On Sep 4 ’11, "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 >
Nice portrait . I hope I look half as good should I manage to reach 81.... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are -- 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.
