If ever there was an unexpected
treasure hidden behind a plain exterior, this is it! Anyone who has
lived in Richardson, Texas as long as I have will remember the building
on Campbell and Nantucket as the original Sterlings catalog store. After
that, it was offices. Recessed off Campbell, is a nondescript building,
except for the fact that there are now huge letters on the front that
say Classic Cars, Banquet Rooms and NTX.
Anyhow, I took the sergeant up on the deal he offered. After
three months with the 101st in Dak To and Tuy Hoa, I was sent on a
temporary duty assignment (TDY) near the DMZ to learn field station
operations from the 8th Radio Research Unit at Trai Bac Station in Phu
Bai. From there it was off to Pleiku where we worked first in support of
the 25th Infantry Division and later the newly arrived 4th Infantry
Division.
I
would like to speak directly to you, the reader. Learning to walk again
can be used as a reference point at any time in your life when you feel
overwhelmed with the sting of your environment, beaten down with the
storms of life or simply afraid to journey into brand new areas.
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Of course, a little known fact about comedian Jay Leno is
that he has made NBC nearly one billion dollars richer since he took
over Johnny Carson's chair. The
first voice I heard when I came out of surgery was Harrison's. Harrison
called me on the phone and said, "Hey, are you okay?" I said,
"Yeah, I'm good." He said, "Well, then you need to get back to work." I
said, "Are you serious?" He said, "That's the way this cookie crumbles."
So I went back to work. The show doesn't stop for anybody.
I had just started on another beer when someone dropped a few
coins in the juke box. The music was bad country. To my utter disgust
the first song that played was that "I want to stick a boot up your
butt" super-patriotic, ultra-jingoist thing by the guy in the
buy kenworth truck uk commercials. The people around me began to sing
along loudly. If you've made it this far, you're a few steps away from
$3,500 or $4,500 and a new, more environmentally-friendly car. No need
to register-the official website explains all you need to do is head to
a local car dealer. The national program runs off a $1 billion fund.
Once the money runs out or we hit the month of November, you're on your
own. I resumed my
mission and approached the Shadow Bar. Shadow Bar is an unusual name
that had nothing to do with the building itself. The walls were bright,
white stucco with the front of the one-story building evenly divided by
a massive black door with a small glass window centered about five feet
up from the sidewalk. The few windows in the building were covered with
shades and draperies that allowed no glimpse of what was happening
inside. Divorced folks really do not have any place to go
for guidance. Sure a good friend offers a shoulder to cry on, but the
tragedy of having personal credit destroyed from a broken marriage is
serious. In another article we deal with authorized users of a credit
card. This is important after a divorce also.