radish times

Robert Lorimer, known to me as grandpa, was a very smart funny man. In his lifetime, he wrote numerous letters, e-mails and reports to various family members on various topics. Since we now have the technology, I thought it would be fun to share his writings, at least within the family, for I know there are many of us who greatly enjoyed the spirit and wit of of his communications. I thought we could start sharing on this blog - and if it gets to big or active, we could move it and make it a thing of its own.

A little background about Robert Lorimer in his own words:

“When I went to college in Rock Island, Illinois, the trip home to Denver took over 20 hours. There were no airplanes in those days.”

“I graduated from college during the depression (1938). After looking for a job for three months I got one as accountant for the Clear Creek Consolidated Mining Company in Idaho Springs, Colorado (mountain country). After three months the officers of the company were arrested for fraud. And Change 1 started.

Then I got a really good job with the Department of the Interior, in its National Bituminous Coal Division in Denver. The job was so good that I got married. Because at that time, especially during the depression, a woman when she got married was almost forced to quit her job, I became the sole support of the family. After less than a year, the Supreme Court ruled that the National Bituminous Coal Division was not constitutional and we were all fired on the same day. So another change started.

Then I got a job with Colorado Fuel and Iron in Pueblo, Colorado, and we had a son named Larry.

And as changes came, things got better and better - except once when I had three children and I had to go to the Navy.”