-----Original Message----- From: Jon Carey [mailto:greyw01f at hotmail.com] >over-written posterity. Granted, Paarfi should have extensive material to >write from, assuming he can figure out the playback feature on the metal >box, but still.... This reminded me strongly of my grandad (82 y.o.). I was visiting a couple weeks ago, and listening to him talk nonstop, nodding & smiling occassionally, when he mentioned a tape his youngest son had made in May, interviewing him about relatives, ancestors, family history. He'd never heard the tape, and the son died a few days later (cardiac arrest; it was very sad). Grandad was convinced the tape had been erased or lost because of all the grandkids trooping through for the funeral & all. I pulled the tape recorder out, rewound the tape that was in it, and he & I listened to the voice of my uncle out of that little black box. We both had tears in our eyes. Well, it doesn't really have much to do with Paarfi. Other than that Grandad has no idea how a tape recorder works, or any other of that advanced technology. I wonder if Paarfi can operate email. >In any event, I'm fairly sure that Paarfi is taking a few creative >liberties. We should be careful how much we swallow that comes from >Paarfi--he seems almost hopelessly juvenile at points. Well, that's a lot like my Grandad. I wouldn't say juvenile, then! Rachel