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Grandpa Dandelion,
is reciting a poem

The Grandchildren
listen carefully

The Good Ship Walnut

Half a walnut shell,
looking very swell.

My little walnut boat,
how it likes to float.

It is a perfect size,
for my big happy ride.

I spin all around,
it is very sound.

Floating on the water,
it gets much hotter.

I ended my little ride,
and became normal size.

I watched the shell go away,
I’ll do it again another day.

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Replica of my 1949 Ford

It cost me $250.00 in 1968

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The Clutch Broke in 1969

Right next to a car repair business, and when I pushed my forty-niner into the business, the car mechanic hoisted it into the air to take a look. He saw that the cotter pin was missing from the clutch rod and the clutch pedal.

He told me, "It will take 5 minutes to replace the pin, and it'll cost eight dollars to replace."

I shouted, “Eight Bucks." Why so much?”

Being much older and taller than I, he bent down and looked me in the eye.

He said in a firm, calm voice, “Calm down, son. You are paying me for what I know, not what I do.”

I shrugged my shoulders, nodded my head, smiled, and meekly said, “OK.”

$8.00 was equal to four hours' pay in 1969, and I didn't have a spare cotter pin in my pocket. I was sure the pin cost less than five cents, but eight dollars for labor? That felt like Highway Robbery to me.

I bought my ’49 Ford in March of 1968, from a guy who needed money for taxes. It was my first car, and in 1969, it got me to work on time.

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