Uncle Ron's email to me was Dec 22, 2006, his birthday. He was in pain, felt terrible and still had humor.
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Knowing and working with Ron Armstrong was a privilege. And sharing with him and my family was simply great! I know that he is sharing all this with us. I know you are fine! Enjoy now!
Knowing Ron Armstrong was a privilege and an honour. From the first day, Ron impressed me as a gentle man, one who cared for everyone around him. His humility belied his scholarly insights and his love for modern and old languages. Often, we engaged in conversations about different aspects of this world (that never seems to learn from history), his travels, and my being here from a distant land. We shared mutual concerns about the easily avoidable conflicts in this world, and laughed at political "leaders" foibles. Ron's sense of humour was evident when it was most needed. Ron will remain vivid in my mind as a good friend, a humane person, whose kind and polite style were his hallmarks, and will remain etched in my memory.
Ratna Ray
Since I am younger than Ron, I wasn't there. However, I got this information from dMarie Time Capsule online.
1934 (U.S.) Prices:
Bread - $0.08/ loaf
Milk - $0.45/gal.
Car - $575
Gas - $0.19 gal.
House - $5,972
Stamp - $0.03/ea.
Avg. Income - $1,506/yr.
Best Picture: It Happened One Night
Top Songs: Solitude by Duke Ellington, One Night of Love by Gus Kahn,
Fun to be Fooled by Ira Gershwin, Lost in a Fog by Dorothy Fields
Fair and Warmer by Al Dubin, You'rethe Top by Cole Porter
Anything Goes by Cole Porter, There Goes My Heart by Abner Silver
Hot New Toys in 1934:
Radio Flyer "Streak-O-Lite"
Parker Brothers' "Sorry!"
Top Books:
Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh
Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara
Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
Anonymous
16 years agoGail, Ron was such an incredible person to all of us, that every one that knew him are still missing his physical absence, here on Earth, but he is with us everywhere, and I still have him active in my e-mail addreses, as I am sure, that if I send him an e-mail, he will be watching him from another dimension. He always had great words about you, specially when you joined him for lunch on the weekends, and all I can tell you, Is that I keep his last e-mails in my mail box as a tribute to him; Me and my family miss you dearly Ron Armstrong. Thank you so much Gail; I will keep this in my memories forever, Brian Chaytor