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Old 03-06-2007, 05:33   #2214
Pete
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The road not taken

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Originally Posted by rshea
.....because I'll always wonder about the road not taken.....
I know a few of those people. Now in their late 40s early 50s they went to college, raised a family, lived the civilian life but are now wondering where life has pased them by.

They have had no excitment, no thrills, just everyday life. Para-sailing at Cancun is not the same as making a N/CE jump onto a short DZ. Taking a cruise and blowing some bubbles on a reef is not the same as hanging onto the outside of a nuke sub. Climbing the rock wall at the county fair is not the same as dragging yourself up a rock face way out in the middle of nowhere.

I tell the young guys and gals I run into to join up. Any service. 30 years from now they will look back and be glad they did.

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