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note that I heard no profanity, no dirty stories and saw very little smoking. I learned that two men 1 had known have passed on--lung cancer. They thought they could lick Miss Nick O’Teen, but she was a better man than either.
There were varied discussions of a bygone era, when there were wooden postal cars and iron men, then iron cars and wooden men. Now there are very few cars being used for the distribution of mail enroutc. The passing of an era.
After a delicious meal we finally had to say our adieus. There was a certain amount of wistfulness in their “Bye, see you next year!” There was an implied MAYBE. Several octogenarians in the group. 1 hope they make it.
Life is not all looking back, as pleasant as that can be. There is that final run. When I arrive at the station and the Divine Supervisor checks me in, 1 hope 1 shall hear Him say, “Si, you made a good run, you brought in a clean car.”
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