{"id":217,"date":"2010-12-26T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-26T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=217"},"modified":"2010-12-26T11:55:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-26T11:55:00","slug":"hobby-stuff-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=217","title":{"rendered":"Hobby Stuff for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I lost a lot of weight while in Iraq and have managed to keep it off since returning. \u00a0As a result, few of my clothes fit. \u00a0For Christmas I got a basic load of pants from my wife in various colors &#8212; along with a Perry the Paltypus T-shirt for hanging around the house. \u00a0Chris Palmer, however, gave me a German infantry company conducting a river crossing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_219\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/100_9898.jpg\"><img 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