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Before everyone freaks out ....
On 2/4/2016 4:46 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/4/2016 3:15 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 2/4/16 1:19 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 2/4/2016 1:09 PM, Keyser Söze wrote: On 2/4/16 12:59 PM, wrote: On Thu, 04 Feb 2016 10:58:46 -0500, John H. wrote: On Thu, 4 Feb 2016 09:26:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/4/2016 8:56 AM, True North wrote: John H. - show quoted text - "So what. In 1965 I was making $72/month. But, my food, clothing and shelter were all free. And I didn't have to pay for ammo." .....and you were grossly overpaid at that! I distinctly remember paydays early in my Navy days on the first ship. Every two weeks the crew lined up in and outside the mess decks to be paid. When my turn came, I'd present my ID card and the dispersing officer would hand me a small, manilla envelope with all $50 and some change in it. We were paid in cash back then. Now-a-days everything is direct deposit. Cash was king back then. When I got married, my wife got a $95 check - a 'class Q allotment', I believe they called it. They took $50 from my pay and added $45 to get the $95 for her. That left me about $45, before taxes. I'd gotten promoted before getting married so my pay was up close to $90 by then. Of course, the food and lodging were no longer free! What was comrats then? a buck a day? I do remember the old "off base" guys paying a buck or so for lunch when I was in FT school. In those days the chow was real good and it was certainly a bargain. The only rule was "take all you want, eat all you take". We got paid in cash when I worked for the Bigelow Boiler Company in New Haven. Every Friday afternoon just before quitting time an armored truck would roll into the factory yard and we'd line up to get our pay envelopes. In '63 or '64, I recall. The office workers got paid in checks every two weeks. Sorry for chuckling Harry but your post strikes me as being funny. The vets here are reminiscing about 1960's military pay in the Army, Navy and Coast Guard and you offer your experience with the Bigelow Boiler Company. LOL (sorry ... just hit my funny bone) ` Well, you had to have some skills, aptitude and be trainable to be hired by Bigelow. A couple of the guys I sort of knew in high school who didn't go to college had no skills or aptitudes that were apparent, so they joined the army. Chuckle, chuckle. It's really too bad that you have such a low opinion of military service and the schools and training that it offers. People come from all walks of life and many don't have the superior aptitude that you possess or have the opportunity to acquire specific skills at a young age. But, given your lack of experience and knowledge of the subject, it's understandable. The reality is: The military services have developed extremely efficient and effective methods to teach and train people, developing skill sets that serve the needs of the specific service. Many of these skill sets are transferable to civilian occupations when the service member leaves active duty. You might be amazed at the professionalism that exists in these young servicemembers, especially in today's military, and the level of responsibility that those people who you claim "had no skills or aptitudes that were apparent" take on and acquire. Just think Harry. The bulk of the service members who operate and maintain some of the most sophisticated equipment in the world ... like aircraft, submarines, tanks, ships, and all the associated support equipment that goes with them are people without a college degree and had no experience doing what they do before they entered the military. Yet, they are the backbone of a national defense system that assures your right to complain and criticize them because they don't meet your high standards. Must make you have sleepless nights, eh? As long as he has his CPAP machine attached to his nose, he sleeps like a baby. He's completely unaware that he's being played for a fool. |
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