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Default Is serving in the military classified as a "job"

On Jan 29, 4:29*pm, John H wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:32:41 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:
On Jan 29, 3:25*pm, John H wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:37:12 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:
this was brought up by one of the distinguished posters here on
rec.boats, and when I said YES, I was given a "Sure ... snerk"


So I'd like to know, seeing I've got a box with a few pay stubs in it
from being a guest of Uncle Sugar, I'd say that doing military service
IS actually considered as a "job". But now I'm left in confusion
because the distinguished poster I've mentioned seems to be skeptical
of *that claim.


So I present this question to the other distinguished posters on
rec.boats:


"Do you, or do you not, consider service in the US military as being a
"job"?"


What say ye?


I hate the idea of dignifying Harry's comment with a response.


I've never thought of military service as a 'job'. When I think of a job, I
think of living in one place, getting up and putting in my 8 hours a day,
and coming to my nice warm home every night. Another way to think of a
'job' is as a piece of work. A union hack might have to write a paper.
That's a 'job'.


Military service can be a 'job', but for most it's a lot more than that.