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Torturing Words

By paw | 10 February 2017 | Category Reminiscing

When Dale and I were kids we always called milk: muck luck or klim (milk spelled backwards). When Mom butchered a word though buyantibiotics.website , it was almost always due to regional influences. She grew up between Seattle, Washington and Ottumwa, Iowa so one of those places was responsible for her saying warsh instead of wash. I […]

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Moving

By paw | 27 August 2015 | Category Reminiscing

Dad worked for Shell Oil Company so we moved a fair amount when I was younger; mostly back and forth between Texas and Connecticut. The family started in Alton, Illinois, Dad’s first stateside assignment after WWII. Both Dale and I were born there. Then on to Pasadena, Tx, up to Southport, Ct, back to Pasadena, back up to […]

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