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My uncle who retired as a Rear Admiral had a treasure trove of War Two mementos including shrapnel from a bomb that nearly hit the ship he was commanding. I always enjoyed seeing “The Admiral’s” collection. I was the only one who called him uncle. He married late in life to a wonderful woman Edie. I remember going to his apartment after the marriage and there was a remarkable transformation. All the mementos were gone replaced by landscape scenes and pink walls. I was definitely a feminine transformation of a bachelor pad. I asked my uncle about it. He raised his eyebrows and said, “don’t ask’” and I didn’t.

In the early days of television, there was a very buxom star named Dagmar. She happened to be one of my dad’s patients. Naturally, I wanted to meet or should say see her. My dad called and says she was coming in and I could come by his office and say hello. She was, to say the least very impressive. I asked my dad how he could concentrate on his work when she was in the Dental chair. His answer, with a wink,” was “I only look at her teeth.”