[Qcwa] [Fwd: Old Guys]

[Tom Repstad]

Great idea... and furthermore...

Us "old guys" ...

1. They could feed us beans for a day and we could all bend over drop our
trousers and fart... if the enemy can survive the odor, all we have to do is
light a match and blow them up.

2. Only old guy's who have served in combat should be able to start a war,
or be President for that matter. I'm really pissed off at the way our
soldiers are treated. They have to pay for their own lunch in the hospital
when they are wounded!!!!!!!!  Sign up, serve your country, but if you get
killed or wounded you are on your own afterwards. What's up with that?

3. Old guy's know shit... they don't just jump into a situation... first you
have a couple of beers and then think about what you are going to do, and
what the ramifications will be. If only old guys were in the military around
the world... there would be no war, we'd just invite the enemy over for a
few beers and a BBQ... make friends not war.

4. If for some reason we do have to go to war or whatever, young guys don't
know a damn thing about women. If you are in a "liberty port" or
whatever.... We may not be able to do it as often as a young guy, but...
damn, we do it better.

5. The Gov't doesn't have to worry about our dental care because most of us
have dentures... (sucks to have a toothache out in the field).

6. Old guys are more pragmatic, if it comes to the point that war is
necessary, I say screw it, pound the enemy into submission, no half-assed
measures. Half-assed measures only kill's our kids.

7. Old guy's know that winning the war is only half the battle, you also
have to win the peace. Gen. Marshall knew that in WW2 and that's why Germany
and Japan are our trade partners and are at peace with us.

8. Old guys know they don't need at 50+lb pack and heavy armor, they just
need a cell phone to call in an air/naval strike.  (we can put a cruise
missle up the butt of a mouse if we want to).

9. The gov't is saying "support our troops", but the gov't doesn't do that.
The pay is inadequate, medical care is underfunded, and it's really a hard
life for most servicemen.  I am totally dismayed at the real lack of support
of our service men and women. Old guys would not do that.

10. It's late,and I've had a  few beers.... please forgive my rambling...

Have a nice weekend

--Tom



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob West" <rlwest at wa8ycd.net>
To: "QCWA list" <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 7:15 PM
Subject: [Qcwa] [Fwd: Old Guys]


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Old Guys
> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:59:27 -0700
>
>      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...)
>
>
> -- 
>
> 73,
> Bob WA8YCD
>
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