> I hope I don't get scolded for bringing up a topic that has been
> discussed before, but when I think back on hardships of being an
> infantryman in Vietnam, I think of water. Especially on a day like
> today, when it is just about 100 degrees where I am at. We carried an
> average of about 7 quarts of water. Its funny as I'm writing this some
> fire fighters came in the store and asked for a donation of water and
> ice, as two fire fighters are suffering from the heat while trying to
> put out a fire in the mountain. There are lots of things you must
> know to be a good soldier, but if you don't carry plenty of water, and
> ammo, you may be a liability to your unit.

> In article
> <7e51f7a0-708c-4d9d-9cd6-4ff5148be...@m45g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
>  Tom Lacombe shentel.net> wrote:
>

>> I hope I don't get scolded for bringing up a topic that has been
>> discussed before, but when I think back on hardships of being an
>> infantryman in Vietnam, I think of water. Especially on a day like
>> today, when it is just about 100 degrees where I am at.  We carried an
>> average of about 7 quarts of water. Its funny as I'm writing this some
>> fire fighters came in the store and asked for a donation of water and
>> ice, as two fire fighters are suffering from the heat while trying to
>> put out a fire in the mountain.  There are lots of things you must
>> know to be a good soldier, but if you don't carry plenty of water, and
>> ammo, you may be a liability to your unit.

>
> Hi Tom,
>
> Seems to me every post is subject to criticism except those in the
> eternally redundant and nauseating DR and/or alphabet man threads. ...

> In article
> <7e51f7a0-708c-4d9d-9cd6-4ff5148be8d4@m45g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>,
> Tom Lacombe shentel.net> wrote:
>

>> I hope I don't get scolded for bringing up a topic that has been
>> discussed before, but when I think back on hardships of being an
>> infantryman in Vietnam, I think of water. Especially on a day like
>> today, when it is just about 100 degrees where I am at. We carried an
>> average of about 7 quarts of water. Its funny as I'm writing this some
>> fire fighters came in the store and asked for a donation of water and
>> ice, as two fire fighters are suffering from the heat while trying to
>> put out a fire in the mountain. There are lots of things you must
>> know to be a good soldier, but if you don't carry plenty of water, and
>> ammo, you may be a liability to your unit.

>
> Hi Tom,
>
> Seems to me every post is subject to criticism except those in the ...

>

>> I hope I don't get scolded for bringing up a topic that has been
>> discussed before, but when I think back on hardships of being an
>> infantryman in Vietnam, I think of water. Especially on a day like
>> today, when it is just about 100 degrees where I am at. We carried an
>> average of about 7 quarts of water. Its funny as I'm writing this some
>> fire fighters came in the store and asked for a donation of water and
>> ice, as two fire fighters are suffering from the heat while trying to
>> put out a fire in the mountain. There are lots of things you must
>> know to be a good soldier, but if you don't carry plenty of water, and
>> ammo, you may be a liability to your unit.

>
> Hi Tom,
>
> Seems to me every post is subject to criticism except those in the
> eternally redundant and nauseating DR and/or alphabet man threads.
>
> Too bad we didn't have the water purifiers used by hikers these days. ...

>>
>> Ever get bad water? We were out of commission for a while with dysentery
>> from lousy water sent out to us.
>>
>> Really a messy deal.
>>

>
>Reading this once again reinforces my belief that we should never take clean
>air and water for granted .....

> On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:06:06 GMT, "La N" yahoo.com>
> wrote this crap:
>
>
>

>>> Ever get bad water? We were out of commission for a while with dysentery
>>> from lousy water sent out to us.

>

>>> Really a messy deal.

>

>>Reading this once again reinforces my belief that we should never take clean
>>air and water for granted .....

>
> I do.  Where I live, clean air and water are readily available.
>
>         Horv...@Horvath.net
>
> My T-shirt says, "This shirt is the
> ultimate power in the universe." ...

>>>Reading this once again reinforces my belief that we should never take clean
>>>air and water for granted .....

>>
>> I do.  Where I live, clean air and water are readily available.
>>

>I agree with La N, degradation of any part of our environment should
>be a warning for us all. Where you live may be great, how about where
>your grand kids live, or where they may live when they are grown, or
>where their kids end up. Look at our food supply. I love tuna, but
>we're warned not to eat more than 4 ounces a week. We have not been
>good caretakers of this Earth, and we should work hard, to make it a
>better place for future generations. Peace!

> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:29:34 -0700 (PDT), Tom Lacombe
> shentel.net> wrote this crap:
>

>>>>Reading this once again reinforces my belief that we should never take clean
>>>>air and water for granted .....

>

>>> I do.  Where I live, clean air and water are readily available.

>

>>I agree with La N, degradation of any part of our environment should
>>be a warning for us all.  Where you live may be great, how about where
>>your grand kids live, or where they may live when they are grown, or
>>where their kids end up. Look at our food supply.  I love tuna, but
>>we're warned not to eat more than 4 ounces a week. We have not been
>>good caretakers of this Earth, and we should work hard, to make it a
>>better place for future generations. Peace!

>
> Who's this "we" person?  I take good care of my property.
>
> Besides, I don't care what happens after I'm gone. ...

> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:29:34 -0700 (PDT), Tom Lacombe
> shentel.net> wrote this crap:
>

>>>>Reading this once again reinforces my belief that we should never take
>>>>clean
>>>>air and water for granted .....

>

>>> I do. Where I live, clean air and water are readily available.

>

>>I agree with La N, degradation of any part of our environment should
>>be a warning for us all. Where you live may be great, how about where
>>your grand kids live, or where they may live when they are grown, or
>>where their kids end up. Look at our food supply. I love tuna, but
>>we're warned not to eat more than 4 ounces a week. We have not been
>>good caretakers of this Earth, and we should work hard, to make it a
>>better place for future generations. Peace!

> ...