A Texan was taking a taxi tour of London and was in a hurry. As they went by the Tower of London the cab driver explained what it was and that construction of it started in 1346 and was completed in 1412.The Texan replied, “Shoot, a little old tower like that? In Houston we’d have that thing up in two weeks!” Next they passed the House of Parliament – started in 1544 and completed in 1618.”Well boy, we put up a bigger one than that in Dallas and it only took a year!” As they passed Westminster Abbey the cab driver was silent. “Whoah! What’s that over there?” asked the Texan. The driver replied, “I don’t know, it wasn’t there yesterday.”
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I am a 72-year-old retired journalist, busy recovering from a lifelong career as an unretired journalist. This year marks a half century of my scratching out little fables about life. My interests include genealogy, humour and music. I live in a little blue shack in Canada and spend most of my time trying to stay out of trouble. I am not that good at it. I also spent years teaching journalism. Poor state of journalism today: My fault. I have a family I don't deserve, a dog that adores me, and two cars the junk yard refuses to accept. My prized possessions include my old guitar and a razor my Dad gave me when I was 14 and which I still use when I bother to shave. Oh, and my great-great-grandfather's blackthorn stick he brought from Ireland in the 1850s. I have only one opinion but it is a good one: People take too many showers.
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