>I do not know about this Catheine...Hopefully I am not always an >asshole...but I have my asshole moments. :)
Say it ain't so!! Not you,whoever would have thunk it??!! (now I'm being the asshole) ;-) RMS > >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 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
