On Tue, 2 Jul 2013 09:18:14 -0700 (PDT), wrote
this crap:

On Tuesday, July 2, 2013 10:05:54 AM UTC-5, wrote:


Happy Independence Day everyone, except for draft dodgers.

That's a good point, Horvie.

So, Scott, how DID you avoid the draft? Did your number just not
come up for four years running, or did you ride your student
exemption the way Bill Clinton did?
I mention this because I was born in '57 and was prime cannon-fodder
except that the draft ended a few years before I was eligible.
I still had to register.

You still do. Every male who turns 18 still has to register.

My brother, who is two years older than me, had some chronic
health issues that made him only one or two levels above 4F.
Scott was born in '52, I believe (we forgot to tell you Happy Birthday
a few weeks back), and would have been 21 when the draft ended in 1973.

Oh yeah, had the draft and the Vietnam debacle NOT ended, I was headed
straight for the Mekong Delta effective on my 19th birthday because I had a
low number in the last draft and I didn't have a student exemption to fall back on.

The student exemptions ended at that time. Trunky could not have used
a student exemption.

What's the deal, Scott? It's not dishonorable if you happened to get
a high number both times. Please tell us the truth here -- we know
when your birthday is and we can research the draft lottery numbers for that day.

Trunky will never tell the truth. He wasn't a journalist. He was a
fiction writer.


There's no need to fear if Trunky is near.