Coupla years ago, I was inspecting a house in Lincoln, NE. It was an exterior only inspection, but according to company policy I rang the doorbell to announce my presence and to explain what I was doing, even though I didn't need to enter the house.
I heard a shuffling inside. Pretty soon the door opened and an gentleman appearing to be about 90 was walking with a walker. He was a retired AF Colonel, and had been a fighter pilot in WWII. Me being an "Airdale" in the Marine Corps, we just naturally got the hangar doors open for a while.
This old guy may have been walking with a walker, but he was sharp as a tack mentally. He said he'd lost a lot of Marine buddies in the war. He also said what hurt him the most was the number of bomber crews that were lost before the Allies had a fighter plane with long enough range to escort bombers all the way to the target.
We must have BS'd for close to a half hour. I like to think our conversation brightened the old guy's day.
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