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"Joe, I knew Bruce Champagne, he was just leaving the Yellowstone foundry when I got there in '82 or maybe early '83. I bought his beater 4 door Gran Torino (none of the doors were the same color). He ripped me off and charged me $75.00 and a bottle…"
"I wonder if anyone here remembers a MLC Frank Audette? He was my cheif on the Yellowstone for a few years and I wonder what happend to him."
"Hey Rox
I don't know if you were in the foundry on the Yellowstone when this happend. Do you remember during a steel pour, Jeff Dozier was skimming and yelled out to a bunch of the boot camps that were watching us, "someone get me some f*** ing…"
I don't know if you were in the foundry on the Yellowstone when this happend. Do you remember during a steel pour, Jeff Dozier was skimming and yelled out to a bunch of the boot camps that were watching us, "someone get me some f*** ing…"
"Hey Rox,
Do you remember what we used to get the rust off the pouring deck?"
Do you remember what we used to get the rust off the pouring deck?"
"Well I have to agree with Dan Brown this site should be to share some stories and talk about old times. We should leave the politics elsewhere. In my shop on the Yellowstone we didn't discuss politics and we defenitely had some divergent views being…"
"Small community for sure, I had MLCS Paul, MLC Gundelfinger great guy and fellow surfer, ML1 Burkett, and ML2 Ringer in A school. I served with MLC Audette on the Yellowstone (another great guy that refused to do plaques whenever we could get away…"
"Dan,
This is a great website, it's nice to catch up. You know how that goes you get older and want to connect back to your youth. Let me know if you and the Mrs. ever head out to S.F. maybe we can meet up."
This is a great website, it's nice to catch up. You know how that goes you get older and want to connect back to your youth. Let me know if you and the Mrs. ever head out to S.F. maybe we can meet up."
"When my brother (who was really into building custom cars) found out I was working in a foundry, he would send his own patterns for gear shift knobs etc. the patterns were made out of the craziest stuff like a skull shifter he made out of Bondo and…"
"Hey Dennis - Welcome Aboard. The Stone was a great ship, full of good people, Charles, and Scales came up through the rate when I was in the Foundry, both good people, Roxanne and I were very close friends. That Foundry transformed during my time on…"
"Chris
It seems that I must have just missed you and Dennis in fact you were probably replacements for a few of us that were moving on at that time. I went to A school after already being stationed on the Stone and left the foundry to go to SD for a…"
It seems that I must have just missed you and Dennis in fact you were probably replacements for a few of us that were moving on at that time. I went to A school after already being stationed on the Stone and left the foundry to go to SD for a…"
"Hey Danny - I talk to Todd every now and then mostly keep in touch through Facebook. Jeff lives close to San Francisco but we don't keep in touch very well. He has raised his kids and I'm just starting, I have 5, one girl, four boys (my own hockey…"
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