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Re: C.C.TBill
Anything that moves or blinks Bill.
posted by
C_C_T
on April 20, 2021 at 1:20 AM
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Re: FS
I suppose they were a law unto themselves.
posted by
C_C_T
on April 20, 2021 at 1:19 AM
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Re: Goldiec
No, I don't think it would go down well these days.
posted by
C_C_T
on April 20, 2021 at 1:18 AM
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Re: Annicita
Yes A . I tried to give satisfaction. It was a job to get tin kettles at that time.
posted by
C_C_T
on April 20, 2021 at 1:18 AM
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Re: Sea_Gypsy
I guess it would be not a policy to thump kids in the back. Probably this little boy was bewildered after living in a gipsy community.
posted by
C_C_T
on April 20, 2021 at 1:16 AM
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Re: Pat
Very true Pat, those open fires were tough on the tin kettles. The older black kettle types were better able to stand the heat,
posted by
C_C_T
on April 20, 2021 at 1:14 AM
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C.C.T
Those school and olden days make poetry sir.
posted by
BC-A
on April 19, 2021 at 9:37 AM
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It amazes me how rough some teachers can be. I'm glad I was born when I was.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on April 19, 2021 at 5:25 AM
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I cannot imagine a teacher being so mean.
posted by
Goldiec
on April 18, 2021 at 3:48 PM
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It was very nice of you not to charge if the patch didn't hold.
posted by
Annicita
on April 18, 2021 at 3:02 PM
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Those teachers must have been so mean. Not fit to be teaching now. We had emp ink wells in desks from when they used them in class when I was little. All so interesting.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on April 18, 2021 at 12:28 PM
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There was a tinsmith going door to door when I was a kid - My aunts
called him a tinker, and the metal patch they put on a teakettle was the tinker's dam. Your poem tells the tale of a patch that doesn't hold, which may be where the expression "not worth a tinker's dam" comes from... Thanks for the reminder.
posted by
Pat_B
on April 18, 2021 at 10:53 AM
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