{"id":5516,"date":"2017-03-11T12:45:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T17:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/triciatierneyblog.com\/?p=5516"},"modified":"2017-03-11T15:41:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T20:41:55","slug":"searching-for-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/triciatierneyblog.com\/?p=5516","title":{"rendered":"Searching for Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bosnia 1992<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I watch a lot of English television shows – mostly the mysteries on PBS. In general, they have finer scripts and better acting than American network television, don’t you think? And there’s another reason. Sometimes, with some slang or turn of phrase, I’ll hear my late husband.<\/p>\n

Neil would have liked the kind-but-tough main character from the series George Gently<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0his tortured, wise guy sidekick. The smoky scenes would have reminded him of his childhood in the 1960s. Watching it, I hear Neil’s voice in my head telling me how he once had a car like that, or exclaiming how he’d love a chip butty from a caff, an onion bajhi or some other peculiar delicacy he misses from home.<\/p>\n

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Venice 1993<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The other day was his birthday – the 12th one he didn’t get to celebrate. Sharon, a friend who knew and misses him too, joined me in raising a glass to him. We reminisced with laughter. I miss the adventurous, charming, funny and generous man I loved and thought I’d grow old with. Instead I search the televised streets of England for memories of him.<\/p>\n

PS – I am witness to the fact that addiction treatment is not always effective for every patient – but nor is cancer treatment — and THIS,\u00a0this<\/em> is criminal! Please speak up.<\/p>\n

“GOP health-care bill would drop addiction treatment mandate covering 1.3 million Americans”<\/a><\/p>\n

PPS – My shared memory inspired Neil’s ICRC mate and our friend Bojan to fill in some backstory on the top photo. And he’s letting me share it here…<\/p>\n

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“Speaking about memories, that tape on the window of Land Rover is ICRC tape…it was there to hold bulletproof glass together. We (Neil and myself) were driving to the airport. Heavy beast (land rover) slid off the road, nose down to the ditch. That happened on actual front line (Sierra 3, you might remember). We go out and radioed French to bring a crane and pull us out. In the meantime Serb soldiers came and tried to steal the car. They shot several times from their AK 47 at windows trying to break in.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This happened in early January 1993. Check point was set smack in the centre of front line on the road going from UN HQ (aka PTT building) to the airport. That Landrover was fully bulletproof. Weight of that car was 4 tonnes (almost 10,000 pounds) which made it impossible to control on the snow (well, to everyone but me….hehehe). We got stuck (crashed), Serbs showed up shortly and then took off. We hitched a ride to the airport in Ukraninan APC. By the time we got French to take us back there in their mobile crane, Serbs were all over the car trying to steal it. Guns were drawn (French) reinforcement called and for some reasons, Serbs decided to leave it alone and finally left.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I looked at Neil and said: “what just happened”? He replied with simple…. fuuuuck. We did not talk about that much afterwards, do not know why.”<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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