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USAussie
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OK, which one of you wrote this?
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 awhile.
An 18-year-old doesn't even like to get up before 10am. 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 never saw a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did
I ever do any pushups after completing basic training. 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 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 coward terrorists. The last
thing an enemy would want to see is a couple million pissed off old farts
with attitudes and automatic weapons, who know that their best years are
already behind them.
HEY!! How about recruiting Women over 50...in menopause!!! You think MEN
have attitudes??
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh my God!!! If nothing else, put them on border patrol. They'll
have it secured the first night!
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'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
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| Re: [GMCnet] Drafting Guys Over 60 WAAAAY off topic! [message #69926 is a reply to message #69925] |
Thu, 07 January 2010 14:05  |
Dave Motorhome
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Being 35, i'll get banned for this but have too....
you'll get up to march/take objective.. get 30 minutes into the
mission and forget what your where marching for....
and better yet, if the soldiers are part of this group.. the general
will say take hill 52
you start taking hill 52, then a discussion starts that 52 is WRONG
and its 51.. then the discussion will splinter to some other tangent..
3 days later the original orders about hill 52 will now be talking
about how the roads in Afghanistan are tough on shoes....
David
75 Glenbrook
Broken Arrow, OK
http://75glenbrook.googlepages.com/
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Rob Mueller <robmueller@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> OK, which one of you wrote this?
>
>
> 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 awhile.
>
> An 18-year-old doesn't even like to get up before 10am. 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 never saw a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did
> I ever do any pushups after completing basic training. 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 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 coward terrorists. The last
> thing an enemy would want to see is a couple million pissed off old farts
> with attitudes and automatic weapons, who know that their best years are
> already behind them.
>
> HEY!! How about recruiting Women over 50...in menopause!!! You think MEN
> have attitudes??
>
> Ohhhhhhhhhhhh my God!!! If nothing else, put them on border patrol. They'll
> have it secured the first night!
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Drafting Guys Over 60 WAAAAY off topic! [message #69930 is a reply to message #69925] |
Thu, 07 January 2010 14:22 |
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For some reason I thought this thread was gonna be about drafting semis doing over 60 mph! Lol. Good read anyway and damn funny. Hell they should just send me out there after a good taco bell lunch. But then again I think using poisonous gas is against one of the Geneva conventions, thankfully ice never been to Geneva. Hehe
73 Canyon Lands, (a.k.a. The Yellow Submarine) West Los Angeles CA
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| Re: [GMCnet] Drafting Guys Over 60 WAAAAY off topic! [message #69933 is a reply to message #69932] |
Thu, 07 January 2010 14:43 |
k2gkk
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It's been going around for years, Dan!
Mac in Oklahoma City, OK
USAF, Retired
* In my many years, I have come to the conclusion that one useless *
* man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is Congress. *
* -- John Adams (1735- 1826) *
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> From: gregg_dan@hotmail.com
> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 14:26:43 -0600
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Drafting Guys Over 60 WAAAAY off topic!
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> That cracks me up Rob, did you write all of that? I can relate. I often tell Teri if I were to start over I would head straight for the Border Patrol. If one of my bullets hit someone, heading north, no one would ever know it. I can keep a secret. Id park the GMC right there close to Stevve Ferguson's place and keep my sights clean. Right now, I would work for food and water if they would take me.
> Dan
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> Dan & Teri Gregg
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> danandteri.blogspot.com
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| Re: [GMCnet] Drafting Guys Over 60 WAAAAY off topic! [message #69935 is a reply to message #69925] |
Thu, 07 January 2010 15:05 |
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gmcdude76
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LOL
What did you guys have a little to much egggggnoug or something!
thinking about the good (old) days what de heck does this have to do with gmcs?if you saw the movie stripes you know we have em5s that can be combat ready with a welding torch and iron and a couple of 50 caliber machine gun turrets on the roof...
we could whipe out bin ladin in no time hehehe. 
Gmc76Birchaven 23'94947
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| Re: [GMCnet] Drafting Guys Over 60 WAAAAY off topic! [message #69944 is a reply to message #69925] |
Thu, 07 January 2010 16:18 |
Steven Ferguson
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Ok, Ok, I confess, it was, er, um, hmmmmmmm, I can't seem to recall now.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Rob Mueller <robmueller@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> OK, which one of you wrote this?
