Today John was talking to the son of our recently deceased neighbor, Jack. We knew this old guy was cool, but not this cool....We knew he was a WWII Vet, and that his name was John and he was from Mt. Pleasant. We knew that he was a car designer for GM and carved wooden models until his retirement, but we did not know he also carved working shotguns for each of his sons, and that he also enjoyed pottery. He had a potter's wheel in his basement and a kiln in his garage. We also found out, from the local obituiary, that he was known as the local 'pumpkin man'. We knew he used to sell pumpkin in his yard, until the biotch that used to live in our house ratted him out for not having a business permit for his seasonal veggie stand. People used to clog up the road in front of our house and park in our yard for those pumpkins.
His son also told us how the run down fix-it shop on the corner used to be a gas station and volunteer fire department, where the kids used to hang out and buy candy. The day care on the next block was the local school they used to walk to, and the subdivision behind us was a commune for a local cult with a UFO landing pad....wait, what?! Mmmm Hmm....
There is a one road subdivision behind our house. It was bought by a group of people in a cult that wanted to build a community wihich included a UFO landing pad. They ran out of cash after they built the road and instead were forced to sell out to the man.... Now it has really nice huge houses and lots of Christmas decorations.
2 comments:
You guys crack me up. But seriously, that John guy sounds really cool......c.
That is too bad about your neighbor... but seriously, you guys should get that kiln and potter's wheel off of Jack so I can come over and create some revolutionary artistic things. You could use it too, don't get me wrong...
Dean
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