Nostalgic Soldier Enthusiast Gifts

'Whatever happened to that platoon of GIs you used to pretend to be at bedtimes?'

"Lassie, go get help!" "Oh Timmy you idiot! Not again!"

"In high school, I was quite the star in metal shop."

"You're very interesting, for a civilian."

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

"I'm going to talk about the summer before last, it was much more fun."

Neo-International Law

'This is the only part of my old Army uniform that still fits.'

"Don't you think it's time we talked about Operation Doug?"

"String ... you mean it doesn't have a remote controller to operate it?"

Military Medals

'It's one of Larry King's earliest shows.'

'Dewey! Grandpa's stuck again. Give him a couple of whacks upside the head.'

'I think I'll stay in and try to catch up on my reading.'

Before the Internet

"Remember back in the day when I was a real heartbreaker?" "Riiight... now the only thing you break is wind."

'Bring out yer books!'

'I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still (would you believe?)')

"In my life, I've had seven cars, six jobs, five houses, four bypass operations, and three wives!"

'Take my tip,sonny and say it with jelly babies.'

'I don't care what the Hares have. Dial-Up is good enough for us!'

"Tell me again, Grandpa, about how you let your freak flag fly."

'Jerry's 'old school'.'

'You can come down a peg. Mesopotamia gave the world bureaucracy, you know.'

"The first one is for graduating from basic training. The rest are classified."

"When I was young my parents couldn't afford to give me too much, too soon."

"It seems like only yesterday that Dad told me I'll be an adult before I know it."

"Weather like this plagued my retreat from Moscow."

"More quarters! For God's sake, more quarters!!"

"I can remember when having a '212' phone number still meant something in this world."

Fun (circa 1955)

Armed forces waiting with nothing to do.

Infantry.

'New Game'

"When I was a puppy, I barked as a puppy, I understood as a puppy, I thought as a puppy. But when I became a dog, I put away puppy things except for my shabby, old, beat-up stuffy toy. I still freaking love this thing."