got this from one of my fellow military brats... its soo true...
You Might be a Military Brat if . . .
If you couldn't wait to get back to the States to:
- see some "real" TV commercials
- see your favorite TV show season in "real time" as opposed to being a season or two behind
- see movies on opening day instead of 3 mos later
- go to the mall for trendy clothes
- have more than one American channel
- watch HBO
- catch up on all of the new stuff
...If you knew of at least a dozen kids on base who had the same tennis shoes (used to hate that Athletic Club brand) and 3 to 4 outfits as you
...If relatives from the States periodically sent care boxes of your favorite brands of stuff/food/clothing
...If you remember counting more than a dozen BMWs, Mercedes, Alfa Romeos, or Porsches on the road every day and rarely saw Fords or Chevys
...If you played Manhunt all day across base growing up
...If it was a shock to discover how undisciplined and unorderly civilian high school was
...If you had to use gestures and sign language to fill in for the language barrier when playing with your foreign friends
...If you used to help your dad train for PT
...If you know what it's like to play darts in the barracks or basketball with the GI's at the gym
...If at least one family appliance "blew up" in a 110/220 conversion
...If you can pick up a conversation with just about anyone based on where they are from because you've lived in their region
...If you legally topped over 100 mph on the Autobahn
...If you watched XXX shows on regular access television in Germany
...If you always had computers & field trips every other month at your school
...If you had to wait on your furniture to arrive and hope nothing got lost
...If you've been on the Economy with friends from base and been called "Crazy Americans"
...If you've read the operator's manual for a tank or M-16
...If you really did go to the dentist every 3 mos as a child
...If you remember that kid who got into so much trouble at school that he had to be shipped back to the States to live with his Aunt
...If you understood COLA's well before you were of working age & if you miss paying no sales tax on base
If you couldn't wait to get back to the States to:
- see some "real" TV commercials
- see your favorite TV show season in "real time" as opposed to being a season or two behind
- see movies on opening day instead of 3 mos later
- go to the mall for trendy clothes
- have more than one American channel
- watch HBO
- catch up on all of the new stuff
...If you knew of at least a dozen kids on base who had the same tennis shoes (used to hate that Athletic Club brand) and 3 to 4 outfits as you
...If relatives from the States periodically sent care boxes of your favorite brands of stuff/food/clothing
...If you remember counting more than a dozen BMWs, Mercedes, Alfa Romeos, or Porsches on the road every day and rarely saw Fords or Chevys
...If you played Manhunt all day across base growing up
...If it was a shock to discover how undisciplined and unorderly civilian high school was
...If you had to use gestures and sign language to fill in for the language barrier when playing with your foreign friends
...If you used to help your dad train for PT
...If you know what it's like to play darts in the barracks or basketball with the GI's at the gym
...If at least one family appliance "blew up" in a 110/220 conversion
...If you can pick up a conversation with just about anyone based on where they are from because you've lived in their region
...If you legally topped over 100 mph on the Autobahn
...If you watched XXX shows on regular access television in Germany
...If you always had computers & field trips every other month at your school
...If you had to wait on your furniture to arrive and hope nothing got lost
...If you've been on the Economy with friends from base and been called "Crazy Americans"
...If you've read the operator's manual for a tank or M-16
...If you really did go to the dentist every 3 mos as a child
...If you remember that kid who got into so much trouble at school that he had to be shipped back to the States to live with his Aunt
...If you understood COLA's well before you were of working age & if you miss paying no sales tax on base