I can't believe someone would take the time to write a complaint. I was one
of those that simply deleted the email (kind of sorry now). If it does not
list a topic I am interested in I simply delete.
To those of you that would take the time to write a complaint I wonder what
the rest of their lives must be like. What a wonderful world they must live
in if this causes them enough irritation to take the time to do that. My
guess is that they are the same people that stay seated during the final
seconds of a sporting event and then complain when others are standing in
front of them and cheering.
Oh great......., now I have spent more time on them than they are worth.
Now, those of you that are too sensitive toward non-tiger topics or worry
about the extra band width I am about to take up, feel free to hit delete...
I will wait 5 seconds before I go on...............
Steve and others, about 8 years ago I sat down with my, then 75 yo, mother
and videotaped her and voice recorded (glad I did both) her as I asked a
long list of questions about her life. It took about three hours. Today
she suffers from severe dementia and probably Alzheimer's. About once a
week she gets about 5-10 minutes of lucid, clear thought and then, as fast
as it came, it disappears. Literally within seconds. Those tapes are
absolutely priceless and a family treasure. Each sibling has a copy.
Our family videotapes each child once a year as they reflect on their
memories of the prior year. Each child has their own tape and the years run
back to back.
We talk about school, friends, cars, vacations, achievements, etc. We take
several weeks and go through the prior year's calendar and remind each child
what they did each month and then in the month of Jan or feb we video tape
them. What a blast to watch those tapes back and see their maturation,
literally decades worth in about 60 minutes.
Those of you with young kids it is the best thing I have ever done with and
for my kids. When they get married this will be a gift that we give to
their spouse.
Now back to regularly scheduled, more deeper, meaningful, topics like paint
codes, tire sizes, etc.
Lynn
-----Original Message-----
From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Steve Laifman
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 1:39 PM
To: Tiger's Den
Subject: [Tigers] Apologies and Memories
I wish to apologies for taking up 2 Tiger List emails with some
reminiscences about cars I've owned, driven or loved.
I had to ask my lovely wife, Linda, what the date of our 50th wedding
anniversary was. Trust me, WRITE THIS STUFF DOWN or you will never hear
the end of it.
Some of my older memories are harder to access, and I believed it would
be worthwhile to document it before I can't recall, and the Tiger List
seemed to be appropriate with their own fascination about sporting cars.
My mother's 102nd birthday is next month, and her memories are fading away.
So, please excuse me for sending reminiscences to the List, but that is
the best communication I have for what I thought would be of interest.
I have received some private mail from a few members indicating
unhappiness with the posts about the posts, and the possibilities that
too many would start "rambling incoherently".
Please pardon me,
Steve Laifman
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