tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20945999.post7485091010854078933..comments2023-08-16T05:37:03.816-05:00Comments on it bothers me...: PickUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20945999.post-60186322726702311172012-01-11T19:09:21.183-06:002012-01-11T19:09:21.183-06:00I am currently in florida, reading about brix, sug...I am currently in florida, reading about brix, sugars ratios, and acids in oranges and when suddenly i came across Phenolphthalein.... then suddenly i remember Max Pickerall.. i was fortunate to sit for 2 semesters in chemistry (87) - I never continued any further along with chemistry, but i still remember so much - all chemistry from the attraction of man to women... and other such insights i learned from max. we love him so. I suppose he is lying in his casket, confusing his chalk with his cigarettes..telling himself a not so clean joke or 2.robbhttp://pyropro.conoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20945999.post-69616445034468731982011-11-19T11:26:20.762-06:002011-11-19T11:26:20.762-06:00Shelljo, thanks so much for your post! I attended ...Shelljo, thanks so much for your post! I attended CCC in the early 80s, and while I never had a class with Pick two of what became my best friends were his "student assistants" for the science department. David and Randy tuly loved Max as if he was their own father. As evidence, David went on to be a successful chemical engineer but Randy changed "gears" and ended up teaching chemistry because he wanted to be like Pick. I didn't go to college until I was in my early 20s, and I smoked, and as Pick always did I began to join him on Saturday mornings picking up paper, etc. from the around the campus and then joining him for coffee in the student union. The stories he told and the out looks he had on life not only fascinated me but made me think of my Dad and home as I was from out of state. My parents visited Colby once and I think the first person I introduced them to was Max. As you say, Pick affected so many young people in his career, and it's strange because I had a dream just last night about Colby and I couldn't figure out where Pick was....so the first thing I did when I woke up thing morning was to get on-line and find him. I was so saddened to see that he had passed away in May, I lost my own father in January. Obviously his loss is a tremendous loss, but remembering how many kids and kids' kids he influenced makes me smile because....I was one of them. KevinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com