I think the year that we got our TV was 1958 so I imagine my Dad did get to see all that. I can understand why he identified with Nellie Fox in that my Dad was a little guy too, but a little giant. His job was far more difficult physically than anything I was ever involved in. Drilling rigs in those days, maybe still, ran around the clock in 3 shifts like a factory or a hospital, but the crazy thing was that they operated 7 days a week until they either brought in a well or they gave up and declared it a dry hole. My work compared to that was child's play. The only thing that I did that was difficult was one helluva lot of driving. After I retired it almost took its toll on me in that I developed skin cancer in my left sideburn which totally makes sense when you think of where the steering mechanism on a car is. I was constantly being exposed to the sun and dummy that I am never thought about sun screen, but a Doc that specialized in that sort of thing was able to scoop it out and no problems since.
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08-11-2021, 03:34 PM
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