>
>
> 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 awhile.
>
> An 18-year-old doesn't even like to get up before 10am. 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 never saw a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did
> I ever do any pushups after completing basic training. 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 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 coward terrorists. The last
> thing an enemy would want to see is a couple million pissed off old farts
> with attitudes and automatic weapons, who know that their best years are
> already behind them.
>
> HEY!! How about recruiting Women over 50...in menopause!!! You think MEN
> have attitudes??
>
> Ohhhhhhhhhhhh my God!!! If nothing else, put them on border patrol. They'll
> have it secured the first night!
>
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| Re: [GMCnet] Drafting Guys Over 60 WAAAAY off topic! [message #69980 is a reply to message #69925] |
Thu, 07 January 2010 20:09 |
Rivers
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This is great stuff, I'm for it. 63 and running (moving along) after it
Rivers
--- On Thu, 1/7/10, Rob Mueller <robmueller@iinet.net.au> wrote:
From: Rob Mueller <robmueller@iinet.net.au>
Subject: [GMCnet] Drafting Guys Over 60 WAAAAY off topic!
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 11:53 AM
OK, which one of you wrote this?
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 awhile.
An 18-year-old doesn't even like to get up before 10am. 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 never saw a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did
I ever do any pushups after completing basic training. 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 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 coward terrorists. The last
thing an enemy would want to see is a couple million pissed off old farts
with attitudes and automatic weapons, who know that their best years are
already behind them.
HEY!! How about recruiting Women over 50...in menopause!!! You think MEN
have attitudes??
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh my God!!! If nothing else, put them on border patrol. They'll
have it secured the first night!
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| Re: [GMCnet] draft [message #231705 is a reply to message #69925] |
Fri, 29 November 2013 14:04 |
KB
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on our 75 coach, I found there are some channels in the aluminum body
that run to the outside. For example, inside the propane compartment, there
is a hollow channel that curves around the back of the body near the floor.
This connects directly to behind the water tank under the bed. Useful for running
a wire for an outside electrical outlet as our previous owner did, but a big air leak.
Also, the holes they cut for the latches in both the genset and propane compartments.
I noticed a draft down low at the front side of the generator compartment box when
I had things all torn up. Applied some expanding foam, and was surprised
to find that as it expanded it came out where the genset door latch hole is
(ie, the groove they cut into the aluminum for the latch to catch into).
I assume the propane hatch side has a similar connection, so shot some expanding
foam into the latch hole from outside, and just trimmed/pushed it back
as it expanded to allow for the latch to fit.
Another big one is inside the electrical hatch. The plastic hatch box is mounted
flat against the body framing, but there's a big gap just above the bottom of the box
in between two parallel framing members in the wall (parallel to the ground).
This same gap is in our 73 coach (which is currently gutted so it's easy to see).
Karen
1973 23'
1975 26'
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| Re: [GMCnet] Drafting Guys Over 60 WAAAAY off topic! [message #231877 is a reply to message #231858] |
Sun, 01 December 2013 09:41 |
jhbridges
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Well, first you have to get past the BWDs to get in mine. Thereafter, I have the choice of a .380 popgun or a Wingmaster chambered for .12GA full of #2 buckshot. Which won't penetrate the outer walls after hitting the inner, but pretty much shreds anything in front of it. Like Justin Wilson used to say, it shoots five times when the Game Warden isn't looking, and three when he is.
--johnny
'76 23' transmode norris
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From: Robert Mueller <robmueller@iinet.net.au>
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
Sent: Sunday, December 1, 2013 2:23 AM
Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Drafting Guys Over 60 WAAAAY off topic!
Jim,
It isn't cause you've got to pee? ;-) I do that at least a couple of those a night at 67! ;-)
Speaking of handguns I got a Taurus "The Judge" for Double Trouble. It fires .410 shotgun shells and I reckon for close quarters
like inside a GMC it is a good choice.
I reckon that will handle anyone that breaks in!
Regards,
Rob M.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Galbavy
Rob,
I'm 66. ....is that why I'm up at 1 AM reading this?
Why am I up?. .... can't sleep. Maybe I'll clean my new Glock 17.
The GMC is too far away to clean tonight.
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