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<DIV>Dorothy: It's called Entropy!! Everything gets older.</DIV>
<DIV>I've another Christmas Story. I'll try to get the story straight and then send it.</DIV>
<DIV>I call it my Worst/Best Christmas.</DIV>
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<DIV class=signature id=signature>--<BR>Bob Goodman <BR>USAF Retired <BR>University Place, Washington</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR><BR>> Quoting dgoodma02@comcast.net: <BR>> <BR>> > As I'm sure you all know by now, I was born on Christmas Day in 1928, in <BR>> > Portland, Oregon, but we lived in Pendelton, Walla Walla, and Tacoma, WA, <BR>> > during the 30's. We were fortunate during the Depression, as my Dad had a <BR>> > good Job and got a pay raise during that period. <BR>> > One Christmas morning (1936?) when we opened gifts I found two packages for <BR>> > me under the Tree. One had a card with Happy Birthday on it the Other was <BR>> > labeled Merry Christmas. Each package contained ONE Roller Skate!! <BR>> > <BR>> > -- <BR>> > Bob Goodman <BR>> > USAF Retired <BR>> > University Place, Washington <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> I was born the day after you were. Yes, the many years of leaving one present <BR>> under the tree until the next day! <BR>> <BR>> How did your birthday parties turn out? It never worked out for me. People <BR>> were always gone for the holidays, had company, or later in life,-had <BR>> hangovers! <BR>> <BR>> One year during the war, Mom decided I was going to have a birthday party! She <BR>> scheduled it on Holloween. She went to a lot of trouble making everything <BR>> perfect. <BR>> <BR>> The evening of the party, darkness came and so did my excitement. Then - guess <BR>> what. We had a practice Air Raid!! it lasted until too late for anyone to <BR>> come. <BR>> <BR>> Does this mean I don't get older? <BR>> <BR>> Dorothy <BR>> <BR>> kat1928@integrity.com <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> or-roots mailing list <BR>> or-roots@sosinet.sos.state.or.us <BR>> http://sosinet.sos.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/or-roots </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>