[ale] OT: D-Day +68

[Tim Watts]

I met an elderly man in France while riding through Normandy on my
bicycle back in '96.  He was there that day, not as a soldier but as a
French citizen living under Nazi rule.  This man showed me what real
enduring gratitude is about.

I rode into a small town and stopped to get directions from two women.
When they noticed I was from the US they called over to their friend and
introduced me.  He didn't speak English -- and I know only enough French
to make the French want me to speak English -- but the women explained
that since being liberated he's made a commitment to do something nice
to any US citizen he encounters.  I just wanted to be on my way but he
insisted on taking me to lunch.  We communicated mainly in gestures and
diagrams but it was a lunch I'll never forget.

So yeah, what Aaron says too, but this day meant something real to a lot
of people.



On Wed, 2012-06-06 at 10:16 -0400, Rich Faulkner wrote:
> Placing it on the record here; that today marks D-DAY plus 68-years.
> Thank you gentlemen...one and all.
> 
> John 15:13 
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