[Seaplaner]

Excllent points, my good grammarian FRiend.

And, the whole sentence could compete in a bad writing prize. To wit--

I and my family got to live in Orange County for seven glorious years and another year in the Bay Area when the state was not convulsed with insanity on stilts.

[Dr. Pritchett]

GOT TO LIVE!!!!

We all gotta live!!!! :)