I don't doubt you at all. That was the scuttlebutt around NY.
He doesn't look a day older today than he did then.
On 8/24/2010 5:35 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
?
? The Daring Dufas wrote:
??
?? On 8/24/2010 6:53 AM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
?? ?
?? ? The Daring Dufas wrote:
?? ??
?? ?? On 8/23/2010 10:49 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
?? ???
?? ??? The Daring Dufas wrote:
?? ????
?? ???? On 8/23/2010 2:28 PM, john hamilton wrote:
?? ????? "Paul"?23023@hotmail.com? wrote in message
?? ????? news:8d58njF43gU1@mid.individual.net...
?? ?????? On 19/08/2010 04:46, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
?? ???????
?? ??????? Paul wrote:
?? ????????
?? ???????? On 19/08/2010 01:27, The Daring Dufas wrote:
?? ????????? On 8/18/2010 6:33 PM, geoff wrote:
?? ?????????? In message?i4hmat$blj$2@news.eternal-september.org?, The Daring Dufas
?? ?????????? ?the-daring-dufas@peckerhead.net? writes
?? ??????????? On 8/18/2010 4:17 PM, geoff wrote:
?? ???????????? In message?i4hhb1$np$1@news.eternal-september.org?, The Daring Dufas
?? ???????????? ?the-daring-dufas@peckerhead.net? writes
?? ????????????? On 8/16/2010 12:43 PM, john hamilton wrote:
?? ?????????????? I have to connect this AAA battery holder to a toy. Although I
?? ?????????????? have a
?? ?????????????? small
?? ?????????????? soldering iron, my soldering skills are poor. I can see myself
?? ?????????????? easily
?? ?????????????? melting all the plastic around the contacts before I can get
?? ?????????????? anything to
?? ?????????????? stick to the tabs. (The part of the tabs with the small hole will
?? ?????????????? bend
?? ?????????????? upwards giving some clearence).
?? ??????????????
?? ?????????????? http://tinypic.com/r/iqx3pf/4
?? ??????????????
?? ?????????????? My immediate plan is to poke a few strands of wire through the
?? ?????????????? holes
?? ?????????????? in the
?? ?????????????? connection tabs twist and then apply some nail varnish to stop it
?? ?????????????? unwinding.
?? ?????????????? Since its a toy it does not need to be totally foolproof.
?? ??????????????
?? ?????????????? If anyone had any ideas that were a bit more sophisticated I would
?? ?????????????? be
?? ?????????????? gratefull. Thanks.
?? ??????????????
?? ??????????????
?? ?????????????
?? ????????????? If you are familiar with faston connectors, you can trim the
?? ????????????? terminals with scissors or wire cutters so a connector will
?? ????????????? slip on to them. The connectors are available in many sizes
?? ????????????? with the 1/4" being the most common. I believe The Shack,
?? ????????????? formally Radio Shack carries several sizes. Here's a link
?? ????????????? to a manufacturer that produces many types so you can see
?? ????????????? what I'm referring to:
?? ?????????????
?? ????????????? http://www.etco.com/category.php?cat=18?div=ep?l=e
?? ?????????????
?? ???????????? Excuse me, but is the OP a Septic or English ?
?? ????????????
?? ???????????? If he/she/it is English, it's bugger all use pointing them at Septic
?? ???????????? outlets, is it?
?? ????????????
?? ????????????
?? ???????????
?? ??????????? I'm sorry, I have absolutely no idea what you are writing
?? ??????????? about. Could you find someone to translate it into American?
?? ???????????
?? ?????????? Septic tank = yank
?? ??????????
?? ?????????? duh - colonials
?? ??????????
?? ??????????
?? ?????????
?? ????????? Um, the cultural education is nice but what's it got to do
?? ????????? with electrical connections to a battery holder? Bizarre is
?? ????????? fun but at least I try to keep my jokes within the subject
?? ????????? matter being discussed.
?? ?????????? TDD
?? ?????????? It was... Radio Shack used to have UK outlets (but seemed to have
?? ???????? vanished), but the link above was certainly for their US replacement...
?? ????????
?? ?????? Its a long way to go for a battery holder..
?? ????????
?? ??????? Yes. All the way to your mail box. Of course, that may require you
?? ??????? to get out of your chair and actually walk.
?? ???????
?? ?????? And pay three times the value in shipping and taxes
?? ?????
?? ????? =============================================================================
?? ?????
