Well, happy birthday, you old fart!
BenT sent from my electronic leash On Mar 4, 2011, at 8:43 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > Y'all are very sweet. I am as it happens still twenty five hours and > thirty one minutes short of sexegenarianism, but I appreciate the > sentiments. As of tomorrow 1252 EST (I was born in the former Naval > Hospital, now condominia, in Chelsea Mass; so the time zone is the > same as on the birth certificate) you may expect crotchety > behavior. And may I say that I'm entitled - below I quote the night > letter (wouldn't waste a telegram) the Navy sent my father all of two > miles away in Charlestown Shipyard. I seem to have mislaid it, so > I'll paraphrase: > > TO: LT PETER G BEIERL, USS [I forget - a destroyer] > FROM: NAVY DEPARTMENT > > FRANCES E BEIERL DELIVERED OF YOUR CHILD USNH CHELSEA MASS AT 1252 > THIS DAY 5 MARCH 1951 STOP. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER DOING WELL STOP. ENDS. > > Yours, > David > ps - Dad had already heard from the neighbor, so he was a mite > confused as well. |
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