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haele

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13. I really hate that too. Enlisted in 1977.

Reply to odins folly (Reply #11)

Tue Nov 12, 2024, 10:08 PM

Nov 12

My service gave me tools to make a decent life for myself. Gave me a career. Sure, at times the rules were a pain in the butt, and there were long periods of ennui and short periods that exercised the adrenaline pumps, but other than that, it was a job.
I don't need to be thanked for doing a job. Thank a nurse or EMT, instead, please. Thank a teacher who is underpaid and overworked. Don't need to thank me.

Haele

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