?? ????? Many thanks to all. The push on brass connectors are a welcome solution,
?? ????? many thanks. I can easily buy those at Maplins.
?? ?????
?? ????? To throw a little light on this unnecessary rudeness to our American
?? ????? cousins. The expression Amearkin came up because in the U.S. they could say
?? ????? American so quickly it sounded like Amearkin. So across the pond they became
?? ????? Amearkins...quite harmless.
?? ?????
?? ????? However some low lifes changed this to Merkins. A few hundred years ago in
?? ????? order to deal with body lice, ladies would shave their lower private parts.
?? ????? Since this was deamed un-attractive, they could buy small triangular wigs
?? ????? which were called...you guessed it Merkins. Please dont let the low-lifes
?? ????? get you down, we have as many here as you have there. And they just love the
?? ????? internet.
?? ?????
?? ?????
?? ????
?? ???? Teasing is part of the Usenet experience, if we didn't like you we
?? ???? wouldn't even respond to you. You get a bunch of guys together and
?? ???? they are going to throw jabs at each other and kid around. It's
?? ???? basically what we call horseplay. It's like those celebrity roasts
?? ???? that are shown on TV, some of the most horrible and vile insults
?? ???? are thrown about by friends.
?? ???
?? ???
?? ??? And if the 'friends' go too far, you throw them out! ;-)
?? ??
?? ?? The only time I've seen that happen is when someone attacks the family
?? ?? or children of a nasty poster. I'll pounce and tell them to leave the
?? ?? uninvolved folks out of it. One particularly foul individual posted a
?? ?? farewell to his grandmother who had just passed away and a rival started
?? ?? making fun of the late old woman. I let him know real quick it was in
?? ?? bad taste and to direct his anger at Mr. Nasty and not someone who was
?? ?? defenseless. There is such a thing as propriety.
?? ?
?? ?
?? ? I've had online and real life stalkers, and one ass who posted some
?? ? lies about my long dead mother. So I asked why he was online, when he
?? ? was supposed to be picking up his hooker wife. He was furious, and got
?? ? even madder when not one of his cronies agreed with him. Sometimes you
?? ? have to hit them with a six foot 2"*4", right between the eyes before
?? ? they get the message. He had been making fun of the fact that I'm a
?? ? disabled US Army Veteran and bragged that he was exempt from military
?? ? service, because he was diabetic. He harped anout it for months, with
?? ? others reminding him that he started it. I had dumped him into the bit
?? ? bucket, so I only saw it in replies.
??
?? Let it roll off your back because words can never hurt you unless
?? followed by the banging of a gavel in a courtroom.
??
?? Oh yea, thanks for your service. Both my parents, my older brother
?? and paternal great uncle were regular army. I was in college during
?? The Vietnam War and joined up and was turned down even though I was
?? in the greatest shape of my life. I didn't know that I had stumbled
?? upon the secret of avoiding being drafted into the military until
?? 30 years later when I befriended a former Army recruiter. It was my
?? allergies, I had told the military doctor about my allergies causing
?? me breathing problems. All of these guys were shooting off a toe,
?? claiming to be queer or running off to Canada to avoid the draft
?? when all they had to do was tell the doctor they had allergies. I was
?? trying to join up! My recruiter friend told me that turning down a
?? potential recruit for allergies was one of the biggest secrets of the
?? war. That's been my luck, I find it by accident.
?
?
? I was given five medical 4F ratings and told I could never enlist.
? So, I started an industrial electronics repair business. Two years
? later they drafted me. I had to shut the doors when I left for basic.
? Then they tried to tell me I didn't know any electronics, but I tested
? out of the three year Broadcast Engineer course.
10 years later, I tried to join again. I went to through the testing,
they wanted me so I went for the medical exam where I was told to bend
over. Well, the doctor looked up my backside and told me I was in
perfect health but I was too nearsighted. I was deemed permanently
disqualified. Hell, I tried, which is more than most damn hippie freaks
did.
It must have been a different time, my vision is worse or I'm too uglyThe Daring Dufas wrote:
On 8/24/2010 5:35 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
?
? The Daring Dufas wrote:
??
?? On 8/24/2010 6:53 AM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
?? ?
?? ? The Daring Dufas wrote:
?? ??
?? ?? On 8/23/2010 10:49 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
?? ???
?? ??? The Daring Dufas wrote:
?? ????
