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Where were you and what were you doing when you were 21 years old?

I was on a ship in Guam, doing sailor stuff.

Posted - June 3, 2022
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  • 53503

     

      Following your format above to answer, I was doing Marine stuff onboard a ship on Western Pacific Deployment throughout Asia for part of that year, then returning to my base in Hawaii for the rest of the year.
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      June 3, 2022 8:14 AM MDT
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  • 44602
    Sounds fun. What ships?
      June 3, 2022 8:15 AM MDT
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  • 53503

     

      Amphibs. 
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      June 3, 2022 8:17 AM MDT
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  • 17592
    Now I find that interesting.  My husband's cousin was in the Navy and stationed (if that is the Navy term) up in the Florida panhandle and we used to sit on the beach and watch those hovercrafts zooming around out in the Gulf.  It was a new thing back then...probably in the 80s.
      June 4, 2022 1:25 PM MDT
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  • 53503

     

      Yes, “stationed in” is one of the correct terms for what you’re referencing. 

      Even though hovercraft were being used during my years in the Marine Corps, I personally never served on one. 


    (hovercrafts hovercraft)
    Just like the word “aircraft”, it’s a singular plural.

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      June 4, 2022 7:25 PM MDT
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  • 17592
    Hummm.  Looks like Sam and I made the same mistake.  Did you shoot him a correction? 

    https://news.usni.org/2022/02/14/video-first-new-navy-hovercrafts-deliver-to-fleet-unit-after-delays-cost-increases

      June 5, 2022 5:43 PM MDT
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  • 53503

    Lol, good one.  

    I do, of course, want to be fair. I wasn’t aware of Sam nor of his online piece; if it’s where you gleaned your information, that’s understandable as to why you went with it. I submit, however, that Sam is incorrect also in referring to them with an s on the end of the word, based on the example I cited with the word aircraft.


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      June 5, 2022 6:05 PM MDT
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  • 17592
      June 5, 2022 7:33 PM MDT
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  • 7792
    Working for a drug dealer, and stole money from him. Good times!
      June 3, 2022 8:22 AM MDT
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  • 53503
      June 3, 2022 8:45 AM MDT
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  • 7792
    HEY WAIT!! Good times as far as stealing his money. Not the drug dealer part.
      June 4, 2022 7:41 PM MDT
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  • 17592
    I hope you found another occupation quickly.  Glad you are still with us.  :)
      June 4, 2022 1:16 PM MDT
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  • 17592
    I was very happily married and we were living off-campus at Auburn.  War Eagle!  Hubs was in graduate school and I was working.
      June 3, 2022 1:03 PM MDT
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  • 10996
    Working at one of a series of dead end jobs and dating some loser in what would become a string of failed relationships. Good times!
      June 3, 2022 4:27 PM MDT
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  • 17592
    I think you found a positive path though.  The older we get the smarter and wiser.  :)
      June 3, 2022 8:59 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    I was a senior at Cornell.
      June 3, 2022 5:24 PM MDT
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  • 11102
    Blowing things up. I was a chute blaster in a mine in Thompson Manitoba. Cheers and happy weekend!
      June 3, 2022 5:44 PM MDT
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  • 44602
    That sounds like fun.
      June 4, 2022 3:53 PM MDT
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  • 11102
    It was fun and rewarding. Because I drove the train the miners gave me food from their lunch so that I would give them a spot on the train for the 4 mile ride back to the cage at the end of the day (elevator). Cheers and happy weekend!
      June 4, 2022 4:35 PM MDT
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  • 2128
    Going to Electronics Class.
    This post was edited by CosmicWunderkind at June 4, 2022 4:51 PM MDT
      June 3, 2022 6:13 PM MDT
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  • 17592
    If that's you in the  middle of the photo, that's some hair style you have there.  ;)
      June 4, 2022 1:14 PM MDT
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  • 2128
    My hair style from 81 to 87 was as close to this guys if anything. Dude walks in the class and goes ..Whooooosh!! with his fingers to my hair once. This post was edited by CosmicWunderkind at June 5, 2022 5:56 PM MDT
      June 4, 2022 4:35 PM MDT
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  • 44602
    I taught radar electronics in the Navy for four years.
      June 4, 2022 3:54 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    Wife and mom. I believe I may have lived in the same southern state my entire 21st year. Lots of moves in those early married years. 
      June 3, 2022 9:00 PM MDT
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