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some of us "younger" cousins have been remembering all kind of fond memories about our wonderful family.
One question that we had was: What became of that darn parrot?
Thanks
Randy
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As a little girl growing up (in the teens
or 1920＊s) at 405 south Union, Ronnie
had a parrot given to her and its name was ※Loretta§. I guess she
really liked the bird as a pet. ?Fast forward to 1967 每 I came down
on orders for Vietnam
and Aunt Millie gave mom the parrot to keep her ※busy§ until I
returned and it was named Skipper after you guessed it - Skipper. The bird
entertained folks at the Jennersville store for years and was really mean. Come
time for Mom to die (some 20 years later) 每 my sister Midge didn＊t
want the parrot and neither did I. A plumber & customer named Jim Connor
from Avondale really liked the bird so at mom＊s death off ※Skipper§
went to the plumbing shop. The last time I saw the bird was in the plumber＊s
shop & it had a grease smear right straight down the middle of its yellow
head. I lost track of the bird after that and sometime after I worked for the
county (2001-2014) I ran into one of the plumber＊s sons and He 每
the son 每 still had the parrot. It was a miserable nasty bird &
perhaps that explains the long life. According to some accounts those Amazons
can live a very long life. It was a very young bird when Aunt Millie gave it to
Mom and if still living would only be very early sixties. I＊m told if
they don＊t take sick, they will live longer than that. Randy 每 even
today 每 people that remember the Store 每 remember Skipper. Some
folks swore it could talk a little & loved it 每 other people hated it
because of its disposition. Randy, thanks for the trip down memory lane.
?
?
some of us "younger" cousins have been remembering all kind
of fond memories about our wonderful family.
One question that we had was: What became of that darn parrot?
Thanks
Randy
|
Didn＊t Aunt Ronnie also have a parakeet that could talk??
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On Feb 16, 2021, at 11:15 PM, mother_veronica_rose < pandriole@...> wrote:
As a little girl growing up (in the teens or 1920＊s) at 405 south?Union, Ronnie had a parrot given to her and its name was ※Loretta§. I guess she really liked the bird as a pet. ?Fast forward to 1967 每 I came down on orders for?Vietnam?and Aunt Millie gave mom the parrot to keep her ※busy§ until I returned and it was named Skipper after you guessed it - Skipper. The bird entertained folks at the Jennersville store for years and was really mean. Come time for Mom to die (some 20 years later) 每 my sister Midge didn＊t want the parrot and neither did I. A plumber & customer named Jim Connor from Avondale really liked the bird so at mom＊s death off ※Skipper§ went to the plumbing shop. The last time I saw the bird was in the plumber＊s shop & it had a grease smear right straight down the middle of its yellow head. I lost track of the bird after that and sometime after I worked for the county (2001-2014) I ran into one of the plumber＊s sons and He 每 the son 每 still had the parrot. It was a miserable nasty bird & perhaps that explains the long life. According to some accounts those Amazons can live a very long life. It was a very young bird when Aunt Millie gave it to Mom and if still living would only be very early sixties. I＊m told if they don＊t take sick, they will live longer than that. Randy 每 even today 每 people that remember the Store 每 remember Skipper. Some folks swore it could talk a little & loved it 每 other people hated it because of its disposition. Randy, thanks for the trip down memory lane. ? ? some of us "younger" cousins have been remembering all kind of fond memories about our wonderful family.
One question that we had was: What became of that darn parrot?
Thanks
Randy?
|
That sounds familiar. I remember a bird that could say things like ※pretty bird§ and ※go to hell§ or some other mild cuss words.