?? ???? On 8/23/2010 2:28 PM, john hamilton wrote:
?? ????? "Paul"?23023@hotmail.com? wrote in message
?? ????? news:8d58njF43gU1@mid.individual.net...
?? ?????? On 19/08/2010 04:46, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
?? ???????
?? ??????? Paul wrote:
?? ????????
?? ???????? On 19/08/2010 01:27, The Daring Dufas wrote:
?? ????????? On 8/18/2010 6:33 PM, geoff wrote:
?? ?????????? In message?i4hmat$blj$2@news.eternal-september.org?, The Daring Dufas
?? ?????????? ?the-daring-dufas@peckerhead.net? writes
?? ??????????? On 8/18/2010 4:17 PM, geoff wrote:
?? ???????????? In message?i4hhb1$np$1@news.eternal-september.org?, The Daring Dufas
?? ???????????? ?the-daring-dufas@peckerhead.net? writes
?? ????????????? On 8/16/2010 12:43 PM, john hamilton wrote:
?? ?????????????? I have to connect this AAA battery holder to a toy. Although I
?? ?????????????? have a
?? ?????????????? small
?? ?????????????? soldering iron, my soldering skills are poor. I can see myself
?? ?????????????? easily
?? ?????????????? melting all the plastic around the contacts before I can get
?? ?????????????? anything to
?? ?????????????? stick to the tabs. (The part of the tabs with the small hole will
?? ?????????????? bend
?? ?????????????? upwards giving some clearence).
?? ??????????????
?? ?????????????? http://tinypic.com/r/iqx3pf/4
?? ??????????????
?? ?????????????? My immediate plan is to poke a few strands of wire through the
?? ?????????????? holes
?? ?????????????? in the
?? ?????????????? connection tabs twist and then apply some nail varnish to stop it
?? ?????????????? unwinding.
?? ?????????????? Since its a toy it does not need to be totally foolproof.
?? ??????????????
?? ?????????????? If anyone had any ideas that were a bit more sophisticated I would
?? ?????????????? be
?? ?????????????? gratefull. Thanks.
?? ??????????????
?? ??????????????
?? ?????????????
?? ????????????? If you are familiar with faston connectors, you can trim the
?? ????????????? terminals with scissors or wire cutters so a connector will
?? ????????????? slip on to them. The connectors are available in many sizes
?? ????????????? with the 1/4" being the most common. I believe The Shack,
?? ????????????? formally Radio Shack carries several sizes. Here's a link
?? ????????????? to a manufacturer that produces many types so you can see
?? ????????????? what I'm referring to:
?? ?????????????
?? ????????????? http://www.etco.com/category.php?cat=18?div=ep?l=e
?? ?????????????
?? ???????????? Excuse me, but is the OP a Septic or English ?
?? ????????????
?? ???????????? If he/she/it is English, it's bugger all use pointing them at Septic
?? ???????????? outlets, is it?
?? ????????????
?? ????????????
?? ???????????
?? ??????????? I'm sorry, I have absolutely no idea what you are writing
?? ??????????? about. Could you find someone to translate it into American?
?? ???????????
?? ?????????? Septic tank = yank
?? ??????????
?? ?????????? duh - colonials
?? ??????????
?? ??????????
?? ?????????
?? ????????? Um, the cultural education is nice but what's it got to do
?? ????????? with electrical connections to a battery holder? Bizarre is
?? ????????? fun but at least I try to keep my jokes within the subject
?? ????????? matter being discussed.
?? ?????????? TDD
?? ?????????? It was... Radio Shack used to have UK outlets (but seemed to have
?? ???????? vanished), but the link above was certainly for their US replacement...
?? ????????
?? ?????? Its a long way to go for a battery holder..
?? ????????
?? ??????? Yes. All the way to your mail box. Of course, that may require you
?? ??????? to get out of your chair and actually walk.
?? ???????
?? ?????? And pay three times the value in shipping and taxes
?? ?????
?? ????? =============================================================================
?? ?????
?? ????? Many thanks to all. The push on brass connectors are a welcome solution,
?? ????? many thanks. I can easily buy those at Maplins.
?? ?????
?? ????? To throw a little light on this unnecessary rudeness to our American
?? ????? cousins. The expression Amearkin came up because in the U.S. they could say
?? ????? American so quickly it sounded like Amearkin. So across the pond they became
?? ????? Amearkins...quite harmless.
?? ?????
