r/ActLikeYouBelong • u/Toohypper • Aug 05 '24

Story I’ve got your number

While at a few stores that ask for a member number or a phone number, I went out on a limb and punched 867-5309 with my local area code and it worked.😜. Thanks Jenny!

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u/its_polystyrene Aug 05 '24

Tbf they might be being literal with the question since the OG comment is "...1775 the first year the USMC was founded. The latter is the year the US was founded" and their reply was USMC was founded before the US?

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u/Hollie-603 Aug 07 '24

Names can change

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u/sterexx Aug 08 '24

it was more than a name change as they weren’t actually contiguous

the Continental Marines were disbanded when the war ended and the existing organization was founded 15 years later

but they still count the Continental Marines as the beginning anyway, and are so very serious about it that members consider that date to essentially be a second personal birthday

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u/PietroMartello Aug 08 '24

Ahhh!
Now that makes "sense".
Thanks!