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11-28-03, 09:52 PM
Thanksgiving I met this guy.
He's about 80 years old, but he looks energetic and vibrant, lean. You guessed it--cyclist.
Can't say much about him, except I enjoyed the stew he brought to the turkey dinner. He said it was made from the deer he killed only two weeks ago. I asked him where he brought it to get it cut, and he said he dressed it himself. He said he liked it that way, because you don't know if you are getting your own deer when someone else cuts for you. He talked about how some folk are not cut out for deer hunting because you have to sit still for a long time. I liked his spirit.
He also canoes. He's done triathalons--bike, swim and canoe! Also MS 150 (he says it used to be 150 miles, but now it's 150 kilo's.) I was in silence. If I hadn't asked, he would never have brought any of it up, like it was normal for everyone.
I asked him if he remembered Pearl Harbor, and where he was. Boy, did that get him talking! He remembered exactly where he was and what he was doing. He said his dad wouldn't let him join because he was only 17 and you had to have parental permission at that age. (His buddy and cyclist partner, also a senior, reminded him that it was easy to lie your way into the service back then.)
I had a great Thanksgiving because of meeting this fine man.
:D
He's about 80 years old, but he looks energetic and vibrant, lean. You guessed it--cyclist.
Can't say much about him, except I enjoyed the stew he brought to the turkey dinner. He said it was made from the deer he killed only two weeks ago. I asked him where he brought it to get it cut, and he said he dressed it himself. He said he liked it that way, because you don't know if you are getting your own deer when someone else cuts for you. He talked about how some folk are not cut out for deer hunting because you have to sit still for a long time. I liked his spirit.
He also canoes. He's done triathalons--bike, swim and canoe! Also MS 150 (he says it used to be 150 miles, but now it's 150 kilo's.) I was in silence. If I hadn't asked, he would never have brought any of it up, like it was normal for everyone.
I asked him if he remembered Pearl Harbor, and where he was. Boy, did that get him talking! He remembered exactly where he was and what he was doing. He said his dad wouldn't let him join because he was only 17 and you had to have parental permission at that age. (His buddy and cyclist partner, also a senior, reminded him that it was easy to lie your way into the service back then.)
I had a great Thanksgiving because of meeting this fine man.
:D