One of my favourite radio broadcasts…kind I enjoyed doing…was the Case of the BREAD BAG HAT.
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ALAN WITH THE BREAD BAG HAT
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Eric and Marjorie..EUROPE ON FIVE DOLLARS A DAY… TRY IT! WE DID!
EUROPE ON FIVE DOLLARS A DAY
Eric, Marore and I decided to tour Europe in the summer of 1965. And do it cheaply. We read Mr. Frommer’s travel book titled EUROPE ON FIVE DOLLARS A DAY.
We believed it.Was that really possible? Only if your living standards are really low. I bet you do not know what that means. The Homeless know. And we lived very near to that kind of existence..Let me tell you about our brief stay in Paris. You will get the idea…Just two incidents will tell much:,
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What is a F—-ng immigrant? The Story of Pason (as I understand it)
MR SKEOCH WHAT IS A FUCKING IMMIGRANT?”
ALAN SKEOCHfeb. 2018Telling the story as it unfolded“Mr. Skeoch, what is a ‘fucking immigrant?’“ Who said that to you?”“ School”And Pason Banjongpanith pointed to Queen Elizabeth Public School in Mississauga. -
EIGHTEEN MAN THRESHING CREW CIRCA 1900, PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, HUGHES FARM (?) ANSWER QUESTIONS!
EIGHTEEN MAN THRESHING CREW IN 1900: ONE MAN TODAY
LOOK CLOSELY AT THE PICTURE AND ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS BELOW
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FEAR: “ALAN, WE ARE GOING TO DIE!”
FEAR…FEAR…FEAR…FEAR…FEAR
FEAR changes people. The picture above is Marjorie today in 2018. The picture below was taken in 1994 HIGH above western Newfoundland. We were wedged in an old Cessna 170 about 2,000 feet above the Strait of Belle Isle heading north to L’Anse aux Meadows, one of the most mysterious UNESCO world heritage sites on this planet. Why the fear? Lots of reasons…Lots of reasons.
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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> 
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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.
