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What is the worst mis-information you have ever been told by a person in authority or

solus

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In the Air Force if it was too hot out they would just let us stay inside the air conditioned living quarters and goofy off. We did not uniforms until like the 10th day ... weeded out some folks (saved uncle sam some uniform $$$)...no one brought just the shirt off their backs to basic...we had dry cleaning service free. Steak and eggs from breakfast everyday, room service, etc.

were you in OZ's air force? or

drink from Alice's magic elixir bottle (who said those in the mid-19th century didn't have a sense of adventure) not to be confused with arlo's song of course!

ipse
 

SFCRetired

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In the Air Force if it was too hot out they would just let us stay inside the air conditioned living quarters and goofy off. We did not uniforms until like the 10th day ... weeded out some folks (saved uncle sam some uniform $$$)...no one brought just the shirt off their backs to basic...we had dry cleaning service free. Steak and eggs from breakfast everyday, room service, etc.

My usual comment is, "There are those of us who were in the military and those of us who were in the Air Force." :)

My last overseas duty station was Bitburg AB, Bitburg, Germany. For some odd reason, the F15 jocks did not like those of us who operated and maintained the HAWK missile system. Especially after they found out that the birds on the launchers were not dummy rounds.
 

Citizen

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This was the grand bargain. VA got the Federal District, the Yankees got a national bank. During the Revolutionary War there was no Federal Government - it was just the states with ability to tax (the good old days), so each state financed itself and war efforts in various ways - some borrowed money, others levied taxes. When the War was over, some states owed money and others did not - the national bank assumed all of the loans and paid interest and principal based of Federal taxes/duties, so states that borrowed money got a benefit while those states that paid-as-you-went got screwed. The Federal Bank also assumed all of the Dutch borrowings. Not sure if it assumed the French loans, but that money effectively bankrupted France and was one contributing factor to the French Revolution (which Lafayette was involved in) (one of my favorite things never taught in school history - at Mount Vernon on the wall right next to the staircase - is the key to the Bastille prison that Lafayette sent to his father-figure - Geo Washington).
http://www.mountvernon.org/preserva.../top-ten-objects-in-mount-vernons-collection/

Bank of New York today is the private bank that Alexander Hamilton founded.


An aside was that Jane Adams, beloved and revered wife of our 2nd President, was buying state bonds at a discount, with insider knowledge from John (over in Holland) that if the Federal Bank was created, the bonds would be redeemed at 100% of value. Also she had John send to her in diplomatic pouches embargoed sewing needles she would sell for exorbitant prices in Boston.

I had quite forgotten, thank you. And, thanks for the additional information. Very informative.
 

davidmcbeth

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My usual comment is, "There are those of us who were in the military and those of us who were in the Air Force." :)

My last overseas duty station was Bitburg AB, Bitburg, Germany. For some odd reason, the F15 jocks did not like those of us who operated and maintained the HAWK missile system. Especially after they found out that the birds on the launchers were not dummy rounds.

Aim high! I should have aimed higher LOL When I got out I did ...
 

markand

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The worst mis-information you have ever been told by a person in authority??

If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor...

If you like your health insurance, you can keep your health insurance...
 
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