Memories

Written by The Dragon


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After school we would proceed home, noticing every bush and every spec of wildlife alongrepparttar way, enjoying each other's company and as we nearedrepparttar 125332 house we would start discussing which chores each one of us wanted to do that afternoon, of courserepparttar 125333 garden was always there after we got through with allrepparttar 125334 other chores and we would hoe inrepparttar 125335 garden until dark. But as we were lined up acrossrepparttar 125336 rows, joking and laughing while hoeingrepparttar 125337 weeds, we never realized how wonderful these times were and howrepparttar 125338 simplicity of our whole lifestyle and our ethics is what made us so happy. We were too poor to realize we was poor, but was too rich in what we had in each other as a family to even contemplaterepparttar 125339 fact that we was poor.

It was really a treat when we were lucky enough to receive company and I remember one afternoon when Mr. Duke came to see us and sat down with my father onrepparttar 125340 front porch. Mr. Duke was a tall man and very huskily built with a hint ofrepparttar 125341 stomach starting to show but his most predominant feature was on his face and that was his unusually cut beard andrepparttar 125342 very predominant handlebar mustache. He also had a very predominant English accent, very articulate in his speech but heavily accented toward lower England. Naturally, when company came we tried to put our best foot forward and make our company feel right at home and Mr. Duke was no exception. The cider was drawn up fromrepparttar 125343 well andrepparttar 125344 cake was brought out andcut into larger than usual portions

The nice thing about company, especially company that got around and visited people a lot, was that we were able to catch up on allrepparttar 125345 news that we would not normally get. Plus you may hear about new inventions or some great new marvel that was just aroundrepparttar 125346 corner. As usual Mr. Duke did not let us down, he told us several things aboutrepparttar 125347 people around our area and what made his news so welcome was that he always gaverepparttar 125348 positive news and tried his best to leave any negativity out if at all possible. He was a very kind and caring individual. He started speaking about a bicycle he had ordered from Germany and about how it had been damaged beyond comfortable repairability. I could see my father's interest, but that is another story, another dream and another memory.

Just as soon as Mr. Duke left, we started doing our homework and finished as soon as possible, for we had to wash ourselves and put our clothes out forrepparttar 125349 next day. We put out one set forrepparttar 125350 morning chores and another set for school. Then camerepparttar 125351 calming part ofrepparttar 125352 day and that was whenrepparttar 125353 family said goodnight to each other before retiring. Then me and my brother would go upstairs and get into bed, say our silient prayers then look over and say "goodnight brother", to each other. By The Dragon Just an Old Man remembering kinder and gentlier times

I have been 79yrs old a few times and have been thru life and learned a lot of common sence. I have learned to love people and life. My education has been self taught.


TIPS TO PONDER BEFORE BUYING A POKER TABLE

Written by Oddvar Pettersen


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A very important factor to consider when buying a poker table is to decide if you want cup holders or not.

Some feel that there will be more problems with players spilling drinks when they can place their drinks in cup holders onrepparttar table.

Many poker table owners userepparttar 125331 three Cs rule during poker games. Cash, chips and cards only. No food or drinks allowed onrepparttar 125332 table.

Others believe cup holders will reducerepparttar 125333 number of spills on torepparttar 125334 table, because ifrepparttar 125335 player’s drinks are not in a cup holder, than they probably will be onrepparttar 125336 table felt.

If you decide to go with cup holders, than you should by a table with cup holders that are 2 3/4” in diameter and 3” deep. These measurements are perfect for both beer bottles and cans. Any deeper andrepparttar 125337 players will have a hard time gettingrepparttar 125338 cans out.(Especially after having consumed a few beers).

Getting a table withrepparttar 125339 cup holders underneathrepparttar 125340 table or inrepparttar 125341 armrest ofrepparttar 125342 chairs is also an option.

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