So I turned 79........

........don't feel much different than when I turned 78.

Been a Sailor, Soldier, Surveyor, Draftsman, Designer, Pot Walloper, Short Order cook, pumped Gas, built airplanes, ships, buildings, airports, dams, designed chem plants, compressor stations, churches, apartment complexes, mounted split rim truck tires, sold guns and auto parts, stocked shelves, was a pipefitter, and an Investigative Reporter . . . saw one congress critter off to jail and most of County government resign to keep from following him.

Was a Cartoonist, hunted alligators at night, from a pirogue, illegally; seen Great Whites as big as a bus, chased and caught pirates.  Seen Piranha in action.  Got through four teenagers, five daughters in law, saw one son off in 'Cuffs.

Eleven or twelve states, thirty or so countries, couple three wars, North Atlantic winters, Bering Sea, Hurricanes 'n Blizzards.  Shellback and Bluenose.

Been a life.

--4Branch