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On Feb 17, 2021, at 7:54 AM, Elaine Ruggieri <elaineruggieri@...> wrote:
? Didn＊t Aunt Ronnie also have a parakeet that could talk?? On Feb 16, 2021, at 11:15 PM, mother_veronica_rose < pandriole@...> wrote:
As a little girl growing up (in the teens or 1920＊s) at 405 south?Union, Ronnie had a parrot given to her and its name was ※Loretta§. I guess she really liked the bird as a pet. ?Fast forward to 1967 每 I came down on orders for?Vietnam?and Aunt Millie gave mom the parrot to keep her ※busy§ until I returned and it was named Skipper after you guessed it - Skipper. The bird entertained folks at the Jennersville store for years and was really mean. Come time for Mom to die (some 20 years later) 每 my sister Midge didn＊t want the parrot and neither did I. A plumber & customer named Jim Connor from Avondale really liked the bird so at mom＊s death off ※Skipper§ went to the plumbing shop. The last time I saw the bird was in the plumber＊s shop & it had a grease smear right straight down the middle of its yellow head. I lost track of the bird after that and sometime after I worked for the county (2001-2014) I ran into one of the plumber＊s sons and He 每 the son 每 still had the parrot. It was a miserable nasty bird & perhaps that explains the long life. According to some accounts those Amazons can live a very long life. It was a very young bird when Aunt Millie gave it to Mom and if still living would only be very early sixties. I＊m told if they don＊t take sick, they will live longer than that. Randy 每 even today 每 people that remember the Store 每 remember Skipper. Some folks swore it could talk a little & loved it 每 other people hated it because of its disposition. Randy, thanks for the trip down memory lane. ? ? some of us "younger" cousins have been remembering all kind of fond memories about our wonderful family.
One question that we had was: What became of that darn parrot?
Thanks
Randy?
|
Yep, the parakeet and I thought more
understandable than the parrot but I guess that was in the ears of the
listener. Funny about life; Mom is gone, Aunt Millie is gone, the real Skipper
is gone, the Plumber is gone and the damn bird still lives. I think the reason
for the bird＊s nastiness was that every customer drunk or sober coming into our
kitchen just had to stick/poke their fingers thru the cage at the bird. And,
the bird would draw blood if it got you good. It had a real can opener nasty
beak. ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Fay Wheeler
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021
8:21 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [lafamigliaruggieri]
Aunt Ronnie's Parrot
?
That sounds familiar. I remember a bird that could say things like
※pretty bird§ and ※go to hell§ or some other mild cuss words.
On Feb 17, 2021, at 7:54
AM, Elaine Ruggieri <elaineruggieri@...> wrote:
?Didn＊t Aunt Ronnie also have a parakeet that could talk??
On Feb 16, 2021, at 11:15 PM, mother_veronica_rose <pandriole@...>
wrote:
?
As a little girl growing up (in the teens
or 1920＊s) at 405 south?Union, Ronnie had a parrot given to her and
its name was ※Loretta§. I guess she really liked the bird as a pet. ?Fast
forward to 1967 每 I came down on orders for?Vietnam?and Aunt Millie gave mom the parrot to
keep her ※busy§ until I returned and it was named Skipper after you guessed it
- Skipper. The bird entertained folks at the Jennersville store for years and
was really mean. Come time for Mom to die (some 20 years later) 每 my sister Midge
didn＊t want the parrot and neither did I. A plumber & customer named Jim
Connor from Avondale really liked the bird so at mom＊s death off ※Skipper§ went
to the plumbing shop. The last time I saw the bird was in the plumber＊s shop
& it had a grease smear right straight down the middle of its yellow head.
I lost track of the bird after that and sometime after I worked for the county
(2001-2014) I ran into one of the plumber＊s sons and He 每 the son 每 still had
the parrot. It was a miserable nasty bird & perhaps that explains the long
life. According to some accounts those Amazons can live a very long life. It
was a very young bird when Aunt Millie gave it to Mom and if still living would
only be very early sixties. I＊m told if they don＊t take sick, they will live
longer than that. Randy 每 even today 每 people that remember the Store 每
remember Skipper. Some folks swore it could talk a little & loved it 每
other people hated it because of its disposition. Randy, thanks for the trip
down memory lane.
some of us "younger" cousins have been remembering all kind
of fond memories about our wonderful family.
