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  • Dad and Alan Skeoch…plowing and cultivating – ONE GLORIOUS SUMMER, 5th line, Erin twp, Wellington county

    Subject: Dad and Alan Skeoch…plowing and cultivating – ONE GLORIOUS SUMMER, 5th line, erin twp, wellington county
    Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 23:04:02 -0500
    From: Alan Skeoch
    To: Alan Skeoch, Marjorie Skeoch

    ERIN TOWNSHIP, WELLINGTON COUNTY, 5063 FIFTH LINE: HARDSCRABBLE FARMING WITH RED SKEOCH AND HIS SON

    DAD may have called me A ‘goddamn fool’ but he did not mean it.  Actually he loved  fooling around with the old horse drawn junk I bought at auction sales.

    “Keep the  goddamn tractor in a straight line, I’ll manage the plow.  I could do a lot better with a team of horses that’s for sure.”

  • BUILDING A SCALE MODEL TRUCK FOR KIDS: around 1976 … GOOD TIMES.

    Subject: BUILDING A SCALE MODEL TRUCK FOR KIDS: around 1976 … GOOD TIMES.
    Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 18:21:52 -0500
    From: Alan Skeoch
    To: Marjorie Skeoch

    Kids  arrived in droves  after  I built the truck  in my garage and wheeled it out to the front lawn.  Flattering.  Kevin, with the gun, looks about 8 or so…making the year of the picture 1976.  That’s Andrew on the left.

  • Kevin is distracted…WOODY IS NOT DISTRACTED!!

    Subject: Kevin is distracted…WOODY IS NOT DISTRACTED!!
    Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 11:38:35 -0500
    From: Alan Skeoch <alan.skeoch@rogers.com&gt;

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  • COLD CHINESE CHECKERS IN WINTER FARM HOUSE

    Subject: COLD CHINESE CHECKERS IN WINTER FARM HOUSE
    Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 11:30:30 -0500
    From: Alan Skeoch
    To: Marjorie Skeoch
    BOARD GAMES!  HOW  JUVENILE!   Well, that may be so, but Marjorie  and  I play  about 20 games a week.  So  farm I have been  a winner of most but Marjorie  is catching up.  When she does, the  game will end.  Sore loser.   The kitchen of the farm house is about 9 degrees…cold.  Has been  so  ever since we moved  the wood  stove to the scrap yard and converted to central  heating.  Who can  afford central heating?  Grandma and  Grandpa  Freeman lived in this single room all winter…so cold in the rest of the house that there  were always icicles  and frost on the furniture.  They made do…probably played Chinese  checkers as well.   The checker board is home  made.

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  • KEVIN AND ANDY AND MARJORIE…LOADING FOR MOVIE FEB. 16, 2018

    Subject: KEVIN AND ANDY AND MARJORIE…LOADING FOR MOVIE FEB. 16, 2018
    Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 11:17:17 -0500
    From: Alan Skeoch
    To: Kevin Skeoch ; Marjorie Skeoch; Gabriela Skeoch; Eric Skeoch; Alan Skeoch
    This was  a bitterly cold  day…wind blowing icy air…Kevin and Andy  helped me load some ‘diamond quality’ set and prop material  for the Movie ANNE (of Green Gables)…Marjorie arrived in the barn to finish off the job.  Note Kevin holding  our recent acquisition, a playground  horse on a huge spring.   I had a scrap  yard spring welded  to an aluminium horse… by Bill Brooks  down the  road, just in case  you have a similar wedding planned for two  pieces that would  otherwise be called junk.   If you need  to understand the sheer joy of this venture then consult  the famous  ‘Acres of Diamonds’ speech, one of the most famous speeches ever made.
    alan
    PS  Try walking in winter with your toes  exposed then you might understand  how I  felt wearing my big plastic Boot that is supposed to help  my torn Achilles tendon.  The Boot was not designed for winter walking.  Toes were  ready to be snapped  off and put in a fine drink by evening.  Fine drink? Sure,  Like that Dawson  City speciality.  Never heard of  it?  Do a  search.

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