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   Message 887 of 2,821   
   Derek A. Bill to seancourtney@verizon.net   
   Re: Hey, wait a second.......   
   05 Oct 04 09:33:39   
   
   From: derekbill@allsummerlong.com   
      
   In article <820.773T1164T4944382seancourtney@verizon.net>, Dauber   
    wrote:   
      
   > Greg Heilers (gNOSPAMheilers@earthNOSPAMlink.net) dixit:   
   > >Derek A. Bill wrote:   
   >   
   > >> Anybody know how Mike, Al, Dennis, and Brian avoided the draft? Were   
   > >> they just too old?   
   >   
   > >Perhaps Brian's hearing loss in one ear made him "4F"???   
   >   
   > Very likely...I remember when I was in 8th grade my teacher (who was maybe   
   > 11 or 12 when the Vietnam draft got into full swing) told us about   
   > this guy he knew who avoided the draft by puncturing one eardrum with a   
   > compass.   
   >   
   > >Al?  Perhaps up into the early 70's...he was *still* listed,   
   > >somehow, as an exempt college student.   
   >   
   > Either that or he's just too boring for the draft board to notice. :)   
   >   
      
   Maybe he was waiting for the bus, and it just never showed up.   
      
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