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You have to be of an age and a certain maturity to understand this passage.

I got my draft notice in July of 1966. At that time, I was a 24-year-old, full-time university student with a pregnant wife. I was deferred to IIIA status. Viet Nam was a 10-year war, that began under Eisenhower and ended 10 laters under Nixon. It should never have happened!

I sometimes feel guilty that I was denied to serve; OTOH, the Viet Nam war profited the military-industrial interests and we're all better off from that, aren't we? Did I mention some ~57,000 dead and later Agent Orange casualties?

The Viet Nan war should never have happened!

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 9:38 pm narcissist hasn't posted since his last update. Anyone know if he is OK?

"...'everbodys got to die sometime, Red" [Platoon, 1986]

Oldgringo wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2019 10:37 pm Last summer, a trial insertion of a Spinal Cord Stimulator somehow went bad and I ended up quarantined, with heavy antibiotics every four hours, in the hospital with Bacterial Meningitis for 14 nights. A couple of Drs., my wife and one good lookin' nurse thought I was gonna' croak. I haven't yet. I'm a bunch older than you. The point is; if you're able to sit up and write, you're probably gonna' be okay. When it's our time, it is our time.

Good night and good luck.

BTW, I had a cardiac infarction in November of '14, rode in the ambulance to the ER and was released in a couple of days. If you can read this, you'll probably be ok.

Last summer, a trial insertion of a Spinal Cord Stimulator somehow went bad and I ended up quarantined, with heavy antibiotics every four hours, in the hospital with Bacterial Meningitis for 14 nights. A couple of Drs., my wife and one good lookin' nurse thought I was gonna' croak. I haven't yet. I'm a bunch older than you. The point is; if you're able to sit up and write, you're probably gonna' be okay. When it's our time, it is our time.

Good night and good luck.