"JohnH" wrote in message
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On 28 Jan 2005 12:13:14 -0800, "basskisser"
wrote:


P.Fritz wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
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On 28 Jan 2005 11:30:15 -0800, "basskisser"
wrote:


Gee, I was never IN the armed forces....'

Yep.....they do have their basic minimums.


What branch were YOU in, Fritz? Hell, by your posts here, maybe your
not yet old enough.

YOU'RE!!!

LMAO........asslicker still doesn't get it.


BTW....I turned down an appointment to West Point......didn't offer the
major I was going for...........


Geeez!

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes

JohnH wrote:
On 28 Jan 2005 12:04:22 -0800, "basskisser"
wrote:


Soldiers have 8th grade educations Bassy? What planet do you live
on?

I've known MANY people where I grew up, that quit school at or
around
that time and joined the military.

Are you now trying to tell us that some folks went to school where
you
grew up? Did they join the military at 13 years old? Wow!

Where did I say they were 13 years old, John? Jeez, can you read ONE
FLIPPIN sentence and get it right? A LOT of the farm boys around those
parts were dumber than posts. When I was in ninth grade, there was one
in my class that was so big when the teacher made him put his legs
under his desk, the legs of the desk were six inches off of the floor.
Add to that the fact that more than that never got past the eighth
grade, screwed around for a year or two, then joined. I don't know
about now, but back then, you could be dumber than the proverbial stump
and still get in the military. The local justice of the peace was all
the time taking young men, who had gotten into a little trouble, and
letting them off IF they joined.

P.Fritz wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
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On 28 Jan 2005 12:13:14 -0800, "basskisser"
wrote:


P.Fritz wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On 28 Jan 2005 11:30:15 -0800, "basskisser"

wrote:


Gee, I was never IN the armed forces....'

Yep.....they do have their basic minimums.


What branch were YOU in, Fritz? Hell, by your posts here, maybe
your
not yet old enough.

YOU'RE!!!

LMAO........asslicker still doesn't get it.

You are the one who don't get it. You STILL can't act like a man, can
you? Do you act like a child on purpose, or is it that you just don't
have the mental capacity to do so?


BTW....I turned down an appointment to West Point......didn't offer
the
major I was going for...........

Bull****. You don't act like an adult to this day, let alone be man
enough to be appointed to West Point.

"basskisser" wrote in message
oups.com...

JohnH wrote:
On 28 Jan 2005 12:04:22 -0800, "basskisser"
wrote:


Soldiers have 8th grade educations Bassy? What planet do you live
on?

I've known MANY people where I grew up, that quit school at or
around
that time and joined the military.

Are you now trying to tell us that some folks went to school where
you
grew up? Did they join the military at 13 years old? Wow!

Where did I say they were 13 years old, John? Jeez, can you read ONE
FLIPPIN sentence and get it right? A LOT of the farm boys around those
parts were dumber than posts. When I was in ninth grade, there was one
in my class that was so big when the teacher made him put his legs
under his desk, the legs of the desk were six inches off of the floor.
Add to that the fact that more than that never got past the eighth
grade, screwed around for a year or two, then joined. I don't know
about now, but back then, you could be dumber than the proverbial stump
and still get in the military. The local justice of the peace was all
the time taking young men, who had gotten into a little trouble, and
letting them off IF they joined.


OMG...here we go again.

JimH wrote:
"basskisser" wrote in message
oups.com...

JohnH wrote:
On 28 Jan 2005 12:04:22 -0800, "basskisser"
wrote:


Soldiers have 8th grade educations Bassy? What planet do you
live
on?

I've known MANY people where I grew up, that quit school at or
around
that time and joined the military.

Are you now trying to tell us that some folks went to school where
you
grew up? Did they join the military at 13 years old? Wow!

Where did I say they were 13 years old, John? Jeez, can you read
ONE
FLIPPIN sentence and get it right? A LOT of the farm boys around
those
parts were dumber than posts. When I was in ninth grade, there was
one
in my class that was so big when the teacher made him put his legs
under his desk, the legs of the desk were six inches off of the
floor.
Add to that the fact that more than that never got past the eighth
grade, screwed around for a year or two, then joined. I don't know
about now, but back then, you could be dumber than the proverbial
stump
and still get in the military. The local justice of the peace was
all
the time taking young men, who had gotten into a little trouble,
and
letting them off IF they joined.


