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2017-10-14 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-10-14 01:59|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 WOW!, This was a blast from the past.

Posted by Dale 2017-10-14 05:23|| 2017-10-14 05:23|| Front Page Top

#2 What a missed opportunity for ESPN to televise the draft selection as a show. Expert analysis, interviews with last years first rounders, and of course a great background piece on those fleeing to Canada.

Posted by Airandee 2017-10-14 07:29|| 2017-10-14 07:29|| Front Page Top

#3 different year - 97

Male privilege

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-10-14 08:31|| 2017-10-14 08:31|| Front Page Top

#4 1950 got me 95 my actual year got me 3;
had a valid out, not college, so I didn't go.

Posted by AlanC 2017-10-14 10:43|| 2017-10-14 10:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Also a different year, but my number was hard to forget. It was... (cue trumpet fanfare)... 365!

Posted by PBMcL 2017-10-14 13:12|| 2017-10-14 13:12|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ Lotto

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-10-14 15:10|| 2017-10-14 15:10|| Front Page Top

#7 I was a few days from being drafted in Nov. 1969 when the first lottery of that era was suddenly announced. I drew a 362. At my draft physical a few days later, I was stamped I-A and then right afterward 1-H. A few months later a cousin was KIA when his Huey was shot down. His remains were only recovered after 2010.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2017-10-14 16:19|| 2017-10-14 16:19|| Front Page Top

#8 I was 121.
They only drew to 95 in Chicagoland that year.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-10-14 18:10|| 2017-10-14 18:10|| Front Page Top

#9 Napalm Girl

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2017-10-14 19:15|| 2017-10-14 19:15|| Front Page Top

#10 Good thing I was born in '49, I hid out in the Navy for 20 years. The SOBs never found me.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2017-10-14 19:28|| 2017-10-14 19:28|| Front Page Top

#11 Strictly speaking, I was never eligible for the draft. I had a 2-S college deferment. They eliminated college deferments for grad school, so I signed up for Navy OCS the month before I graduated.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2017-10-14 20:02|| 2017-10-14 20:02|| Front Page Top

#12 Ra 68001326
E/5 91b20
2 505. 3rd.bgd.
82nd. Airborne
Pick a number.

Posted by Bman 2017-10-14 20:59|| 2017-10-14 20:59|| Front Page Top

#13 I was a few years younger but they never reached my number, and by 1971 I could see no reason to volunteer.

Posted by Glenmore 2017-10-14 21:05|| 2017-10-14 21:05|| Front Page Top

#14 I was 17 but they halted the draft that year so the card said "1-H"

Posted by 3dc 2017-10-14 23:08|| 2017-10-14 23:08|| Front Page Top

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