Thanks, Dario, Paul, Jack, Dave, Bob S., and Bruce! Bob--Dad says hi back! Cheers, Christine
On Sep 5, 2011, at 10:21 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Ditto! > > On 11-09-05 8:55 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> Nice story and a lovely portrait >> >> Dave >> >> On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Christine Aguila<christ...@caguila.com> >> wrote: >>> Hi Everyone: My dad turned 81 today. As you can see from the picture, >>> he's aging quite gracefully--and he's active as if he was 60. He's a >>> retired 8th grade science teacher, and he's retired military, having served >>> in Korea, then as a reservist for 31 years. He was a paratrooper as a >>> Green Beret and also earned Canadian jump wings during his military career. >>> A few months ago he went to the doctor because his knees have been >>> really bothering him. At one point his doctor asked, "Now, Charles, how >>> many jumps have you made in your career?" When my dad said about 60+, the >>> doctor said, "Well, no wonder your knees are bothering you at this age! >>> Sheesh!" >>> >>> It's so hard to think of my dad as 81. He just hasn't changed much to my >>> mind: he still tells his funny stories, he's always chauffeuring various >>> offspring and grand kids about town, and he and my mom still sneak off to >>> downtown hotels for get-away weekends--in fact, I was informed tonight >>> that they are "going away" in a few weeks to one of their favorite hotels >>> on the south side of Chicago near Hyde Park. Go, Dad! Cheers, Christine >>> >>> http://aguilapaw.posterous.com >>> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
