Wednesday, February 17, 2016

I just read a FB post from my best friend in the world, Gretchen Schaffer Van Valen, and can't stop giggling. I was raised in a Marine Corps family. My Dad served in three wars, before the US started doing it for profit (maybe.) One of the perks of veteranship - before the VA killed my Dad - was hanging out on military bases, which included free movies, sitting on folding chairs and you had to stand for the National Anthem. Apparently I was The Cinema Enabler! Gretchen says that her parents were like, "Her parents are military, that's cool," when we were watching all kinds of films inappropriate for kids (nothing horrible, "The Hindenberg" et. al.) Man, I hated the 70s at the time, but in retrospect it was sort of great.

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