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The Rest of the Story

July 20, 2009

the job site

at the job site

Fred was a pretty glum fellow the day that I first met him way back in the mid 70s — before cell phones and most of the other modern communication devices that we take for granted today.

Fred was — and still is — a real go getter.

On his first full day at a new shop, Fred went to the job site to check on the job he had been assigned — before breakfast and before he went to the shop.

After checking the job, he headed to the shop, but found his way blocked. There was no way that he could get through and no practical way that he could let his new boss know what had happened.

That’s when I met Fred.

He told me about his dilema and I did the only thing that I could think of  — I took him to breakfast.

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Stop back by for the rest of the story, including how it ties in to where I’m working from today and the picture in the post: What the Heck is it?

day 47

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What the heck is it?

July 18, 2009

I came across this today while doing some searching online.

I know what it is, but I’m wondering if any of those who might be reading this can identify it — Fred, don’t give it away, if you happen to be checking in.

For added difficulty, can you identify where in the world the original photo was taken?

I didn’t take the photo, but I think I might have been there when it was taken.

identify this

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Mountain Farm Museum

July 11, 2009

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park,
near Cherokee, North Carolina
May, 2009

From the Great Smoky Mountains National Park gallery.

Haw Creek Galleries

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Family living on Natchez Trace Project, near Lexington, Tennessee

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Grandson of Negro tenant whose father is in the penitentiary.

Granville County, North Carolina

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1939 July.

Photographer: Dorothea Lange

Part of: Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC 20540 USA

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Kansas, October 1938, 1/2 mile from the state line.

Kansas, October 1938, 1/2 mile from the state line.

15½¢ a gallon for gas!

and, yes, at that time, there was a ½¢ coin still in circulation.

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