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Hey! You have to be exactly 30 to post on this thread!

I am curious to know what all we have in common...Dad's who served in Vietnam? We were never faced with the draft...
biz
7:46:07 PM
1/28/03

I'm exactly 30, and my Dad served in Vietnam also (intelligence officer for the Army)! :-)
Artex
7:50:55 PM
1/28/03

March 18,1972

8)
Crazy Mike Backpacks
7:51:06 PM
1/28/03

CMB- mad as a March hare; whoda thunk!
treebait
7:51:53 PM
1/28/03

Dang kids!!!!
The-Naviguesser
7:52:27 PM
1/28/03

Rabbits that are mad.

Film at 11!!!!

8)
Crazy Mike Backpacks
7:52:42 PM
1/28/03

forget the rules! i am 23 but what the hell i am joining the party. pass that bottle over!
vyxtryx
8:02:16 PM
1/28/03

OK pass the bottle!

8)
Crazy Mike Backpacks
8:07:08 PM
1/28/03

30 here!!!!
30....+7

Oh well.
walkindude
8:35:46 PM
1/28/03

i am not allowed on this thread as i am 33 and a troll
2scoops
8:39:37 PM
1/28/03

Babes in the woods.
must hike
8:49:58 PM
1/28/03

im with walkindude



30+??




yeah right like im going to tell you!
treebeard
9:28:07 PM
1/28/03

yes it was maplelaf again damnit
treebeard
9:28:29 PM
1/28/03

Excuse me, but are y'all getting senial in your old age? I do believe Biz made it clear that you can only post on this thread if you are exactly 30? Okay?
Artex
9:33:06 PM
1/28/03

well if i cant get my password thingy working what makes you think i know what the hell im doing at all???


mapleleaf
treebeard
9:34:19 PM
1/28/03

32
But Pop was in 'nam.

Gen X.
Big Coop
9:46:37 PM
1/28/03

This string clearly violates the Terms of Participation.

Posts that demean a country, nation, religion, or particular group of people.
It is demeaning to the entire group of 70 year old people who post here.
nowslimmer
9:57:02 PM
1/28/03

clear
nowslimmer
9:59:55 PM
1/28/03

Thirty, Dad was a medicvac pilot in Vietnam. Birch is 30 also, his dad had flat feet or something.
Sassafras
11:04:31 PM
1/28/03

got y'all by 3 years but my dad was in some communications camp in vietnam. never saw combat but he doesn't talk about it.
mediaman
12:31:36 AM
1/29/03

Well pucker up tight biz, I'm 30 and can follow directions quite well :X !! Might as well give a lil bit of this :p and this :O while I'm at it eh?

Lordy my poor ole man couldn't find Nam on a SE Asia map, much less actually having been there.

Welcome to 30something y'all!
naked ape
2:10:38 AM
1/29/03

Sass was right about my age, but my dad had no flat feet, he had a fat belly (the word we use now is obese).
birch
5:11:09 AM
1/29/03

9-22-1972

Biz you look a lot younger....
I would of never thought you were near 30...

And I could of sworn Artex was in his 40's.........





;~>
Adventurist
5:19:57 AM
1/29/03

the ver farrrr edge of 29
way to suck up, Adventurist! heheheh

I'm almost there...20-some more days to go. Dare's there a month after that. His dad served in Vietnam and mine served in WWII.

hmmm....what we all have in common? Let's see-
love of nature
backpackers!
seeking ways a better world
angsting over "the perfect job"
would rather have cats/dog than kids? (wait, that's probably just me!)
;)
AmyG
6:36:02 AM
1/29/03

9/Jul/72
My dad was already done with his time in the service by the time Vietnam came around. My uncle was there though.
broken
10:55:50 AM
1/29/03

my father Lied about his age. Said he was 18 but he was only 15. He was in Holland.
mapleleaf
11:06:08 AM
1/29/03

33 but posting anyway..... Dad had bad knees from high school football so he got to stay home. I am with AmyG 100% on what we all have in common.
Biz are you heading to the coast this weekend?
jimjar
11:15:17 AM
1/29/03

I just turned 31. 12-25-71.


My pops was able to serve in the Coast Guard in order to fulfill his military obligations (in school ya know).
roseymonster
11:19:52 AM
1/29/03

dang midgets.
Tilt
11:22:25 AM
1/29/03

roseymonster my brother was in the Coast Guard and did a year over in Vietnam.
must hike
1:34:07 PM
1/29/03

9-5-72

Woohoo! I feel so special now. ;)

Dad served between the Korean and Vietnam wars on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Saratoga.
gearhound
1:36:40 PM
1/29/03

38.....demmit
stratdewd
1:38:12 PM
1/29/03

30x2?
Geobeet
2:31:32 PM
1/29/03

You have something against midgets?
Free23
2:46:58 PM
1/29/03

Some of my best friends are midgets!
Tilt
3:26:58 PM
1/29/03

They prefer to be called little people.
Artex
3:28:15 PM
1/29/03

I almost married a girl who was 5'0"...
Tilt
3:34:20 PM
1/29/03

You almost married a "girl" that was 50?! Was she a midg... little person too?
naked ape
9:06:36 PM
1/29/03

A good number of us 30's that are here, I likes it!
naked ape
9:09:55 PM
1/29/03

Hey! The bacherlorette turned 30 on tonight's episode. I wonder if she'll join this thread.
mediaman
1:09:51 AM
1/30/03

It could happen... HA
Tilt
1:16:04 AM
1/30/03

31 - Pops was some sort of code breaker during Nam' (Navy), and was stationed in the Phillipines.

He was faced with the draft, and chose to join the Navy.
Buddha Bear
6:31:16 AM
1/30/03

30?!?!?
Sheesh, you fuggers are OLD! I hope I die before I get that old.
kleetn
10:23:00 AM
1/30/03

You lie Kleetn!!
roseymonster
12:43:40 PM
1/30/03

I was drafted in '69.......and to think, I could be all of y'alls dad!
Jello Fog
1:22:58 PM
1/30/03

where are my children
Jello Fog
4:18:12 PM
1/30/03

nam
my father was a seal 2 tours,,since our gen has not faced i war do you thing the draft might be reopened in case all hell breaks open,,, and would you go
nomad1
4:44:34 PM
1/30/03

and yes a just turned 30 in aug what do ya think is the ave age of the backpacker,,,,
nomad1
4:45:43 PM
1/30/03

HMMMM
So you're not the Nomad that attended the Deliverence Trip several years ago????
naked ape
7:16:29 PM
1/30/03

why are ya lookin for a date Nakid Ape?

Always new those britches would come back to haunt ya!
masked marauder
7:49:44 PM
1/30/03

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