digital poppie |
the world's only website dedicated to one really cool dude, leo "poppie" jacobin |
this is poppie and me in denver during the late 60's and early 70's...poppie is the one on the right...most of our shots together look just about like this...with our arms around eachother...i can't decide which of us has the spiffier outfits...but i'm guessing mine were more comfortable... |
the center of poppie's life takes the center of this page...my gramma crissy...she still lives on the same street in this photo...and she actually looks just about the same too (that poppie had good taste!)...the keys to her longevity are simple... first, she shakes her hands to keep the blood flowing and second...she's full of a lot of bps... |
poppie served in the pacific during world war II...his boat withstood a deadly typhoon en route to provide cover for General MacArthur...his was the only boat to abandon their orders to pull capsized sailors out of the water...poppie's expert shooting skills earned him the task of picking off sharks in the water that were circling the men...they saved dozens of men who would have certainly died...he even sewed the victory flag that he's helping to hold up on the right...i first saw that flag during one of his navy reunions...you could still smell the saltwater...the shot on the left was taken the day the boys returned to the states after the war...they stopped in a bar called "the derby" in san francisco to celebrate their last day together...it's a bank today...poppie's buddies in the photo are actually named "doc" and "champ"... |
poppie had his own sporting goods store...which gave him plenty of time to chat fishing with his buddies...he could usually catch double what anyone else could...sometimes triple...poppie helped me reel in my first fish there on the right...he took me to a trout farm where you pay by the fish...i liked it so much that i refused to leave...it was the first and last time i out-fished him... |
so was this taken 10...20...30 years ago?...or just this morning?...you be the judge...poppie is gone but he'll never be forgotten...zoe and ryan say "hi"...we miss you poppie... |
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poppie's war efforts recently made the news when the story of his boat's heroics were featured on the history channel...it was aired about the same time that crissy was able to track down the victory flag that poppie had sewn...i really wanted that flag...i have it now and it will stay in the family until 2145...then it will be given to the smithsonian on its 200 year anniversary...i wonder if it will still smell like saltwater... |
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