76th Independent Battalion Part 43

POSTED BY: BrownCoat1
UPDATED: Saturday, July 7, 2012 15:14
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ARTCAT81

Friday, January 13, 2012 11:36 PM

Have a blast for me and take lots of pictures!

Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse
www.texasartcat.com/bluesun.html <--my bluesunshop

SISTER

Saturday, January 14, 2012 3:16 PM

I'm imagining the trip to iHop in full gear.

SISTER

Sunday, January 15, 2012 3:44 PM

...I know the shindig was wonderful; sorry I couldn't come. There was a Firefly marathon on Science Channel last night, too. *sigh*

6IXSTRINGJACK

Monday, January 16, 2012 12:53 AM

Originally posted by BrownCoat1:

Really cool to see that 76 patch live on. I remember years ago when my brother and Tristan and "Doc" organized this whole thing and my bro would talk about the ins and outs of it with such pride.

I have no idea what the "state of the union" for the 76 is today, but while my bro was living in my old apartment and we worked together I used to get a day by day update on it.

I've never put my 76 patch on anything yet, since I've never owned anything that would properly showcase it well, but I know exactly where it is should I ever find the perfect garb for it.

I know my bro isn't here probably at all anymore and probably very seldom visits 76 anymore even, but I know he loves the movement to this day. He's just too busy trying to balance work with married life and owning a dog... not to mention trying to get the only other one who matters to agree that it would be a good idea to give his brother a niece or nephew to spoil the out of :)

I wonder how ridiculous that full sized Brown Coat will look on them when they're only 3 years old.

They'll grow into it. And if they don't, then they were never meant to be a Browncoat.

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book

SISTER

Monday, January 16, 2012 4:03 PM

Hooray...the 76th DOES live on.

SISTER

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 1:56 PM

time to bake the doughnuts.

SISTER

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:51 PM

day of hump.

BROWNCOAT1

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:49 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Sister:
I'm imagining the trip to iHop in full gear.

It was interesting as always, but the manager, Chad, knows about us as he has been there for years and even checked out Firefly and enjoyed it. Andrea (Andy) our waitress promised to give the show a look based on our enthusiasm and Chad's word.

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Holding the line since December '02!

X.O. / Battalion O.I.C.

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BROWNCOAT1

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 4:06 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Really cool to see that 76 patch live on. I remember years ago when my brother and Tristan and "Doc" organized this whole thing and my bro would talk about the ins and outs of it with such pride.

The 76th does indeed live on, and proudly I might add. Doc is still around, though he's been flyin' under the radar of late. Tristan was our C.O., but retired to handle some things life threw his way, but after some time away has re-enlisted as a private because he just can't stay away.

Quote:
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
I have no idea what the "state of the union" for the 76 is today, but while my bro was living in my old apartment and we worked together I used to get a day by day update on it.

Well, our "state of the union" is that we're still flyin'! Certainly the fact that a sequel never happened and the economy being what it has been the past few years has impacted enlistment and participation at cons and events, it has not done us in. We marched at Dragon Con last year and will continue to do so.

Our message board is a bit slow right now, but it always is after the holidays. Things will pick up a bit as they do when Spring comes and cons start to pick up again. We still get new recruits, though we've had a pesky busted link that was causin' some headaches with applications getting through. It's all fixed now.

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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
I've never put my 76 patch on anything yet, since I've never owned anything that would properly showcase it well, but I know exactly where it is should I ever find the perfect garb for it.

I think you should proudly wear it on any outer wear you choose. I have one on a vest I wear, another on a ball cap, and one on a wind breaker. I also have my shiny unit crest badges I wear on the lapels of jackets, polo shirts at work, and wherever I'm of a mind to. Don't much matter what you were it on, or where you choose to display it, so long as you're flyin' the colors.

Quote:
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
I know my bro isn't here probably at all anymore and probably very seldom visits 76 anymore even, but I know he loves the movement to this day. He's just too busy trying to balance work with married life and owning a dog... not to mention trying to get the only other one who matters to agree that it would be a good idea to give his brother a niece or nephew to spoil the out of :)

Remind me who your brother was again. Shame on me for not recalling. Was it BabyWithThePower?

Quote:
Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
I wonder how ridiculous that full sized Brown Coat will look on them when they're only 3 years old.

They'll grow into it. And if they don't, then they were never meant to be a Browncoat.

Not so much, no. Tristan has actually made a small uniform for his nephew, course he ain't so small any more. Like you said they'll grow into it eventually.

__________________________________________
Holding the line since December '02!

X.O. / Battalion O.I.C.

http://76thbattalion.homestead.com/index.html

http://76thbattalion.proboards.com

6IXSTRINGJACK

Thursday, January 19, 2012 1:42 AM

Hey BrownCoat1,

Like I said before, great to see it still going. Even if another movie never gets made or the TV show never picks up again, I believe it's a way of life, and not just a mindless fanbase (like I admit I was part of with Arrested Developoment, which may get a second run thanks to Netflix)

I've never met Doc before, but I have had several great conversations with Tristan via MySpace or here over the years. From what I know personally and what I've heard from my bro, he lives probably the most Mal-like existence of anyone I know. That's not to say at all that life is easy for him, but he does what he wants to do and nary a moment goes by when he isn't being productive in some capacity.

Good to see they're both still involved.

Glad to see that you're still marching too. In a perfect world, you'd have enough Browncoats to go 10-1 against the storm troopers, but really, as long as a march is still going on.... they can't hit shit with their laser pistols anyways. I guess, from one of the new crappy Star Wars movies, they were all cloned off of Jango Fett.....

But, apparently, most of those were clones of clones of clones

Right?

I don't know where to put the patch......

I don't wear hats :). I wore a baseball cap nearly 24/7 when I was a kid, but when you grow up and have a full head of hair at 32 that the girls at the haircut place call other girls over to run their hair through, why cover up one of my best assets, I say. Half of my friends are bald or growing a nice little bald spot on the back of their heads now lol.

I have a lot of coats, but none of them are anywhere close to a military style type coat.

I have a lot of "work" clothes that are covered in paint and other materials that never wash out, and I have some really nice sweaters and pants that I don't want to throw in the work pile by putting a patch on them.

I'll figure something out. In the mean time, I have the patch proudly displayed at home anyways.

Yup... :) BWtP is my bro! I'm surprised you even knew to ask that. I had a few really paranoid years there and I did my best to distance myself from him on FFF while posting in the RWED and driving myself crazy.

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Not so much, no. Tristan has actually made a small uniform for his nephew, course he ain't so small any more. Like you said they'll grow into it eventually.

Yup..... Tristan would be an awesome uncle to have. I can't create anything textile-wise at all. My only advice would be if you were just staying at home and working on the house, that's when you wear the old socks with holes in them. Just make sure if you go out, you're wearing new socks and undies, just in case you don't make it home for any reason. :)

We've all got our strengths and weaknesses. When BWtP finally has a son or daughter, I'll do just like our own uncle did and take them fishing and buy them silver dollars on their birthday and Christmas.

And, assuming they'll listen, I'll teach them how to balance their checkbooks and create a budget, so they don't find themselves in the position that 90% of us or more find ourselves in today.

Keep flyin'

"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned." ~Shepherd Book

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