Re: The REAL Answer to Your Question ...
| November 22, 2015 01:10PM |
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John West Wrote:
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> ... My fading memory is drawing a blank
> on this trip ... Answering my own questions
> ... The tri-colored herald was indeed in use
> around 1986, and the new coaches were built
> around that time, so it does fit the 1986 time
> frame ... It is frustrating not being able to re-
> member that stuff, but it is fun digging through
> the "evidence" in my drawers ...
Right, John -
You just reminded me that a fading memory is just one symptom of what all we Curmudgeonly Geezers are afflicted with sooner or later:
Furniture Disease -
That's when your chest falls into your drawers ...
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/22/2015 01:34PM by Johnson Barr.
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> ... My fading memory is drawing a blank
> on this trip ... Answering my own questions
> ... The tri-colored herald was indeed in use
> around 1986, and the new coaches were built
> around that time, so it does fit the 1986 time
> frame ... It is frustrating not being able to re-
> member that stuff, but it is fun digging through
> the "evidence" in my drawers ...
Right, John -
You just reminded me that a fading memory is just one symptom of what all we Curmudgeonly Geezers are afflicted with sooner or later:
Furniture Disease -
That's when your chest falls into your drawers ...
- 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 11/22/2015 01:34PM by Johnson Barr.
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