Forty Years Ago Today . . .
Nov 14th 2012, 8:13 am
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Re: Forty Years Ago Today . . .
. . . I disembarked at JFK with my life in one suitcase. Where have the years gone? Outside the TWA terminal the cars were still monsters with fins and it was truly a different world from all I knew. I had my four favourite albums on the bottom of the case, two books I couldn’t bear to leave behind, and -- amazing though it seems to me now -- my entire wardrobe crammed in there! I was wearing an aged fur coat, at least two sizes too big, that a friend’s mother had given me to ward off the NYC winters, with a poppy pinned to my lapel as it was Remembrance Sunday. I lived in a dingy apartment in the Bronx and started on the road that has somehow brought me to this day in rural Connecticut, two marriages and all manner of jobs later. As I always say -- que sera, sera!
Nov 12th 2013, 6:25 am
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Re: Forty Years Ago Today . . .
. . . I disembarked at JFK with my life in one suitcase. Where have the years gone? Outside the TWA terminal the cars were still monsters with fins and it was truly a different world from all I knew. I had my four favourite albums on the bottom of the case, two books I couldn’t bear to leave behind, and -- amazing though it seems to me now -- my entire wardrobe crammed in there! I was wearing an aged fur coat, at least two sizes too big, that a friend’s mother had given me to ward off the NYC winters, with a poppy pinned to my lapel as it was Remembrance Sunday. I lived in a dingy apartment in the Bronx and started on the road that has somehow brought me to this day in rural Connecticut, two marriages and all manner of jobs later. As I always say -- que sera, sera!
Nov 12th 2013, 6:31 am
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Re: Forty Years Ago Today . . .
It is indeed 41 years and counting! Remembrance Day and my "anniversary" are inextricably linked in my mind. It has been an extremely hectic year where business is concerned, but a satisfying one that I have enjoyed, nonetheless. Thank you for noting the occasion!
Nov 12th 2013, 8:45 am
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Re: Forty Years Ago Today . . .
Blonde moment. I thought this was a new thread that had started today..duh!
Well done on your 41 year adventure.
As for not thinking things through, we are the masters of that I think
But hey, it always seems to work out ok eventually
Nov 15th 2013, 1:24 pm
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Thats great, a big difference than doing it today I'm sure with the likes of Skype, Facebook etc! Good story to tell!
Nov 16th 2013, 4:40 am
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Re: Forty Years Ago Today . . .
41 years now Nutmegger! I only made it to 22 and I know I didn't go into it with nearly as much thought as I did leaving.
Nov 16th 2013, 4:46 am
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Re: Forty Years Ago Today . . .
TOWIE
Hindsight is amazing isn't it. My rose tinted glasses must have been designer label
