The Owners' Manual | Issue 15 | Spring 2019

Sappy as all hell, but on October 7, 1989 I married Kimberly and by far that’s been the luckiest thing to ever happen to me. I couldn’t ask for a better friend, mother to our four children, in-law to my sister and parents, you name it. She ALWAYS puts others before herself and inspires me to be a better person every day. For the record, in my case it was love at first sight (you can ask my best friend and best man, I turned to him and said, “that’s the woman I’m going to marry” back in Chem 101 at UConn, September 1984). She on the other hand … took a little time to appreciate my … personality and charm. But she did and still does 30 years (this October) later. – Pat Corless, Meriden

When I was abroad during college, I took a long weekend trip to Ireland during St. Patrick’s Day. As everyone knows, it rains frequently there, and being the smart traveler that I was, I forgot my rain coat back in Sweden. However, my Irish luck kicked in and we had 5 beautiful, clear, sunny days in a row while I was visiting. I was joking around with locals that it was my red hair that brought the good luck and weather and they said they’ve never seen amazing consecutive weather like this in a long time. I was able to visit everywhere that I wanted with beautiful views. Must have been the luck of the Irish!

P.S. I was supposed to be born on St. Patrick’s Day, but was too anxious and was born a week early… – Holly Linder, Meriden