Full Mental Jacket

My Dear Fellows & Dear Princess Normal,

Of course, the younger generation cannot comprehend the horrors of war as we can. We are the generation that lived through the unending nightmare that was films about Vietnam; suffering and sweating as "Hueys" deposited "Grunts" into the "DMZ" while "Charlie" stalked through the undergrowth.

So many Vietnam films. So many. There were times we thought we would never make it. That was the 80's, man. The young people have no idea.

Caro LOVES all this stuff. Her dad made her watch all fifty million episodes of "Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War" on the telly. Meanwhile, there was "Born on the Fourth of July" and "Platoon" and "Hamburger Hill" and "First Blood" and "The Deer Hunter" and "Apocalypse Now" and "Good Morning Vietnam" and "84 Charlie MoPic" and "Uncommon Valour" and "Full Metal Jacket" and "Missing in Action" and "BAT-21" and "Air America" and "Rambo: First Blood Part II" on VHS.

Even "Lethal Weapon" was about Vietnam veterans, now that I think about it.

Indoctrinated by Shetland Dad, Caro will often go around saying things like, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning" and "We need you back in 'Nam, John."

"I think I'll put together a 'Nam playlist," Caro announced this week. "So long as it finishes with a big ballad by Frank Stallone," I suggested.

So today I came home to the finished playlist blaring out from Alexa. I'm not sure if Caro had actually done any other work. I expect she was imagining herself sitting in a helicopter with an M16 in her hand. 

For your information it goes like this:

All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Run Through The Jungle - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Happiness Is A Warm Gun - The Beatles
White Room - Cream
Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
Jumping Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones
Magic Bus - The Who
Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night
On The Road Again - Canned Heat
Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
Fire - Jimi Hendrix
Break On Through To The Other Side - The Doors
Revolution - The Beatles
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
Green Manalishi - Fleetwood Mac
Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones
Hello, I Love You - The Doors
Eve of Destruction - Barry Maguire
For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane
You Can't Always Get What You Want - Rolling Stones
The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
The Weight - The Band
Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die Rag - Country Joe 
Goin' Up The Country - Canned Heat
Get Together - The Youngbloods
Long As I Can See The Light - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel
The Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix
It's A Long Road (Rambo's Theme) - Dan Hill

War is hell.

S.

p.s. This is Punky staring at me. He is willing me to do his bidding. This can go on for some time if I don't get it right straight away.