Holy Horseradish, Batman!

[Danzig]

Going the military route can pay dividends....tony and I are both vets, as is our oldest. He works on the river now with a big towboat company out of paducah, he loves that job....and great pay and benefits. Tony has a great job as an electrician which he learned there.
Our youngest was hoping to go to Annapolis, but didn't make it. Lsu made a nice offer, but after talking with the recruiter, he joined the navy. Why pay to get a degree when they'll teach you while you get paid, and get hands on experience to boot? and he still has a shot at OCS and his real dream of being a pilot. In the meantime, he went nuclear electronic tech....and just got a massive bonus for reupping to 2019. They don't like spending all that time on training and qualifying just to have you leave, so they made it worth his while to stay.

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by Danzig

Going the military route can pay dividends....tony and I are both vets, as is our oldest. He works on the river now with a big towboat company out of paducah, he loves that job....and great pay and benefits. Tony has a great job as an electrician which he learned there.
Our youngest was hoping to go to Annapolis, but didn't make it. Lsu made a nice offer, but after talking with the recruiter, he joined the navy. Why pay to get a degree when they'll teach you while you get paid, and get hands on experience to boot? and he still has a shot at OCS and his real dream of being a pilot. In the meantime, he went nuclear electronic tech....and just got a massive bonus for reupping to 2019. They don't like spending all that time on training and qualifying just to have you leave, so they made it worth his while to stay.

I'm all about serving. My dad did two tours in WWII and Korea. He was a sailor but had to take care of those foot soldiers going over and coming back. I'm a Viet Nam era vet, lucked out and went to Stuttgart Germany for 18 months after spending 15 month at Fort Lewis. Went through Basic at Ft. Dix. Pretty lucky and awesome duty for the time. Someone up high plus my Sgt. Major, who I will never forget, was watching out for me and my wife. My son was a corpsman in the navy, spending most of his time training with the marines. Stayed in for 6 yrs and should have stayed for 20 or more. I can say I'm probably more patriotic than George M. Cohan was . . . maybe. Here's to you and yours and all the others here on Memorial Day who served their country!!!! I salute all of you. And I agree . . . hard to beat Navy schooling and experience.

Sorry EP I got off subject, but it is Memorial Day weekend.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by DonGuido

I'm all about serving. My dad did two tours in WWII and Korea. He was a sailor but had to take care of those foot soldiers going over and coming back. I'm a Viet Nam era vet, lucked out and went to Stuttgart Germany for 18 months after spending 15 month at Fort Lewis. Went through Basic at Ft. Dix. Pretty lucky and awesome duty for the time. Someone up high plus my Sgt. Major, who I will never forget, was watching out for me and my wife. My son was a corpsman in the navy, spending most of his time training with the marines. Stayed in for 6 yrs and should have stayed for 20 or more. I can say I'm probably more patriotic than George M. Cohan was . . . maybe. Here's to you and yours and all the others here on Memorial Day who served their country!!!! I salute all of you. And I agree . . . hard to beat Navy schooling and experience.

Sorry EP I got off subject, but it is Memorial Day weekend.

One of the best people i ever knew was a ww2 vet. Served in the navy. His wife lost him not long ago, he was just a wonderful person. Could have listened to him for hours. Fewer and fewer left from ww2....very thankful for all that those men and women did.

[ElPrado]

Dad was Army then. Went through the Philippines, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and was scheduled to be in the force that went to Japan before they surrendered. He re-upped after the war and also served in Korea. Stayed in 21 years. Mom was English. They met in England after the war. I was born in Liverpool. You could say I'm well traveled.

[ElPrado]

I'm good friends with someone from around Paducah, Buddy Hall. One of the best pool players in history. He's living around Paducah now. Look him up on YouTube. One of the people that taught me pool.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by ElPrado

I'm good friends with someone from around Paducah, Buddy Hall. One of the best pool players in history. He's living around Paducah now. Look him up on YouTube. One of the people that taught me pool.

It is so pretty there, all the old buildings. But the museum there....yikes. Great artifacts, but the spiel from the guide...lol. Not entirely accurate.