Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I think we are getting off track here. And as far as the middle east experience concerning my friends station there lets just say, it's not safe.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I think we are getting off track here. And as far as the middle east experience concerning my friends station there lets just say, it's not safe.>> I know it got off track, and I don't think I'm the person who first wandered there. I just was rather shocked about the direction it went... from Christmas cookies to whatever. I'll just sign-off the thread by saying that I see nothing wrong with encouraging people to contribute something to our overseas military personnel and leave it at that.
Originally Posted By patrickegan The giving is voluntary. Imagine not spending the holidays with you families and being off forted up in a hostile place. And the prof has a beef with sending people a remembrance. I don't think anyone is suggesting something expensive like a big screen or a textbook written by a tenured professor?! How about baby wipes and some Chap Stick?