?? ????? However some low lifes changed this to Merkins. A few hundred years ago in
?? ????? order to deal with body lice, ladies would shave their lower private parts.
?? ????? Since this was deamed un-attractive, they could buy small triangular wigs
?? ????? which were called...you guessed it Merkins. Please dont let the low-lifes
?? ????? get you down, we have as many here as you have there. And they just love the
?? ????? internet.
?? ?????
?? ?????
?? ????
?? ???? Teasing is part of the Usenet experience, if we didn't like you we
?? ???? wouldn't even respond to you. You get a bunch of guys together and
?? ???? they are going to throw jabs at each other and kid around. It's
?? ???? basically what we call horseplay. It's like those celebrity roasts
?? ???? that are shown on TV, some of the most horrible and vile insults
?? ???? are thrown about by friends.
?? ???
?? ???
?? ??? And if the 'friends' go too far, you throw them out! ;-)
?? ??
?? ?? The only time I've seen that happen is when someone attacks the family
?? ?? or children of a nasty poster. I'll pounce and tell them to leave the
?? ?? uninvolved folks out of it. One particularly foul individual posted a
?? ?? farewell to his grandmother who had just passed away and a rival started
?? ?? making fun of the late old woman. I let him know real quick it was in
?? ?? bad taste and to direct his anger at Mr. Nasty and not someone who was
?? ?? defenseless. There is such a thing as propriety.
?? ?
?? ?
?? ? I've had online and real life stalkers, and one ass who posted some
?? ? lies about my long dead mother. So I asked why he was online, when he
?? ? was supposed to be picking up his hooker wife. He was furious, and got
?? ? even madder when not one of his cronies agreed with him. Sometimes you
?? ? have to hit them with a six foot 2"*4", right between the eyes before
?? ? they get the message. He had been making fun of the fact that I'm a
?? ? disabled US Army Veteran and bragged that he was exempt from military
?? ? service, because he was diabetic. He harped anout it for months, with
?? ? others reminding him that he started it. I had dumped him into the bit
?? ? bucket, so I only saw it in replies.
??
?? Let it roll off your back because words can never hurt you unless
?? followed by the banging of a gavel in a courtroom.
??
?? Oh yea, thanks for your service. Both my parents, my older brother
?? and paternal great uncle were regular army. I was in college during
?? The Vietnam War and joined up and was turned down even though I was
?? in the greatest shape of my life. I didn't know that I had stumbled
?? upon the secret of avoiding being drafted into the military until
?? 30 years later when I befriended a former Army recruiter. It was my
?? allergies, I had told the military doctor about my allergies causing
?? me breathing problems. All of these guys were shooting off a toe,
?? claiming to be queer or running off to Canada to avoid the draft
?? when all they had to do was tell the doctor they had allergies. I was
?? trying to join up! My recruiter friend told me that turning down a
?? potential recruit for allergies was one of the biggest secrets of the
?? war. That's been my luck, I find it by accident.
?
?
? I was given five medical 4F ratings and told I could never enlist.
? So, I started an industrial electronics repair business. Two years
? later they drafted me. I had to shut the doors when I left for basic.
? Then they tried to tell me I didn't know any electronics, but I tested
? out of the three year Broadcast Engineer course.
10 years later, I tried to join again. I went to through the testing,
they wanted me so I went for the medical exam where I was told to bend
over. Well, the doctor looked up my backside and told me I was in
perfect health but I was too nearsighted. I was deemed permanently
disqualified. Hell, I tried, which is more than most damn hippie freaks
did.
My vision was below 20/200 and 20/400 without my glasses when they
took me.
He could tell you that from looking up your arse? That's one good
Military physician, they had the latest diagnostic toys.
Umm .... anyone here ever heard of snipping an article like above?.?
? I was given five medical 4F ratings and told I could never enlist.
? So, I started an industrial electronics repair business. Two years
? later they drafted me. I had to shut the doors when I left for basic.
? Then they tried to tell me I didn't know any electronics, but I tested
? out of the three year Broadcast Engineer course.
10 years later, I tried to join again. I went to through the testing,
they wanted me so I went for the medical exam where I was told to bend
over. Well, the doctor looked up my backside and told me I was in
perfect health but I was too nearsighted. I was deemed permanently
disqualified. Hell, I tried, which is more than most damn hippie freaks
did.
My vision was below 20/200 and 20/400 without my glasses when they
took me.
