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My bride and I went on Sunday. Walked up to the wander, she got kind of antsy when I showed her my CHL and told her I was going to beep in several places (I was wearing a knee brace and had a video camera in my pocket) and waved me over to a supervisor.

Waited in line until the supervisor got to us, and she didn't look like she knew what to do. After dithering for a little while, she shut her line down, much to the dismay of the 15 or 20 people behind us, and told the person in the next line that we were going to the police.

Turned in our tickets and walked to the DPD stand where we waited for a couple of minutes, and then she asked to see my driver's license. I made a comment about wondering why she needed more than my CHL and she stated she just had to see if they match, and then she turned us loose, with a parting comment that started to be about the Cotton Bowl and The Old Mill. I interrupted her comment with "I know, I know, I can't go to the game, or eat in the restaurant" and she smiled and shrugged and went away. I pointed out to my bride that we had not gotten effective notice due to that, but we found all of the gates to the Cotton Bowl closed, and the restaurant was too crowded anyway.

Walked way too much for my knee and left in a lot of pain, but not until we went to see the USMC Drum and Bugle Corps, our yearly tradition.

We were talking with one of the (female) Marines after their performance and someone jostled me and my pocket gun clanked against the brace. Must have had to be standing just right because that was the first and only time all day, or anytime I have been wearing the brace, which is mostly all the time. The young Marine had a funny expression on her face until I said "knee brace" and pulled my little video camera out of the pocket on that side.