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    1. Re: [ARMSTRONG] #2
    2. Marilyn Otterson
    3. Wow! That's a great story. Now I have to try it. Thanks for the laugh (and the idea). Cousin Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: <KIMBLEKP@aol.com> To: <elkimble@charter.net>; <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com>; <MSWKY@aol.com>; <evabellekimble@yahoo.com>; <JonesHall@aol.com>; <kimblejc@msn.com>; <pharmdudeil@hotmail.com>; <uffda41@charter.net> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 12:13 PM Subject: [ARMSTRONG] #2 > At Eddie Jansen's grocery store in our village, you could purchase a tube > of > model glue, about the size of a large tube of toothpaste, for a nickel. > Most kids of today think that you can no longer buy it over the counter > because some kids sniffed it, getting high. My buddy Dick and I know that > is not > the true reason. > It was perhaps the most combustible material ever invented. I think that > is > what is in those napalm bombs in war movies. > Dick and I bought a large tube one summer night. We walked two block to > sit > atop a mountain of dirt on the site of a new church abuilding. > Overlooking the road, we waited until sundown. > When no cars were coming we spread a liberal line of glue across the road > and waited for a victim. > When the next car was a half block away, I lit it. > Little did I think that flames three stories high would result. > Screeching > tires braking to stop just feet away from the wall of flames. > I do not believe that my wide eyes ever beheld such a scene. > I did the sensible thing. I ran like hell. Behind me I could hear the > cursing of a man, very angry. > Although we were innocent occasionally, Dick and I were blamed for these > kind of things in Southern View, every time. > Ken Kimble > 3/1/2008 > > > > **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. > (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ > 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ARMSTRONG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

    03/02/2008 07:22:23
    1. Re: [ARMSTRONG] #2
    2. Patti Armstrong
    3. my father denies tipping over outhouses as well! (with people in them) Patti Marilyn Otterson wrote: > Wow! That's a great story. Now I have to try it. Thanks for the laugh > (and the idea). > Cousin Marilyn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <KIMBLEKP@aol.com> > To: <elkimble@charter.net>; <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com>; <MSWKY@aol.com>; > <evabellekimble@yahoo.com>; <JonesHall@aol.com>; <kimblejc@msn.com>; > <pharmdudeil@hotmail.com>; <uffda41@charter.net> > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 12:13 PM > Subject: [ARMSTRONG] #2 > > > >> At Eddie Jansen's grocery store in our village, you could purchase a tube >> of >> model glue, about the size of a large tube of toothpaste, for a nickel. >> Most kids of today think that you can no longer buy it over the counter >> because some kids sniffed it, getting high. My buddy Dick and I know that >> is not >> the true reason. >> It was perhaps the most combustible material ever invented. I think that >> is >> what is in those napalm bombs in war movies. >> Dick and I bought a large tube one summer night. We walked two block to >> sit >> atop a mountain of dirt on the site of a new church abuilding. >> Overlooking the road, we waited until sundown. >> When no cars were coming we spread a liberal line of glue across the road >> and waited for a victim. >> When the next car was a half block away, I lit it. >> Little did I think that flames three stories high would result. >> Screeching >> tires braking to stop just feet away from the wall of flames. >> I do not believe that my wide eyes ever beheld such a scene. >> I did the sensible thing. I ran like hell. Behind me I could hear the >> cursing of a man, very angry. >> Although we were innocent occasionally, Dick and I were blamed for these >> kind of things in Southern View, every time. >> Ken Kimble >> 3/1/2008 >> >> >> >> **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. >> (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ >> 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ARMSTRONG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARMSTRONG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

    03/02/2008 09:10:42