Originally Posted by ausf

I fully hear you and get it.

The thing about Bob is he's so into this stuff that he's a black hole of time. If you get on the phone with him, the conversation flies all over the place and next thing you know it's 1AM. He's come to my house to drop something off, brought lunch and was still there 4 hours later, talking tanks, history, travel, etc. Even back before the retirement I never understood how he managed to get anything done.

I sure now, when he starts talking, it's even more of an escape for him.

To his character, after finding out that my lower back issues keep me from sitting in a car too long, he repeatedly offered (some may say hounded) to take me to Danville in his RV, including driving an hour north to get me before the 9 hours south. He pushed me to go to every event for over a year until he gave up. This was after meeting him twice.