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Subject: Dear Old Gran
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Gran came to the USA from the Old County in the
latter 1800s. She spoke no English - yet made it
through the whole Ellis Island thing. Her husband
had come over a couple years earlier - looking for
a good gig. First Canada, then the USA.

Somehow he found her in NYC.

Later moved south. Ag/botany/herbiculture was the
main thing - plenty of that back in the day.

Gran DID learn pretty good English - but the old
accent did remain.

Raising 7 kids during The Depression was certainly
a challenge.

Only ONE kid got a college degree. No money for
any of the others ... bright as they were.

Back when I was a kid I had three volumes of a
book entitled "How Things Work". Gran read them
all cover to cover, even well into her 80s. Didn't
think much of it then, but now I see it as the
sign of a very bright inquisitive mind, just
kind of obscured by the thick accent. Ok, she
DID have a love for 'professional wrestling' and
a soap opera - loved the hero/villain dynamic :-)

Hated 'rabbit food' - euro boiled meat/'taters
mostly - 6 aspirin and a can of beer daily, lived
well to 99. Saw the invention of the airplane and
the moon landings.

She DID have a sort of joke ... claimed the
world was flat and dared anybody to prove
otherwise  :-)

It's really NOT that easy ...

Her BEST wise advice however - STILL extremely
relevant - was "Spend a little less than you
earn and everything will be ok". Later gens
do NOT heed that advice - and are deep in the
pit of hell because of it.


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