[Hal Copple]

when i read this earlier today at my office laptop, i thought "why does every inquiry about this or that Replica have to have some folks jump into the Real Vs. Replica, or this one is better than that one arguement.

The original question remains. I think you have to see/sit-in/ride in as many as you can before you happily write your check to get any one of them. As i have told people for years, "the best car is the the best one for you."

Buying any replica is a big big decision, and warrants careful thought and consideration. That said, i have rarely heard of any replica owner who wasn't very pleased with their decision.

What you get for more money is not necessarily what is imporant to you.

On the watch thing, my wife gave me a Titanium Breitling Aerospace last week. This is a watch, not a piece of jewlery.

I never had anything to wear nearly as nice as this. Except my Beret many many years ago.

I am so excited about the rescue of the PFC Jessica from her captivity. Many years ago, when i was an A Team commander in the 5th SFG, some of my men had been on the Son Tay prison raid, into North Vietnam, yielding no Americans, but hundreds of dead NVA. They really regretted the "failure" of the mission.

I think this shows to the world, and our military, that no soldier, no matter what rank, will be left behind. I have a hunch the mission commander told the men on the way in "we bring her out, or we stay there with her."

I think back to some of my friends who went MIA, and were never heard from again. I wish we could have found them.

My son is picking up his yellow Porsche Boxster this weekend.