On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:12:06 -0500, Boater wrote:

Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Jim wrote:


I'm beginning to think Harry made this up. All of it. Who do you think
he is trying to impress?

Do you think?

I saw where Harry gave you the heads up that someone threatening to post
your name and address in Usenet. I hope you haven't had any negative
repercussions from your personal information being posted on the
internet. Maybe if you send an email to the person and beg for
forgiveness he may not make the post.




It's not up to me to repost it. When it hits, though, it'll be interesting.

And why could you not forward it to Jim?
--
A Harry Krause truism:

"It's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus!"

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:05:35 -0500, Boater wrote:

Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
...
You are right with your statement. A retired Air Force Colonel I golf
with
was in Vietnam. He has diabetes and various other ailments which have
been
associated with Agent Orange. About a year ago I mentioned the Agent
Orange
program the military has been conducting. He knew nothing.

He's now getting almost double his retirement pay, and half of that
is tax
free. It pays to keep up with the benefits.


I qualified for a Vietnam bonus that I never applied for.
(Harry would love to know why I didn't)

I wonder if I could still apply and get it, plus interest.
Nah.

Eisboch


Have you ever thought about when Harry went to Viet Nam? He stated he
graduated from college, then went to work for Kansas City newspaper,
then went to Yale, then worked as a Union organizer in Chicago. I guess
he must have done Viet Nam after high school before college. Army
Generals prefer to hire kids just out of high school.


Was that your experience? I wasn't hired by an Army general.

It's so nice being the object of affection of so many right-wing pieces
of ****. Like you.

Harry, although I'm not a right-wing piece of ****, 'cause I'm independent
as Chuck, I'd feel it safe to say that most of the right-wing pieces of
**** *do* see you as an object of affection!

Why would you think otherwise?
--
A Harry Krause truism:

"It's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus!"

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:48:54 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:10:48 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:14:32 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:47:25 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:27:43 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
om...
On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:51:50 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Calif Bill" wrote in message
news:xbadnTX2lowlsLbUnZ2dnUVZ_vudnZ2d@earth link.com...

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
news On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:18:11 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

I tell you, it was like being in hell.
Waited at 2 different stations, maybe an hour in total.
Seemed like 17 hours.

Too late now but you can do it all on the telephone.


Not really. I did it via wesite and they wanted to see the dd214. Went
down and maybe 15 minutes, guy said not really needed, and told me how
much money you working stiffs were going to send me each month.


What does your DD 214 have to do with SS?

Eisboch

They can explain better than I:

http://tinyurl.com/2rc6sh


Thanks. I am still a few years away from SS, but I'll save and remember
your link.
Apparently, there are many little known and often unused benefits
available for vets and/or surviving spouses. My sister, as a result of a
lot of digging, found an obscure benefit that now provides an extra $1k a
month in addition to her SS to help pay for assisted living costs.

Well, I didn't qualify for this one.

You are right with your statement. A retired Air Force Colonel I golf with
was in Vietnam. He has diabetes and various other ailments which have been
associated with Agent Orange. About a year ago I mentioned the Agent Orange
program the military has been conducting. He knew nothing.

He's now getting almost double his retirement pay, and half of that is tax
free. It pays to keep up with the benefits.

Being retired, did you keep your VA medical?

I have 20% disability because of war related injuries and I'm entitled
to VA care, but I've never used the VA medical system because I
haven't needed to. I still don't because we have a private policy for
me and Mrs. Wave is covered by her employer.

Absolutely! That's where I get these free $2000 hearing aids!

Get thee to thy nearest VA office and get yourself a VA ID card. Take your
proof of injury and make sure the card says "SERVICE CONNECTED" on the
front. You'll be given a physical for your first appointment. I don't use
them for anything but hearing, because like you, I'm on my wife's
insurance.

Yeah - I already have the ID card - I just don't use it. I get a
letter every once in a while asking if I'm still alive, but other than
that, nothing.

Did you apply for CSRS yet? Are you getting any VA benefits?

