I haven't had much free time to read anything but this most recent 'page' and I hope you all don't mind if I butt in and offer a few comments which may be a bit off subject; but since I had the privilege of meeting Harley (along with Craig and Wiggs and Ronand numerous passer-byers), I don't think he'll send the pose.
TEFFIN, You mentioned 'bullet proofing' (i.e. always expecting the worst), someplace above up there and ONCE UPON A TIME NOT TOO VERY LONG AGO we referred to that term as CONTINGENCY PLANNING which may still be the common term used within he Corps today.
Contingency planning has been a major modus operandi since those good old days when my DI informed me that the use of toilet paper is just another way of painting your ass with shit ... so an immediate shower after taking a dump has also been an aquired modus operandi.
But the proper procedure of planning my day in the event that anything can go wrong is a major problem for those involved within my daily activities.
In most cases Contingency Planning drives them crazy .... but that merely tells me that they have never been in a combat situation.
HARLEY ... I also suffer from SLEEP APNEA, and my VA doc sent me to what I call "SLEEP CAMP" where they wired me up and told me to go to sleep and woke me up constantly to see if I was sleeping and then took all the wires off and sent me on my way about 0430 in the morning.
Eventually I got that mask and that sleep machine, but when it arrived the dog ate my mask and the machine still sits on the top shelf of my closet.
Are you aware that there is a computer chip in that machine that records some sort of historical data of your sleep activity?
All that had to do was my apnea was free but I recently had to have my toe nails cut by a podiatrist because of some toenail fungus I've been having problems with.... and since I could not schedule a VA appointment in a timely manner, I used my second free insurance policy and saw a 'civilian' podiatrist who cut my toenails which took about 10 minutes or less.
That toenail 'service' cost the insurance company $2,000 and I had to pay something called a 'co-fee' of $50.
No wonder medical service is so screwed up here in the USA .
HARELY, I am still reading your grandfather's book and I find it extremely interesting. Thanks for your recommendation.
BUT ...that damn dog again! He chewed the front over off of it.
But it's still readable and I intend to pass it on to others who will feel the same way I do about it.
SORRY, but one las thing ..... I've been through a lot of days within my lifetime ....and to be perfectly honest I can only recall about three days within all those years outside of the death of loved ones where I've felt less than "happy".
(I honestly believe that that is a part of my inherent 'insanity'.)
And for some unknown reason I also had two very mild cases of anxiety attacks which disappeared immediately after I ran around once the block.
My anxiety experiences were mild and I have no idea of why they even occurred ... but I have had a couple of friends who attempted suicide during sever cases.
Sorry about all the above but I had some unknown need to butt in.
Yada, yada, yada.
Harely, my best to you in all your endeavors. You are a credit to the legal profession.
