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Posted on 06/05/2022 5:02:49 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
Yeah I was woken at 4AM this morning to a loud, heavy rainstorm that swept right in, drenched us and then moved on out and it's been a nice day since. This week looks great too!
Great Canteen post by you tonight, I will listen to that D-Day survivor's remembrances this evening.
Good evening, radu...thanks for finding and sharing the video with Harold McMurran. What a moving recollection of that day...D-Day. My monitor is all fuzzy.
So cool that you were able to meet and talk to him. What a piece of history!!
You’re finally going to get a break? ‘Bout time! I know y’all are ready for it.
We had a hot, dry week and now appear to have another wet week ahead. Rain chances every day and they say we’ll probably get 4 or more inches of rain in our area.
The video of Harold speaking about D-Day is only 10 minutes long. There’s another one I found of him speaking about D-Day as well as the Battle of the Bulge, which he also survived.
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What a wonderful story he had to tell! You were very fortunate to have gotten to meet him!
Hey there, Kathy.
So your monitor got fuzzy, too, did it? Mine gets fuzzy every time I watch the video, and I’ve watched it several times. It’s very moving.
He didn’t talk about any of it while he was at the museum. He was there for a pleasant outing with two of his buddies and we kept it that way. All three were total gems and it was such a pleasure chatting with all three of them. They enjoyed seeing the museum and Mark and I thoroughly enjoyed the two hours we sent with them.
Howdy, luvie.
I don’t know that “wonderful” is the word I’d choose. It was pretty heavy. What IS wonderful is that he survived the day uninjured - - unlike so many men that day. Like I said, his Guardian Angel worked overtime that day!
I hope your day went well. Were you able to get better sleep last night?
Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...you and Tippy have a good day? Did you get to go for a hike?
Well, wonderful in that he survived to tell the story and that his memory is sharp to remember details. So much of our history is lost because the ones who can tell it are passed.
It was a nice day, but it was way too hot and I didn’t sleep well at all last night. Right now, I think I could go to sleep for hours! I had a nap but it was short due to having to get up for evening services. How were things there? Still comfy temps?
John has a long mustache. The chair is against the wall.
Good evening, Nipster...you are correct: it IS important to remember their sacrifices and why we are free.
Definitely wonderful that he survived, and amazing all considered. A horrific day.
He’s 97 now and his mind is still sharp as a tack. He just retired last year so he’s managed to stay in pretty darn good shape. He’s worked on airplanes all these years. I did a little digging around on him and the other two vets who were with him to learn a little more about each of them. Harold only lives about 40 miles from us and we drive through the town when we go to Huntsville.
Oops! Hit ‘post’ too soon. LOL
Sorry to hear you weren’t able to sleep again last night. The heat?
It was a little warm today but there was a strong breeze that made it feel nice enough. A little more humid than the past two days. They say our area will get over 4 inches of rain this week, with rain chances every day.
I hope he lives more years to tell his story to new generations who will listen.
It was the heat and the fact that I knew I should be asleep, which made me over-think it. LOL! So I tossed a lot. And thankfully, woke up before the alarm, or hubby might be buying me a new phone.
I hope he does too. He’s gotten out several times for speaking engagements to tell his story about it. There are a few other videos on YT. In one, he talks about D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge, which he also survived. He has an amazing story to tell the younger generations.
I hear ya on knowing you need to go to sleep early and it making it harder to GO to sleep. LOL I go through it every Thursday night. Friday nights are easier to go to sleep early because I’m dead tired from lack of sleep Thursday nights.
The heat y’all have doesn’t make it any easier.
Internet was finally restored about 10:30a...thank goodness. I 've spent most of the day at my own desk (office desk in a bit) and clearing out paperwork and old emails. I'm happy with my accomplishments. And got a couple boxes ready to sent out tomorrow.
Yeah, the heat makes it way more uncomfortable, no matter which way I toss or turn.
I think next Saturday, I’m going to try skipping my afternoon nap to see if that helps me when 1am rolls around. I can’t even begin to think of putting my head down before that. LOL! I’ll let you know if the test works. :)
Is the corn a wall yet?
Ouch! I didn’t know your internet had been down. That’s never a good thing. At least they got it back up early in the day.
It sounds like a productive day. You don’t often get time to do some cleaning up on your own desk.
And managed to get a couple of boxes ready to send off. More items that won’t be in the house any more! Slowly whittling that down.
It’s too bad you don’t like to sleep with a fan blowing across you in the bed. It’s what kept me going during the years I was single and didn’t have AC in the apartments I lived in. Even now I sleep with a fan blowing, even during the winter. I feel like I’m suffocating without it. LOL
I go to bed those two nights well before 1 a.m. so at least I’m horizontal. I don’t go to sleep right away, plus I wake up every hour or two because my body simply isn’t ready to be in bed so early. Been a “vampire” too many years. :-)
The corn isn’t a wall just yet but it’s mighty close. I can’t believe how fast it’s growing now!
Ha! I don’t LIKE to sleep with a an blowing on me, but dang, it! It’s been so hot, I’ve had to have one or roast. We can’t have the AC running on chill 24 hours a day or the electric bill would be worse than the water bill. So I do have a small fan across the room that stirs the air just enough to feel good. Unless the humidity gets pretty high.
It sucks to have to go to bed early! And even worse to get up early. Isn’t that the worst part? Ugh! Who needs to see the sun rise. LOL!
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