My dad's number came up pretty early in the draft in 1968 (or was it 69). He said the hell with it and joined before he was called. His number was never called. ;-)
At 12:27 PM 7/11/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Interestingly enough, that's why my father never plays the lottery. He told >me when i was younger that he never needed to, because he "won the only >lottery that counted". He wasn't selected for the draft. > >c > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 11:47 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: a bit of culture in the morning!! > > >Sorry- > >at age 18 in the U.S. you have to register with the >Selective Service, get a draft card. > >They had status codes on the card. > >Prime "draft meat" was 1A. > >College student deferment was 2S - reverts to 1A when >you leave school. > >There were also hardship deferments, conscientious >objector, etc. > >If there was a medical reason they didn't want your >sorry bod, you got 4F - "medically excused". >(Guess what - I didn't want them either!!) > >Beat the heck out of getting sent to the jungles. > >I ummm took a break from college. They were having a >draft lottery. Your birthday got assigned a number from >1 to 365. Number 1 was first group to get drafted. I had >number 30. During the period I didn't have a student >exemption, had it not been for the 4F, weeeeelllllll... > >-Ben > > > hey ben....whats a 4F medical? > > > > w > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 11 July 2002 16:26 > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: a bit of culture in the morning!! > > > > > > Yup - 12/27/1949 > > hey, I said I was an old fart! > > :-) > > > > Yeah, I was getting out of high school in SF in '67 - > > the Haight-Ashbury "Summer of Love". > > > > Got to go to the original Fillmore, Carousel Ballroom, > > Family Dog's Avalon Ballroom, Winterland. Cool times, as > > long as you didn't end up in 'Nam. (I had a 4F medical.) > > > > (as Streisand croons "Misty water color memories..." in > > the background - gag me !) > > > WOW.. In 1971, I was not even born yet... or conceived... hell, my >parents > > > did not know each other in 1971. > > > > > > At 04:16 PM 7/11/2002 +0100, you wrote: > > > >you were 21 in '71 Ben?? Wow, I feel like a baby now, as I was only 1 > > then > > > >:) > > > > > > > >w > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > >Sent: 11 July 2002 16:12 > > > >To: CF-Community > > > >Subject: RE: a bit of culture in the morning!! > > > > > > > > > > > >Eri*K*a- > > > > > > > >Stairway to Heaven is my fave LedZep too !! > > > >Were you born in late 1971 ? > > > >BTW I was 21 years old then !! > > > > > > > >re: range of music, we played quite a mixture, son ended > > > >up liking Mozart, Beethoven, Beatles, Brubeck, and > > > >Hendrix. (Hmm, he didn't like Fleetwood Mac <g>.) > > > > > > > >He has been playing things for me now, was surprised I > > > >liked Collective Soul, DMB, and Metallica (!). > > > > > > > >-Benny > > > > > > > > > Ah man! Led Zep is great!!!! > > > > > > > > > > My favorite is Stairway to Heaven ... Which coincidentally, was > > released > > > > > the year I was born! > > > > > > > > > > She doesn't even like Stairway??? Humph. :) > > > > > > > > > > Erika > > > > > With a K > > > > > Hmmm ... Time for some CD's today ... > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > >>| -----Original Message----- > > > > > >>| From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > >>| Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 10:38 AM > > > > > >>| To: CF-Community > > > > > >>| Subject: RE: a bit of culture in the morning!! > > > > > >>| > > > > > >>| > > > > > >>| I know...I was thinking that the other day....Father's Day!! :) > > > > > >>| > > > > > >>| Baby Swain will be getting a wide range of music, in fact, > > > > > >>| I've started already. Clare will probably try and kill me > > > > > >>| if I keep playing her different types of music. She likes > > > > > >>| some of it, but drew the line at Led Zep for some reason. > > > > > >>| > > > > > >>| > > > > > >>| w > > > > > >>| > > > > > >>| -----Original Message----- > > > > > >>| From: Erika L. Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > >>| Sent: 11 July 2002 10:33 > > > > > >>| To: CF-Community > > > > > >>| Subject: RE: a bit of culture in the morning!! > > > > > >>| > > > > > >>| > > > > > >>| Very Nice ... Soothing as well. > > > > > >>| > > > > > >>| Guess we know what sort of music Daddy Swain will be piping into > > the > > > > > >>| nursery ;) > > > > > >>| > > > > > >>| Just think, next year, you get to celebrate Father's Day!!! > > > > > >>| > > > > > >>| Erika > > > > > >>| With a K > > > > > >>| ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > >>| > > > > > >>| >>| -----Original Message----- > > > > > >>| >>| From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > >>| >>| Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 10:25 AM > > > > > >>| >>| To: CF-Community > > > > > >>| >>| Subject: a bit of culture in the morning!! > > > > > >>| >>| > > > > > >>| >>| > > > > > >>| >>| One of our clients, Glyndebourne Opera House, have a > > > > > >>| streaming audio > > > > > >>| >>| feed via the BBC website, streaming one of their > > > > > >>| operas, Iphig�nie > > > > > >>| >>| en Aulide and I've spent the morning enjoying it. Very nice. > > > > > >>| >>| > > > > > >>| >>| You can hear it at > > > > > >>| >>| >>| http://www.glyndebourne.com/festival/listenonline.cfm > > > > > >>| >>| > > > > > >>| >>| Cheers > > > > > >>| >>| > > > > > >>| >>| Will > > > > > >>| >>| > > > > > >>| >>| > > > > > >>| > > > > > >>| > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
