DC Tom Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 1 minute ago, row_33 said: Air Force was the immediate choice, but they winnowed out people quickly for any possible flaw. Air Force didn't exist in WWII.
3rdnlng Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, row_33 said: is that the man's picture when he was 2 or 92 or both? Let me ask my daughter:
row_33 Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 6 minutes ago, DC Tom said: Air Force didn't exist in WWII. Canada and Britain....
DC Tom Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 1 minute ago, row_33 said: Canada and Britain.... We're not talking about Canucks and Limeys. We're talking about the "Greatest Generation" that bailed you out. 1 2
row_33 Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, DC Tom said: We're not talking about Canucks and Limeys. We're talking about the "Greatest Generation" that bailed you out. jealous?
RochesterRob Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 19 minutes ago, row_33 said: Air Force was the immediate choice, but they winnowed out people quickly for any possible flaw. Too young to have been drafted for Vietnam but I remember the discussion going around that if you wanted to get ahead of the draft a person should enlist in the (US) Air Force or Navy. Better chance of being in a rear area or out of the theater altogether. Waiting for the draft just about always meant being assigned to a ground force and being in combat. I don't remember too many being turned down for the Air Force or Navy and being Cold War era you could have gone to West Germany or Norfolk.
US Egg Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 The type of next generation youth the Liberals senselessly fear and irrationally despise: 4
DC Tom Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 10 minutes ago, RochesterRob said: Too young to have been drafted for Vietnam but I remember the discussion going around that if you wanted to get ahead of the draft a person should enlist in the (US) Air Force or Navy. Better chance of being in a rear area or out of the theater altogether. Waiting for the draft just about always meant being assigned to a ground force and being in combat. I don't remember too many being turned down for the Air Force or Navy and being Cold War era you could have gone to West Germany or Norfolk. Ok Boomer, but we're talking about the Greatest Generation. 1
IDBillzFan Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 1 hour ago, LeviF91 said: The best film directors and trumpet players are heavy smokers. Most people are just not willing to come to Terms with this. My father went through 3 packs of Camel a day and insisted it wasn't an issue because Camel was pure and clean tobacco, and didn't pose a health risk. He lived to be 92, much to everyone's chagrin.
DC Tom Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 Just now, IDBillzFan said: My father went through 3 packs of Camel a day and insisted it wasn't an issue because Camel was pure and clean tobacco, and didn't pose a health risk. He lived to be 92, much to everyone's chagrin. Like my grandmother, who lived to 98 on a diet of jelly beans and Bailey's Irish Cream. When she was 95, she went to the doctor for a check-up, and asked him if she should be worried about her cholesterol. He laughed at her, and told her she could start smoking for all it mattered at her age.
LeviF Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 11 minutes ago, DC Tom said: Ok Boomer, but we're talking about the Greatest Generation. This reminds me of the time OCinWherever "Ok Boomer"ed me before "Ok boomer" was a thing. A man truly ahead of his time. 3 minutes ago, IDBillzFan said: My father went through 3 packs of Camel a day and insisted it wasn't an issue because Camel was pure and clean tobacco, and didn't pose a health risk. He lived to be 92, much to everyone's chagrin. Dude I get making the jump from CA but why Idaho?
IDBillzFan Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 1 minute ago, LeviF91 said: Dude I get making the jump from CA but why Idaho? What is it about Idaho that makes you think it wouldn't be a good idea? Serious question.
LeviF Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 1 minute ago, IDBillzFan said: What is it about Idaho that makes you think it wouldn't be a good idea? Serious question. Oh nothing. I was wondering why. I imagine climate is completely different depending on what part of the state you're in.
Warren Zevon Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, IDBillzFan said: What is it about Idaho that makes you think it wouldn't be a good idea? Serious question. It's fun to make fun of Idaho but it's a great state (I lived near Sandpoint for 3 years) You need to check out if you haven't Shoshone Falls and Thousand Springs.
RochesterRob Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 1 hour ago, LeviF91 said: The best film directors and trumpet players are heavy smokers. Most people are just not willing to come to Terms with this. George Burns and character actor Charles Lane smoked very heavily and lived into extreme old age. You never know but I know it worked just the opposite for my maternal grandfather.
John Adams Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 15 minutes ago, LeviF91 said: This reminds me of the time OCinWherever "Ok Boomer"ed me before "Ok boomer" was a thing. A man truly ahead of his time. This is nice of you. OC's ego is always in need of a good stroking.
IDBillzFan Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, LeviF91 said: Oh nothing. I was wondering why. I imagine climate is completely different depending on what part of the state you're in. We're north Idaho, about 30 minutes east of Spokane, just outside Lake Coeur d'Alene. I can run my company from anywhere, so we sold virtually everything in CA and bought five acres overlooking the city. We have my son in one of the top 10 charter schools in the country. Business regulations are very lax here, taxes are very low, people are ridiculously friendly and neighborly, we're three minutes from a boat launch at Spokane River into the lake, and we're genuinely living our best life right now. That said, I grew up in the Catskills just below Windham Mt. Ski Slope. I spent most of my life believing I needed to be as far away from mountains and snow as possible, and it turns our I was desperately wrong for most of my life. We're much happier around the mountains and lakes and hills and snowmobiling and boating and skiing. 10 minutes ago, Gary Busey said: It's fun to make fun of Idaho but it's a great state (I lived near Sandpoint for 3 years) You need to check out if you haven't Shoshone Falls and Thousand Springs. Both of those are on our radar. Sandpoint is just north of us (we're in Post Falls). The whole area is beautiful. Edited January 10, 2020 by IDBillzFan 2
US Egg Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 42 minutes ago, LeviF91 said: Dude I get making the jump from CA but why Idaho? Why not ? *Idaho's most famous citizen.
IDBillzFan Posted January 10, 2020 Posted January 10, 2020 23 minutes ago, LeviF91 said: That sounds nice. Another one to add to the list of "places I'd rather live than where I do now." But hey, Albany's getting a Costco. Small victories. When I was growing up, going to Albany was a really big deal in that it meant we were going to Colonie Center. This meant Orange Julius and dinner at some steakhouse attached to the mall which, in my foggy imagination is a Texas chop house but in reality was probably a step up from Beefsteak Charlies.
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