It would be interesting to know how much we really learn & pick up from our parents, cognizant or not. Recently my mom and I were talking about how fun she had riding pillion on my dad's NSU-250 before they were married. It then struck me that my dad, who was really into motorcycles as a youngster (Norton and NSU) later became reluctant to talk about this when I grew up. Although he was never actually opposed to me having a bike, he didn't encouraging it either, (and perhaps that cool poise gave me enough fuel to initiate this incendiary interest for moto-bikes... who knows?). Whenever my mother starts talking about their exploits in life, I feel like telling her how grateful I am for having her and my dad as my parents... but I somehow never really do so. So this time I told her that if she sends me some pictures of them riding the NSU bike, I'll promise to put them on the web and write a piece about how grateful I am for having them as my parents. For most of you who don't really know me (or my parents), I'm sure all this must be dreadful boring stuff, so just hit delete now... or perhaps you should first look at the pictures -- they are kind of cute; http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/~peer/parents.html -- peer
======================================= Peer, Enjoyed your article & pictures - thanks for sharing & welcome to reality, huh. Your parents make a cute and good looking couple - what memories i'm sure they'd like to share with you. Time to break out that video camera. The older I get, the more I see my dad & mom in me too. It's amazing how that happens. And it's not a bad thing; carries on their legacy. I see my own two kids experiencing the same thing. They have kids of their own now, and when at our house, i'll catch them arguing with themselves about how they're sounding just like dad / mom over something dealing with their own kids. LOL, Pay backs - aren't they great? My daughter, being the first born, never came with a manual; though in vain, I searched for one. When I look back, i can see many mistakes and decisions I've made that I wish could be taken back - but I can't. BUT - I also know I've done far more 'good' for them, than I'll probably ever know. Lifes valley's and mountain tops, make us who we are too. But it's what our parents taught us; ingrained in us, that make us shine through it all. Curtis 00 Blk Valk I/S
On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:10:37 +0000 (UTC), They are. Your parents seem to have been a cute couple, and while they may not have been a lot of fun as parents, they were obviously able to enjoy life... Al Moore DoD 734
Cool parents. I never got along with my mom and my dad was off fighting in wars. Sad really, I never got to know them very well. -- muddy Testing the limits of gravity since 1947. icq - 219328929
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