Thanks, Dan & Rick! cheers, Christine
On Sep 5, 2011, at 12:20 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > Aging gracefully, indeed! It's a really nice photo, too. > > Rick > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > --- On Mon, 9/5/11, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > >> From: Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> >> Subject: PAW--Week 35--Dad at 81 >> To: "PDML List" <pdml@pdml.net> >> Date: Monday, September 5, 2011, 12:43 AM >> 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. > -- 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.
