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More back ground(filler), odds and ends about the fleet (all squadrons), faces from the past of family and friends. All of it interesting, but still no idea, as to what awaits for our hero. I have to wonder if the letter from Freddy at chapters' end, is some sort of clue???? Okay, I'm ready and primed, please. please, please let the adventure begin, what ever the hell it may be.

I find it mind boggling that it has taken me over five years to finally read this introduction. In my defense (don't laugh), there was, over a year of self imposed exile. Family and personal health difficulties and now the two year( and probably never ending) Covid Pandemic. Okay, so still no real excuse for a five year delay. Better late, than never??? This intro gives no clue what so ever as to why the title is 'Northern Exposure'. It does set the scene, intro the main characters (thus far) and further illustrates why no young Captain would ever want to posted to this fleet. So now we are ready, thanks for the intro, Mark. Now lets get this show on the road, please! Thanks again, sandrewn

@Christopher @purrbaby @chris191070 Guys, I just checked on his page and he stopped by about fours ago. Think positive thoughts and happy New Years to you all. Take care, sandrewn

December 31 and I thought this terrible year was finally over and then, we lost Betty. I think every English speaking adult that I know, knew who she was. Eighty years spent entertaining us will do that. It was her mastery of comedy that all but gaurantees it. Gone but not to be forgotten. Reruns are forever. This article from People, tells a whole bunch, that most of us (me included) didn't know. Betty White Reveals Her Secrets to Long, Happy Life | PEOPLE.com In a 2012 TimesTalks conversation with New York Times columnist Frank Bruni, White said she found "nothing" difficult about getting older, citing her mother's own optimistic approach to death. "My mother had a wonderful approach to death," White said. "She always thought of it as — she said, 'We know we have managed to find out almost anything that exists, but nobody knows ... what happens at that moment when it's over.' " She continued: "And she said, 'It's the one secret that we don't know.' So whenever we would lose somebody very close and very dear, she would always say, 'Well, now he knows the secret.' And it took the curse off of it somehow." Rest in Peace, Betty White Fair Winds and Following Seas (and now you too, know the secret) sandrewn I found this on Twitter, with reference to her only being 99. It makes perfect sense to me. Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid On one hand she was 99 years 348 days old when she died. On the other hand she lived through 24 leap years, i.e. 24 extra days. All I'm saying is mathematically, it arguably checks out that she lived 100 years and 7 days. #restinpower #bettywhite

Mark, Wishing you and yours the best. Still and always, your loyal cheerleader. sandrewn

Happy New Year, to you Myr, to the GA team who help you make it all work. To the GA authors, thousands of GA members, past, present and those yet to come. Everyone here, started from scratch, any of you could make a difference, age is not a barrier, do a little, do a lot, hundreds or thousands could move a mountain, what a year, 2019 could be and wow, there are still 364 days left to go! Have a really great year! sandrewn

As you breathe right now, another person takes their last. So stop complaining & learn to live with what you have. -Unknown sandrewn

Be decisive. Right or wrong, make a decision. The road of life is paved with flat squirrels who couldn't make a decision. -Unknown sandrewn

Life always offers you a second chance it's called tomorrow -Unknown sandrewn

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"As you go through life you are going to have many opportunities to keep your mouth shut. Take advantage of all of them." - James Dent sandrewn

Two things define you. Your patience when you have nothing, and your attitude when you have everything. -Unknown sandrewn

"A bore is someone who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it." - Henry Ford sandrewn

"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails." -Unknown sandrewn

You know how every once in a while you do something and the little voice inside says, "There, That's it. That's why you're here," ...and you get a warm glow in your heart because you know it's true? Do more of that. -Jacob Nordby sandrewn

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"A friend is a gift you give yourself." - Robert Louis Stevenson sandrewn

Two Things To Remember In Life: "Take care of your thoughts when you are alone", and "Take care of your words when you are with people." -Unknown sandrewn

6 + 3 = 9 but so does 5 + 4 The way you do things is not always the only way to do them. Respect other people's way of thinking. -Unknown sandrewn

You have exactly one life in which to do everything you'll ever do. Act accordingly. -Colin Wright sandrewn

If you don't stick to your values when they're being tested, they're not values; they're hobbies. -Jon Stewart sandrewn

We are born in one day. We die in one day. And we can fall in love in one day. Anything can happen in just one day. -Unknown sandrewn

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. -Earl Nightingale sandrewn

Don't get confused between my personality & my attitude. My personality is who I am, my attitude depends on who you are. -unknown sandrewn

Only trust someone who can see these three things in you: The sorrow behind your smile, the love behind your anger, and the reason behind your silence. -Unknown sandrewn