I am very sorry to hear that Dr. Bill passed away. He was kind enough to correspond with me for quite some time. We sympathized with each others' unique situations. Dr. Bill shared some colorful stories about the war, his life and some racy jokes as well. And yes, he was a bit of a flirt. I loved 'talking' with him and really missed him when he wasn't able to use the computer anymore. Since folks are sharing their PM's I'll include one from him as well:
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Re: Ancient news story
From: wwh
Dear Dawn: I hope I didn't send this ancient yarn with
the Indian one. This was told on Boston radio back in
the fifties as an actal occurrence. I very much doubt
that.
Allegedly a man found his car battery was so low, he
could not start the motor. So he hailed a passing car,
and asked the lady driver to give him a push.
This was back in the days when cars with automatic shift
had to be pushed up to 30mph before ignition would begin.
So he asked her to give him a 30mph push.
She backed way up, and WHAM hit him at 30mph.
That's too dumb even for a dumb blonde joke. Incidentally,
I think the 'dumb blonde' joke is stupid. The only tiny
grain of plausibility in it is that pretty girls aren't
compelled to use their brains, and so may get by without
learning very much. But they are still able to make monkeys
out of some men who think they know it all.
Love, Bill
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Bill was never harsh with me, but always kind and empathetic. I miss him.
Regards,
Dawn aka gift horse
P.S. Thanks Jackie for letting me know about this thread.
