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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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
m...
On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:51:50 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Calif Bill" wrote in message
news:xbadnTX2lowlsLbUnZ2dnUVZ_vudnZ2d@earthl ink.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.

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:03:37 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 07:45:59 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:58:19 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:51:50 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Calif Bill" wrote in message
news:xbadnTX2lowlsLbUnZ2dnUVZ_vudnZ2d@earthlin k.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

In other words, don't bother.


This might be significant if you were in the military for most of your
life and didn't get to max out your SS taxes every year.
Most of us with a decent job probably paid the max FICA. The only
years I didn't was the first partial year I worked and the last
partial year before I retired. Since I was in the military during that
first year it might give me an extra dime a month in my check ;-)

I still can't go for my SS until my wife retires. She makes enough
money that would cause the IRS to confiscate my SS check. No sense in
not letting it accrue until I am 70 at this point..

I need to ask about it sometime. I suspect that I'm not eligible.

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

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.
--
A Harry Krause truism:

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

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:15:43 -0500, Jim 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.

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

Tom, Eisboch, and his buddies at alt.kooks.
--
A Harry Krause truism:

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

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:24:02 -0500, "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.


Seems like Harry made that one up also. He wasn't able to post or forward
the 'alleged email'.
--
A Harry Krause truism:

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