Interesting use of "y'all" Col. When I trained as a nurse, early-mid 60's, most of my male contemporaries, what few there were, were mostly gay men. It was in the days before tights were common and I was the only male student nurse, not only in my class of 26 or so, but in the 1200-bed teaching hospital I trained at, one of only two as far as I know..I had an enormous amount of respect for my fellow student nurses, we worked bloody hard, but one would have to be brain-dead to not notice their allure. (not to mention the stockings held up by proper sussie belts, glimpsed regularly by male patients which, in my opinion, contributed to their recovery...) The fatal flaw being that these girls often had their eyes on higher prizes. Like Drs, firemen and policemen. NOT other student nurses. I dated one or two but my sweetest memory is of a young lady doctor. We just 'got on'. Used to play scrabble late into the night when all was peaceful. (Loved nights!) Anyway, that's not my point..Something like "The Orchid Ballroom" wasn't really available up here. You took your date to The Sound Of Music or some such. ( I saw that film about 6 times)..and enjoyed a coffee, if that was all there was on offer, together afterwards. Different memories, similar times. I'd bet most of us enjoyed what the 60s allowed us.