OT but worth sharing, I think

quidni · Post by **quidni** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 9:20 pm

I had a very interesting customer come in this afternoon.

He was a tall man, even with the slight stooping that came with age. Spare-framed, and craggy looking. I can't really describe him any other way - except the twinkle in his eyes, and the way he carried himself, proclaimed him to be younger on the inside than the very white hair and crow's feet declared on the outside. And he had been awarded two Purple Hearts. I have to admit that I got curious.

Me: So, where did you serve, sir?
Him: I was on the last troop ship that was sunk by a German sub in the English Channel. Only a third of us survived.
Me: Wow... World War II.

Him: The second was when I served in Korea.
Me: My Dad served in Korea, and 'Nam.
Him: (grinning) The only reason I wasn't in Vietnam was because I'd already been ordered to Panama.

I definitely had to shake his hand before he left. Sa-LUTE!

Post by **Skiprr** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 7:38 pm

Second that. Thank you, quidni.

longtooth · Post by **longtooth** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:10 pm

Me too. I shake hands & thank all of them I meet. If I find out they were in WWll or Korea I ask about battles. I know all of Dad's. If any match I double thank them for helping him.

kw5kw · Post by **kw5kw** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:01 pm

What a wonderfully panegyric post!

Thank you for sharing.

Russ

KBCraig · Post by **KBCraig** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:55 pm

kw5kw wrote:What a wonderfully panegyric post!

I love learning new words. Thanks!

(Not so sure it applies in this context... but it will stick in my brain for the right moment to come along.)

Kevin

RPBrown · Post by **RPBrown** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 7:27 am

KBCraig wrote:
kw5kw wrote:What a wonderfully panegyric post!
I love learning new words. Thanks!

(Not so sure it applies in this context... but it will stick in my brain for the right moment to come along.)

Kevin

OOHHH, got to look that one up.

That was a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing it

flintknapper · Post by **flintknapper** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 10:37 am

panÂ·eÂ·gyrÂ·ic (păn'ə-jĭr'ĭk, -jī'rĭk)
n.
A formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment.
Elaborate praise or laudation; an encomium.

[Latin panēgyricus, from Greek panēgurikos (logos), (speech) at a public assembly, panegyric, from panēguris, public assembly : pan-, pan- + aguris, assembly, marketplace.]

Cool word.

But, for my purposes: "You done good" Quidni, Thanks for posting that uplifting event, and for your patriotism.