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A hooded armed robber bursts into a bank and forces the tellers to load a sack full of cash.

Valley Forge has become a place linked in the American mind with the virtues of courage, perseverance, and loyalty to cause. Some 9,000 of George Washington’s troops went into camp there in the late autumn of 1777. By the time the snows of winter were gone, only 6,000 remained.

Think about is… Seriously If you think you are smarter than the previous generation… 50 years ago, the owner’s manual of a car showed you how to adjust the valves. Today, it warns you NOT to drink the contents of the battery.

Before dissecting these words and deciding whether what he said is justified, let us look back at the kind of life Robert Clay Allison lived. Even though he was leading a simple life, he sometimes had to fight in the Civil War as a gunfighter.

Recently, we celebrated Decoration Day. Sunday,

Overheard…

Compared to my dad’s life, I had a life of ease. He dropped out of school in the eighth grade to join the CCC, was a war veteran going through hell when he was 18 years old. Returned home with no education or job and became a roughneck since that is all he could find.

Life expectancy for the average male is 75 years. I wish I had not have looked that up. However, the good news is that this week I have passed the average!

Of Families and Phones

HOW SMART ARE YOU?