As someone who must be her same age, since I experienced that same seventies milieu and have many of the same pre-AIDS memories, I have to say, I don’t regret any of it, even if I cannot for the life of me remember a fraction of the names (let alone any other details) of all those guys at this point. I always refer to…

Ted Cruz = the Zodiac and Jack. It is known.

I think Tarly thought all the gold made it to KL, but it will turn out he was mistaken. Maybe I’m just being an asshole.

Agreed. Her English is even bit shaky. She often forget articles. She not use indefinite article and definite article. Many time.