mixfix, yeh, i was in the air force,too. but it was '67 to '71. it's pretty much the reason...i do now, what i used to do. we still work with WOCA (wackoo, as we say, whitehouse office of comm.,agency), the prez's communication dept. it's staffed by all four branches. i almost wuz one of them. but at the end o lectrinology school..which was and is quite good you know..they gave me a choice of assignments; first was WOCA..2nd was some little place in florida where they were trying to get some men on the moon to see if it had any cheese. well, the 2nd jst sounded kinda stupid so i chose...NAHHHH...i went ta florida..BABEE. and man was it a wize choice! lil misssisssipppi (that's long)boy working at the cape. cocoa beach actually...patrick air force base...in thu sixties, no less. it was ...an interesting time...2 years later apollo 7,8,9,10,11 are over, we're getting networks ready again for 12...and i gets orders...but 15000 civilians got...orders, too. they had no job but i wuz going to japan!
and so ... time went by..used the GI bill..got an edyewcation...but no one cared about my deegree in mississippi, i wuz an enjoneer...and so it goes

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