Right Place at the Right Time...
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 11:21 pm
Ever been at the right place at the right time....
...won a free ticket. ...helped an injured person ...seen someone famous
...got someone out of a jam ...or whatever?
In 1970, as I began moving further and further toward the jungles of Vietnam, I overheard a conversation between a warrant officer and PFC.
"Can you type," the CWO asked the private? "Hell no," he replied.
Hearing the conversation, I stepped out of my usual "mind your own business self" and said, "Sir, excuse me sir. But did I understand that you were looking for someone who could type?"
"Yes soldier, I am. Can you?"
"Sir, blindfolded sir!" Show me a typewriter and I'll type words as you speak 'em while looking you right in the eye!"
Which I did. Which found me back in a Huey and flying back to a safer location where I spent the next 11 months. Yes, I got shot at, dodged mortar rounds and rockets, but I made it home.
All because I was in the right place at the right time.
Anything good happen to you?
...won a free ticket. ...helped an injured person ...seen someone famous
...got someone out of a jam ...or whatever?
In 1970, as I began moving further and further toward the jungles of Vietnam, I overheard a conversation between a warrant officer and PFC.
"Can you type," the CWO asked the private? "Hell no," he replied.
Hearing the conversation, I stepped out of my usual "mind your own business self" and said, "Sir, excuse me sir. But did I understand that you were looking for someone who could type?"
"Yes soldier, I am. Can you?"
"Sir, blindfolded sir!" Show me a typewriter and I'll type words as you speak 'em while looking you right in the eye!"
Which I did. Which found me back in a Huey and flying back to a safer location where I spent the next 11 months. Yes, I got shot at, dodged mortar rounds and rockets, but I made it home.
All because I was in the right place at the right time.
Anything good happen to you?