IV, question: re-up

[Albert Rolls]

Yes he was already in the military, in Vietnam actually.

-----Original Message-----
>From: kelber at mindspring.com
>Sent: Aug 17, 2011 1:32 PM
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: IV, question: re-up
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>"I was going" means "I was saying."  Re-up means re-enlist (was he already in the military?  If not, he was mis-using it to mean "enlist."
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>Laura
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>-----Original Message-----
>>From: János Széky <miksaapja at gmail.com>
>>Sent: Aug 17, 2011 1:05 PM
>>To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>Subject: IV, question: re-up
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>>In IV, page 103 Spike recounts his prehistory with Sortilege after
>>high school, "next thing anybody knew I was going, well, maybe I won't
>>re-up after all". I know what re-up means in a drug context but how
>>does it fit in here? Does "I was going" mean going to Viet Nam or
>>something else?
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>>Thanks,
>>János
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