We weren't big enough among other things to afford a space programme
There was also a big outcry at the time about the pollution--apparently
folks were worried about damage to the ozone layer or something, due to
inefficient engines spewing crap in the stratosphere. I'm not sure
whether there was anything to that (there so often isn't, in the
environmentalist cosmos), but that and the sonic booms were what got
supersonic flight banned.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
Just more symptoms on Not Invented Here syndrome.
Yawn. US SS military jets were banned from populated areas long
before the first Concord was pieced together from British and french
landfills.
Yawn ... zzzzzz Frank Writtle was 'working on them long before that
So, where are his flying, today?
Insult, if it makes you feel better or in someway superior;!...
On 8/25/2010 2:00 AM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
The Daring Dufas wrote:
On 8/24/2010 5:35 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
?
? The Daring Dufas wrote:
??
?? On 8/24/2010 6:53 AM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
?? ?
?? ? The Daring Dufas wrote:
?? ??
?? ?? On 8/23/2010 10:49 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
?? ???
?? ??? The Daring Dufas wrote:
?? ????
?? ???? On 8/23/2010 2:28 PM, john hamilton wrote:
?? ????? "Paul"?23023@hotmail.com? wrote in message
?? ????? news:8d58njF43gU1@mid.individual.net...
?? ?????? On 19/08/2010 04:46, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
?? ???????
?? ??????? Paul wrote:
?? ????????
?? ???????? On 19/08/2010 01:27, The Daring Dufas wrote:
?? ????????? On 8/18/2010 6:33 PM, geoff wrote:
?? ?????????? In message?i4hmat$blj$2@news.eternal-september.org?, The Daring Dufas
?? ?????????? ?the-daring-dufas@peckerhead.net? writes
?? ??????????? On 8/18/2010 4:17 PM, geoff wrote:
?? ???????????? In message?i4hhb1$np$1@news.eternal-september.org?, The Daring Dufas
?? ???????????? ?the-daring-dufas@peckerhead.net? writes
?? ????????????? On 8/16/2010 12:43 PM, john hamilton wrote:
?? ?????????????? I have to connect this AAA battery holder to a toy. Although I
?? ?????????????? have a
?? ?????????????? small
?? ?????????????? soldering iron, my soldering skills are poor. I can see myself
?? ?????????????? easily
?? ?????????????? melting all the plastic around the contacts before I can get
?? ?????????????? anything to
?? ?????????????? stick to the tabs. (The part of the tabs with the small hole will
?? ?????????????? bend
?? ?????????????? upwards giving some clearence).
?? ??????????????
?? ?????????????? http://tinypic.com/r/iqx3pf/4
?? ??????????????
?? ?????????????? My immediate plan is to poke a few strands of wire through the
?? ?????????????? holes
?? ?????????????? in the
?? ?????????????? connection tabs twist and then apply some nail varnish to stop it
?? ?????????????? unwinding.
?? ?????????????? Since its a toy it does not need to be totally foolproof.
?? ??????????????
?? ?????????????? If anyone had any ideas that were a bit more sophisticated I would
?? ?????????????? be
?? ?????????????? gratefull. Thanks.
?? ??????????????
?? ??????????????
?? ?????????????
?? ????????????? If you are familiar with faston connectors, you can trim the
?? ????????????? terminals with scissors or wire cutters so a connector will
?? ????????????? slip on to them. The connectors are available in many sizes
?? ????????????? with the 1/4" being the most common. I believe The Shack,
?? ????????????? formally Radio Shack carries several sizes. Here's a link
?? ????????????? to a manufacturer that produces many types so you can see
?? ????????????? what I'm referring to:
?? ?????????????
?? ????????????? http://www.etco.com/category.php?cat=18?div=ep?l=e
?? ?????????????
?? ???????????? Excuse me, but is the OP a Septic or English ?
?? ????????????
?? ???????????? If he/she/it is English, it's bugger all use pointing them at Septic
?? ???????????? outlets, is it?
?? ????????????
?? ????????????
?? ???????????
?? ??????????? I'm sorry, I have absolutely no idea what you are writing
?? ??????????? about. Could you find someone to translate it into American?
?? ???????????
?? ?????????? Septic tank = yank
?? ??????????
?? ?????????? duh - colonials
?? ??????????
?? ??????????
?? ?????????
?? ????????? Um, the cultural education is nice but what's it got to do
?? ????????? with electrical connections to a battery holder? Bizarre is
?? ????????? fun but at least I try to keep my jokes within the subject
?? ????????? matter being discussed.
