Karyn and Cheryl Memories | Donfabulous | Don Origins BC (Before Children) | The Grandkids |
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What is a Fransksville Footlong Hotdog?
This is what Cheryl got to eat when we were going to Uno’s for pizza because she HATED Pizza
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What is Go Tell Aunt Rodi?
This is the first song Don learned to play on the guitar at Old Town School of Folk Music
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What are Mayonnaise sandwiches?
This is what Don ate for lunch during the depression
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Who is Katzo the Salami Cutter?
The re-occurring real-life character who was the star of Grandpa's stories
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What is over 80 degrees in the summer?
This is how hot it had to be in order for Cheryl and Karyn to get to sleep in the air conditioned den
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What is Tap, tap, tap all night long?
This is the sound Don’s homemade pasta made, hanging over the table overnight
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What is Masters in Industrial Social Work?
This is the degree Don earned at University of Chicago
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What are hard boiled eggs, pretzel salt and celery from the resort snack bar?
These are what the grandkids provided for a “Mock Seder” in our hotel room in Lago Mar
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What are Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin (the names of the characters in “The Man From UNCLE”)?
The names of Karyn and Cheryl’s Texas Horned Toad pets- the only pets we could have as Don said he was “allergic to fur”
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What are dinner at Armando’s and a bus ride past silhouettes of naked ladies?
These are the activities that made up a family night that ended at a Blackhawk’s game
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What is a suit with bullet holes?
Uncle Nate gave Don this item of clothing to wear from his cleaning store that was never picked up
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What is "Go ask Grandpa"?
This is what Karyn and Cheryl tell their kids whenever they ask a scientific, how-to, or historical question that they can't answer
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