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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: 2HOW on July 20, 2008, 01:56:12 PM
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I am over 60 and the Armed Forces thinks I'm too old to track down
terrorists.. You can't be older than 42 to join the military.
They've got the whole thing assbackwards. Instead of sending 18-year
olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn't be
able to join a military unit until you're at least 35.
For starters:
Researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds. Old
guys only think about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us more
than 28,000 additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy.
Young guys haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky
soldier is a dangerous soldier. 'My back hurts! I can't sleep , I'm
tired and hungry.' We are impatient and maybe letting u s kill some
******* that desperately deserves it will make us feel better and
shut us up for a while.
An 18-year-old doesn't even like to get up before 10 a.m. Old guys
always get up early to pee so what the hell. Besides, like I said,
'I'm tired and can't sleep and since I'm already up, I may as well
be up killing some fanatical son-of-a-*****.
If captured we couldn't spill the beans because we'd forget where we
put them. In fact, name, rank, and serial number would be a real
brainteaser.
Boot camp would be easier for old guys. We're used to getting
screamed and yelled at, and we're used to soft food. We've also
developed an appreciation for guns. We've been using them for years
as an excuse to get out of the house, away from the screaming and
yelling.
They could lighten up on the obstacle course, however. I've been in
combat and didn't s ee a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over
the side, nor did I ever do any pu shups after completing basic
training. I can hear the Drill Sgt. in the 'New army' now, 'Get down
and give me ...ER ... one.'
Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy, too. I've
never seen anyone outrun a bullet.
An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning
to shave, to start up a conversation with a pretty girl. He still
hasn't figured out that a baseball cap has a brim to shade his eyes,
not the back of his head.
These are all great reasons to keep our kids at home to learn a
little more about life before sending them off into harm's way.
Let us old g uys track down those dirty rotten coward terrorists.
The last thing an enemy would want to see right now is a couple of
million pissed-off old farts with 'attitude' and automatic weapons
who know that their best years are already behind them.
If nothing else, put us on border patrol.....we will have it secured
the first night !
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Mac.
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Excellent. Maybe I can take early retirment and enlist.
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Nice Post ! (at least for US old F-arts ;D ;D ;D
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I am 66 with artifical knee and all that goes with age but I'll go. I had a ball at 18 while a guest with Uncle Sams Misguided Childern but did not get to pull the trigger.
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Great post.
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To join the border Patrol, you have to be under 40. Age discrimination? At 20, I had no idea what the world was about. I'll be 42 coming up in Fall, and I would definitely consider Border Patrol now. What this 40 cuttoff?
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Oh, yes. ...a bunch of us old , pissed off dudes? Check the statistics after two months of US on the line...
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To join the border Patrol, you have to be under 40. Age discrimination? At 20, I had no idea what the world was about. I'll be 42 coming up in Fall, and I would definitely consider Border Patrol now. What this 40 cuttoff?
I believe it has to do with mandatory retirement at age 60. with a min 20 yr service req. for retirement, they max hire age at 40.
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Oh, yes. ...a bunch of us old , pissed off dudes? Check the statistics after two months of US on the line...
Right on!! >:( >:(
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Im only 55 but I thought it was a cool post. I already tried the Border Patrol, no response. Oh well :P
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Old guys always get up early to pee so what the hell.
Ain't that the truth ;D
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I always figured it was that beer before bed to help me sleep. And maybe the one before that too.
Mac.
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I always figured it was that beer before bed to help me sleep. And maybe the one before that too.
Mac.
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Thats why we have to get early to pee. ;D