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SS: Any regrets about your life?

HW: No, no, no. The only thing is, I hid from my wife and my family that when I left Boeing I figured I'd only live for two more years. I'd better stay home and get well. My blood pressure was 240 over 140, and I couldn't get it down and I was struggling.

SS: But it sounds like you not only found good health, but you found real joy. I mean, what's been the real joy in your life since retiring?

HW: Oh, I think family, of course. Family, and then the kids, and the grandkids, and the great-grandkids. But I think the other thing is being able to, try to express to others the importance of a certain way of thinking. I know, it's interesting that high schools are looking more and more to hear from the likes of us. I do get to different groups, including high school groups, couple times a year. I've got one scheduled for February of next year, to talk to Enumclaw High School kids about the kind of experiences that we've had. They want to know, evidently, and others will come along. I'm on the list of speakers for the MIS and will get an occasional call from them. I like to do that, not because I enjoy it, but I think, I think it helps to fill a missing area in some of the young people's lives that they -- not that they didn't miss it, but they never got exposed to it, so they don't know and they're curious. I like to help them, yeah.

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