Who is James?
First of all. My parents were from Lincoln, NE. My father was from farm stock. He was in the Navy when I was born in Long Beach, CA.
For the most part my dad was in the military. I was a topical Army Brat, we are somewhat a breed of our own.
My education was a plethera of enelmentry schools thouugh the united states, until Munich American High School, Munich, Germany then Buchser High in Santa Clare, CA.
I graduated early and was in the army 10 days later.
My dad and I crossed paths in Vietnam.
My electronic skills were in low demand, but I went to Control Data Institute. Eight month later I R a programmer. It took six more months as a tire man in a truck stop and a cut in pay to get my first computer Programming job. I lasted 40 years, but the last two I had to go to work for a living. I retired in 2000. I loved my job, most of the time.