On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:03:21 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 10/16/2019 1:16 PM, Bruce wrote:
>> On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 13:02:09 -0400, wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 09:10:40 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>>
>>>> cshenk wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> We weren't very hungry, having just seen
>>>>> Charlotte off to Boot Camp this morning.
>>>>
>>>> Ah...the empty nest syndrome. Very sad at first but
>>>> you'll get over it soon and be happy that she did
>>>> finally make the break out on her own.
>>>>
>>>> :-D
>>>
>>> You've never been in the military or you'd not say that... there'll be
>>> a lot more people telling you what to do than you could ever imagine;
>>> yu'd be told when to sleep, when to wake up, when to eat and when to
>>> shit. The rulz book is humongous and you can shitcan the
>>> Constitution, you'll be lorded over by The Uniform Code Of Military
>>> Justice.
>>
>> So military life is well suited for subservient people.
>>
>
>Military service is a great thing for many youth. It can transform a
>spoiled brat with a sense of entitlement into a responsible adult that
>knows there are consequences for their actions.
>
>It frees kids from their obsessive helicopter parents and gives them a
>sense of self esteem. It was not 100% effective but sure helped a lot of
>young guys when we had the draft.

Old men's clichés.