One question that we had was: What became of that darn parrot?
Thanks
Randy?
?
|
Fay, I bet it was the parrot, but I was gone for so long that I have spotty memories. ?However, I do remember the parrot when it was in the Jennersville house. ?For some reason, I don＊t remember it in Coatesville. ?And speaking of the Jennersville house, Paul, can you give us a little history and update on that house. ?It seems to have gone through a number of transformations since your family left there. ?At one point, there must have been a fire, and I thought it was a goner, but it seems to have taken on new life. ?You have a great memory for the details and human interest of family and local history. ?I love all your stories.
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That sounds familiar. I remember a bird that could say things like ※pretty bird§ and ※go to hell§ or some other mild cuss words. ? Didn＊t Aunt Ronnie also have a parakeet that could talk?? On Feb 16, 2021, at 11:15 PM, mother_veronica_rose < pandriole@...> wrote:
As a little girl growing up (in the teens or 1920＊s) at 405 south?Union, Ronnie had a parrot given to her and its name was ※Loretta§. I guess she really liked the bird as a pet. ?Fast forward to 1967 每 I came down on orders for?Vietnam?and Aunt Millie gave mom the parrot to keep her ※busy§ until I returned and it was named Skipper after you guessed it - Skipper. The bird entertained folks at the Jennersville store for years and was really mean. Come time for Mom to die (some 20 years later) 每 my sister Midge didn＊t want the parrot and neither did I. A plumber & customer named Jim Connor from Avondale really liked the bird so at mom＊s death off ※Skipper§ went to the plumbing shop. The last time I saw the bird was in the plumber＊s shop & it had a grease smear right straight down the middle of its yellow head. I lost track of the bird after that and sometime after I worked for the county (2001-2014) I ran into one of the plumber＊s sons and He 每 the son 每 still had the parrot. It was a miserable nasty bird & perhaps that explains the long life. According to some accounts those Amazons can live a very long life. It was a very young bird when Aunt Millie gave it to Mom and if still living would only be very early sixties. I＊m told if they don＊t take sick, they will live longer than that. Randy 每 even today 每 people that remember the Store 每 remember Skipper. Some folks swore it could talk a little & loved it 每 other people hated it because of its disposition. Randy, thanks for the trip down memory lane. ? ? some of us "younger" cousins have been remembering all kind of fond memories about our wonderful family.
One question that we had was: What became of that darn parrot?
Thanks
Randy?
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The bird was right to draw blood from such hecklers. Do you have a photo, Paul?
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On Feb 17, 2021, at 2:28 PM, mother_veronica_rose < pandriole@...> wrote:
Yep, the parakeet and I thought more understandable than the parrot but I guess that was in the ears of the listener. Funny about life; Mom is gone, Aunt Millie is gone, the real Skipper is gone, the Plumber is gone and the damn bird still lives. I think the reason for the bird＊s nastiness was that every customer drunk or sober coming into our kitchen just had to stick/poke their fingers thru the cage at the bird. And, the bird would draw blood if it got you good. It had a real can opener nasty beak. ? ? ? That sounds familiar. I remember a bird that could say things like ※pretty bird§ and ※go to hell§ or some other mild cuss words. ?Didn＊t Aunt Ronnie also have a parakeet that could talk??
