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

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

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

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

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

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

Military Medals

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

Before the Internet

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

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

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

'Bring out yer books!'

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

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

'Jerry's 'old school'.'

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

"Weather like this plagued my retreat from Moscow."

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

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

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

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

"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.

'New Game'

The Paper Route