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  <title>Comments for The primary advantage to getting older is...</title>
  <subtitle>We&apos;re the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost.  All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT,  and KA 2003-2010</subtitle>
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    <published>2010-08-29T08:33:54Z</published>
    <updated>2010-08-29T08:59:05Z</updated>
    <title>The primary advantage to getting older is...</title>
    <summary><![CDATA[...that as the years go by, your guttersnipe friends get senile and forget to send you e-mails like this:*&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *A Cow, an Ant and an Auld Phart are debating who is the greatest of the three.The Cow: &quot;I give 50 liters of milk every day and that's why I am the greatest!!&quot;The Ant: &quot;I work day and night, summer and winter, I can carry 52 times my own weight and that's why I am the greatest!!&quot;-----------------------------Why are you scrolling down? It's your turn to...]]></summary>
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      <name>Bill</name>
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      <![CDATA[...that as the years go by, your guttersnipe friends get senile and forget to send you e-mails like this:<br /><br />*&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *<br /><br />A Cow, an Ant and an Auld Phart are debating who is the greatest of the three.<br /><br />The Cow: &quot;I give 50 liters of milk every day and that's why I am the greatest!!&quot;<br /><br />The Ant: &quot;I work day and night, summer and winter, I can carry 52 times my own weight and that's why I am the greatest!!&quot;<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />-<br /><br />Why are you scrolling down?  It's your turn to say something...<br /><br />*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *&nbsp;<br /><br />H/t to <strong>Smilin'Jack</strong> from my Boz Bunch, who will be the *second* person I strangle when I get back...<br /> <br />]]>
      
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    <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.12756-comment:112326</id>
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    <title>Comment from HomefrontSix on 2010-09-01</title>
    <author>
        <name>HomefrontSix</name>
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        <![CDATA[Growing old is mandatory. Growing UP&nbsp;is optional. I like options.<br />]]>
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    <published>2010-09-01T18:47:39Z</published>
    <updated>2010-09-01T18:47:39Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.12756-comment:111995</id>
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    <title>Comment from Justthisguy on 2010-08-30</title>
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        <name>Justthisguy</name>
        <uri>http://enemiesofthelibrary.blogspot.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[&quot;Soldiers are slow to grow up.&quot; - Captain Sir Basil Liddell-Hart.&nbsp; <br />
<br />
That goes double for Aviators, and triple for us excessively-earnest socially awkward types.<br />
<br />
At a chronological age of dang near 60,&nbsp; I think I might finally be approaching an emotional and social age of, oh, say, 15.<br />]]>
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    <published>2010-08-30T16:35:10Z</published>
    <updated>2010-08-30T16:35:10Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.12756-comment:111926</id>
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    <title>Comment from DL Sly on 2010-08-30</title>
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        <name>DL Sly</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[Quartermaster, I thought that was Airborne?&nbsp; Cuz, if anything is the epitome of a willing suspension of wisdom, it's when someone decides to jump out of a perfectly good airplane.<br />
0&gt;;~}]]>
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    <published>2010-08-30T11:34:58Z</published>
    <updated>2010-08-30T11:34:58Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.12756-comment:111911</id>
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    <title>Comment from Fishmugger on 2010-08-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>Fishmugger</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[Brahahah hehe hehe hiccup brahahaha...<br />
<br />
Thanks...I just drove 2 and a half hours to get home in time to do a power point pres for a sales meeting tomorrow. I needed a good laugh.]]>
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    <published>2010-08-30T02:03:15Z</published>
    <updated>2010-08-30T02:03:15Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.12756-comment:111910</id>
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    <title>Comment from Quartermaster on 2010-08-29</title>
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        <name>Quartermaster</name>
        