On Feb 16, 2021, at 11:15 PM, mother_veronica_rose <pandriole@...> wrote: ? As a little girl growing up (in the teens or 1920＊s) at 405 south?Union, Ronnie had a parrot given to her and its name was ※Loretta§. I guess she really liked the bird as a pet. ?Fast forward to 1967 每 I came down on orders for?Vietnam?and Aunt Millie gave mom the parrot to keep her ※busy§ until I returned and it was named Skipper after you guessed it - Skipper. The bird entertained folks at the Jennersville store for years and was really mean. Come time for Mom to die (some 20 years later) 每 my sister Midge didn＊t want the parrot and neither did I. A plumber & customer named Jim Connor from Avondale really liked the bird so at mom＊s death off ※Skipper§ went to the plumbing shop. The last time I saw the bird was in the plumber＊s shop & it had a grease smear right straight down the middle of its yellow head. I lost track of the bird after that and sometime after I worked for the county (2001-2014) I ran into one of the plumber＊s sons and He 每 the son 每 still had the parrot. It was a miserable nasty bird & perhaps that explains the long life. According to some accounts those Amazons can live a very long life. It was a very young bird when Aunt Millie gave it to Mom and if still living would only be very early sixties. I＊m told if they don＊t take sick, they will live longer than that. Randy 每 even today 每 people that remember the Store 每 remember Skipper. Some folks swore it could talk a little & loved it 每 other people hated it because of its disposition. Randy, thanks for the trip down memory lane. some of us "younger" cousins have been remembering all kind of fond memories about our wonderful family.
One question that we had was: What became of that darn parrot?
Thanks
Randy? ?
|
Oops, Fay and Elaine. ?I was wrong?. ?Paul says there was a parakeet, and I wrote just a few seconds before his latest note arrived.
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On Feb 17, 2021, at 2:28 PM, mother_veronica_rose < pandriole@...> wrote:
Yep, the parakeet and I thought more understandable than the parrot but I guess that was in the ears of the listener. Funny about life; Mom is gone, Aunt Millie is gone, the real Skipper is gone, the Plumber is gone and the damn bird still lives. I think the reason for the bird＊s nastiness was that every customer drunk or sober coming into our kitchen just had to stick/poke their fingers thru the cage at the bird. And, the bird would draw blood if it got you good. It had a real can opener nasty beak. ? ? ? That sounds familiar. I remember a bird that could say things like ※pretty bird§ and ※go to hell§ or some other mild cuss words. ?Didn＊t Aunt Ronnie also have a parakeet that could talk??
On Feb 16, 2021, at 11:15 PM, mother_veronica_rose <pandriole@...> wrote: ? As a little girl growing up (in the teens or 1920＊s) at 405 south?Union, Ronnie had a parrot given to her and its name was ※Loretta§. I guess she really liked the bird as a pet. ?Fast forward to 1967 每 I came down on orders for?Vietnam?and Aunt Millie gave mom the parrot to keep her ※busy§ until I returned and it was named Skipper after you guessed it - Skipper. The bird entertained folks at the Jennersville store for years and was really mean. Come time for Mom to die (some 20 years later) 每 my sister Midge didn＊t want the parrot and neither did I. A plumber & customer named Jim Connor from Avondale really liked the bird so at mom＊s death off ※Skipper§ went to the plumbing shop. The last time I saw the bird was in the plumber＊s shop & it had a grease smear right straight down the middle of its yellow head. I lost track of the bird after that and sometime after I worked for the county (2001-2014) I ran into one of the plumber＊s sons and He 每 the son 每 still had the parrot. It was a miserable nasty bird & perhaps that explains the long life. According to some accounts those Amazons can live a very long life. It was a very young bird when Aunt Millie gave it to Mom and if still living would only be very early sixties. I＊m told if they don＊t take sick, they will live longer than that. Randy 每 even today 每 people that remember the Store 每 remember Skipper. Some folks swore it could talk a little & loved it 每 other people hated it because of its disposition. Randy, thanks for the trip down memory lane. some of us "younger" cousins have been remembering all kind of fond memories about our wonderful family.
One question that we had was: What became of that darn parrot?
Thanks
Randy? ?
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Was it called ※Tweety Bird§. Yellow. I remember trying to get it to talk to me.
