Friday, February 22, 2008
We shoulda known then
Looking at the snow this morning reminded me of those snow days on "D" St. and remembering the strategy used to get the shovel, before your brothers, so you could make a few bucks. The brotherly competition dropped off in direct proportion to the brother's age. Can't recall Johnny wrestling anyone for the shovel. Then I thought, "we had the same rusty, bent lip, wooden, d-handle shovel my whole life! By my calculations I am on my 116th snow shovel since I've been married.
Why didn't we buy a few more shovels? Then we ALL could've been out shoveling, making a few bucks. We should've known then that the "how to make a buck" spirit didn't reside at 4918. Then again, Cooker did open that tie store on Boudinot St.......
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Snow shovel? What's that???
Princess Sis
I have no clue what the TIE shop on Boudnoit Street was about! I do know that we did not have a sense of sharing for the common Good...why was that?
Boudinot
Mr.Sheckman "paid" the Cooker with a bag of Al Capone style ties; over 5 inches wide and they stopped at your mid chest. Mother was so ticked off she said, "they came from his rag business!" and marched right down to Sheckman's and shoved the bag of ties into his chest and in no uncertain terms let him know what a cheap SOB he was. Cooker did win Best Dressed that year at St. A's....
is Slim making this stuff up? I have no rememberance of this incident...
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