Just old people? What about the crap that is sold to youngsters? Open up a hot rod magazine and read an article about how over the top such-n-such product will make your car go faster while tripling your gas mileage and extending your oil change intervals. Then turn about 5-6 pages in the magazine, and whoosh, that super duper part is being advertised in a full page ad. Hmmm. I wonder if there is a connection?

But I get the old people part. The religious TV shows make business of raping their elderly audience: " For a love offering of just $100.00 I will send you these records and tapes on my best sermons. For an extra $50.00 we will put you onto our special prayer list ". But at least, they are not milking grandma for that Silver Solution crap that Jim Bakker was hawking.

I will say it again Ken burns masterpiece WW2 documentary should be must watch in schools
The current war in Ukraine is a brutal reminder that war is hell. Marketing for profit from War in any form is disgusting...is this the case here? I'll send an email to jiffy lube

No one played Calamity Jane better!

Except for on a seconds notice you could have been shipped overseas to do your duty in a combat zone or defend US citizens.

The thanks is for the risk you took while in the service. Even if you were fortunate during your time in.

LTG : )

So proud of my family in law Sundar Viswanathan for finally winning a Juno (Canadian Music Awards)
Best jazz Album.
Never forget when I first heard Sundar playing at his wedding
Everyone was having a good time and lots of people. I was half smashed and my wife said Sundar and his band will be performing. I said cool! His jazz band started to play and my jaw hit the floor..they were that good.,a few players from Boston...few were really watching ..but I was..and just blown away how good the band preformed. I shook the drummers hand he was amazing. Every player. Sundar was at my place last summer and I still give him props for that day. Brilliant kind man who loves Rush.

.and I almost stranded him and his family on lake Simcoe because I was running out of gas ..and didnt tell anyone.

It has never bothered me because I don't think it is about me, it is an acknowledgement of the value of the military in protecting the country, a sentiment that has not always been shared by the public. I happen to be wearing the uniform and therefore get the accolade, but I think it represents something bigger. I know most who say it, even as a reflex now, it makes them feel better, and why wouldn't I want people to feel good they recognized the value a strong military brings to our society? It is why I don't argue when someone buys my lunch (as a senior officer, I can afford my own lunch just fine). I politely say no, it is ok the first time only they offer. They almost always insist, and they go away happy that I didn't insult their generosity (and they get to feel good about themselves and the military all day).

For the few (and it is very few) who say it out of social obligation but don't mean it, well I get to feel good they had to acknowledge some things are bigger than them.

And @cottonm4, I never quantify or qualify anyone's service, whether they deployed, served 2 years or 20 years, went to war, stayed in the states, was a mechanic or infantryman, went in to service for the college money or true patriotism. LTG has it right - you raise your hand and put on the uniform, served honorable always knowing you might get a call serve more. So thank you for your service, really, especially since it was during a time when not a lot of people were saying it.

Sorry for the long oration, I retire from the National Guard at the end of the month after 37 years of active and reserve service here and abroad, so it is weighing on my mind right now. Ready to retire, but going to miss a life time of service, especially with what is going on in the world right now.

I spent a few years *writing* that advertising BS, glad to be out of it, and I hear you 100%. Great post cottonm4

I was still working at Beech Aircraft in 2014. Our new factory manager was an Air Force Officer Vet and he was big into it. He had all 5 service branches flags hanging vertically from the hanger rafters: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard. And one day he asked for the veterans to gather up; In a factory of about 500 people on the shop floor, about 20 of us were veterans. That was a strange feeling to be part of such a small number.

Your points are well taken. Even though the acknowledgments seem canned, I always say thank you to anybody who complements me on my service. It is definitely better than what a lot of the guys came home to in the 70s.

I used take my old friend out to eat a lot while he was still living. Since you are military you will probably catch on to this: My friend was WW II, Army. He was sent into the China-Burma-India theater. He was behind enemy lines with an outfit called Merrill's Marauders. We got him a cap to wear that stated he was WWII vet and part of the C-B-I. Along with his Merrill's patch.

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There were a couple of occasions of when I went to pay the bill, the waitress informed us that the table of people next to us bought our dinner. My friend appreciated it; I was just along as the escort and got a freebie.

For sure. I am very thankful for the supportive attitude toward veterans that we have today. The Applebees in town has a parking spot reserved for veterans right in front of the entrance. I only eat there once a year or so, but you know I’m taking that spot every time!

Too bad it wasn't based on history.....

Regardless of what you did, swept floors or dropped bombs, you still sacrificed a couple years of your life.

Bacon scouting for Bass!

