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“Maybe if we turn the plow on sort of an angle…?” Gallagher December 15, 1951
“Guess what began in the gloaming, and busily all the night, has been heaping field and highway with silence deep and white…” Larry Harris December 4, 1954
“I’ll phone the office and tell them you’ll be late.” George Booth November 29, 1952
“…wonder what’s keeping that bus? Frank Ridgeway November 20, 1954
“You have to stay down and work tonight? Oh, dear! Junior’s going to be so disappointed!” Larry Harris November 17, 1951
“I bet you thought I’d never get around to returning you garden hose, eh Whitlik?” Walt Wetterberg November 17, 1951
“It was 20 below zero, see; there was two feet of snow on the ground with more falling. Something just sort of came over me.” Jeff Keate February 10, 1951
“Very cold out there?” Chas. Cartwright February 10, 1951
Dick MacDonald February 6, 1954
“It’s not that he’s so heavy, Daddy. You’re standing on his skis.” Larry Harris February 2, 1952
“Jimmy, run out and see if your father’s all right. He hasn’t moved in the last ten minutes.” Al Johns January 19, 1952
“Best time of the year for golf. The course isn’t crowded!” Henry Boltinoff December 15, 1951
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During the 1947 blizzard I was NJ truck driver’s helper. The GW Bridge was closed & we spent the night in a crowded Bronx saloon. I was too young to drink so I watched the stranded crowd get more convivial by the hour.
#1 and #5 (frozen garden hose) are my favorites of this group. #2 is… disturbing, and #3 disturbing and shocking. # 11 also!