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geodeticman.5 · 08-17-2008, 07:01 PM

JJ - I finally saw Gord Sr.'s ears - and, with respect to Gord and Gord Sr., may he rest in Peace, indeed, Junior got many of Senior's features, ears notably. I have not heard the year Sr. died, anyone know ? I can look it up on the web.... n/p .

The only reference that comes to mind of Gord's father, in his music, is in Restless - the scrimshaw of his father's, and indirectly, perhaps, given his age implied in the song as I hear it, an -envisioned- picture of his father , in "Sit Down Young Stranger". I wonder, as we have heard many quoted references to Gord regarding his mother - attending concert in Orillia, etc., and I know Gord Sr. died quite along time ago, but I wonder if Gord has the sense of peace that comes from knowing your father is indeed proud of you, as an adult man, of his acomplishments , sucess in many aspects.

More importantly -a father's acknowledgement of his son's character, and being a good man in the father's eyes, before he passes. Its incredibly important to most men I have spoken to. Sometimes we live our lives trying to live up to our -imagined- father's expectations...

I had the good fortune, and forever thankful to my father, who in fact did tell me these things, lest they not be said before he lost his ability to speak... and then passed. It leaves a man with an underestimated (beforehand) and overwhelming (afterwards) sense of pride and inner peace, satisfaction, in a good way, not boastful, mostly of relief in my case, as my father had VERY big shoes to try and fill....

I wore other shoes, in the sense my career did not follow in his footsteps, but to our mutual surprise, shared a number of overlapping technical resources i.e. satellite imagery - he buuilt 'em and launched 'em in the rockets he helped build, and DID design, and I used 'em - the Satellites - for imagery/remote sensing , and in the older constellation of GPS satellites, he launched those too, just not the newer GLONASS constellation for GPS et al. And I indeed use GPS in my field. We found we had so MUCH in common to speak of shop - as I got older, and we both seemed very pleased by that - as he'd sit on the deck and smoke that pipe tobacco...

I DO hope Gord has that satisfaction of knowing his father's esteem of him.... truly... is my point.

~geo steve

08-17-2008, 07:01 PM	#20
geodeticman.5 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eastern Slope urban corridor, Colo. USA Posts: 1,007	Re: Vintage Film Footage of Gordon! JJ - I finally saw Gord Sr.'s ears - and, with respect to Gord and Gord Sr., may he rest in Peace, indeed, Junior got many of Senior's features, ears notably. I have not heard the year Sr. died, anyone know ? I can look it up on the web.... n/p . The only reference that comes to mind of Gord's father, in his music, is in Restless - the scrimshaw of his father's, and indirectly, perhaps, given his age implied in the song as I hear it, an -envisioned- picture of his father , in "Sit Down Young Stranger". I wonder, as we have heard many quoted references to Gord regarding his mother - attending concert in Orillia, etc., and I know Gord Sr. died quite along time ago, but I wonder if Gord has the sense of peace that comes from knowing your father is indeed proud of you, as an adult man, of his acomplishments , sucess in many aspects. More importantly -a father's acknowledgement of his son's character, and being a good man in the father's eyes, before he passes. Its incredibly important to most men I have spoken to. Sometimes we live our lives trying to live up to our -imagined- father's expectations... I had the good fortune, and forever thankful to my father, who in fact did tell me these things, lest they not be said before he lost his ability to speak... and then passed. It leaves a man with an underestimated (beforehand) and overwhelming (afterwards) sense of pride and inner peace, satisfaction, in a good way, not boastful, mostly of relief in my case, as my father had VERY big shoes to try and fill.... I wore other shoes, in the sense my career did not follow in his footsteps, but to our mutual surprise, shared a number of overlapping technical resources i.e. satellite imagery - he buuilt 'em and launched 'em in the rockets he helped build, and DID design, and I used 'em - the Satellites - for imagery/remote sensing , and in the older constellation of GPS satellites, he launched those too, just not the newer GLONASS constellation for GPS et al. And I indeed use GPS in my field. We found we had so MUCH in common to speak of shop - as I got older, and we both seemed very pleased by that - as he'd sit on the deck and smoke that pipe tobacco... I DO hope Gord has that satisfaction of knowing his father's esteem of him.... truly... is my point. ~geo steve