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klwalton...
Where were you born?
Riverside, New Jersey, USA.
If you don't live there, do you want to move back? Why or why not?
No. I have no memories of the place, not much idea what it's like, and no particular desire to move there.
Where in the world do you feel the safest.
I don't, particularly.
Do you feel you are well-traveled?
Somewhat. I don't know many people who've seen the Aswan High Dam, for example, or any other American-born thirty-year-olds who have lived in any country where English was not widely spoken. However, I've never been south of the equator in my life, and because of my dietary restrictions I may never visit any Asian country at all.
And then there's the question: does "well-traveled" simply mean rich and/or idle? When I was little, yes. Those were family vacations. When I lived in France, no. I was working my butt off at a job that barely paid the rent. Today, yes, and it's a sore point.
What is the most interesting place you've been?
Wow, I have to pick only one? Here are a few that come to mind:
Tumbling through the air near Mount Diablo, in an aircraft that had lost flight-surface control.
Deep underground, in a muddy cave passage only a few inches larger in girth than my body.
MIT.
In the left seat of a full-motion B737 simulator at Continental's flight training facility. No, wait: the right seat is actually more interesting.
Boot camp.
I'm sure I could go on... None of them are really specific to geographic location, I note. Wonder what that says about what I consider interesting.
klwalton...Where were you born?
Riverside, New Jersey, USA.
If you don't live there, do you want to move back? Why or why not?
No. I have no memories of the place, not much idea what it's like, and no particular desire to move there.
Where in the world do you feel the safest.
I don't, particularly.
Do you feel you are well-traveled?
Somewhat. I don't know many people who've seen the Aswan High Dam, for example, or any other American-born thirty-year-olds who have lived in any country where English was not widely spoken. However, I've never been south of the equator in my life, and because of my dietary restrictions I may never visit any Asian country at all.
And then there's the question: does "well-traveled" simply mean rich and/or idle? When I was little, yes. Those were family vacations. When I lived in France, no. I was working my butt off at a job that barely paid the rent. Today, yes, and it's a sore point.
What is the most interesting place you've been?
Wow, I have to pick only one? Here are a few that come to mind:
Tumbling through the air near Mount Diablo, in an aircraft that had lost flight-surface control.
Deep underground, in a muddy cave passage only a few inches larger in girth than my body.
MIT.
In the left seat of a full-motion B737 simulator at Continental's flight training facility. No, wait: the right seat is actually more interesting.
Boot camp.
I'm sure I could go on... None of them are really specific to geographic location, I note. Wonder what that says about what I consider interesting.
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Yeah. Isn't it nasty? In a large enough group, soldiers too have their faults; but they sure can haul ass. It's refreshing. I wonder whether, in Switzerland (where every able-bodied adult male has military experience), civilians on the whole would tend to be more efficient and prepared and clueful.