I am curious as to the ages of posters here.

[Deplorable Yankee]

Another x here between 50 and 60

Jezz op i thought you were a dopey kid

No wonder you won't eat the bugs for us

 

[GLASNOST]

I'm a baby then, I was in first grade.

I won't hold that against you.

 

[Mortis]

I am between the ages of 50 and 70.

I would like to keep my age private, since I live a private and retired life. Age is just a number to me. It's how you feel in the morning when you wake up, that keeps me going. That's all you all need to know.

 

[Woodznutz]

When I came to I saw about every fifth guy fall to the floor! Remember the three "gun" injections or didn't they use those yet in '63?

Yep, you're right. And C-1-3 was near the mess hall if I remember correctly. My drill seargeant was a wirey old guy from Alabama or Tennesee or some place like that. Funny, I can't remember his name. I do remember a couple of the other's: Sgt. Bechtold and Sgt Barbie.

We had one like that in Vietnam and the guys in his tent gave him the treatment with a wire brush. He and his clothes were filty and his teeth were green! I'll think of his name in a minute.

I missed out on the fun in Vietnam, too short to go with my unit. What was your M.O.S? I wound up as an artillery surveyor, a "153.00"

 

[GLASNOST]

I missed out on the fun in Vietnam, too short to go with my unit.

Ah, to be "short"! ETS!

What was your M.O.S?

That question is too personal. Maybe I'll show you my DD-214 some day. OK?

 

[Woodznutz]

Because this might be the last time for us to be heard?

True. We are at death's door, but our doctors are trying to pull us through.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

I saw Led Zeppelin at MSG in 1973

 

[Woodznutz]

Ah, to be "short"! ETS!

That question is too personal. Maybe I'll show you my DD-214 some day. OK?

Did you have a "shorttimers" calender?

I hope your DD-214 wasn't tarnished.

 

[GLASNOST]

I saw Led Zeppelin at MSG in 1973

I saw Chicago and Leon Russell in Albuquerque around that time. I didn't really want to see Leon Russell but there was this girl ..... you know?

 

[GLASNOST]

Did you have a "shorttimers" calender?

In Vietnam I did. And I thought they forgot me. I was there one year and two days before I got my port call!

I hope your DD-214 wasn't tarnished.

No problem.

 

[strollingbones]

Car crash? I thought he was in the airplane with Richtie Valens and the Big Bopper

it was a plane crash..Waylon Jennings was suppose to be on that flight but gave his seat up to the big booper

 

[Woodznutz]

I saw Chicago and Leon Russell in Albuquerque around that time. I didn't really want to see Leon Russell but there was this girl ..... you know?

While stationed at Ft. Bliss, TX we went to an American owned club in Mexico, about 40 miles south, and saw Lena Horne singing with a small band. A really nice place but there was hardly anyone else there. Strange.

 

[Woodznutz]

it was a plane crash..Waylon Jennings was suppose to be on that flight but gave his seat up to the big booper

A tragic and ignominious end to a superstar, and the end of a musical and social era. Enter the Beatles, screaming instead of singing, and drugs.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

I saw Chicago and Leon Russell in Albuquerque around that time. I didn't really want to see Leon Russell but there was this girl ..... you know?

I took a gf to see Blackmore's Rainbow first US tour at Beacon Theater in NY, loudest concert Ive ever attended, still not sure how the Beacon Theater withstood it. Agreed not to take her to anymore concerts after that

 

[GLASNOST]

While stationed at Ft. Bliss, TX

I was stationed at Sandia Base ("consolidated", that doesn't exist by that name any more) in Albuquerque. I've been to Juarez many, many times.

... we went to an American owned club in Mexico, ..... and saw Lena Horne ..... but there was hardly anyone else there. Strange.

Very strange.

 

[GLASNOST]

.... Enter the Beatles, screaming instead of singing, and drugs.

It was the women who were screaming, although the Beatles eventually did have much to do with the popularity of drugs.

 

[Woodznutz]

I was stationed at Sandia Base ("consolidated", that doesn't exist by that name any more) in Albuquerque. I've been to Juarez many, many times.

Very strange.

I was a weeknight. The place would likely be crowded on the weekends. Drinks were also cheap, but would likely not be on the weekends.

 

[Woodznutz]

It was the women who were screaming, although the Beatles eventually did have much to do with the popularity of drugs.

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

 

[Blaster]

I'm 34 but feel like a kid compared to most of the posters here.

 

[Woodznutz]

I was stationed at Sandia Base ("consolidated", that doesn't exist by that name any more) in Albuquerque. I've been to Juarez many, many times.

Very strange.

We went there to buy liquor. Went into a Mexican bar there. It was like Mexico's version of "Deliverance". Real characters that looked like they came right out of central casting. We downed our tequila and got the hell out of there.