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..that’s not my stomach..it’s a bullet proof vest underneath my t shirt.

Strange. i didn't know being pudgy was also bullet proof.

Learn something new every day.

LTG : )

The fish are armed ? Must be a tough lake.

LTG : )

Looks to me like you are thinking deeply about that girl on the dock. A bullet proof vest and a power boat. One of those just has to be a chick magnet. Yes? No?

Ice just melted?

Talk about putting up a good fight!

Looks like the Rifle River to me.

Been melted for weeks already. Pic from last year.

...when you listen to your old tapes (cassette, reel to reel), and you no longer need Dolby (TM) noise reduction!

Yep, we have Dolby C filters in our hearing now, whether we like it or not!

Dolby OA (old age!).

I used to use DBX encoding when I made reel copies of my vinyl albums the first time I played them. Obviously, you need to decode when you play the tapes back, but now I wish I hadn't bothered.

Had a graduation dinner for my daughter from PSU and sat around with a bunch 20 somethings and a couple in their 30's. Talk turned to who's Gen X or Gen Y. Said I was born when Eisenhower was president. "You were born during WWII?" Obviously that kid slept thru history class.

Hey, at least he was in the ballpark.
So many of them don't have a clue.

Mick Jagger = 78

Keith Richards = 78

Ronnie Wood = 74

Charlie Watts made it to 80.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rolling-stones-mick-jagger-aging-exercise-181028983.html

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I never thought I would see the day that a bunch of aging rockers would give me a thrill, but it does my heart good to see these boys still hitting it. And they ain't doing for the money.

I'll be 70 in August.

Keith Richards making it to 78 is an amazing feat. Must of had some superior genes after all the drugs he did. Kudos!

Id
like to comment on this also as a fellow veteran.
Totally agree with what you wrote. That saying seems
basically played out.
Also I've seen and heard on this forum people playing the
Veteran card to excuse their offensive/dickish posts when
in a disagreement. That makes me so pissed.

When I served in the Seabees from 88-91 there were some
guys who were total moronic douches that you couldn't
trust/depend on and to me should have gotten the boot.

Most of my fellow seabees became like brothers and we went through good and bad times together. Fantastic memories!

So not everyone that served is some saint or hero and usually
the guys thumping their chests about their service come across
to me as big mouth phonies.

I'm a veteran and proud of it . Love my country.
Just had to get that off my chest

Thank you for your service

QSS

My old friend who was behind Japanese lines in Burma (translation: He saw lots of gunplay action) said the same thing. He said ,"I went to the VFW a couple of times and never went back. Those guys in there were just bullshitters who never saw any action".

Hey. Did those bad storms affect you at all?

Said the Canadian, with gratitude, to the American because otherwise I might be speaking Russian

QSS

Was out in the backyard with my wife gardening and had no idea a storm was on the way. All of sudden it got dark And windy fast so I went inside and turned on the weather channel to see the storm alert across my tv. We had rain some wind but nothing compared to the damage in the city.

Went to the local home'hardware-Stihl store today and picked up this sweet tshirt!

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Thank God they carry Xtra small!

Someone once said that to me about Ford vs. Ferrari, one of my favorite movies…

We lost power in South Windsor a couple times, and a lot of rain. Not too bad here.

I have a cousin in Burlington. I haven't heard from her in more than a year, and I lost her number.
Does anyone know how Burlington fared?

I realized that I was old enough when I started giving friends not cool and funny things for holidays, but making collages with joint photos. By the way, if you are that old, you can make such a collage for free on the site at https://create.vista.com/colors/

You know you're getting old when...you keep seeing these new fangled RVs on the road.

I heard a pin was inside.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/house-found-abandoned-on-louisiana-road-in-middle-of-night/ar-AAXFzKf?ocid=uxbndlbing

Another boomer has passed on.

https://news.yahoo.com/goodfellas-star-ray-liotta-dies-160516150.html

‘Goodfellas’ Star Ray Liotta Dies at 67

That is sad news.

LTG : )

You know you're getting old when you....remember eating one of those dinners when you were very young. Followed by having a piece of the Chocolate or Banana cream pies!

I remember paying 39 cents for the dinner as they were cheaper than the Swanson ones and like others we didn't have much money back then.

Also when you are old you could party with one of these pizzas I always remember being the one to make them.

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My last day as an official non-senior.

Nothing too severe in Burlington, much further east where most damage occurred.

No Lafayette coney? Better than American...lol

I’m an American Coney Island guy, but I’ve never had Lafayette. There always seem to be a lot of people in that little place.