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gilpo

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32. I only wish i got to know him better

Thu Oct 29, 2015, 04:57 PM

Oct 2015

He died while I was in college and he didn't relate well to children. We have a family friend who like to relate a story about me as a child. Apparently, I asked once why I had to call Mr. Gilpatric Granddad.

He did relate well to adults and my father enjoyed a good relationship with him until the end. By the time I was old enough for him to be comfortable with me, I had moved west and only saw him at Christmas.

It is a really fortunate thing that Kennedy chose to surround himself with people like him. LeMay would have killed us all.

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Unspeakably Crazy Octafish Oct 2015 #3

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