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I remember

Puget Sound mud flats Puget Sound Freight Lines and seeing the water lap the slime covered posts beneath the office scruffy whiskers a buzzing razor the musty smell of an attic the huge brick bbq fireplace in the back yard gooseberries the deep freeze shelling peas and snapping beans shopping for fireworks in a pickup truck walking to the beach through a treecovered trail boots hitting the floor in the middle of the night - volunteer fireman that he was "hit me in the stomach, girlie!" "How do you feel, Grandpa?" "With my hands! How do YOU feel?" Sitting in church Pounding nails A handmade heirloom play kitchenette burnt toast and coffee (no decaf!) bacon whenever Grandma would let him have it 99 years of strength 79 + years of steadfast love for his wife stories of trucking with nitro glycerin stories of the Great Depression tears kisses whenever a white horse was seen kisses whenever Grandma gave him his eye drops for glaucoma his wishing to live to 100 ...

Rumor or not?

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You know, I get a lot of those forwarded emails that say things like "forward this to five friends and you'll save the hyenas" or something like that. And then you get those forwards that say someone is missing and please send the picture around. Before you forward anything, check out www.truthorfiction.com or www.snopes.com And then I came across this one It looked every bit like an e-rumor, but the difference is, this one is real! There are sponsors who will donate every time you go to the site and click, so it is really cool. I went there and it said, "Thank you. Your click just served someone 1.1 cups of food." Isn't that neat? Try it!