Comments | thahall: Paul Erich Polacsek (May 29, 1907

thahall

Paul Erich Polacsek (May 29, 1907 - July 5, 2003)

Jul 12, 2003 15:28

"Oh, wow, look at you now
flowers in the window
it's such a lovely day...

Out in the crowd
you are one in a million
and i love you so
let's watch the flowers grow
there is no reason to feel bad
but there are many seasons
to feel sad, glad, mad..."My opa (grandfather) passed away a week ago today at the age of 96. I just returned to New York from ( Read more... )

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kvschwartz July 12 2003, 12:57:34 UTC

my condolences

... ronet July 12 2003, 13:14:09 UTC

as cliche as it probably sounds im sorry about your loss

Re: ... kvschwartz July 12 2003, 13:32:27 UTC

I can't post in your lj, so I'm saying it here: you were born (if I did my math right ...) 11 years plus 12 days after my brother ... & perhaps 13 hours, although I don't know

Re: ... thahall July 12 2003, 16:32:26 UTC

Thank you, Ronnette.

And hey, by the way, I have a new cell phone if you ever want to call and catch me up on your life...

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ex_wild_mind822 July 12 2003, 14:53:52 UTC

Thinking about you. And, circustmances aside, glad to see you.

thahall July 12 2003, 16:52:24 UTC

*smiling* Yea, it is probably time to start writing again.

It is interesting the way death tends to make you think about life. It occured to me on my mother's birthday last week that I am quickly approaching half of her age. Not too far behind would have been a third of my grandfather's... perhaps it is time for a little more focus on my part. Based on familial patterns, I am nearly due to have children. *amused*

And yea, it is always nice to see you.

P.S. Me and Picassa will be getting aquainted soon. You probably know ACDSee, right?

ex_wild_mind822 July 12 2003, 20:37:12 UTC

I have, though the ACDSee I know is just an image viewer - and not necessarily a sophisticated cataloguing system. Is there a version I'm not aware of - or is the viewer what you're referring to?

nt July 12 2003, 15:17:23 UTC

Sorry to hear about your grandfather. 96... he must have had quite a life.

Quite a life... thahall July 12 2003, 16:28:34 UTC

That he did. Born to a wealthy Austrian family, as a youth he lived through the first world war, and wanted to become a doctor. His father had other plans, and drafted him into the family business. He became a glider pilot, acquired some property in Vienna and a large farm in the country. He wooed my grandmother away from a career as a dancer in Berlin, and was well on his way to having seven children when the Luftwaffe came calling and he headed to the coast of Holland for his first tour of service... late in the war with air defenses in shambles he got out hoping to return to his farm and his family. That happened briefly before the wehrmacht called him into anti-tank duty as the Russians breached the Austrian border near his farm. By the time the war ended he had lost much of his wealth but still had his family together. Ten years later as the cold war got more tense, determined not to live through another war, he sold the farm and moved to Canada and had to pretty much start from scratch. Learning english while working menial jobs ( ... )

my condolences as well... rcantilles July 14 2003, 07:09:34 UTC

wow

I hope that my life will be that interesting by the time I'm 90. If I make it to 90!

libertygone July 31 2003, 14:12:11 UTC

Hey

I'm commenting here because you have "bonsai" listed as one of your interests... I thought I would let you know about a new community I've created, ljbonsai. It's just a community for bonsai enthusiasts to meet up and talk about bonsai. Come check it out.

-nick