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Drafting Guys over 60
----this is so Funny & obviously written by a Former MARINE-----

New Direction for any war: Send Service Vets over 60!
I am over 60 and the Armed Forces thinks I'm too old to track down terrorists. You can't be older than 42 to join the military. They've got the whole thing ass-backwards. Instead of sending 18-year olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn't be able to join a military unit until you're at least 35.

For starters:
Researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds. Old guys only think about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us more than 28,000 additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy.

Young guys haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky soldier is a dangerous soldier. 'My back hurts! I can't sleep, I'm tired and hungry' We are impatient and maybe letting us kill some asshole that desperately deserves it will make us feel better and shut us up for a while.

An 18-year-old doesn't even like to get up before 10 a.m. Old guys always get up early to pee so what the hell. Besides, like I said, 'I'm tired and can't sleep and since I'm already up, I may as well be up killing some fanatical son-of-a-bitch.

If captured we couldn't spill the beans because we'd forget where we put them. In fact, name, rank, and serial number would be a real brainteaser.

Boot camp would be easier for old guys. We're used to getting screamed and yelled at and we're used to soft food. We've also developed an appreciation for guns. We've been using them for years as an excuse to get out of the house, away from the screaming and yelling.

They could lighten up on the obstacle course however. I've been in combat and didn't see a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did I ever do any pushups after completing basic training. I can hear the Drill Sgt. In the 'New army' now, 'Get down and give me ... er .. One.'

Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy, too. I've never seen anyone outrun a bullet.

An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning to shave, to start up a conversation with a pretty girl. He still hasn't figured out that a baseball cap has a brim to shade his eyes, not the back of his head.

These are all great reasons to keep our kids at home to learn a little more about life before sending them off into harm's way.

Let us old guys track down those dirty rotten cowards terrorists. The last thing an enemy would want to see right now is a couple of million pissed off old farts with attitudes and automatic weapons who know that their best years are already behind them.

If nothing else, put us on border patrol....we will have it secured the first night!

Share this with your senior friends. It's purposely in big type so you can read it..........

I always overspend cause there's always something on sale that I will need sooner than later. DH goes by the list and the list only.

Okay, I am going to try to make this as short as possible. This regards my grandparents and cousins. My grandparents are my world, although I don't get to see them as much as I would like. My two cousins, who are brother and sister, and I have always been close. Cousin #1 and I have always been very close friends, sister-type close.

I have not been able to get ahold of my grandparents in almost a month. My grandfather has the beginning stages of dementia, and the last time I talked to them was on Father's Day.

Jumping around here a bit, I had a baby in April. Cousin #1 has not even called and asked about the baby, has not wanted to come by (she was there with me when the first two were born and has always considered my kids "her kids." I have called her numerous times with no return calls. Yesterday I sent her a text message asking if she had talked to my grandparents, and she did not answer.

After that, I sent my other cousin a message on Myspace and asked if he had spoken to them and how they were doing. I was able to see that he had read the message, but he did not answer it.

The last time I spoke to cousin #1 was about two weeks before the baby was born. She said she had not been feeling well and missed a lot of work, so she did not know if she could make it to the hospital. I told her I understood and I hoped she would start feeling better soon. After all of the unanswered calls, I sent her an E-card and told her I felt like I must have upset her and to please call so that we could talk it out.

This is becoming quite long, I am sorry about that! The only thing I can possibly think of is that I named the baby after my step-dad, not my dad. In regards to that, however, I have a brother who is my dad's namesake, and felt like that was his place, not mine. I really did not think that my family would get so upset as to not talk to me, though.

I just recently got back in touch with an old friend from high school. We made plans to take our kids somewhere together this Saturday. I should preface this by saying I'm married and she's not. When I talked to her last night to firm up our plans, she asks me if my husband was going. Well, I thought it was just me and her taking our kids out and I wasn't going to ask my husband to go along since she's not married. Then she says that she's been "meaning to tell me" that her new boyfriend is going with her. My husband cannot go because of work so now, if I go, I'm stuck with her and her new boyfriend who I do not know.

Do y'all think I'm crazy for feeling weird about this? I don't want to be a third wheel on her date, especially with my kids along.

There are a few more old timer's like me on this board.

I probably won't mainly because of the hounding she is doing. It is a nuisance and it does need to stop. H and I went looking for a new car because the hospital I work for is cutting back on their MTs and they offered me a job doing something else in-house. I just need a car that gets good gas mileage. Anyway, she kept insisting we get the first car we drove. I told dd to quiet down, that dad and I will make the decision. H told her, dd, you go to school, you listen to your teacher and make good grades, then you land youself a good paying job and you can get whatever car you want on this lot, but until then, you're on Mom and Dad's budget. Poor dd when H is around. She will say "I want, I want" H will say I want a lot of things. I am wondering of the other girls that she saw are just wearing those sports bra type thingys.

Okay MTs, here's the deal need your opinions please . . . Made an appointment at American's Best that 2 pairs of glasses for $69.95 deal � bad experience all around! Glasses ended up costing me over $250.00! When I picked them up one pair was broken! They fixed on the spot � I took them home � cannot wear either pair, as they give me a headache. I had a feeling they wouldn't be right because the eye doctor came off as a complete ***** to me. First off he tried to tell me there were special contract lens that would allow me to and I quote "see my dreams clearly." Okay � dreams are a brain function. You do not need prescription eye wear to see dreams! And in my opinion he violated HIPAA. While I was in the waiting area between testing for field vision etc. He informed me in front of others waiting in that same area of my tests results. My results are my business not any other patients in the waiting room. Anyway, I returned today to return the glasses for my money back � they advertise a 30-day return. They gave me nothing but grief. Only refunded me for $147.00 when I paid over $200.00 plus I had to pay for that advertised free eye exam (which I understand since I didn't want glasses I cannot wear). I�m livid. I'm still out $103.00, plus I'm sure the eye exam money is basically wasted because the flipping ****** didn't do the prescription right. Both glasses were supposed to be the same prescription yet one pair I could see distance somewhat okay, but got headaches/dizzy � the other pair � useless couldn't see period! I paid extra for coatings for anti-glare that I don't believe were done. Please don't go there � save yourself a major headache. Others were in the same store when I was trying to get my money back for the same reasons. Anyway � long story short � did the eye doctor violate HIPAA in your opinions? My tests were okay � but that was my business. And if you believe he violated me . . . where do I report him? I�m sick of being taken advantage of by places like this. Thanks. I'm sorry if there are any errors in my typing � I'm livid. Oh�did I mention when he dilated my eyes (3 drops) they stayed that way not for hours but entire day! My eyes burned and I wasn't "back to normal" for a week. I'm furious.

After we type a post and click on Post Reply - we get sent to an authentication page to type in a code...like 2d4s or something. Someone last week had asked MTStars to fix it so that when we get to that page, the mouse/cursor ends up automatically in the box so all we have to do is type the code, versus how it was before - we had to place the mouse/cursor into that little box. MTStars addressed this poster by fixing it. I was not the poster who asked for the fix but I certainly recognized the fix and was just thanking MTStars for fixing it.