Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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My uncle Sid gives a run-down of the history of the twenties, concluding with; "and then there was the so-called Stock Market Crash."
There are a bunch of "joke" gifts, those somewhat obscene things one finds at novelty shops. Sid has to present them, for the friends of my grandparents who put them together wished to remain anonymous. It is difficult to hold the crowd. One of the gifts involves, a prophylactic. Lil...
The poem printed inside one of the anniversary cards is read. My grandmother leans over, grabs my arm and says, "Listen to that. You could make a lot of money writing those." A long telegram is read next and when the name of the correspondent is revealed, Lil booms out...
My grandfather makes a speech: "In fifty years of marriage, it's the first time my wife and I are sitting in the same room and I have a chance to talk. . . . I'd like to say in the few years since we moved to Florida, we've been very...
A friend stands up and reads a poem composed by some of my grandparents' crowd for the occasion; it ends with "We love you." Lil seems about to cry. "We'll never forget, never!" she calls out.