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Lucky to have a loving family. Older sis still the person I most admire in the world, she would teach me what she was learning and she, brother Jim, Dad & I had wonderful conversations at the chalkboard in the kitchen. I was Dad's little helper, and he could do anything,; plumbing, electrical, carpentry, paint & wallpaper, etc. He was fascinated w/ airplanes, and when I got my pilot's license, it was for him. After college I taught high school physics for a year - 45 years later I still pity those kids - then the Draft beckoned & I became an Air Force Munitions Officer, but got myself traded to Logistics while at HQ Pacaf; much more interesting. 3 yrs in Hawaii, 1 in Vietnam, 2 in the Philippines, ended back in Texas where I started. My Tex-Mex wife decided while I was in Vietnam that she didn't want to travel. When I came back from 3 yrs in Iran and got a job in San Diego, the divorced followed not long after. A 12-Step program saved my life and gave me wife #2. Many happy memories. She's now permanently hospitalized & I have a lengthy list of ailments, which is why I'm supposed to keep my feet elevated. I watch a lot of TV as a result. I'm chronically depressed (finally got a med for that) and economically sinking - as the bible says, "To work I am not able; To beg I am ashamed.") (Yes, Virginia, there's a bible verse for everything - ref "Fiddler".)

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