Father's Day and Gord

[Auburn Annie]

From the Globe and Mail [http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/...ness/Investor]
from Brendan Kyne, president of hedge fund manager Leeward Capital Management Inc., on his favorite Father's Day memory:


"When I was 10 or 11 years old, in the early 1970s, I went trout fishing with my dad on Father's Day. We got up very early. . . . I remember the sunrise and listening to the AM radio, which was playing Gordon Lightfoot, the car smelled like doughnuts as we had stopped at Tim Hortons to get coffee for my dad. The promise of the day's adventure was wonderful and it gave me the chance to have great one-on-one quality time with my dad and to this day I can still remember that drive."

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Reminds me of Sundays with my Dad when just we two would go down a few blocks to the Five Points and Eddie's restaurant - he'd have his coffee with the paper, and I'd have hot cocoa and a cinnamon doughnut (or, root beer and an English muffin, depending on weather and mood - mine, not his <g>.) We'd come in the back door past the pinball machines, and sit at the counter on the round metal seats that swiveled around, my feet dangling. All the regulars said hello (my dad was chief of police at the time, the youngest and longest tenured in our city's history.) This is the first year we'll be without him (he died May 25th), so it's nice to have the memories.

[Auburn Annie]

From the Globe and Mail [http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/...ness/Investor]
from Brendan Kyne, president of hedge fund manager Leeward Capital Management Inc., on his favorite Father's Day memory:


"When I was 10 or 11 years old, in the early 1970s, I went trout fishing with my dad on Father's Day. We got up very early. . . . I remember the sunrise and listening to the AM radio, which was playing Gordon Lightfoot, the car smelled like doughnuts as we had stopped at Tim Hortons to get coffee for my dad. The promise of the day's adventure was wonderful and it gave me the chance to have great one-on-one quality time with my dad and to this day I can still remember that drive."

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Reminds me of Sundays with my Dad when just we two would go down a few blocks to the Five Points and Eddie's restaurant - he'd have his coffee with the paper, and I'd have hot cocoa and a cinnamon doughnut (or, root beer and an English muffin, depending on weather and mood - mine, not his <g>.) We'd come in the back door past the pinball machines, and sit at the counter on the round metal seats that swiveled around, my feet dangling. All the regulars said hello (my dad was chief of police at the time, the youngest and longest tenured in our city's history.) This is the first year we'll be without him (he died May 25th), so it's nice to have the memories.

Annie, I think leaving out the brackets might be the better option: http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/...iness/Investor

Of course you can always copy & paste.

A poignant post Annie, thank you

Annie, I think leaving out the brackets might be the better option: http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/...iness/Investor

Of course you can always copy & paste.

A poignant post Annie, thank you

[Steve DeRosa]

Annie,
This must have been a terribly hard Father's Day for you! I am so happy that you have such wonderful memories of your Dad that will live in your heart always.

[Oma]

Annie,
This must have been a terribly hard Father's Day for you! I am so happy that you have such wonderful memories of your Dad that will live in your heart always.

[Auburn Annie]

Thanks, Oma and Rick. My sister took mom up to the cemetery to say hi to Dad, then drove up to Tom Thumb's (a local summer store on Owasco Lake) for soft ice cream. They ran errands, went for a ride (it was a beautiful day) and barbequed dinner on the new grill Dad never got a chance to use - the old one flared up when lit, threatening to blow off your eyebrows if you leaned over too close LOL.

Once we get through this July (his birthday and their wedding anniversary) and the major holidays it'll get better. There've been lots of laughs along the way (it helps to have a gazillion relatives - I have 8 siblings, so there's always somebody there to tell a funny story.)

Thanks again.

[Auburn Annie]

Thanks, Oma and Rick. My sister took mom up to the cemetery to say hi to Dad, then drove up to Tom Thumb's (a local summer store on Owasco Lake) for soft ice cream. They ran errands, went for a ride (it was a beautiful day) and barbequed dinner on the new grill Dad never got a chance to use - the old one flared up when lit, threatening to blow off your eyebrows if you leaned over too close LOL.

Once we get through this July (his birthday and their wedding anniversary) and the major holidays it'll get better. There've been lots of laughs along the way (it helps to have a gazillion relatives - I have 8 siblings, so there's always somebody there to tell a funny story.)

Thanks again.

[fowlesjohn]

Annie, Hello. Hope you will always remember the wonderful memories. God bless you and keep you and yoursalways on the bright side.
Gwen

[gwen snyder]

Annie, Hello. Hope you will always remember the wonderful memories. God bless you and keep you and yoursalways on the bright side.
Gwen