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23rd June 2017, 10:31 AM #1
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Today's saying or thought 23/6
A child's greatest period of growth is the month
after you've purchased new school clothes.Androgens Order
Forgive your enemies, but never, ever forget their names.
The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but never forget.
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23rd June 2017, 08:47 PM #2
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Especially the feet of boys!
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25th June 2017, 09:57 AM #3rrich Guest
This was back in the mid 1950s. My father told me that since I had a paper route I should buy my own Easter suit. We were living in Brooklyn, New York at the time. To buy a suit it would be necessary to get on a street car (Trolley) and go down town to one of the department stores. Or another option was to go to the tailor at the end of the block. I chose the latter.
After a couple of weeks and a few fittings, my suit was ready to pick up the Saturday before Palm Sunday. I did so and brought it home. My father wanted to see the suit and I tried it on. The conversation went like this:
F: "Wow that is a really nice suit. It fits you like a glove."
F: "Who is your tailor?"
M: "The guy at the end of the block."
F: "No. Where did you buy the suit?"
M: "From the tailor at the end of the block."
F: "YOU HAD A SUIT MADE BY A TAILOR?"
F: "HOW MUCH DID IT COST?"
M: "$75"
The conversation ended there and my father didn't speak to me until school was back in session several months later. In those several months I grew probably about 100MM. I think that I wore the suit, perhaps a dozen Sundays before we went to Grandmothers beach house for the summer.
A big LOL!
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25th June 2017, 08:47 PM #4
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Did you have younger brothers to pass the suit on to??
To grow old is mandatory, growing up is optional.
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26th June 2017, 06:30 AM #5rrich Guest
IIRC, It wouldn't fit my younger brother as he was quite a bit chunkier than I at the time. He is about 4 years younger. (Knowing my parents, I've often wondered about the almost 4 years. LOL )
Originally Posted by KBs PensNmore
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26th June 2017, 12:53 PM #6
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They had to think long and hard before having another one after you? Originally Posted by rrich
I got sick of sitting around doing nothing - so I took up meditation.
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26th June 2017, 03:17 PM #7rrich Guest
OK, I'll go along with that scenario. I had another one in mind but this is not the old orange room. Originally Posted by doug3030
They had to think long and hard before having another one after you?
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