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On Feb 17, 2021, at 2:35 PM, Dorothy Mehl via < dhmehl@...> wrote:
Oops, Fay and Elaine. ?I was wrong?. ?Paul says there was a parakeet, and I wrote just a few seconds before his latest note arrived. On Feb 17, 2021, at 2:28 PM, mother_veronica_rose < pandriole@...> wrote:
Yep, the parakeet and I thought more understandable than the parrot but I guess that was in the ears of the listener. Funny about life; Mom is gone, Aunt Millie is gone, the real Skipper is gone, the Plumber is gone and the damn bird still lives. I think the reason for the bird＊s nastiness was that every customer drunk or sober coming into our kitchen just had to stick/poke their fingers thru the cage at the bird. And, the bird would draw blood if it got you good. It had a real can opener nasty beak. ? ? ? That sounds familiar. I remember a bird that could say things like ※pretty bird§ and ※go to hell§ or some other mild cuss words. ?Didn＊t Aunt Ronnie also have a parakeet that could talk??
On Feb 16, 2021, at 11:15 PM, mother_veronica_rose <pandriole@...> wrote: ? As a little girl growing up (in the teens or 1920＊s) at 405 south?Union, Ronnie had a parrot given to her and its name was ※Loretta§. I guess she really liked the bird as a pet. ?Fast forward to 1967 每 I came down on orders for?Vietnam?and Aunt Millie gave mom the parrot to keep her ※busy§ until I returned and it was named Skipper after you guessed it - Skipper. The bird entertained folks at the Jennersville store for years and was really mean. Come time for Mom to die (some 20 years later) 每 my sister Midge didn＊t want the parrot and neither did I. A plumber & customer named Jim Connor from Avondale really liked the bird so at mom＊s death off ※Skipper§ went to the plumbing shop. The last time I saw the bird was in the plumber＊s shop & it had a grease smear right straight down the middle of its yellow head. I lost track of the bird after that and sometime after I worked for the county (2001-2014) I ran into one of the plumber＊s sons and He 每 the son 每 still had the parrot. It was a miserable nasty bird & perhaps that explains the long life. According to some accounts those Amazons can live a very long life. It was a very young bird when Aunt Millie gave it to Mom and if still living would only be very early sixties. I＊m told if they don＊t take sick, they will live longer than that. Randy 每 even today 每 people that remember the Store 每 remember Skipper. Some folks swore it could talk a little & loved it 每 other people hated it because of its disposition. Randy, thanks for the trip down memory lane. some of us "younger" cousins have been remembering all kind of fond memories about our wonderful family.
One question that we had was: What became of that darn parrot?
Thanks
Randy? ?
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Tweety Bird sounds right to me, too!
Fay Wheeler Sunshine 703-609-2248 (cell)
8002 Georgetown Pike Mclean, VA ?22102
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Was it called ※Tweety Bird§. Yellow. I remember trying to get it to talk to me.On Feb 17, 2021, at 2:35 PM, Dorothy Mehl via ??< dhmehl@...> wrote:
Oops, Fay and Elaine. ?I was wrong?. ?Paul says there was a parakeet, and I wrote just a few seconds before his latest note arrived. On Feb 17, 2021, at 2:28 PM, mother_veronica_rose < pandriole@...> wrote:
Yep, the parakeet and I thought more understandable than the parrot but I guess that was in the ears of the listener. Funny about life; Mom is gone, Aunt Millie is gone, the real Skipper is gone, the Plumber is gone and the damn bird still lives. I think the reason for the bird＊s nastiness was that every customer drunk or sober coming into our kitchen just had to stick/poke their fingers thru the cage at the bird. And, the bird would draw blood if it got you good. It had a real can opener nasty beak. ? ? ? That sounds familiar. I remember a bird that could say things like ※pretty bird§ and ※go to hell§ or some other mild cuss words. ?Didn＊t Aunt Ronnie also have a parakeet that could talk??
