[olug] OT: Thanks to all Veterans

[Dan Linder]

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Will Langford <unfies at gmail.com> wrote:

> Fourthed!
> Dad had a neat carreer on carriers before he didn't clear a plane on a
> catipult fast enough and lost half of one of his legs below the knee.
>  After
> that was a desk job rising to CWO4 until retirement around 1990.  Much love
> to the vets!
>

5th...

<humor>
At work the other day I got this really nasty cut trying to open a new USB
key...
</humor>

It's thoughts of what Wills father (and many others) gave up just doing
their regular day job that makes my trials at work pale in comparison.
Whenever I think my job sucks, I just remember that:
A) I *have* a job
B) It that pays decent
C) I'm not getting shot at or threatened with bodily harm (not just
Military, but Police, and even some of the more mundane/safe jobs such as
Teachers and fast-food-workers)

My dad is a Vietnam Vet and I'm proud of him 24x7x365.  Way beyond "five
nines" of reliability in that "pride" counter...at least since it last reset
sometime in my late teen-age years! :-)

Dan

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Satires of Juvenal
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