OMG...here we go again.
don't believe it, Jim? If not, why? Happened all of the time.

"basskisser" wrote in message

don't believe it, Jim? If not, why? Happened all of the time.

your brother, wasn't it...... iirc a thread from some time ago.

On 28 Jan 2005 13:14:13 -0800, "basskisser"
wrote:


P.Fritz wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On 28 Jan 2005 12:13:14 -0800, "basskisser"
wrote:


P.Fritz wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On 28 Jan 2005 11:30:15 -0800, "basskisser"

wrote:


Gee, I was never IN the armed forces....'

Yep.....they do have their basic minimums.


What branch were YOU in, Fritz? Hell, by your posts here, maybe
your
not yet old enough.

YOU'RE!!!

LMAO........asslicker still doesn't get it.

You are the one who don't get it. You STILL can't act like a man, can
you? Do you act like a child on purpose, or is it that you just don't
have the mental capacity to do so?


BTW....I turned down an appointment to West Point......didn't offer
the
major I was going for...........

Bull****. You don't act like an adult to this day, let alone be man
enough to be appointed to West Point.

You obviously know nothing of West Point appointments, b'asskisser.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

On 28 Jan 2005 13:11:50 -0800, "basskisser"
wrote:


JohnH wrote:
On 28 Jan 2005 12:04:22 -0800, "basskisser"
wrote:


Soldiers have 8th grade educations Bassy? What planet do you live
on?

I've known MANY people where I grew up, that quit school at or
around
that time and joined the military.

Are you now trying to tell us that some folks went to school where
you
grew up? Did they join the military at 13 years old? Wow!

Where did I say they were 13 years old, John? Jeez, can you read ONE
FLIPPIN sentence and get it right? A LOT of the farm boys around those
parts were dumber than posts. When I was in ninth grade, there was one
in my class that was so big when the teacher made him put his legs
under his desk, the legs of the desk were six inches off of the floor.
Add to that the fact that more than that never got past the eighth
grade, screwed around for a year or two, then joined. I don't know
about now, but back then, you could be dumber than the proverbial stump
and still get in the military. The local justice of the peace was all
the time taking young men, who had gotten into a little trouble, and
letting them off IF they joined.

Most 8th graders are 13 when they start 8th grade. Now, where you grew
up they may have been 18, I don't know. Usually the Army won't take
8th grade dropouts. In fact, for many years they've taken only high
school graduates.

Now you're asking us to believe you were in the ninth grade? Are you
more credible than Harry?

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

On 28 Jan 2005 13:34:19 -0800, "basskisser"
wrote:


JimH wrote:
"basskisser" wrote in message
oups.com...

JohnH wrote:
On 28 Jan 2005 12:04:22 -0800, "basskisser"
wrote:


Soldiers have 8th grade educations Bassy? What planet do you
live
on?

I've known MANY people where I grew up, that quit school at or
around
that time and joined the military.

Are you now trying to tell us that some folks went to school where
you
grew up? Did they join the military at 13 years old? Wow!

Where did I say they were 13 years old, John? Jeez, can you read
ONE
FLIPPIN sentence and get it right? A LOT of the farm boys around
those
parts were dumber than posts. When I was in ninth grade, there was
one
in my class that was so big when the teacher made him put his legs
under his desk, the legs of the desk were six inches off of the
floor.
Add to that the fact that more than that never got past the eighth
grade, screwed around for a year or two, then joined. I don't know
about now, but back then, you could be dumber than the proverbial
stump
and still get in the military. The local justice of the peace was
all
the time taking young men, who had gotten into a little trouble,
and
letting them off IF they joined.


OMG...here we go again.
don't believe it, Jim? If not, why? Happened all of the time.

Did they do that with the pot growers also?

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

"basskisser" wrote in message
don't believe it, Jim? If not, why? Happened all of the time.


It was a commom practice up here in the '60s.
When the salaries were upped and the manpower levels dropped...the supply
outgrew the demand and the military got picky.