I agree with Frank. Lovely portrait, Cotty. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax list" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 1:20 PM Subject: Re: William Stone > On 23/9/08, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>> <http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/portraits/images/pic31.html> >>> >>> The subject, one of 5 remaining UK ex-soldiers from WWI (and WWII) is >>> having his 108th birthday today... >>> >>> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7629095.stm> >> >>Your portrait is much much better than the one in the article. >> >>Thanks for the update. He sounds like an amazing man! > > Thanks Frank. > > He was on good form but his short term memory is hosed. Our reporter > asked him what he wanted most for his birthday and he said 'is it my > birthday?' and then couldn't remember his age - lots of prompting by 4 > generations of offspring. He sang at every opportunity. I showed him my > portrait of him on my iPhone and he was genuinely amused - he > remembered when it was shot 3 years ago, so he's not gone completely. > > Lovely bloke - 108 - can you believe it! > > He kept saying, "Yes I'm not bad for 106 am I !" > > And then off from camera right: "108!!!" > > And he would quickly add: " 108! " > > It was beautiful. > > > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
