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Re: naut
It was such a rivalry amongst that generation, mostly smallholders as we we were .sadly it ruined a part of my life, but better than being caught in the wars. Thank you.
posted by
C_C_T
on December 3, 2012 at 7:53 AM
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Re:Bill
I think I was more interested in getting back in the warm Bill.
posted by
C_C_T
on December 3, 2012 at 7:49 AM
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CCT
Expectionally well written! In one short vignette you have described a whole era, as well as some of the complexities of a father-son relationship...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 3, 2012 at 7:04 AM
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CCT
JSo your interest in picture posts helped you develop your writing style of nostalgic imagery sir love. BC-A, Bill’s R®st
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BC-A
on December 3, 2012 at 5:14 AM
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Re!dsm_tchr
Thank you , most of it happened, times were pretty hard, I remember my Gran used to hold a towel and her son would wash in front of the fire after a days work before going home..
posted by
C_C_T
on December 3, 2012 at 12:10 AM
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I suppose you don't give discounts to cleaner cars FS.
posted by
C_C_T
on December 3, 2012 at 12:05 AM
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I remember seeing them, and I think you did a wonderful job with the poem.
posted by
UtahJay
on December 3, 2012 at 12:04 AM
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Re: Love the story of the ones delivering coal, and how the old man
Not much of a job in cold weather Pat, my uncle was a coal man. Once he took me into a posh hotel all coal blackened. I still remember the chap behind the bar looking aghast.
posted by
C_C_T
on December 3, 2012 at 12:04 AM
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Re: Richly detailed history; I hung on to every word, CCT!
Lo Ray, sometimes it seems everything has shifted into a new phase. I suppose the old chap had never received a gift. I knew another such character as I grew older and I did help him to accumulate his wealth slightly. Everyone said he was a mean old man but he gave me a small pot of honey each year.
posted by
C_C_T
on December 3, 2012 at 12:01 AM
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Re: ChiffChaff
Playboy Wiley? in those days a nylon stocking was a great thrill, No it was black and white photo.s of interesting people and places.
posted by
C_C_T
on December 2, 2012 at 11:55 PM
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We are up to their tricks A. We have stopped believing in Father Christmas.
posted by
C_C_T
on December 2, 2012 at 11:51 PM
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Re: a great read, girlie pictures on page two, a Mr. big Crossword in the back.
I don't believe you remember it Kabu, I read an article a while back one of the old photographers went back to find how a little girl had fared many years later. It was still pretty primitive, women were kept hidden in huts, but many claimed to have been the little girl. .
posted by
C_C_T
on December 2, 2012 at 11:49 PM
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a great read, girlie pictures on page two, a Mr. big Crossword in the back.
posted by
Kabu
on December 2, 2012 at 5:49 PM
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someone always trying to get as much of their money back that they paid you as they can....
posted by
Annicita
on December 2, 2012 at 3:40 PM
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ChiffChaff
Are we talking Playboy here Bro? They do sound like pretty racy reading old chap.
posted by
WileyJohn
on December 2, 2012 at 1:03 PM
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Richly detailed history; I hung on to every word, CCT!
Grand writing! Seems the old man enjoyed dithering; probably lonely and annoyed by feeling so. And the pictures in today's mags don't seem as perfected as they once did. I guess they're more realistic in some ways nowadays but I like the older ones better..:)
posted by
Katray2
on December 2, 2012 at 12:38 PM
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Love the story of the ones delivering coal, and how the old man
counted what was delivered, pinching every penny... It was like that here, too, back in the days when coal stoves were the newest way to heat a house. Nobody we knew could just throw money around or put groceries on the tab, (coal, either). It was a cash and carry world. 
posted by
Pat_B
on December 2, 2012 at 10:55 AM
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I myself do not remember picture posts...That was quite the exchange that your father was involved in. In business I have seen some tense ones as well...Oh yes, "Life is not like that..."
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on December 2, 2012 at 8:29 AM
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CCT, great memories!
posted by
dsm_tchr
on December 2, 2012 at 8:11 AM
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