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Today is my dad Irwin's 80th birthday. Yes he was born January 24, 1928. Like all depression-era dads of the Jewish persuasion, his mantra is "Don't buy me anything; I don't want you to spend your money." This would not be so annoying if I knew something he wanted, so I could just send it to him. But the man has no interests besides the Disabled Veterans,of which he is an officer, his grandchildren [my sister's kids], and reading. I was thinking of sending him Tom Brokaw's new book "Boomer" because I know he will enjoy reading about the 60s, when he was a young-ish dad. But he thinks buying books is a waste of money. "I can just go to the 'liberry'", he says. Oh, what to do........
Anyway, I thought it might be cool if a bunch of people wished Irwin a happy birthday. If you would like to do that, email me and I will give you his email address.....
all this got me thinking about a life that began in 1928-- a year before the Great Depression, and lived through WWII, the 1950s,1960s,1970s and through to the new millennium.......
so I wrote an article you can read here
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