[Qcwa] RE: Old Guys

[Jan Scheuerman]

Hey Bob ...
I agree wholeheartedly!  Loved the piece and am going to send it on to 
my 22 year old granddaughter, who is in the Navy.  She's far from an 18 
year old boy, but I'm sure she'll get a huge charge out of the article. :-)
73... Jan WA2YL

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>Message: 1
>Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 19:15:32 -0400
>From: Bob West <rlwest at wa8ycd.net>
>Subject: [Qcwa] [Fwd: Old Guys]
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>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: 	Old Guys
>Date: 	Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:59:27 -0700
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>     If I could, I'd enlist today and help my country track down those
>     responsible for killing thousands of innocent people in New York
>     City and Washington, DC But, I'm over 50 now and the Armed Forces
>     say I'm too old to track down terrorists. You can't be older than 35
>     to join the military. They've got the whole thing backwards. Instead
>     of sending 18-year-olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys.
>
>     You shouldn't be able to join until you're at least 35. For starters:
>
>     Researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds. Old
>     guys only think about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us more
>     that 28,000 additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy.
>
>     Young guys haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky
>     soldier is a dangerous soldier. If we can't kill the enemy we'll
>     complain them into submission. "My back hurts!" "I'm hungry!"
>     "Where's the remote control?"
>
>     An 18-year-old hasn't had a legal beer yet and you shouldn't go to
>     war until you're at least old enough to legally drink. An average
>     old guy, on the other hand, has consumed 126,000 gallons of beer by
>     the time he's 35 and a jaunt through the desert heat with a backpack
>     and M-60 would do wonders for the old beer belly.
>
>     An 18-year-old doesn't like to get up before 10 a.m. Old guys get up
>     early every morning to pee.
>
>     If old guys are captured we couldn't spill the beans because we'd
>     probably forget where we put them. In fact, name, rank, and serial
>     number would be a real brainteaser.
>
>     Boot camp would actually be easier for old guys. We're used to
>     getting screamed and yelled at and we actually like soft food.
>     We've also developed a deep appreciation for guns and rifles. We
>     like them almost better than naps.
>
>     They could lighten up on the obstacle course however. I've been in
>     combat and didn't see a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over
>     the side, nor did I ever do any pushups after completing basic
>     training.  I can hear the Drill Sergeant now, "Get down and give
>     me...er...one."
>
>     And the running part is kind of a waste of energy. I've never seen
>     anyone outrun a bullet.
>
>     An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning
>     to shave, to actually carry on a conversation, and to wear pants
>     without the top of his butt crack showing and his boxer shorts
>     sticking out.  He's still hasn't figured out that a pierced tongue
>     catches food particles, and that a 400-watt speaker in the back seat
>     of a Honda Accord can rupture an eardrum. All great reasons to keep
>     our sons at home to learn a little more about life before sending
>     them off to possible death.
>
>     Let us old guys track down those dirty rotten cowards who attacked
>     our hearts on September 11. The last thing the enemy would want to
>     see right now is a couple of million old farts with attitudes.
>
>     Share this with your senior friends  (It's purposely in big type for
>     us old guys...)
>
>
>  
>

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Jan Scheuerman, WA2YL  <ylham at earthlink.net>
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