(I'll try to be truthful!)- I'm 88 now, in good health in Victoria, British Columbia, living in my own house. And I have some International students, who are attending university- with me, which brightens my days. Son Vern and daughter are in Victoria too, not far from me. I belong to a local amateur radio club which has breakfasts and luncheons several times a year and refurbish bicycles which are free to International Students.

This is Luan from Beijing

A visiting scholar at Uvic for a year.

I was born in Winnipeg in 1917, and lived in Brandon, where I went to school, including Brandon Collegiate. While still in school, I joined a local reserve artillery battery, took gunnery and signals schools and attended annual firing camps at Camp Hughes and Shilo. After graduation, I worked for Continental Auto Supply, wholesale, in Brandon, Calgary, Edmonton and Lethbridge. When World War 11 came along I served in the Brandon army recruiting office in the local armouries, then in artillery units in Canada, England and Northwest Europe, ending up in Germany near Wilhelmshaven- the big naval base. Returning to Canada, I left the army in Vancouver, and settled in Victoria.

	Taking a break from work What a job!- I'm RETIRED! Mostly I spend time on the computers- I have several, adding to our Web Pages, the Family Tree. copying Old Family photos. And I recycle bicycles, which I get from friends and neigbors, spruce up like new, sometimes, and give, free, to International Students at UVIC or Camousan College here. I have a Canadian and an American Pilot's licence, and still manage to pass the physicals each time they come up.

Favorites

This is my yard in Victoria

In fall colours!

Here's a list of some of my favorite movies:
Doctor Zhivago

Lawrence of Arabia

Private Benjamin

The Russians are Coming!


Far From the Madding Crowd- from the famous book by Thomas Hardy- who lived in the same area as my grandparents- Robert and Martha Walden, and wrote about locals, including the Waldens.

Being an "oldster", I have recorded semi- classics, by Tchaivosky -my favorite- the Strauses and Verdi. In Victoria we have The Turner Classic Movies on Channel 42- continuous 4-star movies without commercials. My favorite Channel!