Bud Ad in Bowl

[Terry Terrenoire]

A little stated fact is that nearly twice as many young men between the
ages of 18 and 25 were 
killed on our highways between 1965 and 1973 as were killed in Viet
Nam!!!

Terry T.

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 16:52:42 -0500 "Jeff Hughes" <jeffghughes at comcast.net>
writes:
> Times were different then. And 50,000 kids never came back.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ken Thompson III" <mrandmrst at comcast.net>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 4:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Bud Ad in Bowl
> 
> 
> > Bob,
> > I told my wife, after that commercial, the same thing you just 
> said.  It's 
> > too bad that our vets from Vietnam weren't treated with the same 
> respect. 
> > It sure hit a tender spot with her, as her Godfather did 6 tours 
> in Nam. 
> > She still gets upset when she remembers the way Bill was treated 
> when he 
> > came home.
> > I for one would like to thank you for your "service".
> > You guys all deserve it!
> >
> > Ken Thompson
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: <rcaerobob at cox.net>
> > To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 4:12 PM
> > Subject: Bud Ad in Bowl
> >
> >
> >> Since this is 'off-topic Monday', I thought I'd share a reaction 
> I had to 
> >> one of the ads from the Super Bowl.  Incredibly creative people 
> were able 
> >> to convey an amazing and emotional situation just through staging 
> an 
> >> "arrival" of troops at the airport.  One person clapped.  Then 
> two, then 
> >> before long, the entire concourse erupts in applause....for whom? 
> 
> >> Returning vets in desert utility uniforms.  Closes with a simple 
> "Thank 
> >> You".
> >>
> >> What a tremendous message!
> >>
> >> What a huge contrast from my OWN 'homecoming' from VietNam in 
> '72, where 
> >> I was greeted with a crowd of spitters and curses.
> >>
> >> Some things DO improve....I'm very happy a brewer cared to send 
> that 
> >> message last night!!!  I hope you are, also!
> >>
> >> Bob Pastorello, El Reno, OK, USA
> >> rcaerobob at cox.net
> >> www.rcaerobats.net
> >>
> >> =================================================
> >> To access the email archives for this list, go to
> >> http://lists.f3a.us/pipermail/nsrca-discussion/
> >> To be removed from this list, go to 
> http://www.nsrca.org/discussionA.htm
> >> and follow the instructions.
> >>
> >
> > =================================================
> > To access the email archives for this list, go to
> > http://lists.f3a.us/pipermail/nsrca-discussion/
> > To be removed from this list, go to 
> http://www.nsrca.org/discussionA.htm
> > and follow the instructions.
> > 
> 
> =================================================
> To access the email archives for this list, go to
> http://lists.f3a.us/pipermail/nsrca-discussion/
> To be removed from this list, go to 
> http://www.nsrca.org/discussionA.htm
> and follow the instructions.
> 
> 
> 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.f3a.us/pipermail/nsrca-discussion/attachments/20050207/2965721d/attachment.html