When I was a kid my doctor discovered that I had planned to join the military, and was devastated as he had imagined me to become a surgeon or physicist, so he

When I was a kid my doctor discovered that I had planned to join the military, and was devastated as he had imagined me to become a surgeon or physicist, so he gave me Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman as a gift on my 18th birthday - as a way to convince me the military was a bad idea (somehow, I still don't understand why he thought this would work). Anyway, I read it in one weekend, and remember the part you're quoting. I learned things about attention to detail in that book that are very hard to teach. Isn't there another story about how he broke open some safes? I'm remembering as much, at least. I need to read it again. I'm double that age now, so it's about that time.