Kevin Gowen wrote:

> I think it is my social class and age that keeps me from being
> drafted.

So, now I'm with the invalids,
And cannot go and fight, sir!
The doctor told me so, you know,
Of course it must be right, sir!
(the Invalids March, 1863)

BTW, they take healthy ones up to age 65 now, you know.  One of the 
benefits of the Rummy Years.

-- 
CL