Christmas season, 1969. I won the lottery. #26 out of 365.

[Ptah]

I won, I won!

would you have won?

http://www.landscaper.net/draft.htm

[lizziegrace]

1. #179

Does that mean I would have been drafted?

[Ptah]

2. No, women were not subject to the draft.

You had a free pass.

[lizziegrace]

3. If I were male

and had that number?

:hug:

How've you been friend?

[Ptah]

4. If I remember correctly, you would have been safe.

:hi:

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. # 168

Aside from being female, I was luckier than you on the numbers.

[Ptah]

7. I think your number was borderline.

Would you have gone to Canada?

:shrug:

[greatauntoftriplets]

10. It was moot....

nothing I ever had to think about.

Did you think about heading to Canada?

[Ptah]

11. But what if?

Yes, I did think about Canada.

[greatauntoftriplets]

13. I really never thought about it.....

Given the 37 years since 1969, I like to think I would have gone to Canada, but I really don't know. At the time, I also had the college deferment thing going.

About that time, I was dating a guy who got drafted and spent his entire Army career at Fort Leonard Wood. His father made industrial films (not porn) and Rich had some experience in the industry and in theater, so they put him into special services putting on shows and making documentaries. He was luckier than many, including those eejits I know who enlisted.

[Ptah]

16. I was an eejit.

USAF 1970 -1974

[greatauntoftriplets]

19. So were my enlistee friends.....

82nd Airborne and the Marines.

Both are alive to tell the tales...though they don't.

[Hissyspit]

37. I was #149, although I was 8 years old at the time.

And my father was in Vietnam at the time.

[TOhioLiberal]

6. I would have been...

...7 yrs old. :)

:hi: Ptah!

[Ptah]

8. Now I feel very old.

:cry:

:hug:

[TOhioLiberal]

9. aw come on...

...you're only as old as you feel...or act! :7 ;)

[TOhioLiberal]

12. if I were the correct age and gender...

...my number would have been (according to the chart) 74.

[Ptah]

15. You would have been drafted.

What do you think you would have done:

enlisted
moved to Canada
accept the draft board's judgment

[TOhioLiberal]

23. I would have seriously considered Canada...

assuming of course the same level of political interest.

[TOhioLiberal]

24. Okay this is weird...

...I'm listening to some tunes while I surf. Just after I hit enter on this message, 'Born in the USA started playing. I'm struck by the fact that it still has relevance today.

[Ptah]

25. As faygokid said in post #14:

"Anyone from that era doesn't need to look up their lottery number.
It's permanently seared in their memory."

[TOhioLiberal]

26. Absolutely true...

...:hug: :pals:

[Ptah]

29. Here's a youtube from that time

Country Joe and the Fish - I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqOCXDhOSp4

[TOhioLiberal]

46. Good one!

:thumbsup:

[Faygo Kid]

14. Sept. 14 was me - finally, I was #1 at something.

I remember them breaking in on TV to announce it, and I nearly fainted. How it worked was unclear that first year, and I was 18 and staring into doom. Thank God I learned (quickly) that you were assigned your number the year you turned 19, and Sept. 14 was 247 in 1970. You can look it up. Anyone from that era doesn't need to look up their lottery number. It's permanently seared in their memory.

[Ptah]

18. That really sums it up:

"Anyone from that era doesn't need to look up their lottery number. It's permanently seared in their memory."

:hi:

[u4ic]

17. #286

Didn't have to think about running away to Canada because I was already here. I don't think I would have done them much good at 3 years of age, anyway...:hi:

[Ptah]

22. I was born and raised 60 miles from Alberta.

I did give it some thought.

[ironflange]

40. Which town?

??

[Ptah]

43. Conrad, Montana

Or as wetzell will says, down south

Or as Swag says, over west

[ironflange]

48. Conrad

I've driven past Conrad a few times. . .

[Ptah]

50. Easy to do.

:hi:

[ironflange]

39. You people up there can count that high now?!?

OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW! OW!
\
:spank:

[u4ic]

51. We had to learn...

after all, those wins against the Flames just kept on racking up...

[ironflange]

53. Hmmmm, let's see. . .

NORTHWEST

Calgary 32 17 12 3 94 78 37

Edmonton 33 17 14 2 93 90 36

Minnesota 33 17 14 2 94 90 36

Colorado 34 17 15 2 111 97 36

Vancouver 34 17 16 1 78 90 35

I just noticed, that's a mighty tight division. But we're #1!

[LoZoccolo]

20. That's actually out of 366. I know this because...

...my dad did a little trick, having been born on June 8th. He said there was a certain amount of time people had to be vulnerable for the draft, and it would get moved after your student deferment if you took one. So he had them drop his student deferment even though he was in college so he could serve that period of time when he was 366th in line for the draft rather than risking getting a lower number after his deferment. When he did that, the people he had to talk to about it couldn't figure out why anyone would want to drop their student deferment.

[Ptah]

21. Score one for your dad.

[texanwitch]

27. If I would have been a male my number was 203.

I was in high school until 1973, so as a male I would have been more then safe.

[Ptah]

30. Home safe!

:thumbsup:

[driver8]

33. Same number as me!! Was 203 a good number to have? n/t

[Ptah]

34. I can't be sure since I didn't focus beyond my number,

but I have the feeling that about half of us (up to 184)
were probably vulnerable.

:shrug:

[rug]

28. I was #273.

That week on the school paper we replaced our names in the staff box with our numbers.

[Ptah]

31. So, I'll bet you didn't have to look up your number.

:hi:

[rug]

32. 37 years later and it's still fresh.

Those times may be returning.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

35. Wow! August 27th is #352!

I was only 7 years old at the time, but still...

[Ptah]

41. I hope this thread has given some new perspective to some.

:hi:

[rurallib]

36. #195 and I sweated the whole next year

My county got up to 184. Was Canada in my future? I wasn't planning on it, but my girlfriend had set up and 'underground railroad' for me to Toronto I found out later.

[Ptah]

42. How times have changed.

Nobody has to worry like that today.

:hi:

[ironflange]

38. #299

Not bad, though I was 11 and Canadian. Whichever, my flat feet would have probably gotten me out anyway. Too bad craven cowardice is no excuse.

[Fuzz]

44. Damn, April 11th, 14th! I'd be dead had I been older than 2

:(

[Ptah]

45. Not everyone drafted died.

:hug:

[Fuzz]

47. True, but I'd certainly be dead

I'm not much of a killer. :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

49. My dear Ptah!

#47.......I would not have had to serve......

Had I been male, that is......

:hi:

[Ptah]

52. I think you would have been called with such a low number.

:hi:

[LSK]

54. I was negative 3 that year

Born in 72.