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sweetcraft
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Initially Posted - 02/17/2008 : 00:29:07

I have been away from the Forum for sometime as a family situation came up. Our Dad whom taught us to love boating which he learned from our Grandfather. Dad lost his wife who was 97 on December 8th and we had a great memorial for Rose. His wish was to return to California if anything ever happened to Rose whom we love dearly. Well we didn't smuggle him out of Canada but almost;crossing the border is always an adventure. Our whole family was involved in the planning for his return and he is now in California and closer to his family, 6 Great Granddaughters and 2 Great Grandsons and all the rest. They are getting to know him and hear a lot of the stories he still remembers. Oh, yes he will be 102 on April 15th and we are so lucky to still have him. He was born on Ballast Point in the Lighthouse and built a sailboat in the South Pacific with his Seabee buddies during a quiet time in 1943. I get to set with him and go over the pictures of those days and also tell him of my adventures on the C25. I have also missed all the windy talk on the Forun and wanted to share this note.

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 02/17/2008 : 10:19:27

"Oh, yes he will be 102"...

Talk about longevity.
Jim, that explains a lot about why you appear 20 years younger than your age in years.

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Nautiduck
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Response Posted - 02/17/2008 : 10:57:46

Welcome back Jim. It is good to hear from you. The suggestions you gave Pat and I made our cruise in the San Juans a real treat.

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Response Posted - 02/17/2008 : 11:26:53

Good vibes, Jim... Thanks for sharing 'em. You're very fortunate!

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 02/17/2008 : 11:48:00

Good to hear from you again.

Squeeze all the stories out of him.

My 90 year old uncle spent 6 years in the Navy in WWll as a Shorepatrol Policeman in the Port of Montreal. He was authorized to deal with US and Canadian Servicemen and was Cited by both Navies and recieves pensions from both. After the war he moved to LA and now lives back in Canada. Recently, I drove him through customs because he wanted to take the Bus from Seattle to Reno...I got a huge kick out of him chastising the US customs officer for being a sloppy dresser....The customs guy got a little ticked off because Uncle was giving him hell. When challenged about his intentions in the USA my uncle got out of the car and spent about 20 minutes digging through his suitcase in the trunk and pulled his wartime SP badge out of his suitcase - and told the customs guy not to worry, he wasn't going to arrest him.

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johnsonp
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Response Posted - 02/17/2008 : 17:38:09

sweetcraft
How about a picture of Dad and gang...?

The crossing the border is always an adventure story I'm looking forward to hear.

paulj

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 02/17/2008 : 20:47:01

Nice story Jim!

I, too, inherited my love of the water from my Dad, who coincidently turned 80 today. It's nice to hear you'll be spending more time with your Dad. Thanks for sharing.

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sweetcraft
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Response Posted - 02/17/2008 : 22:13:44

Thanks for the comments. I hesitated a bit but the story is about boating. Our wonderful Canadian family is part of this too and they now are planning to come by since for the last 21 years they have been our host. I do take them sailing when up in the Gulf Islands. I mentioned Dad used his boat building skills as a Seabee to also build a 15 foot skiff so he and his buddies could sail around some Pacific Islands. There are a lot of stories connected to his Pacific Sailing with one about getting caught using government property improperly. The Chaplin stepped in and suggested for punishment he has to take fellows with stress problems out sailing. This happened in 1943, WWII in the Pacific.

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