re: I really wish I had listened more to the stories the old folks told, Let’s share some

My maternal grandfather is an army vet. He doesn't talk much about his time in the service, generally, but when he does he always brings up being stationed in Alaska. I think he loved it there.. I know he was stationed in Vietnam temporarily, but he doesn't bring that up much. He was an MP, though in a drunken rant he'll say that is a cover and he was in intelligence so . He was also a police officer for 27 years so he has good stories there. This is my last living grandparent.

My paternal grandfather wasn't much of one to spin tales. He had a very drunken and abusive father, grew up dirt poor on a small farm in Prairie Ronde. I think he preferred to not think about that part of his life. He did, however, very much love bad jokes. Boudreaux and Thibodaux jokes were his biggest thing.