John Kromhoff has been pleasantly surprised by all the birthday cards and letters he91裸聊视频檚 received and would like everyone to know he truly appreciates it.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 amazing,91裸聊视频� Kromhoff told the Langley Advance Times on Monday, June 14.

With 10 days to go before he turns 100, Kromhoff has been inundated with cards and letters, more than 1,000 so far.

91裸聊视频淚 got them from pretty near every place in the world,91裸聊视频� Kromhoff told the Langley Advance Times.

In addition to cards and messages from students at local schools and area residents, he91裸聊视频檚 seen mail from as far away as Europe and parts of the U.S., including Alaska, California and Texas.

91裸聊视频淚 even have a letter from Buckingham Palace, but not from the Queen,91裸聊视频� he chuckled, 91裸聊视频渘ot yet, anyway.91裸聊视频�

He described the many messages of support as 91裸聊视频渢remendous.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淪ome were saying it was quite an undertaking to get to 100 years old.91裸聊视频�

Kromhoff, who resides at the Chartwell Langley Gardens care residence in Walnut Grove, had made his peace with a scaled-down birthday celebration during the pandemic, amid limits on gatherings that would prevent him from seeing all of his children, their spouses, and his grandchildren and great-children at one time, all 54 of them.

When his family issued an invitation to have people send him cards, he didn91裸聊视频檛 expect he would receive very many, and is delighted to be proven wrong.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 really a pleasure [to read them],91裸聊视频� he said.

When he was born in New Westminster, in 1921, Kromhoff recalled, 91裸聊视频渢hey had hard rubber tires on cars and no television, and the roads all used to have names instead of numbers.91裸聊视频�

He grew up on a 40-acre turkey farm, and after his parents shut it down, he got into real estate when he sold off parcels of the family property for development.

91裸聊视频淭he average price of a lot at that time was about $300,91裸聊视频� he recalled, chuckling. 91裸聊视频淲e sold too soon.91裸聊视频�

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91裸聊视频淚 never did work for anyone else, except my own companies,91裸聊视频� Kromhoff reminisced.

He started out building houses, then moved into real estate, and then, financing.

Cards may still be mailed to:

John Kromhoff

c/o 8888 202nd Street,

Langley, B.C.

V1M 4A7