[FormerlyAnotherLurker]

H_ll, I can top that - I've Got Ozzy on vinyl. A sort of black plastic disk like thing, used during Fred Flintstone's time, occasionally recovered in archeological diggings...

My father's nickname in the 8th AF in WWII was Pappy, 'cause he was so old - 26 - flying B17s.
Most(all?) of the guys I deal with, officers - O5+, some E7s, have graduate degrees, a lot with PhD.s (PhD in a real subject not education - I know quite a few teachers and taught some Ed grad students in summer school - the dumbest students in college outside the AD). So I'm well aware of the quality. Most of my civilian friends are shocked and think I'm lying -they can't be THAT smart if they're in the service, etc. Ignorance is bliss, I guess. As a group I'd say the military is smarter than the general population. Easily smarter!

When I searched for the e-mail text I found it lots of places. I heard it more than a year ago on the radio and the average age of 19 stuck out like a sore thumb. I meant to track down a source but decided I've better things to do.

[Skwidd]

H_ll, I can top that - I've Got Ozzy on vinyl.

Vinyl? Oh, you mean for the gramaphone! I've heard of those. Dealing with that hand crank must be a real pain.

(Skwidd runs away, cackling madly, barely evading the grasping hands of his elders)