Vietnam turned you into a skirt chaser?
I was straight as an arrow when I signed up. I was an altar boy till I was 17.
Really?
Yeah. Then 'Nam changed things. You know, there was crazy shit over there. You never knew when your number was gonna be called. I learned two things. One, tempus fugit—"time flies". One way or the other, you snatch it, or it's gonna snatch you. There's no pause button. And, two, there are worse things than dying.
Like?
Shame. Shame's not an option for me.
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