buckytom
Grill Master
we finally got down to my parents' house today to exchange christmas gifts.
after hooking up the new hd tv we got them, and then trying to explain the 10,000 new settings it has, we ordered chinese takeout.
lots of good stuff: wonton soup, veggie fried rice, pork fried rice, shrimp chop suey, chicken and broccoli, kung pao shrimp, pork chow ho fun, and beef and broccoli.
the food was good, but after dinner my dad gave me some unbelievable gifts. he gave me about a dozen of his most favourite cd's of classical music, an encyclopedia of classical composers, a vintage "orvis fly fishing guide", but then he blew me away.
he gave me his old world war 2 binoculars. the ones he carried from d-day at normandy, through 5 campaigns into central europe. since he was a medic on the front lines the entire time (actually behind the lines during the battle of the bulge), he used these binoculars to spot wounded men so he could run out and drag them to safety, while also spotting ss snipers with them for his platoon.
i used to play with them as a little boy, but i'm not sure if he knew how much i prized them, for their history, and just how cool they were.
he was very happy to know that they will get more use, but now only for spotting birds or deer or bear.
after hooking up the new hd tv we got them, and then trying to explain the 10,000 new settings it has, we ordered chinese takeout.
lots of good stuff: wonton soup, veggie fried rice, pork fried rice, shrimp chop suey, chicken and broccoli, kung pao shrimp, pork chow ho fun, and beef and broccoli.
the food was good, but after dinner my dad gave me some unbelievable gifts. he gave me about a dozen of his most favourite cd's of classical music, an encyclopedia of classical composers, a vintage "orvis fly fishing guide", but then he blew me away.
he gave me his old world war 2 binoculars. the ones he carried from d-day at normandy, through 5 campaigns into central europe. since he was a medic on the front lines the entire time (actually behind the lines during the battle of the bulge), he used these binoculars to spot wounded men so he could run out and drag them to safety, while also spotting ss snipers with them for his platoon.
i used to play with them as a little boy, but i'm not sure if he knew how much i prized them, for their history, and just how cool they were.
he was very happy to know that they will get more use, but now only for spotting birds or deer or bear.