let's see ... the year was ... i'm sure it was just a short while ago
hbg
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Letty
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Wed 20 Jun, 2007 11:24 am
Quite a library you have there, hbg. (adorable youngun)
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hamburger
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Wed 20 Jun, 2007 12:18 pm
image from the GUTENBERG BIBLE at the BRITISH LIBRARY :
(methinks letty looks surprisingly young in the pix she posted .
i know letty's answer "flattery will get you nowhere !" .)
hbg
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Letty
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Wed 20 Jun, 2007 12:51 pm
Flattery will get you everywhere, hbg, except promoted.
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hamburger
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Wed 20 Jun, 2007 01:05 pm
i really did enjoy going to school .
if you are wondering about the unsual background ; i grew up in the port of hamburg and those are warehouses in the background .
the little satchel is holding my lunch - milk and cocoa was supplied in school .
hbg
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Letty
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Wed 20 Jun, 2007 04:48 pm
Another kind of school. (love your short pants, hbg)
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hamburger
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Wed 20 Jun, 2007 05:45 pm
of course , it wasn't play all the time !
as "junior longshoreman" we knew how to handle the goods (wearing proper leather aprons , of course !) .
my friend henry is standing by with the pike to assist in the work .
hbg
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hamburger
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Wed 20 Jun, 2007 06:20 pm
after a day of "studying and working" i was always ready to join the other longshoremen in the "canteen" where we would wet our parched throats (my dad - the "bossman" is second from the left .)
growing up amongst the longshoremen meant that there were always adults ready to listen and give advice to a curious youngster .
hbg
