2006-10-06 07:07:53, "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj@storm.weather.net> wrote:
>many if not the majority of the candidates were retired military career
>officers or civilian employees on military bases. I don't have the
>materials to check back over history to see if that trend has a long
>history, but that background would probably tend to make those officers
>run the WBCCI like a military operation, with lots of regulations and
>standards for equipment, uniforms, and member actions.
Amen, brother Gerald. Thank you for being the one to say it.
>If there's no pleasure, that can be
>the straw that makes attendance too much bother.
So obvious that it rarely is noted.
-- Lew #4239
'72 Safari
Stuck in OH
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