{"id":4735,"date":"2018-11-06T21:08:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T00:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/?p=4735"},"modified":"2018-11-06T21:08:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T00:08:04","slug":"a-few-left-over-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/?p=4735","title":{"rendered":"A Few Left Over Items"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A<\/strong>fter posting the Marine Ball pictures, I realized I forgot the most important one, where I had my picture taken with the Marines.\u00a0 Here it is below.\u00a0 I am the one in the middle smiling on the inside:<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dknolte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1074.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4698\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dknolte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1074.jpg?resize=529%2C397&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dknolte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1074.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dknolte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/IMG_1074.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a>The good Marine\u00a0on the far left in white trousers, was the guest speaker.\u00a0 Extraordinary gentleman.\u00a0 Within the first few minutes of hearing him speak, I had a great respect for him.<\/p>\n<p>A week earlier, we had our first Churchill Gathering of cigar smokers and hard drink drinkers.\u00a0 There were about twelve of us which included three members of the feminine gender, two of which partook.\u00a0 I took a picture of the group as we sat under a covering while Mother Nature poured rain down on us, probably trying to put out our cigars.\u00a0 You will notice one good man whose face was covered by smoke.\u00a0 He is one of my many bosses and even though you cannot see his face, trust me when I say he is a good man and I am proud to have him as one of my many bosses.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dknolte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cigars.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4700\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dknolte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cigars.jpg?resize=529%2C397&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"529\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dknolte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cigars.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dknolte.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Cigars.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a>So much for that.\u00a0 Kick butt, look for the next adventure in Life and remember to always take time to breathe.<\/p>\n<p>D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After posting the Marine Ball pictures, I realized I forgot the most important one, where I had my 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