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Originally Posted by Mistica
For all my father's wonderful attributes, and forward thinking outlook, there was one in which he was lacking. He believed the sciences were a man's world, so I was not privy to more than superficial details of his work when I was growing up.
He was also rather eccentric, and till this day I am still amused by the occasion he was all dressed in his suit to go to work, briefcase in hand, standing in the road, ready to get in his car..... and I had to wave madly from the front door to let him know he had forgotten to put his trousers on. Ha ha.
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Your father's attitudes to "women and engineering": for the period in question, such attitudes were par for the course.
Your father's eccentricity: history has many similar anecdotes of very intelligent and highly creative people who often displayed bizarre behaviour. It seems that their brain is so heavily laden with so many strands of thoughts and ideas all running in parallel (so to speak) that some 'obvious' things simply don't get a 'look-in'.
I'm sure that there are many here who would have liked to have met him.
Al.