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[delphica]

As many people probably do, when I was younger, around high school age, I went through a spate of reading a lot of mysteries. It was that transition from reading mysteries for kids -- even things like Nancy Drew, to mysteries that were intended for more of a YA audience (although that was barely a term back then), to mystery novels for regular

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[delphica]

Excellent point.

[unclebill35]

As a proud Marine and combat veteran, I can honestly say nothing I did while in the uniform of our country had a whit to do with your safety, unless the enemy hordes were just plain scared of me.

[delphica]

Thank you for the confirmation, it's good to know I didn't totally zone out on the enemy at our gates.

[vix1]

I would have had a hard time sticking around to hear that essay through to the end.

[delphica]

The essays were before the presentation and salute to the really cute elderly WWII (very few) and Korea (more numerous) vets, so I hated to miss that part. That was, however, when I took a stroll around to take some pictures of the cemetery and the flags (as seen on Instagram).

[hindustar]

Wow.

[magdalene1]

My thing about the license plates in mysteries is that, who are these people who notice and remember license plate numbers in the middle of stressful events?

[delphica]

Probably the same neighbors who are always interviewed on L&O, the lady who is doing something like trimming the stems on flowers before putting them in a vase, and she keeps doing that when Ice-T says "your neighbor was murdered last night, have you noticed anything unusual recently?" and she says "hmmm, about six weeks ago a strange car was parked on our street overnight. Nothing else though. If you don't mind, I really have to finish this arrangement for our garden party."

Instead of running around the room saying "OMG OMG, our NEIGHBOR was MURDERED in his HOUSE that is next to OUR HOUSE? MURDER HOUSE! MURDER HOUSE! Was it the Son of Sam? OMG OMG. Excuse me, what were you saying?" Which is what I would say.