On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 19:07:54 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

Bert Robbins wrote:


Is it my fault that I wasn't sent overseas? No. I was ready to go if called
upon. When I was 18 I decided that I would join the USMC Reserve and serve
my country while I was continuing my education and working full time. One of
my prized possessions is my USMC Honorable Discharge pin. You don't have one
and you never will.

But I do have a pin for "perfect attendance" for one of my years in high
school. You don't have one of those, and you never will. Actually, I'm
not sure I have the pin anymore. Or my Boy Scout pins or merit badges.


What were you doing when you were 18? Sitting around praying that your
lottery number was high enough that you wouldn't get drafted? Why didn't you
ever serve your country?

I was in college at 18, Bertbrain. And I did serve my country, in an
exemplary manner. I got a nice hand-signed letter from the POTUS at that
time, and the offer of a top-level job political job at a federal
agency, the first of three top-level federal jobs I turned down. Well,
two were the same job, offered four years apart. Whatever.


Bragging again, Harry? I got a nice letter from the POTUS also. And I
did something. Show us your letters, Harry. Maybe they'll compare to
my Good Conduct Medal.


I don't have to fabricate my life's adventures and accomplishments. I will
tell you what they are and you can veify them easily.

Perhaps you should read your previous paragraph before you start
denying any fabrications. Tell us about your lobsta boat!!

I'm not that interested in you or your life, Bertie.

Then why do you spend so much time denigrating his military service,
which, by the way, you've none to be proud of?

You on the other hand
will not respond to a direct quesiton

Yes, well, not being a marine, I respond to what I feel like responding
to, eh?


--
John

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