Old habits die hard.

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7. Hiding the stuff from Mom?? Remind me of my cousin, Ranger Jim.

Probably around 1975. Jim had several beautiful plants on the walkway in back of the house. He proceeds to tell his mother, “Don’t touch them, they’re delicate, rare Himalayan Ferns.”

Fast forward about six months. Our uncle, the major comes back from a tour in Viet Nam. He spots rhe prized vegetation.

Major: “What’cha got growing there, Mae?”

“oh, that’s Jimmy’s Himalayan Fern. Don’t touch them, they’re delicate.”

Major: slowly, “Himalayan fern, eh?”