Friday, October 11, 2013

A Brief Follow-Up

I mentioned one of the best parts about our recent trip Back East was re-connecting with old friends Chip and Kathy.  I posted this pic of the three of us...

That was now, these were then... c.1978:


What a great looking couple, eh?

Thanks, Sam.  You da MAN.
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  1. OldAFSarge11 October, 2013 19:24

    78?

    Damn, I feel old!

    (But not as old as you and Virgil. Just sayin'...)

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    1. Buck12 October, 2013 10:56

      (But not as old as you and Virgil. Just sayin'...)

      I hope you don't catch up to us anytime soon.

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  2. Christina RN LMT12 October, 2013 05:48

    Nice! They were and are a great-looking couple. My flight was one of the last to wear that LOVELY style of chapeau, I believe (1989).

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    1. Buck12 October, 2013 10:57

      You wimmen had some interesting headgear, Christina.

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  3. Kris, in New England12 October, 2013 08:09

    LOVE the last pic - so sweet. It is such great fun to reconnect like that. We did something similar in Orlando just a couple of weeks ago. Amazing how time can pass but the connections of real friendship remain tight.

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    1. Buck12 October, 2013 10:58

      It really is amazing how one can just pick up where one left off with old friends, isn't it?

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  4. Anonymous12 October, 2013 19:36

    Dad,
    I'm only sorry it took so long to find them and get them to you... but very happy you have them now.

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  5. Rumbear12 October, 2013 20:23

    Great photos! Thanks for sharing.

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  6. Anonymous12 October, 2013 22:07

    It's interesting that I had no exposure to the military. One day I remember recruiters coming to our high school, but they weren't interested in the girls, they seemed to be offering an alternative to the draft. I remember two boys from our English class dropped out the Senior year and joined the Marines (they survived the Vietnam war even).

    But there was no JROTC, Civil Air Patrol, or any of the great programs that attract young people.

    My parents were teachers, so my fate was an education degree, before I could collect my dowry.

    Oh! And the pictures of youth against maturity are just darling. They are a lucky couple.

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    1. Buck13 October, 2013 14:08

      My parents were teachers, so my fate was an education degree, before I could collect my dowry.

      Yet another thing you kinda-sorta share with The Second Mrs. Pennington. Her Mom was a teacher and she HAD to graduate with her maiden name attached before we married.

      Thanks for the kind words about the photos and I agree: C&K are lucky, indeed. But luck takes a lot of hard work, too.

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  7. HMS Defiant14 October, 2013 01:03

    Wow. Over the years I let all the pictures and mementos of that time slip away from me and then I went home last summer and found that my parents had kept most of it. I decided it was worth keeping and digitized it to carry with me. The part I haven't done yet is to put captions on the pictures. Just a matter of time.
    In 1978 I moved for the 12th time and finished high school the following year.

    Oh, and what OldAFsarge said.

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    1. Buck14 October, 2013 10:29

      Digitizing the archives is a LOT o' work. I've scanned some of my old photos for use on the blog but the pics that remain are nearly all stuck in albums (thanks to The Second Mrs. Pennington).

      Oh, and what OldAFsarge said.

      And what **I** said to Chris: I hope neither of you catches up in the near future.

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