I do not know about this Catheine...Hopefully I am not always an asshole...but I have my asshole moments. :)
Catherine McKay wrote: > > --- Bree Mcdonough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree. If one is an asshole at forty this person > > will still be pretty > > much an asshole at eighty. In fact,we become more > > of ourselves the older we > > get. And just because a person reaches eighty > > doesn't mean they will be a > > font for all wisdom. But we can still learn from > > this wise old asshole. > > One of the most incredible human beings I ever met > > was a woman by the name > > of Dr.Louise Belai. Birthplace: Vienna,Austria. She > > was 98 when she died a > > few years ago. > > I agree. Once an asshole, always an asshole. Some > people learn from experience, others never learn. If > you're just ignorant, but aware of your own ignorance, > you learn something. The true asshole is just... an > asshole! > > Your story about Dr Belai is wonderful. This kind of > person is a real treasure and it's such a shame when > they're gone. > > Just before Christmas, my kids and I had lunch with my > stepmother, who is in her late 70s. She is originally > from England (London) but married a Canadian soldier > who was posted in the UK during WW II. My daugher, > aged 14, started asking her questions about how things > were when she (Lily, my stepmother) was a kid. I > learned things by my daughter asking (thanks, Sarah!) > that I never knew about Lily before. Lily was about > 13 when the war was on and at that time, the Germans > were bombing London, so they closed the schools and > started shipping kids out to the country so they'd be > safe. Lily did leave, but she came right back - she > wanted to be back with her family in London. Because > the schools were closed, her education ended there - > she never went back to school. She got a job working > for the government and also acted as a volunteer > firefighter to go out when incendiary bombs landed. > She described crawling on her belly towards these > bombs, at the age of 15. These bombs landed and > caught fire and the fire had to be put out before the > bomb exploded. > > Lily is a tiny woman, so of course, she must have been > a tiny girl and she says she can still remember > crawling along, thinking, "I can't do this!" But she > did. > > She also described the sound of the unmanned > airplane-bombs - you'd be able to predict when they > were going to explode when you'd hear this airplane > overhead putt-putting slower and slower until it > stopped - and then boom! > > Or another time, being in a bomb shelter with a whole > bunch of people, listening for the sound of bombing > getting closer and closer. At one point, people > panicked and a bunch of them decided they had to get > out and starting pushing and shoving. They were > afraid they would be trapped inside by debris. They > were running over one another and Lily was nearly > crushed by this. > > Anyway, this is one pretty ordinary lady. But not > really. This is all information we're going to lose > when they're gone. Which is maybe why, if we don't > learn from history, we're condemned to repeat it. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Web-hosting solutions for home and business! http://website.yahoo.ca
