tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post8201668960010945152..comments2024-03-28T11:58:42.109-07:00Comments on Raconteur Report: Hot Tip For Drug-Seeking PosersAesophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-63822528162123009802016-09-20T21:13:17.395-07:002016-09-20T21:13:17.395-07:00
Mark D. Doubtless an actual member of the All Ame...<br />Mark D. Doubtless an actual member of the All American would correct you instantly, too.Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-19085411815506934912016-09-19T07:11:05.003-07:002016-09-19T07:11:05.003-07:00I once had a homeless guy come up to me and say &q...I once had a homeless guy come up to me and say "Can you help a former member of the 82nd Airborne?" to which I replied "Oh, you were a Screaming Eagle?" to which he replied "Yes". The Screaming Eagles were the 101st Airborne, and any actual member of the Screaming Eagles would have corrected me on the point on the spot.<br /><br />Suffice to say I didn't have anything for him.<br /><br />Mark D<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-8592738913279294902016-09-17T10:30:07.700-07:002016-09-17T10:30:07.700-07:00Yes, he was VERY lucky.
My Dad would be approach...Yes, he was VERY lucky. <br /><br />My Dad would be approached from time to time by homeless folks in the Bay Area. One time I was with him in the City and some guy came up to Dad and said "I was in 'Nam, can you spare some change?" Dad peppered him with a few questions, and then to my shock (I was 10) Dad told the guy to go f*** himself and eat s***. I'd never heard my Dad talk like that before. After the guy scuttled off, my Dad gently took me aside and explained that that man had never been in Vietnam, and was doing a disservice to all the people who had served there and who needed help. Dad HAD been there for two tours. He was remarkably self restrained in my opinion, but it could have been because his 10 year old daughter was with him at the time. I'm surprised people are still trying to pull that BS today... and I don't ever give anyone claiming to be a homeless vet money - I do what my Dad did instead and give to the local chapter (not the HQ) of the Paralyzed Veterans of America. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com