{"id":1074,"date":"2026-03-28T18:24:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T22:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semicleversoftware.com\/?p=1074"},"modified":"2026-05-17T20:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T00:57:19","slug":"the-fine-art-of-brokering-an-introduction-a-true-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semicleversoftware.com\/?p=1074","title":{"rendered":"The Fine Art of Brokering an Introduction \u2014 A True Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3a88641f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My father-in-law (Jim) was in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Only he was not in Korea, he was in Germany \u2014 as a General\u2019s driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"146\" height=\"107\" src=\"https:\/\/semicleversoftware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Gen-Flag.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1133\" style=\"width:93px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One evening, Jim drove the General to the Officer\u2019s Club. It was a particularly cold evening, and the General did not want to waste gas by keeping the car running for warmth, so he had Jim come into the Officer\u2019s Club and had him sit out of the way near the coat check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About an hour later, a young Second Lieutenant entered the Officer\u2019s Club and headed to the coat check. Jim stood up as protocol demanded, and upon seeing him the Second Lieutenant became enraged. He yelled, \u201cYou\u2019re not allowed to&nbsp; be in here! You\u2019re on report!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As luck would have it, the General was on his way out, and he calmly said to the Second Lieutenant, \u201cHe\u2019s with me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s a crude U.S. military expression dealing with the two biological options that were available to the Second Lieutenant at that point, but we need not repeat it here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The moral of the story is: Sometimes all you need is someone to vouch for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can help with that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Copyright \u00a9 2026 Semi-Clever Software, Ltd.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0f21ae\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Jim is no longer with us, and like many veterans he did not talk much about his time in the service. 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