I use to be very outgoing. Would always look for veterans of WW2, Korea and Vietnam and make it a point to talk to these men and women and get a little of their story. Everyone I talked to would open up somewhat and share a story or two with me. They would always thank me for talking to them. It is the least I can do, or could do. I even talked to a man that served with Bob Feller on the USS Alabama at a local Kroger. I just wish, I had presence of mind to ask if I could record some of their stories but it is too late now. My fascination with is very simple. My grandfather served in the Navy in WW2 and he hated it. (he was drafted from his job at GM and had 3 daughters at home) Well, he died in 1964, I was born in 1966, so I was never able to ask about what he did. So, this is why I started talking to every vet I could, just to try and gather ideas of what he had done. It is very easy to spot an ex sailor! But know, since I am bed bound and paranoid as hell about everything, I can`t do it anymore and it breaks my heart. I`m done rambling. But I always preferred one on one contact, now I hide behind a computer screen. I won`t even let any of my old classmates I have reconnected with over the past 6 months, to see me like this. I am ashamed, of what I have become.....