Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Privilege

[Marc de Piolenc <piolenc@archivale.com>]

Mr. Humphries may be old, but he is obviously not retired or idle, and 
clearly not steeped in nostalgia for the Good Old Days.

If you want his knowledge put down in writing, YOU had better do it or 
find someone else to do it. Format should be "oral history" - taped 
interviews for later transcription or gisting. This takes as little of 
the source's time as humanly possible.

Best,
Marc

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On 8/11/2010 7:22 AM, jimftodd@aol.com wrote:
> Yesterday I was having lunch at Wendy's and an elderly gentleman noticed
> the book /Manned Submersibles./ He asked me what my interest in
> submarines is, and we got into a long discussion over lunch. He is about
> 90 years old and a WWII veteran - Navy. He is also an electrical
> engineer and patent attorney. For years he was Chief Patent Counsel for
> a defense contractor and had several submarine stories to tell. He asked
> a lot of questions and I showed him pics of /Bionic Guppy/ and /R300/.
> People such as him are a real treasure, and it was certainly a special
> privilege to stumble across him. He had to leave to get to the library,
> said he had some research to do, but he gave me his card and e-mail
> address and asked me to stay in touch. I'll absolutely do that.
> I asked my dad to write down all the stories he used to tell about his
> days as a PBM pilot in the Pacific during WWII. He said he would, but
> never did before he died. Maybe I can get Mr. Humphries to do that.
> JT
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