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On 8/31/2014 11:39 AM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 8/31/14 12:26 PM, Califbill wrote:
F*O*A*D wrote:
On 8/31/14 11:17 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 08:15:09 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 8/31/14 3:28 AM, Califbill wrote:
wrote:
On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 13:16:49 -0500, Harrold
wrote:

On 8/30/2014 12:14 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 12:00:44 -0400, F*O*A*D
wrote:

Another of our weird regs concerns AR-15s. If you buy one fully
assembled, it has to be one of only a couple of HBAR models.
You can,
however, buy a fully assembled lower.

I guess I just never had the "black gun" thing.
I like wood and full power 30 cal if I am buying a center fire
rifle.
I understand the attraction for the military but I am not
packing 600
rounds into a fire fight, nor is my intent to inflict grievous
wounds

I wonder what Harry's need for or attraction to military
weaponry is?
Back in the sixties when Uncle Sam would have appreciated him
picking up
a gun and serving his country, Harry preferred to seek a scholars
deferment to attend a third rate school for girls in, of all
places, Kansas.

My point exactly. He could have stepped up and they would have given
him a M16-A1 and let him shoot gooks with it. Now he lives that life
vicariously shooting Evian bottles.

He would have been one of two things in the service. Clerk, or paper
pusher or cannon fodder. That liberal arts degree would not get a
skilled
position. Why I got to fix radar on airplanes instead of jungle
fighting.
Had skills that counted.

D'oh. I felt no desire to "serve" the brutal right-wing
dictatorship in
Vietnam, or the equally corrupt pols who followed in its footsteps.

I think it is nice that you and Fretwell managed to avoid the shooting
war by hiding out fixing radar and cruising on coast guard ships.
FlaJim, of course, also avoided the shooting war. Brave boys, all
of your,

It wasn't because I didn't try. I volunteered twice for the river
boats, once in the navy and once in the CG. My requests were denied.

It doesn't really matter, does it? I mean, I tried to get a job as a bra
fitter at Victoria's Secret, but my requests were denied.

It's pretty easy being a mustered out soldier-sailor-marine-airman who
never saw a firefight only to play a big, brave UseNet Warrior here.
Even
our resident John Bircher, Bertie Robbins, who talks about being a
Marine, never saw overseas duty and was exposed to the dangers
of...paper cuts.

Big whoop.

We all got trained for that firefight! Well maybe not Al Gore.

Yeah, so big deal. I had a lot of training as a bra remover. Doesn't
mean Vicky's Secret will hire me, eh?
Your Mama taught you?