Dear Ferret Folks- I miss Valerie. Has anyone else noticed that she has stopped posting since this "Military Reject" thread started bloating in the sun like a dead 'possum? Anyone here remember being 19, maybe 20? I do. First she gets rejected by the Military. Ouch. If I were Valerie, my 19, maybe 20 year old self would be feeling pretty well rejected by the FML, too, right now. See, even I'M adding myself to the list of people talking ABOUT her, and not to her as if she were a collie or something. Guess what. Valerie is our peer. She is a ferret person. She is one of us. Just a thought. Now. About this military rejection business. Valerie, you need to give up this Air Force idea. Your slight loss of hearing and vision makes you an absolutely ideal candidate for the Army, specifically in Artillery! After a few hours of firing a 105 mm Howitzer NOBODY can hear s***. It's not like enemy tanks can tiptoe up on you...you are not required to listen for them. That's why tanks have sights and GPS targeting stuff, all the bells and whistles that our tax dollars can outfit 'em with. Clank-clank, you'd make a bitchin' tank! Alexandra in Massachusetts [Posted in FML issue 4074]