I Was So Short....

TShooters
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Anyone have an interesting saying about when your
short timer's calendar was almost marked off?


"I was so short, that............" (example: I could sit on a dime)

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LarryJK
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Short? Hmmm....that's sort of a tough one! Got to think on that one!! LOL!

warpig883
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Howdy everyone. I have checked this place out before and wandered in the front door. (it was open)

Whenever I was short whether it was leaving a duty station or at ETS time at every formation when the 1st SGT called attention I would yell out SHORT. Really used to get them going. Nobody would rat on the person doing it. Also used to yell out short at choice times when singing cadence when marching. And whenever the command pulled some crap and had everyone in a bad mood all a person heard was SHORT!
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Hey!!!!!!!
I think I've heard you doing that. Heh, heh
It was a grat way to lift the spirits.

Welcome Warpig. Tell us about yourself when you want.

nighthawk
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OK,,short expressions,,,,

how about:

I am sooo short,,, I need a parachute to get out of bed

I am sooooo short,, I need a ladder to reach up and tie my boot laces,,,

I am soooo short,,,, I can walk under geckos

I am soooo short,,, I don't have time to smoke a king-size cigarette

I am sooooo short,,,, I don't have time to take a long sh---

with that, I'll stop,,,,,lol

stan H ,, nighthawk

warpig883
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Thanks for the welcome REMF.

Another thing we used to do was post our orders on the door to our room in the barracks with FIGMO (F**k it got my orders) in big black letters. That was always good for an ass chewin if the wrong person saw it.
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bhd8ball
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As each Shorttimer became the "shortest" the person getting on the chopper to go to Saigon would pass along the shorttime stick. An actual stick decorated with feathers, ribbons, etc.

Just carrying it around made the days shorter.

I got the thing about 10 days before I left battalion. I promptly went to a bunker and stayed there until the chopper arrived. (not really, but I SURE wanted to).



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I remember seeing an occasional stick here and there 8ball. Didn't have in our unit...would have been cool tho.

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Damn I haven't thought of that since the 60s, i.e. shortimers stick
I remember a bunch of us would make them, carry them around for some reason I can't remember and then pass them on when we left. I recall making the darn thing out of a 7.62 tracer bullet and the casing with some type of copper rod in between of about 18", I think it was a brazing rod. Anyway shined it up with brasso and hated to part with it.
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I had a shortimers stick and I put a 50 cal casing on the end of it. It had seven 1 1/2 inch sections and each day of the final week i had planned to shorten it an section at a time. As things turned out I was able to get a hold of my orders and most records and got out of country 10 days early.

To see a picture of a short timers flack jacket go to this link:

216.88.101.234/GRAFX/0-MEMBERPICS/GRUNT/Whos%20Short.jpg



Edited by: GRUNT at: 1/1/02 6:44:03 pm

TallTLynn
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Wilburn, war is a sad time in my opinion. Too many good men die when they should not.

It is doubtful that anyone ever forgets what they see in times of war.
TLynn

berto64
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Here, Here! T


Endeaver to Persevere

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You said it T, no matter the time lapse or how old one grows or how forgetful we may get, there is that one time in our lives that will consistently have its place in our memory. - Hope