A Hard Winter

[Straight Shooter]

theguru i had the same upbringing....rabbit for sunday dinner spitting out the buck shot.......and the lamb ......bit special, but never paid for...... the old man was pretty good putting food on the table for our family...... and others..where i get my skills from...and proud of it..when i was a kid i used to go shopping for a old couple in the village on a saterday...mr mrs nunney...she was a small little lady he was tall lean suffered with dust ( from the pit ) had a plot at the allotments i can see him NOW had a wheel barrow (timber) with a cast iron wheel, stopping for a wiff every 50 ft with veg in the barrow...... anyway down the butchers i would go every sat it was always "a nice piece of briskit.... but only if its nice mindyou....... and some bones for the dog......they did,t have a dog.... (but you haven,t got a dog.... HE will know what i mean.....and he did always meat on them bones....she made a nice soup......first hand and first class , i see that guy in my thoughts, the blue lips the stoop, the long herringbone overcoat and his wifes smile....and that thruppeny bit they always found for me........that couple invade my thought on a regular basis.... not for the money.....but for the lesson in life ...its told me that there are good people ...... even if they got f,ck all....i believe in people ......these days from the outside it looks like these sorts of people don, t exist anymore....BUT THEY REALY DO ....... i am just such a one ... cause i was shown that by mr mrs nunney.... i wish i could go back and tell em they kept me in good stead...P&L