Patrick O'Connor

Born/raised: Vancouver. Resident of New Westminster past 28 years. 3 kids, 1 cat, 1 big dog, 1 house, 2 cars, 1 cell phone, 8 composters.

[Patrick O'Connor @oconnor322]

My siblings & I did something interesting on Remembrance Day: We compared notes on our Dad’s WW2 service in the Normandy landings. My Dad is on the far lower right (22 years old). Photo is at Portsmouth while they waited for the “go” order to proceed across the English Channel.

[Patrick O'Connor @oconnor322]

I'm not really sure where I got this little vice, but I'm cleaning off the layers of grunge and lubricating the threads and mechanisms. I plan to polish the exposed steel and repaint the previously painted parts.

[Patrick O'Connor @oconnor322]

Was that a Blackhawk helicopter that just passed over New Westminster? I only caught a glimpse of it through the trees, but it was noticeably louder & heavier sounding than most. I can still hear it rumbling off in the distance east of here.

[Patrick O'Connor @oconnor322]

@TatarynMary @DrHelenFry Thank you for your interesting and informative tweets. 👍

[Patrick O'Connor @oconnor322]

@DrHelenFry > he said it was something his biz partner had brought as a gift from Alaska. I innocently believed up until a couple years ago when it finally dawned on me that he probably picked it up in Normandy as a souvenir (notwithstanding the likely implausibility of the Alaska story).

[Patrick O'Connor @oconnor322]

@DrHelenFry My father was a 22-year old RCN crew member on a D-Day landing craft on June 6. He was there in Normandy until the mid-fall. When I was a kid, I was looking for a tool in his workbench. There was a paper bag. I opened it and it was a Luger pistol. When I asked him about it he .>

[Patrick O'Connor @oconnor322]

Time to bring a few plants inside for the winter. I nursed these through last winter, including the smaller plants that I started as rootings.

[Patrick O'Connor @oconnor322]

Anyone who hasn't seen this episode of WKRP doesn't know what they're missing. Les Nessman topped himself in this one.

[Boston Radio Watch®️ @bostonradio]

48 years ago tonight, October 30, 1978, ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’(CBS) featured ‘Turkey Drop’ episode in which Mr. Carlson took a more hands-on managerial approach by doing the greatest Thanksgiving promotion in radio history - dropping live 🦃 from a 🚁

[Patrick O'Connor @oconnor322]

My Dad made this giant magnet-on-a-rope tool about 30+ years ago when he was about the same age I am now. It sure beats getting down on your sore old knees to find any metal things mixed in with the sawdust. The magnet is from a big PA speaker, so I must have got it for him.

[NASA @NASA]

We mourn the passing of Patrick Stewart, who inspired countless individuals at NASA (and beyond) to boldly go where no one has gone before.

[Patrick O'Connor @oconnor322]

@Deancain I remember noticing him as Sejanus in "I, Claudius". His performance was noteworthy because I recall it to this day. And when he showed up in that first episode of Star Trek TNG, while the rest of the cast groped to find their characters, Stewart nailed Picard from word one. 👍

[Patrick O'Connor @oconnor322]

@george_affleck Which is why you need to have a solid hold on the centre, especially if the left miraculously manage to not split their own vote. There must be a maxim somewhere out there about not poking sleeping bears.

[Peter Meiszner @PeterMeiszner]

Thank you for capturing this moment. I will forever be grateful for the opportunity to serve our city. #vanpoli

[Patrick O'Connor @oconnor322]

@george_affleck Yes, exactly my point. Losing the centre (or "mushy middle" as you call it) loses one an election every time. And losing it on purpose is always a strategic blunder of mind boggling proportions.

[Jaime Stein @jaimestein]

Thank you, Sunita.

For the past two years, Sunita has served Vancouver-Langara as MLA, and she has done it with real heart. I got to know her through my work in the Jewish community, and what began as a working relationship grew into a genuine friendship.

Sunita is one of the warmest, most caring people I know in public life. She works incredibly hard, and she has a rare gift for connecting with people, whoever they are and wherever they come from. I'll never forget her coming straight from Victoria to our CLEAR Alzheimer's dinner to speak to the families we support. It meant a great deal to me.

We ran against each other this fall, but that never changed how I feel about her. Thank you for your service to this community and for your friendship. Vancouver-Langara is better for the work you've done.

@SunitaDhirBC

[Patrick O'Connor @oconnor322]

@fumano Internal polling can be much more accurate due to the population sample. The internal BC Con numbers were showing a strong victory this past week from what I heard from contacts. So no surprise tonight.

[Patrick O'Connor @oconnor322]

@fumano I remember that night. The BCL polling 2 weeks out showed us winning. The day before E-Day, one of the party's pollsters stopped by our campaign office to use our wifi. I asked "how tomorrow looked" and he pulled up the numbers & said we're on track to win 51 seats: which we did.

[Patrick O'Connor @oconnor322]

I went with my wife to her 50th high school reunion last night and saw a few people I haven’t seen since grade 7. And in one case, I saw a brother & sister (twins) I haven’t seen since Kindergarten. The world is an amazing place.

[Patrick O'Connor @oconnor322]

@ShakilZen All of them