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marble falls

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1. Elections are like boot camp, if you show up, you will not be ignored. All we got to do is what we all can do: show up..

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Sat Jul 5, 2025, 07:32 AM

Jul 2025

... I was lucky, I went from "education officer" to company clerk in week two. I had been working on a farm and then construction from the time I was 13 every summer. I wasn't built but I was buff. I'd volunteer for Saturday 'Happy Hour', because it was a good workout and I didn't "hafta".

I did all the goofy 'unit cohesion' crap with little static. Having enlisted at 20 when my school money ran out (my dad didn't want me learning from the "communists" at Akron U), it was easy.

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The first time i realized. Trickledown economics bit me in the ass. [View all] Duncanpup Jul 2025 OP

Elections are like boot camp, if you show up, you will not be ignored. All we got to do is what we all can do: show up.. marble falls Jul 2025 #1

I'm smiling reading your post. Duncanpup Jul 2025 #3

And they seemed to him to be everywhere in Akron, Ohio in the 60s and 70s. I'da never been Commie or old line ... marble falls Jul 2025 #4

Can't wait until the midterms, gab13by13 Jul 2025 #2

"" AllaN01Bear Jul 2025 #6

One addition to your plan... Put, a drop dead date on it so people feel a little urgency. Hugin Jul 2025 #7

Sounds familiar AverageOldGuy Jul 2025 #5

My senior drill was tropical lightning 25th infantry Vietnam Duncanpup Jul 2025 #8

Much respect to you. Duncanpup Jul 2025 #9

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