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T is for tsk-tsk-tsk

Sunday, 21 January 2007 11:08 P GMT-06
  Charles had a snippet on a 104 year old Ford. It reminded me of a story my dad or possibly my uncle Walter related years ago.   When the model T came out, several folks in Bolivar, MO were talking about them. One farmer, a friend of Walt
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A short history of comics from my viewpoint (Part 2)

Sunday, 21 May 2006 4:47 P GMT-06
   Downstairs there was a box, a huge cardboard box, full of comics. Dad told me that he worked with a guy that had just gotten married and his wife thought comics were silly. She gave him an ultimatum, either they go or she goes. After thi
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A short history of comic books (from my viewpoint) - part 1

Saturday, 20 May 2006 2:33 P GMT-06
The first comic book that I remember was a Disney Giant. It was probably 80 pages & cost a quarter but I could never tell because the cover was missing, along with a the first page or so. I remember that it had a Peter Pan story, not THE Peter Pa
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Car Stories - 1979 The Millenium Chrysler

Friday, 14 October 2005 11:29 P GMT-06
  1969 black 2-door Chrysler Newport. It was my first car, purchased after my Dad found it in the paper. When we took it for a test drive, it rolled 100,000 miles. $350 later it was mine and even though I only owned it for about a year, it has proba
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Parking in Chicago: Part 2

Thursday, 7 July 2005 2:00 P GMT-06
When we last left our stalwart hero (me), my car was sitting on a Chicago street and was penned in by a trench that the city had dug. But before we delve into HOW I saved my vehicle, I must first answer a cry of "Bullshacrap" from Eldest Son. He said
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More Parking in Chicago 1982: Age 20 Parking Tickets

Thursday, 30 June 2005 6:19 P GMT-06
Quite some time ago I started relating various 'stories' and one of them touched on my exploits in Chicago. Here now are some more stories of my parking in Chicago. While working at Goldblatts I was trying to save $$ by not parking in the park
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Blawging Week #2 "You Sickos!"

Friday, 11 February 2005 11:59 P GMT-06
   okcalvin has requested that we speak of childhood diseases. Being the younger sibling, I was fortunate enough to miss the mumps as well as the measles. I did get the chicken pox & I cannot remember scratching all that much. I did have my ton
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And now, a guest Blogger......

Saturday, 8 January 2005 12:49 P GMT-06
Hello to everyone out there in the Blogverse. This is Eldest Son reporting to you from the blog of Dwayne. Myself, Dad, Lovely Wife, and one of my good friends were at dinner the other evening and a passing reference to an old story my friend and I
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Kids, pills, & cops

Tuesday, 12 October 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
Brian recently posted about he & his son's run-in with the police and it brought to mind the time me and my Eldest had a similar problem.Way back in 1985, Lovely Wife and I were living in Broken Arrow, OK and I was working two jobs in Tulsa. My p
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Involuntary happenings

Friday, 27 August 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
Hopped in my car (Flash) this morning and was booking it on to work down the Lake Hefner Parkway. Happy as a clam that I was getting to work early (ETA: 07:05 as opposed to 08:59). I'm in the far left lane, doing 5 over the speed limit, hacking off e
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My kids vs. the Aristocats

Monday, 19 July 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
Back in 1987 when Eldest Son was almost 4 and Youngest Son was 2.5, I decided to take them to see The Aristocats. Now remember, this was at a time in movie history when there was almost no kid movies out there, I think Follow that Bird was the last
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The fight in the theater

Monday, 10 May 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
Before I was a janitor at the Hillcrest Theater, I was an usher and the part I enjoyed the least was working the midnight movie. Every weekend, on Friday and Saturday, we showed 'Night of the Living Dead'. This old black & white could have had an
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The Haunted Theater (The last part)

Thursday, 8 April 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
So finally circumstances forced me to go into work at midnight rather than at 6AM. On top of that I didn't have any help available that day. I can't remember exactly why I had to go in, I just remember that I wasn't particularly thrilled about it. Th
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The Haunted Movie Theater (1980, age-19) Part 4

Tuesday, 6 April 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
The week following the squeaking door, we had a strange incident in the janitor's closet. The closet was situated in the curved hall leading into the Men's room. When you opened the door and stepped in, the big janitorial sink was on your right, your
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The Haunted Movie Theater (1980, age-19) Part 3

Wednesday, 31 March 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
Things at the theater were weird from time to time, but every once in a while, they got even stranger. We were used to the radio turning off on Saturdays and Sundays and never really thought any more about it. We even called the 'ghost' Sam.One day I
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The Haunted Movie Theater (1980, age-19) Part 2

Wednesday, 17 March 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
The Assistant Manager told us about one night when he and his brother decided to stay the night in the theater. Now keep in mind that this guy was somewhat of a blowhard and his brother wasn't much better. Here is how the story was related to me:Dave
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Parking in Chicago (1981, age - 20)

Tuesday, 16 March 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
I worked in Chicago for Goldblatts, a department store that was on State St. The guy that hired me told me that parking in Chicago wouldn't be a problem since I would be working swing shift so I could park on the street and not have to pay to park in
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The Haunted Movie Theater (1980, age -19) Part 1

Tuesday, 16 March 2004 11:59 P GMT-06
 I worked at the Hillcrest movie Theater in Joliet, IL as an usher and then as a janitor. Once I got the janitor job the manager said I could come in anytime after the last movie finished and I had to be done before the ticket office opened (around
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