On Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 11:38:16 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 20:26:28 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 18:52:20 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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Don't forget how we have been getting to the ISS since the end of the
GW administration. They are not all that backward. Even in WWII they
had one of the best tanks in the war.
I do understand they got their rocket technology from the Germans but
so did we. They were also very good at stealing technology from us ...
and they still are.
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Oh I agree! The movie was talking (I take it) about the typical “farm boy” soldier that had never seen running water and was marveled at the convenience.

Sure they’re smart. But maybe not “that” smart.

Let's not get too silly here. I bet there were American farm boys in
the 40s who saw their first flush toilet in boot camp.
When my father in law moved from the farm near Paoli Indiana to Kokomo
(1940s), he said it was the first time he had indoor plumbing. They
had it in town but not out at his family farm.

Growing up we would occasionally visit my great aunt and uncle who lived 6-8 miles out of town in the country. They had a hand pump and tin cup on the back porch for drinking water, an outhouse and a wood stove. My wife's dad grew up poor in very rural south Georgia, and said that the chickens would peck their feet through the floorboards of the house. I suspect that's why he lived a frugal life, worked a full-time job and roofed houses on the side. He's very comfortable in his retirement now.

Most kids these days want it all now, and don't have a clue what it's like to make it with what you have, and to work hard and save to do better later..