I got a Waiver!

Bill0510
Mon, 14 Nov 2005 19:54:53 +0000

Mr. G. You’re welcome.
Having been the victim of mindless, meaningless corrections [See: “4,000 teenagers at the USNA” comment], I am constantly amused at how people love to point out the little defects that show up in posts from time to time. Especially [and I wish I knew how to underline] when they are presumptuous about their authority [See: “we don’t say Oorah” from one that isn’t even at an academy much less in the Army] and havn’t done any research on the matter in any event. [Assuming there is only one spelling of Oorah, Hooah, Hoo-ya, Ura, or whatever.]

That’s okay. Hopefully, the youngsters posting on this site will take the chastisment they receive here and learn from it. [“Hope springs eternal”–Alexander Pope in An Essay on Man] Much better than being [as I repeatedly tell my young daughter] smarty-pants at an academy and having to suffer the ignominy of being identified as such by upper class. [See: Those that insist on learning their rates before Plebe Summer and then demonstrating their readiness accordingly.]

Always ready to enterain and educate. Remember, never let a few facts get in the way of a good argument.