He looks to be a hearty 81. Nice tale, Mark. Jack
--- On Tue, 3/1/11, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Mark Roberts <[email protected]> > Subject: PESO for St. David's Day > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 4:18 PM > I've been up to my eyebrows in work - > mid-semester class prep and > grading and the design of the PDML book leave room for > little else. > But I had to take a few minutes to post this PESO. > > Some PDMLers may have heard this story before... > A few years ago Lisa and I went to Wales for a holiday. My > parents > also went over and met us there, where we shared a cottage > for a week. > There's a pub in Gwalchmai on Anglesey called the Gwalchmai > Hotel > (they no longer rent rooms but the pub is still in > business). My > father's parents owned the place many years ago so we > stopped in for a > pint. My dad mentioned to the proprietors "I was born here" > and they > asked "here in Gwalchmai?" "No" he replied, "here in this > pub!" They > were, needless to say, astonished. They insisted he pose > pulling a > pint of beer at the bar and here's the photo: > http://www.robertstech.com/pages/fotoblog/7d501204.htm > > My dad just turned 81 in December. He still likes beer :) > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.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.
