Argumentative discussion

[Photo Engineer]

Rick, I used my machete for the barn escape!

My wife smuggled it in in a cake.

PE

 

[ic-racer]

Metathreads?

 

[BrianShaw]

They gave you cake? When I was chained in the barn they didn't even give me underwear. It was rice bread and a fluid that somewhat resembled water. But it was too dark to see so who knows what anything was on the plate that was slid under the door.

Rick, I used my machete for the barn escape!

My wife smuggled it in in a cake.

PE

 

[Rick A]

Rick, I used my machete for the barn escape!

My wife smuggled it in in a cake.

PE

Was it this one?
http://willowhavenoutdoor.com/uncat...bar-5704-zk-zombie-killer-chop-stick-machete/

 

[36cm2]

"Why do I have to use DPug for hybrid work?" always got a rise. And Bob Carnie's Ginesh comment is hilarious.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

They gave you cake? When I was chained in the barn they didn't even give me underwear. It was rice bread and a fluid that somewhat resembled water. But it was too dark to see so who knows what anything was on the plate that was slid under the door.

Rice bread and a fluid? Luxury. All we got was the sweat off a horse's back - at least we thought it was sweat.

 

[Photo Engineer]

I had water and dry bread! Unless my wife brought me a relieve package on holidays!

I had to come up with Kodachrome from water and dry bread.

My dodge number was 1D. This was due to my already being in the AF and "over there".

PE

 

[BrianShaw]

That was the stand-by draft. I had a 2 digit lottery number also. Can't recall what it was because I think my draft card may have been a victim of spontaneous combustion. It happens you know.

I have no idea what you guys are talking about. I turned 18 in 1975 with a draft number of 23. Just in time for the pullout. Really dodged a bullet. Was this some sort of military training?

Guess I should use the word "dodge". I never was called into the military.

 

[BrianShaw]

You probably thought it was a horse too!

Rice bread and a fluid? Luxury. All we got was the sweat off a horse's back - at least we thought it was sweat.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

You probably thought it was a horse too!

Oh... that may explain a few things. :eek:

 

[BrianShaw]

The selective service induction authority expired in 1973, but they operated for 2 more years "just in case"... On a standby basis. Just in case they needed a few more good men. Meaning if the war didn't end you and I would have died in Nam before we reached legal drinking age. Skinny and wearing glasses wasn't really much of a handicap.

I was 1A. I don't know what "stand-by draft" was. All I knew is that the pullout was the 18th birthday present I was anxious for, for years. Not a minute too soon. I don't think burning a draft card can change a thing. If they wanted ya, that was it.
I was scared for years that I was going to die in Viet Nam pointlessly at a young age. That must have been a terrible place to die.
A year later, I went to the Marine Corp recruiting office, but the man took one look at the skinny kid with glasses and sent me home.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

I like how on the LF forum they created one thread for all discussion relating to gun ownership, so that any time gun ownership came up in a photographic thread, they could just move the gun-related posts to that thread and get back to the topic. For some reason, that one is more under control in general over here, and we haven't had to do that.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

I wish some entity, like the Impossible project, would take on re-creating Kodachrome and Ektachrome. Or is that just too naive and unrealistic?

 

[Vaughn]

The selective service induction authority expired in 1973, but they operated for 2 more years "just in case"... On a standby basis. Just in case they needed a few more good men. Meaning if the war didn't end you and I would have died in Nam before we reached legal drinking age. Skinny and wearing glasses wasn't really much of a handicap.

I turned 18 in 1972, but with a high number -- still appreciated the end of the draft when I turned 19!

 

[Bill Burk]

I was a "peace and freedom" baby according to my brother-in-law... Didn't have to register for the draft.

Though I always had a hunch the "pacifist" card wouldn't play well if I was called - seeing as I had an NRA Marksman certificate.

 

[Alan Johnson]

If there is a secret ingredient of Rodinal that preserves it or stops it crystallizing.It was never resolved.
Microdol-X was a close second.

 

[Photo Engineer]

There is one in Microdol-X.

 

[Old-N-Feeble]

I was a "peace and freedom" baby according to my brother-in-law... Didn't have to register for the draft.

Though I always had a hunch the "pacifist" card wouldn't play well if I was called - seeing as I had an NRA Marksman certificate.

I believe every male eighteen-year-old US citizen must still register... just in case they want to bring back the draft.

There is one in Microdol-X.

So what is that secret ingredient? Pixie dust, right?

 

[Vaughn]

I believe every male eighteen-year-old US citizen must still register... just in case they want to bring back the draft...

My three boys just registered -- one has to for Federal college financial aid.

 

[Bill Burk]

I believe every male eighteen-year-old US citizen must still register... just in case they want to bring back the draft.

For one or two years, 1976 in my case, it was not required.

 

[BrianShaw]

As y'all know - registration with Selective Service and issuance of a draft (even a stand-by) lottery number are two very different things. My son will register later this year.

 

[Photo Engineer]

I'm not going to argue with you about it. OOOoooo, that should not be said in this thread, should it?

PE

 

[RobC]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFKtI6gn9Y

 

[pbromaghin]

For one or two years, 1976 in my case, it was not required.

Me too. Because of my birthday, turning 18 in April 1975, I was either illegal for 23 days or legal by 7 days. I never did find out.

 

[gleaf]

PE did you prefer Lincoln Wax or Kiwi? Most of us squids used Lincoln.