:usaflag::csflag: I was reading this in a Civil War book about camp life and soldier humor....

[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

[size=large]A Sergeant sitting down for supper says; "I was eating some hard tack this morning and bit into something soft, any of you fellers wanna guess what it was?

A worm? said a Private

A roach? said a Corporal.

"Nope" said the Sergeant; "It was a 10 penny nail." [/size]

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[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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[The Nutty Teacher]

Hello Vernon & The Rest of You Who Remember Me,

I enjoy the humor of the Civil War era and appreciate its serious history.

It's spring break here. I went out Saturday and did rather well by the standards of the wild west.
I hope to be able to get out a couple more days this week. Otherwise it's all school until June 6th.

Respectfully,

The Nutty Teacher

 

[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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[The Nutty Teacher]

Thank you for your response Elson. It's great to see you're still posting as well.

 

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[The Nutty Teacher]

Hello Again Vernon,

I appreciate the response.

I've thought about retiring and I did go so far as to put four new Michelins on the van in the fall.

If I teach one more year that will be my thirty-ninth year. If I teach for two more years I'll have been
teaching for forty years, counting the four years I taught at the university.

One of my former students at the "U," has been a principal for at least fifteen years
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A former elementary school student from the late seventies looked me up in January and she's 42 years old.

I currently have the second child of a former student who was in my classroom in the late 1980s.
I'm feeling older than Elson.

The only reason for going on is, "There are so many students to persecute and so little time."
Besides, Elson needs to know I'm still in the back of the room in the corner with my crayons.

Respectfully,

The Nutty Teacher
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[The Nutty Teacher]

Hello Dave,

I appreciate the response,

I hope you and yours are doing well.

I was set to come up last year, but as you may remember, my surgeon had other plans.

I'd like to get up there this summer. It will depend on my new school and the amount of prep
I'll have to do for all the ESL students I'll have in the class. The moving and setting up will take
at least a couple of weeks, not counting perusing the curriculum.

I'll give you plenty of notice If I can slip away for a little stick wiggling.

I can't remember if I told you or not, but I sold one of the old trade tokens I found, to a former student,
who owns Barton Rare Coins. I was surprised when he offered me $1200.00 for it. I wasn't going to
sell it and I had already told another dealer that I wasn't interested in selling it. The relationship between
a teacher and a former student is stronger than I thought.

I still think your permission request is one of the funniest things I've ever read.

Respectfully,

The Nutty Teacher

 

[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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