The DU Lounge

the US in 1879. Dad was one of 14 siblings. He lived during the Great Depression. Although he had made a good living, he held on to some old habits. In the basement, he had a large number of coffee cans filled with bent nails. This, next to a large supply of new nails. My sister and I were laughing about this over the weekend.

It was fortunate I was in the basement that day. My mother was angry at my father for dying, and had packed his railroad collection into the garbage. Generations of my family had worked on the O&W -- at the time the most popular railroad for American train buffs. My father was a telegrapher, and wrote the last train order the night the O&W sit the bed. He had everything from his desk that night, and a lot of items from his father, including his gold watch. So I loaded those boxes into my automobile.