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- Jan 25, 2002
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Hi Uncle Bill, Long time no talk to. I heard how the Ghostman was on here making waves again, he must go down in forum history for getting booted more times than anyone else. He even ranks above certain trolls who have appeared been booted and reappeared. Since I am the only person who has visited these boards who knows him personally and knows him quite well I thought I would come on here and let you all know about him.
Let me first say that Ghost is not a child, he is a man in his mid 50's, who has an incredible war history and history of service within various agencies of our government. He is one of the most brilliant men that I have ever met, and he is a full bodied, bonifide eccentric. The reason that his posts make no sense is because my friend the Ghost tends to drink too much and when he gets lit he tends to get behind a keyboard and there is no telling what he will write.
He is in fact a retired infantry Colonel, who during the time he served in Vietnam his proven initiative under fire led to his being recruited by SOG, (Special Operations Group) He possesses many medals including four purple hearts, he was actually wounded in combat 11 times. While I am not at liberty to divulge his history of service I will say that I know him quite well because I conducted countless interviews with him for a story (Book) that I am writing. A main charactor is based largely on his experiences and person. Throughout the time of our conversations we have become very good friends, and I have met him in person.
And this man has a fine collection of Khukuri's.
Lastly, I too cannot make sense of his posts.
Let me first say that Ghost is not a child, he is a man in his mid 50's, who has an incredible war history and history of service within various agencies of our government. He is one of the most brilliant men that I have ever met, and he is a full bodied, bonifide eccentric. The reason that his posts make no sense is because my friend the Ghost tends to drink too much and when he gets lit he tends to get behind a keyboard and there is no telling what he will write.
He is in fact a retired infantry Colonel, who during the time he served in Vietnam his proven initiative under fire led to his being recruited by SOG, (Special Operations Group) He possesses many medals including four purple hearts, he was actually wounded in combat 11 times. While I am not at liberty to divulge his history of service I will say that I know him quite well because I conducted countless interviews with him for a story (Book) that I am writing. A main charactor is based largely on his experiences and person. Throughout the time of our conversations we have become very good friends, and I have met him in person.
And this man has a fine collection of Khukuri's.
Lastly, I too cannot make sense of his posts.
He also loves history and philosophy and deliberatly likes his posts to be thought provoking. I told him that his intentions might be well and good but after he has had a few drinks, what makes sense in his head, makes no sense at all on paper. LOL Sorry Ghost. Its good to know that he does have friends on line and those who were able to look beyond the pale so to speak. I am rather suprised at how offended some got by him. He managed to get an entire large thread devoted to his offenses in whine and cheese. Oh and knowing him personally I can say that he is indeed a character, but while I was going through a difficult time, I always seemed to turn to him for his sound and wise advise.
