Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Dr. Ted, Thank You! Barney Barney Quinn, WK3Z C: (301) 775-1386 H: (301) 654-0938 > On Jun 18, 2016, at 9:46 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > > I'M SORRY. :-( > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of Bernard Quinn > Sent: June-18-16 6:29 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Father's Day > > > Tina, > > Thank you for sharing this. I do not mean that as a cliche. My Mom and Dad > were married a week before Pearl Harbor. I had never reflected on how WW > II might have effected them. > > My Dad had a lot of artist in his soul. One of his best friends commanded > a wing of bombers during the war. On their way to Europe he and his > squadron flew over the plant where my Dad worked as a farewell salute. > They never made it across the ocean. It effected Dad very much. Of course > it did. > > Thanks, > > Barney > > Barney Quinn, WK3Z > C: (301) 775-1386 > H: (301) 654-0938 > >> On Jun 18, 2016, at 9:14 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> My father and mother both died from alcoholism. It was tough and there is >> still a lot of resentment but I'm beginning to understand that life >> during WWII and after profoundly affected everybody including my >> idealistic young parents. I would not want to be in their shoes today. >> >> Tina >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jun 18, 2016, at 8:36 PM, Barney Quinn <bjq1 at mac.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> The last thing my Dad said to me when he dropped me off at college was >>> that he would see me in two week because I was stupid and I was certain >>> to flunk out. I made this portrait of him in 1966 when I was in >>> Graduate school. He was a brilliant engineer and a very successful >>> executive. It is quite probable that you are alive today because of his >>> work with antibiotics and vaccines. This, however, happened about eleven >>> o?clock in the morning and that was a bit late in the day to find him >>> sober. i want to say to fellow sufferers that I totally get it. I >>> understand why you are standing by the far corner of the grill with a >>> quiet tear in your eye. I am holding you in my heart. Those of you who >>> have a problem with drugs or alcohol know it in your heart even if you >>> can?t yet admit to your self. I beg you to get your self some help and >>> put your relationships with those whom you love right. Ask your self >>> this. Fifty years from now do I want someone on Facebook posting, >>> ?Thanks for the pain, the anxiety, and the memories?? I love you Dad, >>> but you didn?t make it easy. >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Dad.jpg.html >>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/Dad.jpg.html> >>> >>> >>> Comments and Criticisms Welcome! >>> >>> Barney >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information