Thank you, Roland in Toronto! I'll be sure to collect my "pension" as long as is humanly possible. But live beyond a hundred? Only if a good quality of life is guaranteed. Warm regards, Victor of Monroe
________________________________ From: Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> To: "'Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!'" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> Sent: Monday, October 3, 2011 2:04 PM Subject: Re: [Goanet] VRR ... a short note Happy birthday Victor. May your quality of life continue to well beyond hundred, especially if you are a pensioner. Get those pension funds to pay out the maximum, I always say. Hey Frederick, didn't know you have a selection of expats that you would like (or not like) to interact with. Now pray tell in which group I fall. "I feel blessed to be able to interact with such expats". Do you feel cursed with the other group? Roland in T'O. -----Original Message----- From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org [mailto:goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org] On Behalf Of Frederick FN Noronha * ???????? ???????? *??????? ??????? Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 1:48 PM To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! Subject: [Goanet] VRR ... a short note I wishes Victor Rangel-Ribeiro a very happy 86th birthday on the GoaWriters network, but forgot to do so here on Goanet! Better (almost) late than never. Thank goodness for the time difference between India and the US! VRR is an inspiration to quite a few of us -- surely to me. When I see him working so hard, in the heat of the Goan afternoon, editing texts, volunteering with some of our books, holding editing workshops for us, and goading us on to strive for higher standards, I feel really blessed to be able to interact with such expats! Here's wishing VRR (as I call him fondly) many more productive years. Who can say what could be possible, considering that ex-editor (The Navhind Times and founder-editor of Goa Today) Lambert Mascarenhas gave a perfectly logical speech the other day, at the age of 97! Here's wishing Goan society the ability to treat its senior citizens with more respect, as it did in the past, and the abilities to tap on their lifetimes of achievements with even more enthusiasm! Happy birthday Victor, from me personally and on behalf of Goanet. FN -- FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...@goa-india.org Saligao Goa IN http://fn.goa-india.org Skype: fredericknoronha