Tomorrow im going to a meeting

['andersom']

My father wasn't drafted, because he was bread-winner from age 13 on.
His brother was drafted, but got sent home after six weeks. He had strange feet, that did not fit in army boots. So, the army wanted to do surgery to make them fit (surgery on my uncle, not the boots). My dad and grandmother said they would only sign consent if the army would bear all consequences, also if it went wrong. After six weeks the army gave up trying getting a consent for a very experimental type of surgery.

WTF? Surgery so you can be drafted?

Yup. And risky surgery too. It still is a risky procedure, getting the problem he had fixed. But, my uncle never had the need to get it fixed. Wooden shoes fitted well, and he could find other shoes, that weren't army boots, to go with his feet too.

['andersom']

it's completely fucked up. "We'll *make* you fit."

Those Dutch are insane 

My guess is this was a "happy to cut" army surgeon, who would love to perfection his skills on this op. And, here he saw an easy guinea-pig. Not so easy, thank goodness. My Grandma was as stubborn as they come, and my Dad was very much a chip of that same block.

[odeon]

I'm glad they weren't allowed to do it.

"It seems we don't have boots in your size after all. You can go home now. Or something."

['andersom']

I'm glad they weren't allowed to do it.

"It seems we don't have boots in your size after all. You can go home now. Or something."

Indeed.

And, not bad for my grandmother, she could use his help at her house, being a true cripple.

[odeon]

They should have done this instead.

[TheoK]

My granddad was actually a partisan at the Norwegian border 1940-45. He hated to be there, though.

[odeon]

Mine fought in WW2, as did several of my other relatives.

['andersom']

They should have done this instead.

Awww, I was so young and cute, when I watched that. 

[odeon]

They should have done this instead.

Awww, I was so young and cute, when I watched that. 

I loved it when I was a kid. Steve Austin was BRAVE.

['andersom']

They should have done this instead.

Awww, I was so young and cute, when I watched that. 

I loved it when I was a kid. Steve Austin was BRAVE.

Yes, he was.

Great times. Me and my siblings, all laying on the floor, watching Steve Austin. Very likely the youngest laying on top of me and my brother, because it was warmer and softer for them, and we liked the pressure.
 

[odeon]

I remember even including the fake, slow-motion running at the playground, imagining I was Steve Austin.

['andersom']

I remember even including the fake, slow-motion running at the playground, imagining I was Steve Austin.

[odeon]

Did you watch The Invisible Man, too?

['andersom']

Yes, I did. We are of the same generation, only a couple of weeks apart.

['andersom']

But, now I am wondering. Did you watch Bonanza, dubbed in German, as a really little kid?