Elbows on the table

[BigV]

What a revealing post.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by BigV

What a revealing post.

It all changed significantly when I turned about 16. Three were gone from home, middle child moved back in at the age of 20 something because he pretty much failed at everything he tried. Dad was on his 3 job and drinking pretty heavily, mom was trying to hold things together, and I moved to another state to live with my brother as I was out of control at home and hanging out with the wrong crowd. Education was very important. Everyone was expected to go to college, everyone did, not everyone finished with a degree. Only me and the oldest brother went to college and in the military and both of us have advanced degrees. Somehow or another a month before HS graduation (after living with my brother for the last two years of HS) I changed my mind and did not join the Navy as an enlisted man but chose to go to college and get my degree. It was all up hill after that and 20 years later, in '02 I retired from the Army with an advanced degree and skill that gives me a healthy earning, with a life time of retirement pay.

[glatt]

My wife has a thing about guys wearing hats inside. She especially looks down on guys who wear baseball hats to a diner, for example. I never used to notice it, but now I also see it when I go out to eat. It's rubbed off a bit on me.