I found my Grandpa’s notes 20 years after he died (2020)

Re:I found my Grandpa’s notes 20 years after he died (2020) by anonymousiam on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @03:26PM (#27054488)

Last year I found an easter egg that my father left for me in his address database. (He died in 2013, but was afflicted with Alzheimer's for the last 10 years of his life.)

From my father's address book (a DbaseII file that was last updated on December 15th 1992). This was a note associated with my contact info. Found on February 16, 2020.

Hi there, son. I doubt if anyone else will ever see these memos, but if anybody ever does, it will have to be you because you would be the only one with enough computer savy to dig them out. Hope you are doing well--and if I'm not still in this dimension when you see this--have a drink to your old dad's memory. Having you around gave me most of the pleasure in our family's growing up period! Live long and prosper...............

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Re:I found my Grandpa’s notes 20 years after he died (2020) by chunky1994 on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @03:39PM (#27054646)

Thank you for sharing this, it's a beautiful expression of how uplifting emotion can be even in the face of how fleeting our lives are; especially during these times!

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Re:I found my Grandpa’s notes 20 years after he died (2020) by h0p3 on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @11:52PM (#27058986)

Dude. Thank you for sharing.

What did you do when you saw it?

What would you say back?

Are you leaving any easter eggs for your own offspring?

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Re:I found my Grandpa’s notes 20 years after he died (2020) by codeproject on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @07:12PM (#27057086)

I have this bittersweet feeling. surely you had a wonderful dad. Thanks for sharing this wonderful story.

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Re:I found my Grandpa’s notes 20 years after he died (2020) by rainpain on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @05:32PM (#27056077)

This made me shed a tear. Wonderful.

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Re:I found my Grandpa’s notes 20 years after he died (2020) by leesec on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @03:30PM (#27054540)

What a beautiful easter egg.

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Re:I found my Grandpa’s notes 20 years after he died (2020) by foobiekr on Thursday May 06, 2021 @05:20PM (#27069190)

that's sweet.

I would leave one of these for my wife, but she'd never find it. she will, however, inevitably discover my journal, and hopefully that will be nice for her.

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Re:I found my Grandpa’s notes 20 years after he died (2020) by testfoobar on Wednesday May 05, 2021 @05:19PM (#27055961)

That's wonderful. Sorry for your loss.

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