Not a one - I don't even get the 20% disability payment - never
applied for it. When I was discharged, I was given an interview, this
that and the other thing (I can't remember exactly), they did the
whole review thingy, I got the ID card and that was that. I think the
last time I heard from them, it was to get a new card which I got at
the Newington VA hospital - no, that's not right - I got it at the VA
hospital in West Haven.

Can't see taking something I don't need.

Well, if you've nothing to do with the money but let Obama spend it, leave
it there. I could always find something to do with it, even if it's
donating it to a church to pay someone's electricity bill. That's about all
it would be anyway.
--
A Harry Krause truism:

"It's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus!"

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:48:54 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:10:48 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:14:32 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:47:25 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:27:43 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
om...
On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:51:50 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Calif Bill" wrote in message
news:xbadnTX2lowlsLbUnZ2dnUVZ_vudnZ2d@earth link.com...

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
news On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:18:11 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

I tell you, it was like being in hell.
Waited at 2 different stations, maybe an hour in total.
Seemed like 17 hours.

Too late now but you can do it all on the telephone.


Not really. I did it via wesite and they wanted to see the dd214. Went
down and maybe 15 minutes, guy said not really needed, and told me how
much money you working stiffs were going to send me each month.


What does your DD 214 have to do with SS?

Eisboch

They can explain better than I:

http://tinyurl.com/2rc6sh


Thanks. I am still a few years away from SS, but I'll save and remember
your link.
Apparently, there are many little known and often unused benefits
available for vets and/or surviving spouses. My sister, as a result of a
lot of digging, found an obscure benefit that now provides an extra $1k a
month in addition to her SS to help pay for assisted living costs.

Well, I didn't qualify for this one.

You are right with your statement. A retired Air Force Colonel I golf with
was in Vietnam. He has diabetes and various other ailments which have been
associated with Agent Orange. About a year ago I mentioned the Agent Orange
program the military has been conducting. He knew nothing.

He's now getting almost double his retirement pay, and half of that is tax
free. It pays to keep up with the benefits.

Being retired, did you keep your VA medical?

I have 20% disability because of war related injuries and I'm entitled
to VA care, but I've never used the VA medical system because I
haven't needed to. I still don't because we have a private policy for
me and Mrs. Wave is covered by her employer.

Absolutely! That's where I get these free $2000 hearing aids!

Get thee to thy nearest VA office and get yourself a VA ID card. Take your
proof of injury and make sure the card says "SERVICE CONNECTED" on the
front. You'll be given a physical for your first appointment. I don't use
them for anything but hearing, because like you, I'm on my wife's
insurance.

Yeah - I already have the ID card - I just don't use it. I get a
letter every once in a while asking if I'm still alive, but other than
that, nothing.

Did you apply for CSRS yet? Are you getting any VA benefits?

Not a one - I don't even get the 20% disability payment - never
applied for it. When I was discharged, I was given an interview, this
that and the other thing (I can't remember exactly), they did the
whole review thingy, I got the ID card and that was that. I think the
last time I heard from them, it was to get a new card which I got at
the Newington VA hospital - no, that's not right - I got it at the VA
hospital in West Haven.

Can't see taking something I don't need.

Don't know if you're retired military. Don't remember you saying so. But,
check into this also:

http://tinyurl.com/5p2dug
--
A Harry Krause truism:

"It's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus!"

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:31:23 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:36:05 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:11:38 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:06:31 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:



I thought *all* vets were eligible for medical care no matter when they
served.


No.

Not sure how it works, but one of my little brothers did a few years
in the Army in the early '70's. Germany mostly.
He got sick with Hep C and ended up in the VA hospital north of
Chicago. Visited him there.
Don't know how that worked. He was down and out.

--Vic

If he had a service connected disability, then he is entitled to more than
one who just served for a couple years during a war or during peacetime.

Gave me an excuse to call him. Been late on that.
Turns out he went twice. The other time for a busted jaw that had to
be wired up.
Emergency room. Doesn't know if they would take a non-vet - probably
would - and they never charged him anything.
Course he didn't have anything.
The details are fuzzy to him. That figures.
But he does NOT recommend the VA hospital he was at.
Unless things have changed.
As I recall my visit to him there - Hines VA Hospital - it didn't
strike me as a first-rate hospital.
But again, that was more than 25 years ago.