?? ?????????? TDD
?? ?????????? It was... Radio Shack used to have UK outlets (but seemed to have
?? ???????? vanished), but the link above was certainly for their US replacement...
?? ????????
?? ?????? Its a long way to go for a battery holder..
?? ????????
?? ??????? Yes. All the way to your mail box. Of course, that may require you
?? ??????? to get out of your chair and actually walk.
?? ???????
?? ?????? And pay three times the value in shipping and taxes
?? ?????
?? ????? =============================================================================
?? ?????
?? ????? Many thanks to all. The push on brass connectors are a welcome solution,
?? ????? many thanks. I can easily buy those at Maplins.
?? ?????
?? ????? To throw a little light on this unnecessary rudeness to our American
?? ????? cousins. The expression Amearkin came up because in the U.S. they could say
?? ????? American so quickly it sounded like Amearkin. So across the pond they became
?? ????? Amearkins...quite harmless.
?? ?????
?? ????? However some low lifes changed this to Merkins. A few hundred years ago in
?? ????? order to deal with body lice, ladies would shave their lower private parts.
?? ????? Since this was deamed un-attractive, they could buy small triangular wigs
?? ????? which were called...you guessed it Merkins. Please dont let the low-lifes
?? ????? get you down, we have as many here as you have there. And they just love the
?? ????? internet.
?? ?????
?? ?????
?? ????
?? ???? Teasing is part of the Usenet experience, if we didn't like you we
?? ???? wouldn't even respond to you. You get a bunch of guys together and
?? ???? they are going to throw jabs at each other and kid around. It's
?? ???? basically what we call horseplay. It's like those celebrity roasts
?? ???? that are shown on TV, some of the most horrible and vile insults
?? ???? are thrown about by friends.
?? ???
?? ???
?? ??? And if the 'friends' go too far, you throw them out! ;-)
?? ??
?? ?? The only time I've seen that happen is when someone attacks the family
?? ?? or children of a nasty poster. I'll pounce and tell them to leave the
?? ?? uninvolved folks out of it. One particularly foul individual posted a
?? ?? farewell to his grandmother who had just passed away and a rival started
?? ?? making fun of the late old woman. I let him know real quick it was in
?? ?? bad taste and to direct his anger at Mr. Nasty and not someone who was
?? ?? defenseless. There is such a thing as propriety.
?? ?
?? ?
?? ? I've had online and real life stalkers, and one ass who posted some
?? ? lies about my long dead mother. So I asked why he was online, when he
?? ? was supposed to be picking up his hooker wife. He was furious, and got
?? ? even madder when not one of his cronies agreed with him. Sometimes you
?? ? have to hit them with a six foot 2"*4", right between the eyes before
?? ? they get the message. He had been making fun of the fact that I'm a
?? ? disabled US Army Veteran and bragged that he was exempt from military
?? ? service, because he was diabetic. He harped anout it for months, with
?? ? others reminding him that he started it. I had dumped him into the bit
?? ? bucket, so I only saw it in replies.
??
?? Let it roll off your back because words can never hurt you unless
?? followed by the banging of a gavel in a courtroom.
??
?? Oh yea, thanks for your service. Both my parents, my older brother
?? and paternal great uncle were regular army. I was in college during
?? The Vietnam War and joined up and was turned down even though I was
?? in the greatest shape of my life. I didn't know that I had stumbled
?? upon the secret of avoiding being drafted into the military until
?? 30 years later when I befriended a former Army recruiter. It was my
?? allergies, I had told the military doctor about my allergies causing
?? me breathing problems. All of these guys were shooting off a toe,
?? claiming to be queer or running off to Canada to avoid the draft
?? when all they had to do was tell the doctor they had allergies. I was
?? trying to join up! My recruiter friend told me that turning down a
?? potential recruit for allergies was one of the biggest secrets of the
?? war. That's been my luck, I find it by accident.
?
?
? I was given five medical 4F ratings and told I could never enlist.
? So, I started an industrial electronics repair business. Two years
? later they drafted me. I had to shut the doors when I left for basic.
? Then they tried to tell me I didn't know any electronics, but I tested
? out of the three year Broadcast Engineer course.
10 years later, I tried to join again. I went to through the testing,
they wanted me so I went for the medical exam where I was told to bend
over. Well, the doctor looked up my backside and told me I was in
perfect health but I was too nearsighted. I was deemed permanently
disqualified. Hell, I tried, which is more than most damn hippie freaks
did.
