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BubbaFett

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16. So what part of your training

Tue Nov 11, 2014, 12:13 PM

Nov 2014

let you put yourself in harm's way as a civilian, but kept your tail alive on the battlefield?

Shit, I'm just a veteran of the internets, and I know better to ride alone to someplace where I don't know anyone.

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"Thank you for your service." [View all] Stinky The Clown Nov 2014 OP

Always good to hear from you hootinholler Nov 2014 #1

My service was compulsory, like Nazi Germany. GeorgeGist Nov 2014 #2

My dad - WWII vet - taught me... Whiskeytide Nov 2014 #3

It's sort of like "Gesundheit", more a polite response HereSince1628 Nov 2014 #4

Not a myth librarylu Nov 2014 #5

did they call him a baby killer too? BubbaFett Nov 2014 #6

It happened... LP2K12 Nov 2014 #7

It happened more often than you think, GGJohn Nov 2014 #8

They probably did. librarylu Nov 2014 #9

I was called 'Baby-killer' on my first pass from the hospital treating me for my wounds pinboy3niner Nov 2014 #10

When I think back BubbaFett Nov 2014 #11

So what. GGJohn Nov 2014 #13

Did it happen to you? BubbaFett Nov 2014 #14

Yeah, it happened to me, GGJohn Nov 2014 #15

So what part of your training BubbaFett Nov 2014 #16

Put myself in harm's way as a civilian? GGJohn Nov 2014 #17

I guess those instincts weren't very effective BubbaFett Nov 2014 #18

I was home on leave, not on the battlefield, GGJohn Nov 2014 #19

Do what? librarylu Nov 2014 #21

Great post. GGJohn Nov 2014 #12

Thank you librarylu Nov 2014 #20