posts: 8,485 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Awesome! Congratulations, Ray, and please pass along our thanks to your son for his service to our country!

    An authorized PCGS dealer, and a contributor to the Red Book.

  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,019 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great Christmas present!

    Not OT at all, heck your son's been defending MY
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    "Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso

  • cinman14cinman14 Posts: 2,489 ✭
    Congrats Ray and have a Merry Christmas

    I have 2 sons one is wanting to join the Marines and the other the Army. I can only hope one day I will have a son or maybe two serving our Great country. Enjoy your time with your son......
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,286 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice! Congrats!
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • ElcontadorElcontador Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ray, it doesn't get any better than that. Thanks for letting us know!
    "Vou invadir o Nordeste,
    "Seu cabra da peste,
    "Sou Mangueira......."
  • GrivGriv Posts: 2,804 ✭


    << <i>Coin collecting is giving way to something more important this weekend.
    My boy is coming home.
    The submarine he was on docked the 18th of December, and he's due in Grand Rapids Mi airport the morning of the 29th on leave.
    I'll pick him up there and bring him home.
    I just got an email from him.
    What a wonderful Christmas present.

    Ray >>



    Good deal! What boat is he assigned to? image
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Excellent news!
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
  • lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭
    He was on the USS Albany, a Los Angeles class fast attack sub.
    The sub he is assigned to permenantly, is the USS Toledo, a similar type sub, that is in drydock for upgrading.

    Ray
  • GrivGriv Posts: 2,804 ✭
    I was on the Nathan Hale, Patrick Henry and USS Puffer. If you've got to go to sea you might as well ride a sub. Anything else is just a target.



    Cheers,
    Griv

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  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations, and send him a big Thank You! from me.
    Toned Franklins

    U.S. Type Set
  • LeeGLeeG Posts: 12,162 ✭
    Not a better gift than that. As retired Navy, those were the most joyous times of my life! Finally getting home after a long deployment. image


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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What a great surprise... and thank him for his service to our country... Cheers, RickO
  • GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 17,499 ✭✭✭✭✭
    OT??????????

    Scratch that.............IT???...............YES!!!

    IT = Important Topic

    Enjoy your son and thank him for his wonderful service.

    Merry Christmas for sure!!! image

  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,303 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Glad to hear that Ray. The LA class SSN's were the back bone of the fleet for many years. Merry Christmas to both of you.

    roadrunner
    SSN 703 (Boston)
    Barbarous Relic No More, LSCC -GoldSeek--shadow stats--SafeHaven--321gold
  • BLcoinnutBLcoinnut Posts: 76
    Tell him I said thanks for serving our country and for helping keep us free.
    Those who stand for nothing,will fall for anything.
  • UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Boomer or Fast Attack?
    I used to be somebody, now I'm just a coin collector.
    Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
  • NHSBaseballNHSBaseball Posts: 2,470 ✭
    The guys in the Silent Service are total studs- long deployments and high technical skills come immediately to mind. I hope you have a great reunion, and give our thanks to your son.image
    "College men from LSU- went in dumb, come out dumb too..."
    -Randy Newmanimage

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