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Ladies and Gentlemen, Germans and Gents….

Another song from childhood: Ladies and gentlemen, Germans and gents, Cross-eyed mosquitoes and bowlegged ants, I come before you because I am not behind you to tell you something I know nothing of. One bright day in the middle of the night two dead boys got up to fight back to back they faced each […]

6Sep2015 | | Comments Off on Ladies and Gentlemen, Germans and Gents…. | Continued
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Old ladies and dumpsters

Son, Our discussions about dumpster diving is cause for reflection.  Cause to reflect back to the 1950’s, when I was a boy.  How times have changed. I remember when I was a child, my mother’s Aunt Ann was in her fifties when her husband died.  They had no children.  Aunt Ann was that slobbery mouth […]

21Nov2007 | | 3 comments | Continued
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A Proud Man and His Family – 1950’s

Son, Your grandfather is a proud man. My mother stayed home to take care of the seven children – he worked two jobs to provide the basic necessities. He would never take a handout. Suggest government peanut butter and cheese to him and you might have a little squabble. I said that wrong – your […]

2Nov2007 | | 1 comment | Continued