Oh, Lordy... I gotta share this. Some distant cousin thought he'd found something about the Sneakydicker Fambly that I didn't know.
He sent me this link.
Edward W. Snedeker - Wikipedia
He is the reason I did
not join the Mahreen Coah. He was the fargin Commandant of the fargin Mahreen Coah.
Oh, deah... A super short, but fun story about me and Unca Ed:
My ten-years older brother was getting married (again!). He was getting married in romantic Lost Wages. Jeez. Anyway he really wanted me to come to the wedding.
My commanding ossifer was a corpulent Major Daye. When I applied for a few days of my accrued leave, his curt answer was: “No.”
Me, wistfully: “My uncle will be really unhappy, he told me we should get together at the wedding.”
Maj. Daye: “Who’s your uncle?”
Me, casually: “Oh. He’s Lieutenant General Edward Walter Snedeker… I am named after him.”
I think the good major peed himself a little. IIRC, he helped me pack.