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to: Gary Wiltshire
from: Adam Flinton
date: 2003-07-15 17:16:02
subject: Re: USN shipnaming redux

From: Adam Flinton 

Gary Wiltshire wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:42:09 -0500, David N. Barnett
d_n_b{at}swbell.net> wrote:
>
>
gaw{at}sover.net>
h968hv41cra0fk7vh7jsrma9i4r06laaun{at}4ax.com>:
>>
>>| The toys are dangerous, Bill, as are yours.
>>
>>Playing with dangerous toys is still a far cry from actually serving
>>in combat...
>>
>>--dave
>
>
> I'm simply saying that the average, or below-average Joe Schmoe isn't
> flying around in fighters in *any* service branch.

Possibly in this case the "average, or below-average Joe Schmoe"
wasn't "flying around in fighters in *any* service branch" but
was instead humping a pack through a load of mud in a hot climate with
hostile people firing at him?

Any Joe Schmoe can do that. You've got to be distinctly above average to
get to fly 102'es for the Texas National Guard.

Adam

Adam

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