Those individuals with previous experience include both you and me. We both can throw our two bob's worth into the mix for whatever it is worth. Whether or not anyone actually listens to old despots like us, let alone take heed of our advice, is neither here nor there. Our life experiences are offered to the younger chaps for them to evaluate and pick and choose.
As someone who, sometime this week, will be signing on for a six and a half year ROSO, I can vouch that some of us younger chaps (haven't been called that in a while) do listen, and even take notes of what you old despots pass on. The problem lies in the fact that while taking notice, us young-uns tend to want to repeat said mistakes. Perhaps it's that the stories just are not believable
