"JohnH" wrote in message
...

You are right with your statement. A retired Air Force Colonel I golf with
was in Vietnam. He has diabetes and various other ailments which have been
associated with Agent Orange. About a year ago I mentioned the Agent
Orange
program the military has been conducting. He knew nothing.

He's now getting almost double his retirement pay, and half of that is tax
free. It pays to keep up with the benefits.


I qualified for a Vietnam bonus that I never applied for.
(Harry would love to know why I didn't)

I wonder if I could still apply and get it, plus interest.
Nah.

Eisboch

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:52:53 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
.. .

You are right with your statement. A retired Air Force Colonel I golf with
was in Vietnam. He has diabetes and various other ailments which have been
associated with Agent Orange. About a year ago I mentioned the Agent
Orange
program the military has been conducting. He knew nothing.

He's now getting almost double his retirement pay, and half of that is tax
free. It pays to keep up with the benefits.


I qualified for a Vietnam bonus that I never applied for.
(Harry would love to know why I didn't)

I wonder if I could still apply and get it, plus interest.
Nah.

Eisboch


Go for it.

It would be worth doing purely for the mental challenge.

You could always donate the money, if you're man enough to bust through the
maze and get it in the first place!
--
A Harry Krause truism:

"It's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus!"

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:52:53 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
.. .

You are right with your statement. A retired Air Force Colonel I golf with
was in Vietnam. He has diabetes and various other ailments which have been
associated with Agent Orange. About a year ago I mentioned the Agent
Orange
program the military has been conducting. He knew nothing.

He's now getting almost double his retirement pay, and half of that is tax
free. It pays to keep up with the benefits.


I qualified for a Vietnam bonus that I never applied for.
(Harry would love to know why I didn't)

I wonder if I could still apply and get it, plus interest.
Nah.

Was that the Frank Sergeant "bonus" when he was governor of MA?

If I remember, it was $50 or something like that.

"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
message ...
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:52:53 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
. ..

You are right with your statement. A retired Air Force Colonel I golf
with
was in Vietnam. He has diabetes and various other ailments which have
been
associated with Agent Orange. About a year ago I mentioned the Agent
Orange
program the military has been conducting. He knew nothing.

He's now getting almost double his retirement pay, and half of that is
tax
free. It pays to keep up with the benefits.


I qualified for a Vietnam bonus that I never applied for.
(Harry would love to know why I didn't)

I wonder if I could still apply and get it, plus interest.
Nah.

Was that the Frank Sergeant "bonus" when he was governor of MA?

If I remember, it was $50 or something like that.


No, but that's another one. I think that was a state bonus of $500 but
could be wrong. Maybe it was less.
Haven't thought about this for a long time.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
...
You are right with your statement. A retired Air Force Colonel I golf with
was in Vietnam. He has diabetes and various other ailments which have been
associated with Agent Orange. About a year ago I mentioned the Agent
Orange
program the military has been conducting. He knew nothing.

He's now getting almost double his retirement pay, and half of that is tax
free. It pays to keep up with the benefits.


I qualified for a Vietnam bonus that I never applied for.
(Harry would love to know why I didn't)

I wonder if I could still apply and get it, plus interest.
Nah.

Eisboch



Have you ever thought about when Harry went to Viet Nam? He stated he
graduated from college, then went to work for Kansas City newspaper,
then went to Yale, then worked as a Union organizer in Chicago. I guess
he must have done Viet Nam after high school before college. Army
Generals prefer to hire kids just out of high school.

Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
...
You are right with your statement. A retired Air Force Colonel I golf
with
was in Vietnam. He has diabetes and various other ailments which have
been
associated with Agent Orange. About a year ago I mentioned the Agent
Orange
program the military has been conducting. He knew nothing.

He's now getting almost double his retirement pay, and half of that
is tax
free. It pays to keep up with the benefits.


I qualified for a Vietnam bonus that I never applied for.
(Harry would love to know why I didn't)

I wonder if I could still apply and get it, plus interest.
Nah.

Eisboch


Have you ever thought about when Harry went to Viet Nam? He stated he
graduated from college, then went to work for Kansas City newspaper,
then went to Yale, then worked as a Union organizer in Chicago. I guess
he must have done Viet Nam after high school before college. Army
Generals prefer to hire kids just out of high school.

I'm beginning to think Harry made this up. All of it. Who do you think
he is trying to impress?

Jim wrote:


I'm beginning to think Harry made this up. All of it. Who do you think
he is trying to impress?

Do you think?

I saw where Harry gave you the heads up that someone threatening to post
your name and address in Usenet. I hope you haven't had any negative
repercussions from your personal information being posted on the
internet. Maybe if you send an email to the person and beg for
forgiveness he may not make the post.

Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Jim wrote:


I'm beginning to think Harry made this up. All of it. Who do you think
he is trying to impress?

Do you think?

I saw where Harry gave you the heads up that someone threatening to post
your name and address in Usenet. I hope you haven't had any negative
repercussions from your personal information being posted on the
internet. Maybe if you send an email to the person and beg for
forgiveness he may not make the post.




It's not up to me to repost it. When it hits, though, it'll be interesting.

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:12:06 -0500, Boater wrote:

Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Jim wrote:


I'm beginning to think Harry made this up. All of it. Who do you think
he is trying to impress?

Do you think?

I saw where Harry gave you the heads up that someone threatening to post
your name and address in Usenet. I hope you haven't had any negative
repercussions from your personal information being posted on the
internet. Maybe if you send an email to the person and beg for
forgiveness he may not make the post.




It's not up to me to repost it. When it hits, though, it'll be interesting.

And why could you not forward it to Jim?
--
A Harry Krause truism:

"It's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus!"

Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Jim wrote:


I'm beginning to think Harry made this up. All of it. Who do you
think he is trying to impress?

Do you think?

I saw where Harry gave you the heads up that someone threatening to
post your name and address in Usenet. I hope you haven't had any
negative repercussions from your personal information being posted on
the internet. Maybe if you send an email to the person and beg for
forgiveness he may not make the post.




It's not up to me to repost it. When it hits, though, it'll be interesting.

LOL, Eisboch has meet Jim and finds him to be an outstanding individual.
You on the other hand like to pretend people send you email discussing
embarrassing personal information of others in rec.boats. This is not
limited to Jim, but many others. Somehow, your record of crying wolf
does not give you much creditability.

I would recommend you remove your sig file from the email you send in
your harassment emails, that WILL come back to bite you.