On Feb 16, 2021, at 11:15 PM, mother_veronica_rose <pandriole@...> wrote: ? As a little girl growing up (in the teens or 1920＊s) at 405 south?Union, Ronnie had a parrot given to her and its name was ※Loretta§. I guess she really liked the bird as a pet. ?Fast forward to 1967 每 I came down on orders for?Vietnam?and Aunt Millie gave mom the parrot to keep her ※busy§ until I returned and it was named Skipper after you guessed it - Skipper. The bird entertained folks at the Jennersville store for years and was really mean. Come time for Mom to die (some 20 years later) 每 my sister Midge didn＊t want the parrot and neither did I. A plumber & customer named Jim Connor from Avondale really liked the bird so at mom＊s death off ※Skipper§ went to the plumbing shop. The last time I saw the bird was in the plumber＊s shop & it had a grease smear right straight down the middle of its yellow head. I lost track of the bird after that and sometime after I worked for the county (2001-2014) I ran into one of the plumber＊s sons and He 每 the son 每 still had the parrot. It was a miserable nasty bird & perhaps that explains the long life. According to some accounts those Amazons can live a very long life. It was a very young bird when Aunt Millie gave it to Mom and if still living would only be very early sixties. I＊m told if they don＊t take sick, they will live longer than that. Randy 每 even today 每 people that remember the Store 每 remember Skipper. Some folks swore it could talk a little & loved it 每 other people hated it because of its disposition. Randy, thanks for the trip down memory lane. some of us "younger" cousins have been remembering all kind of fond memories about our wonderful family.
One question that we had was: What became of that darn parrot?
Thanks
Randy? ?
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Elaine - Picture somewhere but who knows
where? Dorothy you are correct. There was a real bad fire and the building was
completely destroyed. It has since been torn down and only the vacant/empty lot
remains.? The transformations consisted of a very successful and still
operating in the area - florist shop. After the florist ship it was a 2d hand consignment
shop and after that and just before the fire it was turned into an investor owned
apartment building. Yes Fay 每 you remember the parakeet＊s vocabulary. Mom
always thought the birds were language fluent. The only 2 things I remember
were the ones Fay remembers. Of course just back from Vietnam and out
of the Army, single and trying to find my way, I couldn＊t of cared less if the
birds could recite Shakespeare. I hope this note finds all in the Ruggieri
group staying healthy, safe and getting thru these crazy times that we are
living in. The folks in Texas
are sure having a tough time. Being cold is most difficult both emotionally and
physically.
?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dorothy Mehl via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2021
2:30 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [lafamigliaruggieri]
Aunt Ronnie's Parrot
?
Fay, I bet it was the parrot, but I was gone for so long that I have
spotty memories. ?However, I do remember the parrot when it was in the
Jennersville house. ?For some reason, I don＊t remember it in Coatesville.
?And speaking of the Jennersville house, Paul, can you give us a little
history and update on that house. ?It seems to have gone through a number
of transformations since your family left there. ?At one point, there must
have been a fire, and I thought it was a goner, but it seems to have taken on
new life. ?You have a great memory for the details and human interest of
family and local history. ?I love all your stories.
?
That sounds familiar. I remember a bird that could say things like
※pretty bird§ and ※go to hell§ or some other mild cuss words.
?Didn＊t Aunt Ronnie also have a parakeet that could talk??
On Feb 16, 2021, at 11:15 PM, mother_veronica_rose <pandriole@...>
wrote:
?
As a little girl growing up (in the teens
or 1920＊s) at 405 south?Union, Ronnie had a parrot given to her and
its name was ※Loretta§. I guess she really liked the bird as a pet. ?Fast
forward to 1967 每 I came down on orders for?Vietnam?and Aunt Millie gave mom the parrot to
keep her ※busy§ until I returned and it was named Skipper after you guessed it
- Skipper. The bird entertained folks at the Jennersville store for years and
was really mean. Come time for Mom to die (some 20 years later) 每 my sister
Midge didn＊t want the parrot and neither did I. A plumber & customer named
Jim Connor from Avondale really liked the bird so at mom＊s death off ※Skipper§
went to the plumbing shop. The last time I saw the bird was in the plumber＊s
shop & it had a grease smear right straight down the middle of its yellow
head. I lost track of the bird after that and sometime after I worked for the
county (2001-2014) I ran into one of the plumber＊s sons and He 每 the son 每
still had the parrot. It was a miserable nasty bird & perhaps that explains
the long life. According to some accounts those Amazons can live a very long
life. It was a very young bird when Aunt Millie gave it to Mom and if still
living would only be very early sixties. I＊m told if they don＊t take sick, they
will live longer than that. Randy 每 even today 每 people that remember the Store
每 remember Skipper. Some folks swore it could talk a little & loved it 每
other people hated it because of its disposition. Randy, thanks for the trip
down memory lane.
