Matt Bretz

#notobservant

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@SpaceX @Space_Station “Bring in the hammerhead corvette!”

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@SpaceX What are the goals of this flight?

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@clarkcorbin Are you going deeper into Yellowstone?

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@mental_floss This list doesn’t include Varsity Blues or Faculty…

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Corporal Jackie was a baboon in the South African army during World War I. He was the official mascot of the 3rd Transvaal Regimen when his owner, Albert Marr was drafted into war, and would not leave Jackie at home. He asked his superiors if Jackie, too, could join the army and they said yes.

So Jackie was given an official style uniform with a cap, a ration set, and his own pay book. Jackie would salute to superior officers and light soldiers' cigarettes. He would even stand at ease in the style of a trained soldier.

Due to his heightened senses, Jackie was useful to sentries on duty at night. The baboon would be the first to know when an attack was coming or enemy soldiers were moving around nearby.

Jackie and Marr survived a battle where the casualty rate was 80%, in Delville Wood, early in the Somme Campaign.

When Marr was serving in Egypt he was shot in the shoulder at the Battle of Agagia, 26 February 1916, while Jackie was with him, licking the wound as they awaited help.

Jackie was given his own rations while with the army, and ate them with his own knife and fork, as well as his own washing basin.

When the regiment was drilled and marched, Jackie would be with them.

Jackie spent time in the trenches in France where he tried to build a wall around himself during extreme enemy fire, but a piece of shrapnel from an explosion flew over the wall hitting Jackie in the leg and arm.

When stretcher bearers tried to take Jackie away he refused, desperate to finish his wall and hide. Doctors treated Jackie's wounds, but they decided his leg had to be amputated and were surprised that he even survived.

Jackie was awarded a Medal of Valor for the event of his injuries, and promoted from private to corporal. After the war was over, Jackie was discharged with papers and went back to South Africa. He tragically died in a house fire in 1921.

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@smrtmouse ✅ finished. Next!

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@smrtmouse I sent Brent a message.

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@MrRickSola I would be super sad that our 8th grader is graduating, except we have a 6th grader behind him. And a 3rd grader behind him. Thanks to you all for such a great middle school!

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@JerryMoran What business is this?

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@ManitowocMinute Also important to rev the drill twice before actually using it.

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@ManitowocMinute

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@ManitowocMinute Ope…

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@Boulevard_Beer Sweet. Now do 80 acre!

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@zachhomol_ Had a great chat with my son this last week and told him this exact thing. The mind is a powerful thing!

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@theREALtrevorf Or go on a solo darkness retreat…

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@Caamp Excited to see you guys in KC!!

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@smrtmouse Did she protest that stewardship is a topic reserved for November?

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@smrtmouse Give Vi the credit card and the keys. She understands the assignment.

[Steve Martin @UnrealBluegrass]

We've seen few humans this devoted and humble as Jimmy Carter.
Quietly continuing his mission,which was to do good.
If you must leave us go gently . Leave your heart and bravery so we might learn.
Thank you President Carter.
Jimmy.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

In 2019, President Jimmy Carter, the oldest living former president in US history, at age 95, built Habitat for Humanity homes in Nashville.

President Carter represents the best of humanity.