David geeking out at the Apple Store at King of Prussia, PA. I was randomly searching for a photo that would go with this post, and picked this one. Then I looked at the date on the photo: March 19, 2005. I took this photo two years ago, to the day. How bizarre.

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On Saturday night/early Sunday morning I found myself reading through my old email, messages that David and I exchanged while I was living in both Vancouver and Scranton. I kept reading until five o’clock in the morning, alternately laughing and crying at the things he wrote until I made myself stop and sleep so I could be coherent at brunch.

I really miss David’s sense of humour. This is an email he sent to me before our Summer 2005 rendez-vous in Toronto, a meeting place where he could drive to and I wouldn’t get in trouble with U.S. Immigration while waiting for my fiancee visa. The original plan was for David to fly the Tri-Pacer up (he even obtained the Canadian Customs sticker), but in the end he had to drive because it was July 1 — Canada Day — and Toronto City Centre Airport’s customs office closed early.

From: David Fielding
Date: June 29, 2005 3:08:55 PM EDT (CA)
To: Gail Edwin
Subject: It pays to shop around…

There are two places to park planes at City Centre airport; the “nice” FBO, City Centre Aviation Ltd., wants $35 CDN per night for parking. The Esso Aviation place only asks $20/night, and they waive the first night.

The Esso guy said that they are on the “rough-looking” part of the airport; I told him I would be right at home.

The girl at CCA said I have a “Pennsylvania accent”!

“Well,” I thought, “yaz* ain’t gettin’ my business…”

* See third bullet point at ‘Lexical Characteristics’.
Stumbled across this, too, which is hilarious if you’re familiar with the area.