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Posted by Walt Davies on February 24, 2007 at 22:23:49 from (72.173.58.4):
In Reply to: mid am signs posted by j meyer on February 24, 2007 at 21:29:12:
I was 4 almost 5 when we moved to the ranch in 1943 at Loomis, CA it wasn't much and old shack of a house a few out building and some fruit trees that needed a lot of work before they would produce. I met my 1st rattlesnake almost head on that summer picking some plums. He got the dog right beside me and grandmother heard the rattle an came running with the shovel that she alway carried with her. that snake never new what hit him. Boy does that bring back the memories I wonder how many kids now would believe that we lived in such poor conditions. Not much better than camping out without a tent or stove or lights. It was War years and Grampa wanted to build a barn and a house for Mother but in those days you couldn't build a house so he told the man in charge that he wanted to build a very big barn. He did build that big barn and also a house for Mother and us 6 kids. I guess you could say that legally I grew up in barn. Walt
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