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01-05-2010, 09:21 AM
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I don't blame you. Best to enjoy looking at it.
Oral history is a great tradition. My father wrote stories, mostly about his experiences in WWII. As he got older, I asked him to write about his family. He did write several stories, and they are wonderful. My Aunt is the last person to tell me the old stories now, and that is sad. The family stories are so wonderful. Maybe I should write what I know about. A couple of women in my writers' group are doing that, and we love to hear their stories.
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01-05-2010, 12:48 PM
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OMG! YES! Judy, you should absolutely write the family stories or any others that are interesting. My uncle also wrote about WWII and the stories are fascinating! I learned things about the family I did not know! Gary's granddad taped recorded stories about growing up in the teens, 20's and 30's - the tapes are absolutely fascinating! There's one story about getting a model T across a river with no bridge. Yhey tied logs onto the car - floated it across the river, then took the engine apart to dry out, put it back together and went on their way 
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01-05-2010, 01:29 PM
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That's so neat that you have stories from your Dads. I have a few and my Dad told many stories at the end of his life but he was a habitual liar (and also schizophrenic) so it became hard to tell what was the truth and what wasn't. The earlier stories were a lot more believable than the later ones. It's very sad.
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01-05-2010, 01:42 PM
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Oh my goodness Gayle, your things are gorgeous! I too love that necklace! Such great detail! Gary done a heck of a good job!
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01-07-2010, 03:14 PM
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You have a very sweet husband Gayle. I've never really collected anything, but your's is a very nice collection.
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01-14-2010, 08:23 PM
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So gorgeous, thanks for sharing Gayle, wow.
My grandpa was Cherokee 
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01-16-2010, 08:10 AM
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Very nice Gayle. Gary is very thoughtful!!!
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