Thanks to my good fortune,my last visit to Str8 was several months BEFORE Reagan took power.This administration,through Mel S. and the First Lady,"legitimized" this bizarre Str8 model.Folks,such as Virgil,Ruthie,and even Helen(when she got to Osprey),had a much freer hand with such sacred cows running interference for them.Before then,Str8 had a lot of close calls with the HRS.They needed to show caution and restraint or all would be lost.Our minds were thoroughly twisted,but with subtler,less overt,abuses as the time didn't permit otherwise.I really don't know how I would have handled Virgil.I just consider myself lucky to have dodged that bullet.