...salute, Fish. That horizontal tricolor is waving mighty proudly, and rightly so.
...you've undoubtably witnessed some difficult times in your youth, your parents (and grandparents) did for sure. We both can count our blessings and hope that the times won't get any worse than they already are; at least, for our childrens' and grand childrens' sake.
I really owe, LoBlo and apology. Looking over my rant(s) above...in my haste, I've omitted some very important punctuation.
...sorry, LoBlo, you were right to point it out and I fully understand your angst with me.