Lived through the Vietnam war era, after San Francisco and college were done with me. Navy veteran Owned an Irish Pub, and learned to cook, bar tend, and tell jokes on stage successfully all on the same evening ( Thank you Mort Sahl ! ) Career Police Officer; Foot Beat , Detective, Squad Sergeant, Lieutenant in charge of CSI ,Chief of Police . I’ve “ retired “ 4 times since then , and I take photos, write funny stories, and still tell jokes. Cancer survivor as of this June