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        Sly, Pilots can never grow up. If they did, they would acquire wisdom and would realize just how stupid what they do for a living is and never fly again. Then, where would the airlines and military be?
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    <published>2010-08-30T00:51:32Z</published>
    <updated>2010-08-30T00:51:32Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.12756-comment:111863</id>
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    <title>Comment from J.M. Heinrichs on 2010-08-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>J.M. Heinrichs</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[&nbsp;&quot;Why are you scrolling down? It's your turn to say something...&quot;<br />
<br />
Er, what was the question?<br />
<br />
Cheers<br />]]>
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    <published>2010-08-29T19:33:00Z</published>
    <updated>2010-08-29T19:33:00Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.12756-comment:111858</id>
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    <title>Comment from Saker on 2010-08-29</title>
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        <name>Saker</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[Nope, I&nbsp;wasn't worried for myself, Bill. I'm too charming and adorable for anyone to threaten me with strangling. <br />]]>
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    <published>2010-08-29T17:50:28Z</published>
    <updated>2010-08-29T17:50:28Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.12756-comment:111849</id>
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    <title>Comment from MrMan on 2010-08-29</title>
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        <name>MrMan</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[&nbsp;The Auld Phart: &quot;I fought in 1, 2, 3, hmm - do all the little wars in between count, 4, then the last couple (multiple times), oh and let's not forget that one crappy time (well on second thought let's do forget), to keep you free to brag - that's why I'm the greatest. <br />
<br />
Hey,&nbsp;remember that time when Jimmy and .... .&quot;<br />
&nbsp;<br />
Oh wait, I just recalled the Sister Mary Magdaline and Sister Olivia painful rule(r) about not bragging about one's self.<br />
<br />
Oh well, my kids think I'm the greatest because I made it back home.&nbsp;<br />
<br />
However, I think Jimmy is the greatest; <br />
<br />
because he didn't, <br />
but he made sure I did.]]>
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    <published>2010-08-29T15:58:41Z</published>
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    <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.12756-comment:111848</id>
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    <title>Comment from DL Sly on 2010-08-29</title>
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        <name>DL Sly</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[<em>&quot;No, there are just those of us who will never grow up...&quot;<br />
</em><br />
It's not like that's a bad thing, yanno.&nbsp;<br />
And there *are* some of us who will never be 'old'.<br />
heh<br />
0&gt;;~}]]>
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    <published>2010-08-29T15:42:59Z</published>
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    <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.12756-comment:111846</id>
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    <title>Comment from BillT on 2010-08-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>BillT</name>
        <uri>http://www.thedonovan.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[<em>Who's the first person?</em><br />
<br />
It's a five-way tie, right now -- nobody here, so relax.<br />
<br />
<em>I don't get it.....</em><br />
<br />
Darn. I *knew* I'd have to explain it to somebody...<br />
<br />
<em>And there are those of us who will never be *old*. heh</em><br />
<br />
No, there are just those of us who will never grow up...<br />]]>
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    <published>2010-08-29T15:18:40Z</published>
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    <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.12756-comment:111841</id>
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    <title>Comment from DL Sly on 2010-08-29</title>
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        <![CDATA[And there are those of us who will never be *old*.<br />
heh<br />
0&gt;;~}]]>
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    <published>2010-08-29T13:21:19Z</published>
    <updated>2010-08-29T13:21:19Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:www.thedonovan.com,2010://1.12756-comment:111840</id>
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    <title>Comment from AW1 Tim on 2010-08-29</title>
    <author>
        <name>AW1 Tim</name>
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        <![CDATA[I don't get it.....<br />
<br />
&nbsp; And that's why I am the greatest. <br />]]>
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    <published>2010-08-29T13:13:23Z</published>
    <updated>2010-08-29T13:13:23Z</updated>
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    <title>Comment from Saker on 2010-08-29</title>
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        <name>Saker</name>
        
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        <![CDATA[Who's the first person?<br />]]>
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    <published>2010-08-29T12:36:37Z</published>
    <updated>2010-08-29T12:36:37Z</updated>
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    <title>Comment from Justthisguy on 2010-08-29</title>
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        <name>Justthisguy</name>
        <uri>http://enemiesofthelibrary.blogspot.com</uri>
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        <![CDATA[You bastard! You got me with that one!&nbsp; <br />]]>
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    <published>2010-08-29T08:50:44Z</published>
    <updated>2010-08-29T08:50:44Z</updated>
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