Told me when he was sixteen him and his twin brother went to California from Georgia by freight train in downtown Savannah.They would split up to get rides faster.Dad said he made it there first got caught for vacancy so he got put in jail and they made him work his time off.He got to go into town .
He run into his brother there so he let him to go back to the jail.He got out and they was just walking around and was aslking for money and wanted to the work in the morning.So before the law come they decided to jump the fence and run away.So they found place to sleep that nigh
Meanwhile in Georgia Grand Pa was having hard time with the plow he only had one arm. So Unvle Bodie come to help him he carried his goat skin chair with him all he had.
So in California the twins want to go in tbe Army they got through it fine the first day second day the sergeant asked tbem just how old they are they say 16 he said where are you two crom Georgia he called he didnt know the co mom she said send them home on train.When they got home uncle Bodie whipped them with the pop whip.Saod it hurt kinda bad .Uncle Bodie helped and he didnt know the ciggers was eating his pants and his gost skin chair was rotted out so his balls fell tbrough his pants through his chair and the csts played with his balls.
The twins was younger and was standing 3 guys in baseball they started losing so they stsrted a fight with them in round away .They would carry sweet potatoes to school to get into fights with other didnt like the black person because they would steal stuff .They ride in there friends car and tbrow the porkypine stick at them as they go by.Say they had some close calls as when they got older with friend walking behind them and the gun went off by tbere he.
They decide go in the termite business they pit them in the jar and take them with tbem and say you got termites.
Later on he was a painter and loved his seagram7 he drink hood bit never mess with me but let me have drinks of it say knock your cold out i be drunk as hell he invite chinese over to get the shrimp and rice but ,never black person come home.
When i was younger from 5 to 17 was an adventure of the amazing river i would go to about every weekend the ogeechee the seaboard tresile many people died there when train jump track.I caught so mant bream and red breast as a kid it was even funny took many friends with me it was a great child hood go fresh water and salt water .They fish the shad net they get messed up they have me holding it so they fix it with the wooden needle .He said go fine dog bone with hole in it had me making the little mess 1/4 inch so little shrimp wouldn't get out the net tven when we went shrimping with it he say see tbem little ones don't get out he caught trout with them .Go with his brother they caught 100 trout .Then they decide go make house boat on landing at bull river bridge we coming out tbe stream before that he say toilet most important then in here about tbat time shit come floating by i laughed. .
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