LOL... Leave Vietnam to report to recruiter to process you to go to veitnam ;-)
My dad was in from 69 to 70 also. 3rd Division Marines. At 01:47 PM 7/11/2002 -0700, you wrote: >lol > >My dad's number came up while he was on his second tour in Vietnam, '69-'70 > >He got his notice in a pack of mail that his mom forwarded to him. > >will >---- > >William H. Bowen >Webmaster >ALSTOM Energy Automation & Information > >"Your friendly neighborhood Webmaster" > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.esca.com/ > >425.739.3629 Voice >425.466.7016 Cell >425.739.3690 FAX >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jacob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 9:29 AM >Subject: RE: a bit of culture in the morning!! > > > > 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 > > > > > > > >>| >>| > > > > > > > >>| >>| > > > > > > > >>| > > > > > > > >>| > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
