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Karen Davis's avatar

Great story!!

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Mick Hodges's avatar

You can still wear one of those nice suits around the neighborhood...?

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Switter’s World's avatar

Not me. My last vestige of haute couture involved a paper shredder and a necktie. There is a red circle/slash with a necktie inside the circle and under the slash on our office shredder, so in the interest of advancing knowledge, I decided to see what would happen if a tie got caught in it. Now I know. The paper shredder climbed right up the tie.

I tightly rolled the rest of my ties, packed them into a post office mailing box, printed a professional grade label that listed Bubble’s Gentlemen’s Products as the return address and sent them to my brother’s office, knowing the box would be opened by his secretary.

Heh!

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Heather Brebaugh's avatar

Two great stories. And not only a lesson in history, but a perspective on life in a different land. Thank you.

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Switter’s World's avatar

There is something special and heartwarming about making septic tank lids. I know it was my favorite kind of bedtime story when I was a kid. I always shed a little tear of happiness.

Look, squirrel!

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Heather Brebaugh's avatar

I'm thinking serendipity. As I sat in my chair this morning watching the dawn unfold behind the steam from my cup of tea, a tiny squirrel ran past the large glass slider. 🐿

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