what did you do to survive

[No_hill_for_a_Swimmer]

Well Mattie we are idiots until the kids live a couple of years on their own. Modern culture has for years protrayed parents as simpletons since the message of listen to your folks does not sell to the teenage market. I remember it being worse during the 60s and 70s with the Generation gap and my youth.

In the military you run into a variety of folks and many of the reservists are more unconventional than most of your corporate types. I talked to a gentlemen who aspires to be a charter boat captain in a couple of years and another who volunteers ski patrol in Colorado Springs. Against most professions it's a hoot.