yes sir...this was at their place a few weeks ago
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did i mention i had a doctors appointment the other day?
the nurse asked me where in the Netherlands i was from, and so i told her
(now you got to understand, this happens quite often, and the reply is always the same "never heard of it", so instead of giving her the name of the town i gave her the name of the province...and the result is usually the same)
but this girl, she told me she lived in zeeland since her husband was stationed over there
now this is getting interesting, but there are two zeelands there, a province and a town (there is also a town called zeeland about 10 miles from where i live now, but i digress)
now, the province zeeland has about 380.000 inhabitants, but the town less then 8000
so i said, wait a minute, was your husband in the airforce? and she said yes
so i figured he musta been with the 703rd MUNNS...and i was right
now it is a mere 3 miles from the airforce base Volkel (where the 703rd is stationed to the town of zeeland, BUT from that same airforce base to my parents house is just a hair over a mile
so all things considered, she lived less then 5 miles from where i used to live
needless to say...we spend a little more time then usual talking before she send the doctor in (and then after he left as well)
it was great talking to someone who knew most of the old landmarks...but it was also a little bittersweet to realize i didnt know any of the new ones
i guess ive been gone close to 2 decades now, and even there time doesnt completely stand still
oh, and no, my parents have nothing to do with the airforce base, it is just a point of reference
