Romanian stamp c. 1966; Aron Pumnul.  Aron Pumnul was a Romanian teacher, activist, and philologist (someone who deals with the structure, development, and relationship of languages).  He supported the adoption of the Latin alphabet for the Romanian language, instead of the Cyrillic alphabet. Design by Vlasto.

Romanian stamp c. 1966; Aron Pumnul.  Aron Pumnul was a Romanian teacher, activist, and philologist (someone who deals with the structure, development, and relationship of languages).  He supported the adoption of the Latin alphabet for the Romanian language, instead of the Cyrillic alphabet.

Design by Vlasto.


When my grandfather passed away several years ago, he left quite a bunch of stuff behind.  He was definitely a packrat; an organized packrat, but a packrat nonetheless. In one of the many boxes were a few photo albums I’d never seen before.  One in particular contained photos from his time aboard the USS Arizona, pre Pearl Harbor.  The crew goofing off, salty old-school Navy lifers, that kind of thing; pretty significant photos considering the fated setting. Eventually I’ll share some of those here, but first I need to do more research on them. For now, I’ll leave you with this photo that was in the same album.  I have no idea who these fellas are.  The back of the photo is inscribed: This was taken at Pacific Beach on the Washington Oregon coast.  You have met the two gentlemen in the picture.Red  Check out that 1936 Plymouth Sedan, cost all of $700 new back then.  And check out that dapper three-piece suit on the guy on left.  I wonder who these guys were, and what their story is.

When my grandfather passed away several years ago, he left quite a bunch of stuff behind.  He was definitely a packrat; an organized packrat, but a packrat nonetheless.

In one of the many boxes were a few photo albums I’d never seen before.  One in particular contained photos from his time aboard the USS Arizona, pre Pearl Harbor.  The crew goofing off, salty old-school Navy lifers, that kind of thing; pretty significant photos considering the fated setting.

Eventually I’ll share some of those here, but first I need to do more research on them.

For now, I’ll leave you with this photo that was in the same album.  I have no idea who these fellas are.  The back of the photo is inscribed:

This was taken at Pacific Beach on the Washington Oregon coast.  You have met the two gentlemen in the picture.

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Check out that 1936 Plymouth Sedan, cost all of $700 new back then.  And check out that dapper three-piece suit on the guy on left.  I wonder who these guys were, and what their story is.


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