New wife. Let's me keep my feet on the ground. < g > Her idea of the Third World is three star hotels < s > and living on the edge means inflating the tires on the STS to over 35 psi.

(and the scaredy cat stuff was real - I never intentionally did anything to put myself in unnecessary danger - but worked even harder and avoiding *other* people putting me in unnecessary danger < s > )

>You can't fool us Charles with pretending to be a 'scaredy cat.' :o) We know what you did and how brave you really are! (Of course, some of the bravest acts are actually committed under the most frightening experiences, so you may have been REALLY scared afterall).
>
>By the way, are you and your wife still jumping off of cliffs with only those little lightweight wings to carry you???? Or are you staying 'down to earth' these days? :o)
>
>Tracy
>
>>The thing that scares me is that the craziest things I ever did I found myself doing because I was more afraid of wearing a uniform and having to salute than I was of somebody shooting at me.
>>Didn't learn til later that spit and polish never killed anybody but an AK47 could take down a Porter. < s > (and that a reasonably bright college grad in 1968 could have gothimself easy OCS and a posting Germany)
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>>>>I ain't marchin' anymore < s > ... It's a young man's game. The believing you're immortal helps a lot.
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>>>Charles;
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>>>LOL! Man how true that is! The things I did when I was 17! If today someone said, "take that hill boy", my relpy would be , "F*** YOU"! And there would be no smile on my face!
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>>>Tom
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>>>>>I thought you would be over in Afghanistan by now..working for the corporation...< bg >...