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| From | Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Viet Nam era Selective Service lottery [Re: 1958 "desk computer" Royal Precision LGP-30] |
| Date | 2015-12-15 19:39 -0500 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <mdda8pbkyzp.fsf_-_@panix5.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <f495a59e-c22a-4000-956e-0840bdf34903@googlegroups.com> <n4nc6o$7t1$1@speranza.aioe.org> |
Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> writes:
> In the mid 60's I had an American sculpture friend that decided that
> Canada was a better place to live with a low draft number than the US
> for the duration of some almost forgotten disagreement in Southeast Asia.
The first such lottery was held 1 December 1969, during my freshman year of
college. One of my friends got a lottery # of 5, but he was legitimately 4F.
Either it wasn't the mid-60's, or your friend did not have a low number when
he went north.
--
Rich Alderson news@alderson.users.panix.com
the russet leaves of an autumn oak/inspire once again the failed poet/
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1958 "desk computer" Royal Precision LGP-30 hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-14 10:31 -0800
Re: 1958 "desk computer" Royal Precision LGP-30 "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-12-14 13:09 -0600
Re: 1958 "desk computer" Royal Precision LGP-30 Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-12-14 17:00 -0800
Re: 1958 "desk computer" Royal Precision LGP-30 hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-15 14:43 -0800
Re: 1958 "desk computer" Royal Precision LGP-30 hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-15 14:26 -0800
Re: 1958 "desk computer" Royal Precision LGP-30 Jean-Marc Bourguet <jm@bourguet.org> - 2015-12-14 20:28 +0100
Re: 1958 "desk computer" Royal Precision LGP-30 Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2015-12-14 16:26 -0500
Re: 1958 "desk computer" Royal Precision LGP-30 "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2015-12-14 16:13 -0600
Re: 1958 "desk computer" Royal Precision LGP-30 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-12-15 14:14 +0000
Re: 1958 "desk computer" Royal Precision LGP-30 hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-15 14:41 -0800
Re: 1958 "desk computer" Royal Precision LGP-30 hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2015-12-15 14:34 -0800
Viet Nam era Selective Service lottery [Re: 1958 "desk computer" Royal Precision LGP-30] Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2015-12-15 19:39 -0500
Re: 1958 "desk computer" Royal Precision LGP-30 "m. thompson" <michael.99.thompson@gmail.com> - 2015-12-15 16:41 -0800
Re: 1958 "desk computer" Royal Precision LGP-30 rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock) - 2015-12-16 16:18 +0000
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