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07-30-2008, 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by CrackerBarrel
We've pledged some guys who just got back from the sandbox, but if you're older than say 22-24 there is going to be a clear disadvantage a lot of houses don't want to pledge guys older than almost everyone in the house.
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This is sort of what I was thinking.
21 isn't so bad, but when you're far older than your pledge trainers? I'd just have a problem going to Iraq and then having to listen to some asshole yell at me whose younger.
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07-30-2008, 11:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk
This is sort of what I was thinking.
21 isn't so bad, but when you're far older than your pledge trainers? I'd just have a problem going to Iraq and then having to listen to some asshole yell at me whose younger.
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elephant walk-somewhere in some thread here a soldier who did serve a tour or two posted about going through rush. and he seemed to think that he would be able to handle it rather well. and from what i recall, several other posters reported that they had solders go through without any problems.
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07-31-2008, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Tinia2
elephant walk-somewhere in some thread here a soldier who did serve a tour or two posted about going through rush. and he seemed to think that he would be able to handle it rather well. and from what i recall, several other posters reported that they had solders go through without any problems.
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It's moreso a question of actually getting a bid.
It depends on where this person goes to school and how competitive it is. If he's over 21 at the UofA, forget it.
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Overall, though, it's the bigness of the car that counts the most. Because when something bad happens in a really big car – accidentally speeding through the middle of a gang of unruly young people who have been taunting you in a drive-in restaurant, for instance – it happens very far away – way out at the end of your fenders. It's like a civil war in Africa; you know, it doesn't really concern you too much. - P.J. O'Rourke
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07-31-2008, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk
It's more-so a question of actually getting a bid.
It depends on where this person goes to school and how competitive it is. If he's over 21 at the UofA, forget it.
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well, unless you are in that the position or situation at this time, that is just something we will never know right? perhaps at the very least, this comment of yours is what you should have said in your first posting. and if i recall the thread correctly, while not in your area, school was rather competitive.
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07-31-2008, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Tinia2
. . . and if i recall the thread correctly, while not in your area, school was rather competitive.
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Are you thinking of this thread: Question on Rushing in my 30s (Fraternity)? If so, the guy was tranferring from a junior college to the University of Washington.
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07-31-2008, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk
This is sort of what I was thinking.
21 isn't so bad, but when you're far older than your pledge trainers? I'd just have a problem going to Iraq and then having to listen to some asshole yell at me whose younger.
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It happens at the service academies when the prior-enlisteds come in as plebes.
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