NAME JIGGS STARKE

NICKNAME –NONE THAT I KNOW OF

APPEARANCE- USUALLY IMMACULATE

HAIR –STYLE-COLOR-TYPE-TEXTURE- GRAYING BROWN

EYES –GLASSES-CONTACTS- STEEL GRAY BLUE, NO GLASSES YET.

WEIGHT A BIT PUDGY FOR NAVY STANDARDS. WAS WORKING ON IT FOR HIS FIT REPS BEFORE HE RETIRED. NEVER QUITE MADE IT.

COLORING FAIR

HEIGHT ABOUT 6’

BUILD STOCKY

FACIAL FEATURES –LIPS, EYEBROWS, LASHES, JAW LINE, NOSE

CAN’T SAY I’VE ACTUALLY NOTICED ANYTHING DISTINGQUISHING ABOUT THEM.

VOICE –ACCENT – WAY OF TALKING I GUESS YOU’D SAY MIDWEST?

FAMILY HAS WIFE AND THREE GROWN CHILDREN. TAKES CARE OF WIDOWED MOTHER. I MET HER EARLY IN OUR FREINDSHIP WHEN WE WERE ASSIGNED TO THE SAME SUB. SHE ALWAYS WELCOMED ME LIKE A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WHEN WE WERE ON LEAVE. HIS DAD DID TOO, ONLY HE DIDN’T BAKE COOKIES.

CONNECTION TO ME NAVAL COLLEAUGE

BEST FRIENDS/ENEMIES OLD FRIEND.

ETHNIC/CULTURAL BACKGROUND- NOT SURE, MIGHT HAVE BEEN GERMAN. HIS MATERNAL GREAT GRANDPARENTS CROSSED THE PRAIRE IN A COVERED WAGON. SETTLED IN MINNESOTA. HIS PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS WERE FROM ILLINOIIS.FAMILY TRADITION SAYS SOMEBODY IN THE FAMILY WAS REPRESENTED BY ABE LINCOLN OVER A MISSING COW. NO PROOF OF THE STORY, BUT HEY, YOU NEVER KNOW.

SCHOOLING BACHELOR’S DEGREE- YALE, THEN WENT TO OFFICER’S CANDIDATE SCHOOL. ALWAYS WISHED HE’D GONE TO ANNAPOLIS BUT DIDN’T GET THE ‘CALL’ TILL HE WAS ALREADY DONE WITH COLLEGE.

OCUPATIONS PRESENT-PREVIOUS NAVAL OFFICER. COMMANDER OF SUBMARINES, PACIFIC, 4 STARS BEFORE HE RETIRED A FEW MONTHS AGO. HE DID SAY HE WORKED AS A WAITER WHILE AT YALE, AND IN A FACTORY AFTER SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

HOBBIES WINE AND CHEESE CONNISEUR. YOU SHOULD SEE HIS WINE CELLAR, ACTUALLY A THERMO CONTROLLED CABINET. AUCTIONED OFF ONE OF HIS BOTTLES FOR A GOOD DEAL OF MONEY. NEVER DID GO INTO WHY. BUT HE DID TELL ME ONCE THAT A GOOD WINE WAS AS GOOD AN INVESTMENT AS IN GOLD COINAGE.

POLITICAL PREFERENCES WE NEVER TALKED POLITICS, UNLESS OUR SALARIES AND/OR PENSIONS WERE AT RISK. THEN ALL POLITICIANS WERE ASSHOLES. OOPS, IS THAT ALLOWED? SORRY.

LIKES FISHING AND CAMPING

DISLIKES ANYONE TELLING HIM THAT HE’S WRONG OR WHO TALKS BACK TO HIM.

MOVIES/BOOKS/PLAYS HAVE NO IDEA

FOODS BBQ RIBS, PANCAKES SMOTHERED IN BUTTER AND SYRUP, OLD FASHIONED POT ROAST WITH CARROTS AND POTATOES. CHOCOLATE MILK. FUNNEL CAKES. COTTON CANDY.

SPORTS HE APPLIED FOR THE YALE FOOTBALL TEAM, BUT WAS DENIED WHEN HE WAS HEARD ROOTING FOR NAVY.

FEARS/PHOBIAS HATES SPIDERS. SHHH. IT’S A SECRET.

QUIRKS HE KNITS. SAYS IT HELPS HIM TO RELAX. LEARNED HOW FROM HIS MOTHER. HE’S STILL NEVER FINISHED THE PAIR OF SOCKS HE’S BEEN WORKING ON (AND OFF-MOSTLY OFF) SINCE WE WERE ASSIGNED TO THE SAME BOAT AS JUNIOR OFFICERS DECADES AGO. HE TOOK A LOT OF RIBBING (NO PUN INTENDED) UNTIL HE TOLD THEM THAT EVEN JOHN PAUL JONES KNITTED HIS OWN SOCKS. A NECESSITY IN THE OLDEN DAYS WHEN YOU JUST HAD TO DO THINGS YOURSELF.

CHARACTER FLAWS LET’S NOT GET INTO PYSHOANALYIS, SHALL WE?

FAVORITE EXPRESSIONS/ TYPICAL GESTURES ‘COME NOW, HARRIMAN’ (WHEN HE THINKS I’M OFF MY ROCKER)

CHILDHOOD/TEEN MEMORY DIDN’T KNOW HIM THEN.

ROLE MODEL FOR THE BY THE BOOK NAVY, YES. EVEN THOUGH LEE CALLED HIM CAPTAIN BLIGH. YOU KNOW, THE REAL CAPTAIN BLIGH, WHILE HAVING USED SOME BAD JUDGEMENT, DEPENDING ON ONE’S POINT OF VIEW, REGARDING THE BOUNTY, SHOWED INCREDIBLE SAILING SKILLS AFTER HE WAS SET ADRIFT. HOW DID I GET OFF TOPIC?

TEN WORDS TO SUM UP WHAT I THINK OF THIS PERSON

A GOOD FRIEND WHO ACCEPTED (GRUDGINGLY) THAT LEE USPURPED HIM AS MY BEST FRIEND

TEN WORDS HOW THIS PERSON AFFECTED MY LIFE

IT ALWAYS HELPED TO BOUNCE IDEAS OFF OF HIM.

WHAT I’D SAY TO THIS PERSON IF WE MET TODAY

HOW ABOUT BBQ RIBS AND A CHOCOLATE MILK?

WHAT I WISH I HADN’T SAID /DONE TO THIS PERSON

YOU REALLY SHOULD EAT THOSE MUSSELS BEFORE I SCARF THEM DOWN. (HOW WAS I TO KNOW THEY WERE CONTAMINATED?)