some of us "younger" cousins have been remembering all kind
of fond memories about our wonderful family.
One question that we had was: What became of that darn parrot?
Thanks
Randy?
?
?
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I too wish everyone to be healthy and safe and hope the Texans get relief soon.
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On Feb 18, 2021, at 7:48 PM, mother_veronica_rose < pandriole@...> wrote:
Elaine - Picture somewhere but who knows where? Dorothy you are correct. There was a real bad fire and the building was completely destroyed. It has since been torn down and only the vacant/empty lot remains.? The transformations consisted of a very successful and still operating in the area - florist shop. After the florist ship it was a 2d hand consignment shop and after that and just before the fire it was turned into an investor owned apartment building. Yes Fay 每 you remember the parakeet＊s vocabulary. Mom always thought the birds were language fluent. The only 2 things I remember were the ones Fay remembers. Of course just back from?Vietnam?and out of the Army, single and trying to find my way, I couldn＊t of cared less if the birds could recite Shakespeare. I hope this note finds all in the Ruggieri group staying healthy, safe and getting thru these crazy times that we are living in. The folks in?Texas?are sure having a tough time. Being cold is most difficult both emotionally and physically. ? ? Fay, I bet it was the parrot, but I was gone for so long that I have spotty memories. ?However, I do remember the parrot when it was in the Jennersville house. ?For some reason, I don＊t remember it in Coatesville. ?And speaking of the Jennersville house, Paul, can you give us a little history and update on that house. ?It seems to have gone through a number of transformations since your family left there. ?At one point, there must have been a fire, and I thought it was a goner, but it seems to have taken on new life. ?You have a great memory for the details and human interest of family and local history. ?I love all your stories.
? That sounds familiar. I remember a bird that could say things like ※pretty bird§ and ※go to hell§ or some other mild cuss words. ?Didn＊t Aunt Ronnie also have a parakeet that could talk??
On Feb 16, 2021, at 11:15 PM, mother_veronica_rose <pandriole@...> wrote: ? As a little girl growing up (in the teens or 1920＊s) at 405 south?Union, Ronnie had a parrot given to her and its name was ※Loretta§. I guess she really liked the bird as a pet. ?Fast forward to 1967 每 I came down on orders for?Vietnam?and Aunt Millie gave mom the parrot to keep her ※busy§ until I returned and it was named Skipper after you guessed it - Skipper. The bird entertained folks at the Jennersville store for years and was really mean. Come time for Mom to die (some 20 years later) 每 my sister Midge didn＊t want the parrot and neither did I. A plumber & customer named Jim Connor from Avondale really liked the bird so at mom＊s death off ※Skipper§ went to the plumbing shop. The last time I saw the bird was in the plumber＊s shop & it had a grease smear right straight down the middle of its yellow head. I lost track of the bird after that and sometime after I worked for the county (2001-2014) I ran into one of the plumber＊s sons and He 每 the son 每 still had the parrot. It was a miserable nasty bird & perhaps that explains the long life. According to some accounts those Amazons can live a very long life. It was a very young bird when Aunt Millie gave it to Mom and if still living would only be very early sixties. I＊m told if they don＊t take sick, they will live longer than that. Randy 每 even today 每 people that remember the Store 每 remember Skipper. Some folks swore it could talk a little & loved it 每 other people hated it because of its disposition. Randy, thanks for the trip down memory lane. some of us "younger" cousins have been remembering all kind of fond memories about our wonderful family.
