Okay already, I'm an old duck, been around a long time and have seen the change in the way kids are brought up. Parents now think it is a reflection of them if their children aren't the stars.  My parents did not have the time to even think about that, paying the mortgage and putting food on the table was more importan...more

I think they should get a paternity test as the mother is probably protecting someone in the family , I know I live in mexico!!!!!a lot of incest here!!!!!

We, my wife and I and five rescue dogs and 12 cats, live in Mexico.  Mexicans are notorious for throwing away female dogs and cats, so we try to do what we can to  help the poor creatures. we have now in the past 24 years rescued 8 dogs and 15 cats. Kinda eats into the ole pension, but what the heck it is worth every p...more

There is no one perfect place to retire, I took an early retirement and got the hell out of the state of despair(Kalyfornya) I could not stand the taxes and the asses that run the state.  I pulled a reverse, I went to Mexico and with my VA disability and small retirement check I am doing fine. I won't say where I am as...more

TROYFAN If your son thinks that the USNA is not free, he could have opted out after his sophomore year and used the money that he is paying the USNA on a private college, I see he is a senior and will graduate with an obligation of five years.  He will of course get paid, room and board, uniform allowance during these ...more

Oh ya, of course my son was nominated by our district congressman, but at that time a applicant still needed a sponsor.  The only time this regulation was waived is if the applicant was the child of a medal of honor recipient. I don't get the attitude that seems to be prevalent that the service academies are not free, ...more

Someone:  I don't know when you applied, but when my son applied, he had to have a sponsor, the sponsor being a full bird not connected to the academy. Of course my son's 4.0 grade point average and he being a very good baseball player didn't hurt either.  Of course this was years ago, things could have changed and I a...more

Midwestern Gal.  I take it that you turned in all of your pay and allotments while you where in the military?  Did you not understand that when you applied to go to one of the military academies what would be required of you?  Intelligence, logic, mental acuity, physical fitness, if you did not understand these concept...more

I live in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico and I have to go to San Diego once every two months.  I can go to Los Cabos airport which is aboui 86 miles away and fly an American carrier and pay twice the cost or I can fly Volaris out of La Paz to Tijuana, check a bag for free have a carry on and a lap top case, select...more