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Chuck:

You are correct. My mother never cared for the name "Weasel".
I tried to explain it to her many times but she never understood.
To her, I was always "Johnny". Little Johnny Douglas. Call me John,
Jack, or Weasel but don't call me Johnny. I don't know why, but that
name Johnny always sounded weird to me. I really can't explain why I
liked Johnny Carson though; his name just sounded better being called
Johnny than being called John. Speaking of Johnny Carson, does
anyone remember seeing Johnny Carson live on "Who Do You Trust" when
we went on our senior trip to New York? That was the highlight of
the New York portion of the NY/DC trip. I think the Rockettes at
Radio City Music Hall ranked a close second. The Statue of Liberty
ranked third and the Statue of Liberty was in fourth place (the
Johnny Douglas rating system). You know what? That actually sounds
pretty good...the Johnny Douglas rating system has a certain ring to
it. Maybe I've mellowed a tad and my mother was right after all to
call me Johnny. The older I get, the better I used to be.

Just rambling,

The Weaselmeister

In dalton59@yahoogroup s.com, "Chuck Meier" wrote:
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> John/Weaselmeister -
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> I'm very impressed with your writing. Your essays are fascinating;
Mr. Jogan would be proud of you.
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> I think we probably celebrated the Fourth of July by baling hay or
some such job. Usually, we would go to Wooster for the fireworks in
the evening. I guess if it was on a weekend, we probably got
together with relatives for a picnic.
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> I do remember going to Dalton one time for the ceremonies and
hearing Lincoln's Gettysburg Address read. There was also a band
and, with Keith's Dad on the trombone, they played "76 Trombones".
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> One way to honor the Declaration of Independence is to read some of
the biographies of the Founders that have been published in the last
few years. I have read at least two about Washington and Jefferson,
the David McCullough biography of John Adams is excellent, and there
are others about Franklin, Madison, Monroe and others who were
involved. These give a great sense of how this all came about.
There are other histories of the founding as well and provide reading
just as good as most novels.
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> Chuck
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> P.S. Even though I'm sure that we all used the nickname, I can
remember your mother objecting to it, saying "My son is not a weasel."
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