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...even more apropos now than when it appeared years ago (Original Post) kpete Jul 2018 OP
Timeless! dlk Jul 2018 #1
That's very touching and yes, so apropos. Kittycow Jul 2018 #2
I have to get Mrs. Stonepounder to quit peeling onion this early. Stonepounder Jul 2018 #3
I had homegirl Jul 2018 #4
I addressed a man as "Sir" once. SwissTony Jul 2018 #6
K&R for visibility. Thanks. nt tblue37 Jul 2018 #5

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
3. I have to get Mrs. Stonepounder to quit peeling onion this early.
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 01:13 PM
Jul 2018

My parents had friends with those tattoos. I asked about them once. Only once.

homegirl

(1,429 posts)
4. I had
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 02:52 PM
Jul 2018

neighbors who had those tattoos. And I had a friend whose family fled Nazi Germany in 1938 with nothing but the clothes on their backs. She was three years old.

Lest We Forget...

SwissTony

(2,560 posts)
6. I addressed a man as "Sir" once.
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 03:30 PM
Jul 2018

It was in a bookstore in Adelaide, South Australia. The bookstore had small sections devoted to books written in several European languages. One section was "Polish." An elderly, rather short, gentleman was reaching for a book from the top shelf in that section. He pulled out the book, but the book next to it fell on the floor. I picked it up and asked "Do you wish to look at this book, Sir?". He said he did not and I replaced the book on the shelf.

Why "Sir"? Because, when he was stretching for that book, his wrist became exposed and I could see see his tattoo. I knew that that gentleman had seen and experienced things worse than my worst nightmares.

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