User:Stasi2
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stasi2 lives in Northern Virginia within sight of the Washington Monument.
History:
US Navy, 5 years, WWII and Korean War; apprentice Seaman to Lieutenant.
Chemist, 5 years, Monsanto (analytical chemistry) and US Naval Ordnance Lab (electrochemistry)
Foreign Service Officer with consular postings at US Consulate, Nogales and Consulate General in Guaqaquil. Diplomatic postings at US Embassies Mexico City, London, Belgrade and Tel Aviv. Secretary, U. S. Section, International Boundary and Water Commission, U.S. - Mexico. First Secretary.
Languages - fluent in English & Spanish.
Leisure interests:
Good writing, essays, fiction including mysteries. Good movies and some rather bad ones. Good beer (no Bud,no Miller etc but yes to porter, stout, brown ale and micro-brewery lagers). Fine cheeses and gourmet foods generally plus not-so-fine foods such as beans, chitterlings,corn tortillas. Fine scotch whiskey, Speyside malts, Bombay Sapphire Gin, cigarettes, cigars, pipe.
