My grandmother told us that when she was a girl during the depression, one Christmas the kids got an orange and a peppermint stick. They considered that to be riches
My wife put it in the mail.. I have two more. If it's M.I.A. for another couple of days, I'm totally willing to slap another stamp on an envelope. It's important to me that people know what the pilot who was ordered to fly a Retaliatory Mission against the people who, according to his earlier debrief,showed No aggression, know his story. He was, IIRC, the first P.O.W. and he was Ross Perots VP selection.
She looks skeptical at the photographer and a little put off. Don't blame her, rough times, rough people. Her coat echos that, kids back then were usually barefoot as parents could not keep them in shoes except their go to church shoes and Nike Air Jordans were just a bit out of their price range.
Rural families back the tended to be large likey mother's. She was youngest of ten. She told me that her clothes were all hand-me-downs. She never had any new clothes until after she graduated from highschool. She then got a job to save enough for a new dress to wear to down to the recruiting station where she joined the coast guard auxiliary and became part of the first SPARS unit.
She stayed in for the duration +6 months. Her primary job as a pharmacist's mate was making sure that sailors,marines and soldiers shipping out from New Orleans were fully vaccinated and were educated on malaria protocols as well as helping train army medics and navy corpsman.
I was expecting it to be
ReplyDeleteUphill,into the wind,with about two feet of snow.
Did you get that article, Brock?
Did I get it...?
DeleteWill you just look at all that privilege she has there.
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DeleteMy grandmother told us that when she was a girl during the depression, one Christmas the kids got an orange and a peppermint stick. They considered that to be riches
ReplyDeleteI have a letter to SC and I mostly asked for fruits
DeleteBarefoot
ReplyDeleteYes and not unusual.
DeleteMy dad mentioned going to school barefoot and smelling like onions from working in the garden before school...
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DeleteYou didn't get it, did you?
ReplyDeleteMy wife put it in the mail..
I have two more.
If it's M.I.A. for another couple of days, I'm totally willing to slap another stamp on an envelope. It's important to me that people know what the pilot who was ordered to fly a Retaliatory Mission against the people who, according to his earlier debrief,showed No aggression, know his story. He was, IIRC, the first P.O.W. and he was Ross Perots VP selection.
No and won’t be back for a few months. Thanks
DeleteShe looks skeptical at the photographer and a little put off. Don't blame her, rough times, rough people. Her coat echos that, kids back then were usually barefoot as parents could not keep them in shoes except their go to church shoes and Nike Air Jordans were just a bit out of their price range.
ReplyDeleteReally.
DeleteOkay, we can try again. I think the post office hates me.
ReplyDeleteLet me ask my helper before you do.
DeleteRural families back the tended to be large likey mother's. She was youngest of ten. She told me that her clothes were all hand-me-downs. She never had any new clothes until after she graduated from highschool. She then got a job to save enough for a new dress to wear to down to the recruiting station where she joined the coast guard auxiliary and became part of the first SPARS unit.
ReplyDeleteMost interesting. How long did she serve? I had to look up SPARS :)
DeleteShe stayed in for the duration +6 months. Her primary job as a pharmacist's mate was making sure that sailors,marines and soldiers shipping out from New Orleans were fully vaccinated and were educated on malaria protocols as well as helping train army medics and navy corpsman.
DeleteI see. Thanks.
DeleteThat is some White Supremacy if I ever saw any.
ReplyDeleteClear as can be......
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