Well, the lottery didn't encourage school -- I drew number 324 in the very first draft lottery. My best friend drew 24. He stayed in ROTC and let the army put him through medical school, I dropped out of ROTC.
On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 11:24 PM Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 22:37:17 -0400 Scott Ritchey via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Back in the day, we had an incentive program to make good progress in > > school. Oddly enough it was called Selective Service. > > We had that one, too, as well has having a high-enough draft number. > > > Craig > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
