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Originally Posted by Box
By the way, did everyone just seem to forget...
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I will mention that remembering all that shit*, which I do, is doable but as one gets to be of a certain vintage some memory locations seem to get pushed aside. Since those were generally happier memories take care, because it tends to make for indigestion and anger at the loss of the Leave It to Beaver times, as well as discussions about whether we ended up returning that 3/4 to the motor pool or not.
All over the country, at dinner tables, in camp chairs around the grill, and during cross-country drives, family members are having discussions with their younger members. Nieces, nephews, young cousins, and grandchildren are all being advised that going in the Army isn't such a great idea right now. There is pain in the telling. This isn't a bill come due either; it just is. But it is like "tolerance stacking" - a little plus here, a little minus there, and pretty soon you have what you thought was a system that can't do what you thought it could.
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including the softball exit-ramp that Rubio handed The Chemical Lady in her testimony.