wrote:
On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 13:19:13 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 2/6/2014 8:41 AM, Poco Loco wrote:


Smoking is very popular overseas. I think that's where the cigarette
guys are making the big bucks.
In Germany, Marlboro was king.


And China.


In retrospect I always believed we fought in Vietnam to make the
country safe for Budweiser and Marlboro. It is a shame we didn't tell
the guys getting killed that at the time.
Hell I tried to go twice myself when I thought it was for freedom and
democracy. Wiser heads prevailed and both of my requests were denied.

I tried to go once, just for money at IBM and that was denied too.

I turned down an NCR trip to VN. They wanted to only boost pay 50% and
little expense money. Friend took the job, and they had to raise expense
money as was not enough to rent a place. Do not remember his name, only
met him a couple times, but one of the guys in my reserve unit was an IBM
in country rep. E3 here, but a major for privileges in VN.