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raccoon
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Wed Nov-16-11 10:59 AM Original message |
Why didn't Stephen King get drafted? Has he ever said? |
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HopeHoops
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. Anal cysts. |
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Ineeda
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. Don't know for sure but |
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redqueen
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I think it was both that |
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Bluzmann57
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. When was he born? |
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raccoon
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. He was born in 1947--so he'd be very susceptible to the draft. nt |
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rfranklin
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. But he may have gotten a high number in the lottery... |
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Octafish
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Those born in that time period cannot serve on the Draft Board, either. |
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Johnyawl
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. classified 4-f |
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Atman
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. I believe he said he was 64 yo. The odds were in his favor. |
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hifiguy
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. I was sweating bullets, but the draft was ended the year I turned 17. |
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southernyankeebelle
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. During VN if I am not mistake it was towards the end of the conflict that |
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Old and In the Way
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:13 AM Original message |
I think it was Spring of '72. |
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The Straight Story
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
8. I dunno, but he is working on a sequel to the shining |
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trumad
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. I think he was writing Carrie at the time. |
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raccoon
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Wed Nov-16-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. Is there a special exemption for that? 4-C? LOL nt |
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MilesColtrane
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
11. The local draft board classified him as 1-SAF. |
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pinboy3niner
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. ROFL! |
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MineralMan
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
14. Lots of reasons are possible. |
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Bluenorthwest
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
15. I do not know, but his fiction includes some characters who had |
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gratuitous
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
16. King the writer or King the jerknose congressman? |
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JohnnyRingo
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Good question... |
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Gormy Cuss
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. +1 |
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efhmc
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
17. Interesting but weird question. Why the |
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raccoon
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Wed Nov-16-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. Yeah, my thoughts in strange places do roam. Plus I just finished 11/22/63. |
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efhmc
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Okay, just wondering. |
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justiceischeap
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
18. A little Google searching goes a long way :) |
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redqueen
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Ha, I expected to see a Let Me Google That For You link. |
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Greybnk48
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Wed Nov-16-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. I've met Stephan King face to face (which I LOVE to brag |
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YellowRubberDuckie
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Wed Nov-16-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. I'd brag about it to. |
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Cairycat
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
19. He is extremely myopic |
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AngryAmish
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
20. didn't he get married early? |
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zbdent
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. kind of on both the marriage and his "deferments" ... from Wikipedia ... |
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wickerwoman
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. Yeah, I think he got married his sophomore year. |
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TexasProgresive
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
25. According to this article 3 student deferments |
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madinmaryland
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
27. And why is this important to anyone. He is not running for office, the last I checked. |
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The Straight Story
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Ya know, all this time I thought your name was Maidinmaryland |
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madinmaryland
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Wed Nov-16-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. You really gotta stop listening to LynneSin and DrStrange in teh Lounge!! |
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Dr. Strange
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Wed Nov-16-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Hush, woman! |
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madinmaryland
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Wed Nov-16-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Heh! I thought you had gotten ts'ed for not publishing anymore of your |
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raccoon
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Wed Nov-16-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. I wish he would. Course it wouldn't help my state. nt |
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kestrel91316
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Wed Nov-16-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
30. Which Stephen King, out the hundreds or thousands of them in the US, |
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raccoon
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Wed Nov-16-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. "He's a good liberal." I know that. nt |
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No Joe
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Wed Nov-16-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
36. Uh... |
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Zorra
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Wed Nov-16-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
41. No not a student deferment. A different type of deferment that is none of our business. |
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