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INCIVILITY AND A FEW CASES OF CIVILITY
As a general principle, when someone greets me, I not only return their greeting but may ask about how they are feeling as well. When someone writes me a letter, I feel commanded to write a letter in return if that is what is required. But as you can see from the title about incivility,…
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BITS AND PIECES; ODDS AND ENDS
On my desk I have a tape recorder into which I dictate notes about future essays. It is an audible tape recorder in view of the fact that I can no longer see to write and writing is incomprehensible to me. After I have dictated a series of comments into my notepad, I usually publish…
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HE ALWAYS SHOOK MY HAND
Eric Bogle is a prolific songwriter who started his life in Scotland in a town called Peebles. At age 25, he took off for Australia and has long since become a citizen there. Bogle composed a song which is really a poem to recognize the existence of a love affair wherein the husband eventually died. …
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HE/SHE/THEY SAID THAT?! Volume IV
Volume IV There are four exclamations that will wrap up the story on He, She, They Said That?! They come from widely varied sources. The first one is about a preacher in New Providence, New Jersey and the owner of a filling station/garage across the street. My recollection is that in 1956, there…
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HE/SHE/THEY SAID THAT?! Volume III
Volume III When I set out to write this essay, I thought my recollections could be contained in an essay of maybe six or eight pages. But as it has turned out, my recollections have now reached a total of three volumes. I believe that I have spent as much time as I wish to…
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HE/SHE/THEY SAID THAT?! VOLUME II
VOLUME II This is the second volume of “They Said That?” This essay will lean heavily on my experience in the labor relations field and on my work as an attendant in the filling station business. In the labor relations field, there are some rich quotations. There was a division accounting manager for AT&T…
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HE/SHE/THEY SAID THAT?! Volume I
Volume I I regret to say that in my case I went through the age of puberty a good many years ago. Living a long life has its pluses and minuses. On the plus side, there are many recollections that remain in my mind and which, taking one thing with another, constitute pleasant memories. …
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HALL TREES AND SAM HALL
When I entered the high school in Clayton, Missouri in January of 1936, I was asked a question about my course preparation. The basic premise was that if you were going on to college, Clayton High School would equip you to handle college work. If you were not going to college, you were assigned to…
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FOND MEMORIES OF WILL-YAM
During this last week in March, the elder Carr daughter left her abode in Manhattan and came to see Judy and myself. She was accompanied by the afore-said Will-Yam who is her son. I know a good bit about Will-Yam in that I watched Maureen, better known as Blondie, progressing through all of the stages…
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GOD AND GAYS
In this longer-than-expected lifetime, the subject of homosexuality has rarely reared its head. When same-sex marriages came into view, the subject of homosexuality is now more often discussed. Recently, the discussion is about male homosexuality. The condition of homosexuality resides also in females so I am told. The purpose of this essay is to trace…