One question that we had was: What became of that darn parrot?
Thanks
Randy? ?
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The alleged longevity of that?beautiful, extremely colorful, most disagreeable, not to mention FEAR?instilling??by Aunt Ronnie not to get close to that cantankerous curmudgeon of a parrot lays credence to the maxim ※Only the good die young§!
Steve Ruggieri 414-630-2558
On Thursday, February 18, 2021, 19:02, Elaine Ruggieri <elaineruggieri@...> wrote: I too wish everyone to be healthy and safe and hope the Texans get relief soon.
On Feb 18, 2021, at 7:48 PM, mother_veronica_rose < pandriole@...> wrote:
Elaine - Picture somewhere but who knows where? Dorothy you are correct. There was a real bad fire and the building was completely destroyed. It has since been torn down and only the vacant/empty lot remains.? The transformations consisted of a very successful and still operating in the area - florist shop. After the florist ship it was a 2d hand consignment shop and after that and just before the fire it was turned into an investor owned apartment building. Yes Fay 每 you remember the parakeet＊s vocabulary. Mom always thought the birds were language fluent. The only 2 things I remember were the ones Fay remembers. Of course just back from? Vietnam?and out of the Army, single and trying to find my way, I couldn＊t of cared less if the birds could recite Shakespeare. I hope this note finds all in the Ruggieri group staying healthy, safe and getting thru these crazy times that we are living in. The folks in? Texas?are sure having a tough time. Being cold is most difficult both emotionally and physically. ? ? Fay, I bet it was the parrot, but I was gone for so long that I have spotty memories. ?However, I do remember the parrot when it was in the Jennersville house. ?For some reason, I don＊t remember it in Coatesville. ?And speaking of the Jennersville house, Paul, can you give us a little history and update on that house. ?It seems to have gone through a number of transformations since your family left there. ?At one point, there must have been a fire, and I thought it was a goner, but it seems to have taken on new life. ?You have a great memory for the details and human interest of family and local history. ?I love all your stories.
? That sounds familiar. I remember a bird that could say things like ※pretty bird§ and ※go to hell§ or some other mild cuss words. ?Didn＊t Aunt Ronnie also have a parakeet that could talk??
On Feb 16, 2021, at 11:15 PM, mother_veronica_rose <pandriole@...> wrote: ? As a little girl growing up (in the teens or 1920＊s) at 405 south? Union , Ronnie had a parrot given to her and its name was ※Loretta§. I guess she really liked the bird as a pet. ?Fast forward to 1967 每 I came down on orders for? Vietnam?and Aunt Millie gave mom the parrot to keep her ※busy§ until I returned and it was named Skipper after you guessed it - Skipper. The bird entertained folks at the Jennersville store for years and was really mean. Come time for Mom to die (some 20 years later) 每 my sister Midge didn＊t want the parrot and neither did I. A plumber & customer named Jim Connor from Avondale really liked the bird so at mom＊s death off ※Skipper§ went to the plumbing shop. The last time I saw the bird was in the plumber＊s shop & it had a grease smear right straight down the middle of its yellow head. I lost track of the bird after that and sometime after I worked for the county (2001-2014) I ran into one of the plumber＊s sons and He 每 the son 每 still had the parrot. It was a miserable nasty bird & perhaps that explains the long life. According to some accounts those Amazons can live a very long life. It was a very young bird when Aunt Millie gave it to Mom and if still living would only be very early sixties. I＊m told if they don＊t take sick, they will live longer than that. Randy 每 even today 每 people that remember the Store 每 remember Skipper. Some folks swore it could talk a little & loved it 每 other people hated it because of its disposition. Randy, thanks for the trip down memory lane. some of us "younger" cousins have been remembering all kind of fond memories about our wonderful family.
One question that we had was: What became of that darn parrot?
Thanks
Randy? ?
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