NIce pic. He does look good and could easily pass for ten years younger. Paul On Sep 5, 2011, at 12:43 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
> Hi Everyone: My dad turned 81 today. As you can see from the picture, he's > aging quite gracefully--and he's active as if he was 60. He's a retired 8th > grade science teacher, and he's retired military, having served in Korea, > then as a reservist for 31 years. He was a paratrooper as a Green Beret and > also earned Canadian jump wings during his military career. A few months > ago he went to the doctor because his knees have been really bothering him. > At one point his doctor asked, "Now, Charles, how many jumps have you made in > your career?" When my dad said about 60+, the doctor said, "Well, no wonder > your knees are bothering you at this age! Sheesh!" > > It's so hard to think of my dad as 81. He just hasn't changed much to my > mind: he still tells his funny stories, he's always chauffeuring various > offspring and grand kids about town, and he and my mom still sneak off to > downtown hotels for get-away weekends--in fact, I was informed tonight that > they are "going away" in a few weeks to one of their favorite hotels on the > south side of Chicago near Hyde Park. Go, Dad! Cheers, Christine > > http://aguilapaw.posterous.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.
