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Re: We are all Slave now.
One of my drinking habits is that I seldom drink where I can't walk home, or to my hotel. I can walk to four neighborhood clubs and belong to three of them. This permits me to be overserved without very serious consequences.
The MDs I have as neighbors are, for some reason, mostly orthopedists and dentists. At least seven of 'em. They are brilliant at what they do but not particularly socially adept. And god, at least half of them are invested in crap that will almost certainly crater. I wish I had something to sell them.
My experience with soldiers, whether it is at a platoon reunion, or with my neighbors, is that I find myself with a minority viewpoint on a goodly number of issues a good percentage of the time. I find that sharpens my perspective.
My son was an engineer before he became a lawyer. I enjoy drinking with him because he's smarter than I am and can translate his generation for me fairly easily. So I cut him some slack on the engineering thing.
The other thing I have a surplus of is political neighbors. I never drink with them. The good news is that the one under indictment had to move because of his financial and marital problems. You know his name.
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