The Market Ticker - Veterans Day

Today, it is — you know.

What is it?

A day to honor those who served.  This is not Memorial Day; that’s for those who died, which is a subset of those who served.  If you wish to honor those who died on this day that’s fine, but its not limited to those people.  Many served and didn’t die, but still wrote a blank check — but not all of them got cashed.

I was never cut out for the military and knew it.  Oh, maybe I should have anyway, but I might have spent half my time in the brig and the other have swabbing the latrine with a toothbrush.  Such is the nature of some of us and I wasn’t dumb enough to tempt that funnel knowing there was a 50/50 chance I’d go down that side of the switchback.

Here’s the thing though; war is for the young when you get down…….

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