I cannot forget the first line I had to stand in after receiving my discharge. It was the Department of Motor Vehicles. My California Drivers License had expired the year before and was valid for 30 days after discharge. At the DMV office I had to take a written exam, eye exam and then it was “Picture Time”!

Imagine it is 1967 and you have been in the Air Force for four years. You come home to San Francisco and have no clue about what is going on. As I walked around the corner of the DMV to the camera area, following the yellow line as instructed, I saw three cameras and lines of people in front of each camera and flash bulbs going off.

I was instructed to go to the furthest line and was in the process of doing so. Then I looked at the first person in the line closest to me. He had blond hair teased out past his shoulders and about a foot high. He was about my size 6’ 7” tall and I broke into laughter at this sight. I was in tears from laughing and proceeded to walk across the path of all three cameras and caused all of the pictures being taken to be ruined!

Here I was in my home town and thought I was on Mars! :)



>LOL - I promised the same thing to myself when I retired this year (from the military) and I still wait in lines.
> The only time I remember my pay being lost for 3 months, is when I transfered from active to reserve. Someone did not setup my pay in the reserves. I finally got up my courage 3 months later to ask when I got paid. I was just a lowly specialist working with a lot of officers < g >. I got paid that next month. ;-)
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>>When I received my Discharge I promised myself I would NEVER WAIT IN ANOTHER LINE! As you can imagine I have stood in many lines since becoming a civilian! :)
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>>Tom
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>>>This is true also for the military. When I joined the army, We had to stand in line and report to the Pay Master for our Monthly pay. And there were 2 guards present with weapons, at that room or area.
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>>>Today, there are no lines and the money is sent straight to our bank accounts.
>>>That change took less then 20 years.
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>>>>Yes, times change and most of us go with the flow.
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>>>>Tom