{"id":57069,"date":"2014-12-11T17:41:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T22:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=57069"},"modified":"2014-12-12T02:27:14","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T07:27:14","slug":"wherein-zero-comes-clean-you-heard-it-here-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=57069","title":{"rendered":"Wherein Zero Comes Clean -You Heard It Here First"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Background: &#8220;The Wife&#8221; here is turning *5 (not allowed to say it) \u00a0later this month and has decided how she wants to spend her birthday \u00a0&#8220;points&#8221;. \u00a0If you&#8217;ve been married 40+ years that term needs no further definition. Addendum: &#8220;The Wife&#8221; read this and noted that with the &#8220;40+ years&#8221; mention everyone will know her age. Is that true??? More &#8220;POINTS&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p>So we are headed for Key West on New Years Eve.<\/p>\n<p>We were there sorta by accident a few years ago. \u00a0At the time it was a genuinely fascinating experience. The &#8220;Gender Optional&#8221; crew was out in force. \u00a0Duval Street was closed to traffic and THEY were quite literally hanging from \u00a0the balconies all along the street. \u00a0Imagine clowns in lace petticoats, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Little did I know that I was witnessing a transformation of the nation and our military (sadly) as well. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=57065\">As Jonn noted<\/a>\u00a0with his post, and others &#8211; I shoulda seen it coming.<\/p>\n<p>How was I to know that &#8220;In the Navy&#8221; was a genuine look at the future? \u00a0After all, back when I served even REAL women didn&#8217;t serve on warships.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230; &#8220;The Wife&#8221; and I will be spending time in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.margaritavillekeywest.com\/\">Margaritaville<\/a> on Duval Street on New Years Eve and hoping to catch glimpse of Jimmy Buffet. \u00a0Then we will venture out among the other \u00a0 celebrants with \u00a0bit of Tequila in out systems to \u00a0watch and enjoy the lifestyle choices of others with newly jaundiced eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Note: If my use of the term &#8220;The Wife&#8221; above and my choice of topic leads to any confusion for you lot, fear not! \u00a0Jonn is the only living man I love. \u00a0He still allows me to post here!<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;ll leave you with your choices and:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Village People - &quot;In the Navy&quot; (official music video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/InBXu-iY7cw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><template data-arve_cachetime=\"2026-01-14T09:51:32-05:00\" data-arve_iframe_src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/InBXu-iY7cw?feature=oembed\" data-arve_url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=InBXu-iY7cw\" data-author_name=\"Village People\" data-author_url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@villagepeople\" data-height=\"375\" data-provider=\"youtube\" data-provider_name=\"YouTube\" data-provider_url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" data-thumbnail_height=\"360\" data-thumbnail_url=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/InBXu-iY7cw\/hqdefault.jpg\" data-thumbnail_width=\"480\" data-title=\"Village People - &quot;In the Navy&quot; (official music video)\" data-type=\"video\" data-version=\"1.0\" data-width=\"500\" class=\"arve-data\"><\/template><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background: &#8220;The Wife&#8221; here is turning *5 (not allowed to say it) \u00a0later this month and &hellip; <a title=\"Wherein Zero Comes Clean -You Heard It Here First\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=57069\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wherein Zero Comes Clean -You Heard It Here First<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":467,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geezer-alert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/467"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}