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TwilightGardener

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13. I don't know, I think you have it backwards. In the old days, I'm guessing

Reply to Jesus Malverde (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 11, 2014, 12:40 PM

Feb 2014

drinking and womanizing were probably commonplace and winked at, especially among the brass. Look at Petraeus--NO ONE reported his trysts among his staff. Even when my husband was in (recently), it was "What goes TDY stays TDY".

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