Comments on: The Most Recent Incident http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/the-most-recent-incident/ falling indelibly into the past Fri, 16 May 2008 21:13:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Planned Obsolescence » Blog Archive » LinkedIn? http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/the-most-recent-incident/#comment-3711 Planned Obsolescence » Blog Archive » LinkedIn? Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:00:40 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=814#comment-3711 [...] a meeting; – one person I actually don’t know, but really ought to; – and my father. To whom I haven’t talked in a very long [...] [...] a meeting; – one person I actually don’t know, but really ought to; – and my father. To whom I haven’t talked in a very long [...]

]]> By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/the-most-recent-incident/#comment-1896 KF Tue, 18 Nov 2003 18:02:25 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=814#comment-1896 <p>I probably should have alleviated some of the mystery with a subtitle:  Part 1 in a Series.  There will be more. </p> <p> We just barely overlapped in Belgium, George—I was there (Kapellen-bos being “there") during part of the summer in 1978 and 1979.  I’m not a military brat, though it’s arguable that my father worked (? past tense, I guess) for the true arbiter of our national defense policy. </p> <p> The funny thing is—having met you—I’d have thought that you were a couple of years younger than me.  Which means we’re probably exactly the same age, and are just holding up mighty well. </p> I probably should have alleviated some of the mystery with a subtitle:  Part 1 in a Series.  There will be more.

We just barely overlapped in Belgium, George—I was there (Kapellen-bos being “there”) during part of the summer in 1978 and 1979.  I’m not a military brat, though it’s arguable that my father worked (? past tense, I guess) for the true arbiter of our national defense policy.

The funny thing is—having met you—I’d have thought that you were a couple of years younger than me.  Which means we’re probably exactly the same age, and are just holding up mighty well.

]]> By: George http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/the-most-recent-incident/#comment-1895 George Tue, 18 Nov 2003 13:31:11 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=814#comment-1895 <p>I second Weez’s comment: “Wow.” You have my sympathy. My relationship with my (recently divorced) parents is odd, but I do communicate with them. For me, the weird part is how recent events and developments in one’s family life can recast the entire life that preceded the present. </p> <p> Tangentially, the coincidences continue. <br /> <a href="http://ghw.wordherders.net/archives/000445.html#654" rel="nofollow">http://ghw.wordherders.net/archives/000445.html#654</a> </p> <p> I think you’re a couple of years younger than me, which would put you in Belgium around the same time my family lived there (1979-1983). Your dad wasn’t in the military, was he? Then you’d be in the military brat camp with Weez and me. </p> I second Weez’s comment: “Wow.” You have my sympathy. My relationship with my (recently divorced) parents is odd, but I do communicate with them. For me, the weird part is how recent events and developments in one’s family life can recast the entire life that preceded the present.

Tangentially, the coincidences continue.

http://ghw.wordherders.net/archives/000445.html#654

I think you’re a couple of years younger than me, which would put you in Belgium around the same time my family lived there (1979-1983). Your dad wasn’t in the military, was he? Then you’d be in the military brat camp with Weez and me.

]]> By: weez http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/the-most-recent-incident/#comment-1894 weez Tue, 18 Nov 2003 11:49:59 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=814#comment-1894 <p>This seems to require some response. </p> <p> As a piece, it’s mysterious. Solid writing. Objectively, I go “wow”. </p> <p> As virtual friend, I go “wow”, but for different reasons. </p> This seems to require some response.

As a piece, it’s mysterious. Solid writing. Objectively, I go “wow”.

As virtual friend, I go “wow”, but for different reasons.

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