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You guys know about that "Little Girl", Bethany, that I prattle on about ENDLESSLY ? Never told you about how I met her, did I ? I was dating her Aunt, & Bethany found out I liked old radios & TVs. She allowed how she wanted to come over to my house & "See" my radios. I thought, "9 yr old GIRL, old radios, yeah THIS will take 5 minutes, TOPS", & then we can dump her, & go on & do what WE wanna do... Didn't QUITE work out that way...We went in the "Ships' Radio Room", Miss Priss starts barking out"I wanna see THAT one, What does THIS one sound like? Play THAT one for me"... I had my TV-7 sitting on my desk... "What does THAT thing do ?!? Show me how to work it.... Now show me AGAIN... Now HAND me a Tube, & Get Out Of My Way"... Young 'Un perched on my lap, grabbed EVERY tube she could lay mitts on, & sat there the next hour & a half/2 hours, & tested EVERY tube she could find... Kim, the Aunt, got regusted, went in the living room, piled up on the couch, & was soon Sawing Logs. Me, I was absotively BLOWN AWAY by this incredible kid. Think I "Fell" for her that afternoon. That was nearly 15 yrs ago, & I'm still "Head Over Heels" for her. She was/is INCREDIBLY smart, & VERY "Precocious". Wasn't enuf just to SHOW her how you did something, she wanted to know ALL the "Whys" & "Wherefores", as well. She was 9 then, & she REALLY had more of a "Boys' " disposition, than a little girl.But I did a STUPID thing, according to Kim... Kim told me-"WHATEVER you do, DON'T give her yr Phone #..." Uhh, I already did... OH, HELL, YOU DONE IT NOW..." And Kim was right. Bethany called me that week, & pretty much ORDERED me to come get her & take her to Supper... Been DOWNHILL ever since.. But I DID gain me a Daughter, & I tried hard to explain to her about tube stuff, & why its better, most of the time, than the stuff we have now. She was just SO much fun to be around. She was like a Spongue, soaking up anything/everything I had to tell her. She pretty much ORDERED me to teach her to drive in my Excursion-At age 9. Everybody always asked me, "Why do you wanna teach her in THAT humongous thing ?!?"... Well, if she could drive THAT, she could pretty much drive ANYTHING... She now has a 2 yr old son, & 3 month old daughter, you can believe THEY will gain an appreciation for "The Finer Things" when they're old enuff to understand...
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