In Memorium II

[ngauger]

I, too, remembered, since the news media made it a point to say that the 2012 remembrances/tributes would be scaled back. It was no surprise to me, since the 10th was a bigger anniversary than we had in 09 and 10. I'm sure the 20th, 25th and 50th will be large ones too... as is the case with WWII and other war tributes.

I did think of the two 9/11 "contacts" I had - one friend works in New York and his subway train went under the area about an hour before. Also - the band that plays at the local renn faire, is here now and I was the one to tell the band leader/song writer, that one of his fans had written some of one of his songs in a note to his girlfriend, in preparations to proposing to her on 9/15/01 (her birthday -- this is according to his friend that delivered the note to said girl). Her boyfriend died in the second tower... she had the note framed. I told the band leader what I had read about one of his songs, he asked me to cut out the article and bring it to him the next week. I did.

I had it framed for him. I handed it to him and said; "I have no idea why you sing and write music.. (Laughing ) You never have any effect on anyone... We both chuckled at this. He sincerely thanked me as we both teared up.......

As far as the NASCAR thread, it's one of the few jobs I have here. and as you know - I'm getting old.. I have it on my calendar so I remember to update the thread every Tuesday after the penalties (if any) are given out. That's the only reason that thread was updated, it was Tuesday. As ezdays commented.. I shed a tear or three, for people I never knew, will never meet, but have a surreal connection with.

Something else too, to think about. I was born in 58. I don't remember WWII, save for what i learned form others telling me. Anyone born in the last 10 years and all future people, will be the same toward 9/11 - they will only know things second hand, whether it be from being told or the videos from the day. It's a LOT different "living through it" and just hearing about it.

Like Viet Nam, The Berlin Wall coming down, The Cuban Missile Crisis, JFK in Dallas, Nixon/Watergate, Man on The Moon..... All those, I "remember" - I lived through them.... Anything else: FDR, WWI, Korea, etc. are only what I've been told or seen on TV - all second hand. Such as it will be, for millions of people, only what they are told about 9/11.

Whether it be "the" 2 towers, people killed needlessly by terrorism and/or war...
................We still must never forget