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A possible place to start: if your dad is still alive, give him a call. Ask him to read the letter before the call. Then ask him if there was ever an event or phenomena that he wishes he could have prepared you for, to give you the gift of enjoying the wonder of the world we live in. You'll probably be surprised and happy at his answer.

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This sounds like the end of an email forward from grandpa, not going to lie. I've been close enough to my dad that I read with enthusiasm as he wrote emails to his surgeons' professional group, and this is such a trite way to do things.

I don't understand this comment at all, genuinely. What is trite? And what is an and of an email forward? Will you stop forwarding emails from him? Don't get it. Maybe my reading comprehension dropped sharply recently.

I don't understand that comment either. Perhaps that comment meant that its parent comment looks like the end of early 2000-era email forwards that would end with sentimental messages. But I don't know what is being referred to as trite.

You don't have to ask that exact interview question, but you'd be surprised at both the sentimental and historical value that recordings of small mindane things can have.

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