My vision was below 20/200 and 20/400 without my glasses when they
took me.
It must have been a different time, my vision is worse or I'm too ugly
and they just didn't want to tell me. I'm getting paranoid, I think the
whole world is out to crap on me, yea, that's it, it's a conspiracy.
?
? I was given five medical 4F ratings and told I could never enlist.
? So, I started an industrial electronics repair business. Two years
? later they drafted me. I had to shut the doors when I left for basic.
? Then they tried to tell me I didn't know any electronics, but I tested
? out of the three year Broadcast Engineer course.
10 years later, I tried to join again. I went to through the testing,
they wanted me so I went for the medical exam where I was told to bend
over. Well, the doctor looked up my backside and told me I was in
perfect health but I was too nearsighted. I was deemed permanently
disqualified. Hell, I tried, which is more than most damn hippie freaks
did.
My vision was below 20/200 and 20/400 without my glasses when they
took me.
Umm .... anyone here ever heard of snipping an article like above?.
Means you don't have to keep scrolling down tru all the previous to get
to the latest comments?...
There was also a big outcry at the time about the pollution--apparently
folks were worried about damage to the ozone layer or something, due to
inefficient engines spewing crap in the stratosphere. I'm not sure
whether there was anything to that (there so often isn't, in the
environmentalist cosmos), but that and the sonic booms were what got
supersonic flight banned.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
Just more symptoms on Not Invented Here syndrome.
Yawn. US SS military jets were banned from populated areas long
before the first Concord was pieced together from British and french
landfills.
Yawn ... zzzzzz Frank Writtle was 'working on them long before that
So, where are his flying, today?
Well thats like saying where are Stevenson's locomotives working today
then;?.
Rather pointless...
I have a scroll wheel and its giving me a bloody sore finger scrollingtony sayer wrote:
?
? I was given five medical 4F ratings and told I could never enlist.
? So, I started an industrial electronics repair business. Two years
? later they drafted me. I had to shut the doors when I left for basic.
? Then they tried to tell me I didn't know any electronics, but I tested
? out of the three year Broadcast Engineer course.
10 years later, I tried to join again. I went to through the testing,
they wanted me so I went for the medical exam where I was told to bend
over. Well, the doctor looked up my backside and told me I was in
perfect health but I was too nearsighted. I was deemed permanently
disqualified. Hell, I tried, which is more than most damn hippie freaks
did.
My vision was below 20/200 and 20/400 without my glasses when they
took me.
Umm .... anyone here ever heard of snipping an article like above?.
Means you don't have to keep scrolling down tru all the previous to get
to the latest comments?...
Buy a mouse with a scroll wheel. Or even better, a Griffin Powermate.
And where was there criticism?..
You Sir are very welcome to have the last word on this one;!..tony sayer wrote:
There was also a big outcry at the time about the pollution--
apparently
folks were worried about damage to the ozone layer or something, due
to
inefficient engines spewing crap in the stratosphere. I'm not sure
whether there was anything to that (there so often isn't, in the
environmentalist cosmos), but that and the sonic booms were what got
supersonic flight banned.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
Just more symptoms on Not Invented Here syndrome.
Yawn. US SS military jets were banned from populated areas long
before the first Concord was pieced together from British and french
landfills.
Yawn ... zzzzzz Frank Writtle was 'working on them long before that
So, where are his flying, today?
Well thats like saying where are Stevenson's locomotives working today
then;?.
Rather pointless...
Yes, you are. Yet you keep trolling.
I think the cocaine was probably just to perk him up so he could drink
Well, we could top post!?
? I was given five medical 4F ratings and told I could never enlist.
? So, I started an industrial electronics repair business. Two years
? later they drafted me. I had to shut the doors when I left for basic.
? Then they tried to tell me I didn't know any electronics, but I tested
? out of the three year Broadcast Engineer course.
10 years later, I tried to join again. I went to through the testing,
they wanted me so I went for the medical exam where I was told to bend
over. Well, the doctor looked up my backside and told me I was in
perfect health but I was too nearsighted. I was deemed permanently
disqualified. Hell, I tried, which is more than most damn hippie freaks
did.
My vision was below 20/200 and 20/400 without my glasses when they
took me.
Umm .... anyone here ever heard of snipping an article like above?.
Means you don't have to keep scrolling down tru all the previous to get
to the latest comments?...