So I'm watching 'Full Metal Jacket'

[Sculpin]

38 years ago. Hard to believe. I was there.

I was 19, fresh out of High School. Captain of the football
team and President of the CYO. The all American boy.

I knew I was doing to get drafted so I joined knowing that I could
choose my MOS rather than go over there as infantry although it ment
I would be in for 3 years rather than 2. It seemed like a fair trade off.

But it wasn't

[to be continued later]

 

[Homer]

yep hard times but i wish i could go back there.

 

[hhayes]

thats a good movie.

 

[White2000GT]

Whoa.. I had to re-read your post. At first I thought your first sentence said you were 38 years old. I was trying to figure out how exactly you were 19 years old at any time during Vietnam if you were only 38 now. Haha! I just woke up.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

38 years ago. Hard to believe. I was there.

I was 19, fresh out of High School. Captain of the football
team and President of the CYO. The all American boy.

I knew I was doing to get drafted so I joined knowing that I could
choose my MOS rather than go over there as infantry although it ment
I would be in for 3 years rather than 2. It seemed like a fair trade off.

But it wasn't

[to be continued later]

You know you're just showing your age here, right?

I'm 24.... I feel young... even though I'm old.

 

[White2000GT]

What? Dude, 24 is not old. I'm 31 and I don't consider myself old at all. Of course, it helps that I don't look my age.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

I feel old though. Cause I look at all these high school kids runnin around town and I think "man... I miss those days".

 

[elluko]

I conider you guys as old.