Re: Nickels & Dimes for ACCORDION Music ... 
| December 03, 2014 01:16PM |
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Russo Loco Wrote:
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> ... Just how believable is it for a guy who's
> supposedly the fastest gun west of Grinder's
> Switch, Iowa, to be earning his living by sing-
> ing and playing an accordion,* of all things?
> He could at least have gotten a job riding shot-
> gun on the rival stage line! Nickles and dimes
> tossed in his hat? Even I got quarters & half-
> dollars tossed to me back when I was on the
> road!
Who are you kidding, Roosso?
A nickel back then was worth more than five dollars today! And besides, people didn't throw money at you
or buy you beers to encourage your karaoke caterwauling - they did it to get you to Shut Up!!
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/04/2014 03:03PM by Johnson Barr.
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> ... Just how believable is it for a guy who's
> supposedly the fastest gun west of Grinder's
> Switch, Iowa, to be earning his living by sing-
> ing and playing an accordion,* of all things?
> He could at least have gotten a job riding shot-
> gun on the rival stage line! Nickles and dimes
> tossed in his hat? Even I got quarters & half-
> dollars tossed to me back when I was on the
> road!
Who are you kidding, Roosso?
A nickel back then was worth more than five dollars today! And besides, people didn't throw money at you
or buy you beers to encourage your karaoke caterwauling - they did it to get you to Shut Up!!
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think . . . "
* Only TWITS Twitter!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/04/2014 03:03PM by Johnson Barr.
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