--Vic

Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Jim wrote:


I'm beginning to think Harry made this up. All of it. Who do you
think he is trying to impress?

Do you think?

I saw where Harry gave you the heads up that someone threatening to
post your name and address in Usenet. I hope you haven't had any
negative repercussions from your personal information being posted on
the internet. Maybe if you send an email to the person and beg for
forgiveness he may not make the post.




It's not up to me to repost it. When it hits, though, it'll be interesting.

LOL, Eisboch has meet Jim and finds him to be an outstanding individual.
You on the other hand like to pretend people send you email discussing
embarrassing personal information of others in rec.boats. This is not
limited to Jim, but many others. Somehow, your record of crying wolf
does not give you much creditability.

I would recommend you remove your sig file from the email you send in
your harassment emails, that WILL come back to bite you.

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:58:37 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:31:23 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:36:05 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:11:38 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:06:31 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:



I thought *all* vets were eligible for medical care no matter when they
served.


No.

Not sure how it works, but one of my little brothers did a few years
in the Army in the early '70's. Germany mostly.
He got sick with Hep C and ended up in the VA hospital north of
Chicago. Visited him there.
Don't know how that worked. He was down and out.

--Vic

If he had a service connected disability, then he is entitled to more than
one who just served for a couple years during a war or during peacetime.

Gave me an excuse to call him. Been late on that.
Turns out he went twice. The other time for a busted jaw that had to
be wired up.
Emergency room. Doesn't know if they would take a non-vet - probably
would - and they never charged him anything.
Course he didn't have anything.
The details are fuzzy to him. That figures.
But he does NOT recommend the VA hospital he was at.
Unless things have changed.
As I recall my visit to him there - Hines VA Hospital - it didn't
strike me as a first-rate hospital.
But again, that was more than 25 years ago.

--Vic



They've changed immensely. But you bring up an interesting point. I'll bet
most of the folks who bitch about VA hospitals weren't in one 25 years ago,
or even 17 years ago when I retired and went their for my post-retirement
medical work.
--
A Harry Krause truism:

"It's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus!"

JohnH wrote:

They've changed immensely. But you bring up an interesting point. I'll bet
most of the folks who bitch about VA hospitals weren't in one 25 years ago,
or even 17 years ago when I retired and went their for my post-retirement
medical work.


When you went "their," were you checked for brain damage?

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:21:31 -0500, Boater wrote:

JohnH wrote:

They've changed immensely. But you bring up an interesting point. I'll bet
most of the folks who bitch about VA hospitals weren't in one 25 years ago,
or even 17 years ago when I retired and went their for my post-retirement
medical work.


When you went "their," were you checked for brain damage?

Oh, did I make a boo-boo? Good eyes, Harry! You're just so friggin'
perfect.

BTW, how was the mirror trip today? Does the cold weather help or hurt?
--
A Harry Krause truism:

"It's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus!"

Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Jim wrote:


I'm beginning to think Harry made this up. All of it. Who do you
think he is trying to impress?

Do you think?

I saw where Harry gave you the heads up that someone threatening to
post your name and address in Usenet. I hope you haven't had any
negative repercussions from your personal information being posted on
the internet. Maybe if you send an email to the person and beg for
forgiveness he may not make the post.




It's not up to me to repost it. When it hits, though, it'll be
interesting.

LOL, Eisboch has meet Jim and finds him to be an outstanding individual.
You on the other hand like to pretend people send you email discussing
embarrassing personal information of others in rec.boats. This is not
limited to Jim, but many others. Somehow, your record of crying wolf
does not give you much creditability.

I would recommend you remove your sig file from the email you send in
your harassment emails, that WILL come back to bite you.

Reg,
Krause Had me so worked up with his threatening Email. I just had to
post it to see if anyone else might have gotten similar anonymous
emails. I am so sorry that I didn't notice his sig line and delete it.
Turns out though anyone could get his address if they looked him up on
www.whitepages.com His phone number would have been much harder to
obtain. And his cell phone, damn near impossible.
Harry's mailbox will probably be flooded with Christmas Cards this year.