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   Hello George Pope!   
      
   ** On Sunday 19.09.21 - 13:23, George Pope wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    >> You operated/owned an arcade?   
      
    GP> Yup, in my lasy year of hitchiking (age 17) I woulnd up   
    GP> near ther Sault, at Hemlo Mines, looking for miniong   
    GP> labourer work, but they were only giving the jobsd to   
    GP> union guys bused in from NY state at the time.   
      
   That whole story sounds familiar.  Perhaps you once already     
   relayed this story for me.   
      
    GP> Then he came o me to say the day shft was too much for his   
    GP> elderllyt dad, really, & would I like to take over the   
    GP> arcade completely, as he had his hands full with his other   
    GP> business.   
      
   That's interesting, and somewhat generous to have been arranged     
   for you.   
      
      
    GP> After paying for my hotel room, I had about the a,me   
    GP> amount of money left over each m,ontgh as previous, but   
    GP> now I worked 12h00-00h00, plus an hour of cleaning,   
    GP> instead of 16h00-00h00+cleaning.  Hmmm. . . *LOL*   
      
   I am in a similar dilema with my bookshop.. tonnes of extra     
   duties (ie. cleaning) and I can only do it myself.  There     
   simply isn't the extra cash to pay someone to do something like     
   that.   I have some shelves that need serious attention - so,     
   for that I won't have a choice and need to hire a carpenter.   
      
      
    GP> By December, t hough, I'd run afoul of some local issues,   
    GP> & basically ensured the top local meathead..   
      
   [...]   
      
    GP> I was a twiggy thing, & not up to a fight with a veritable   
    GP> psychotically angry monster, so I did the prudent thing &   
    GP> fled.   
      
   A couple of dobermans at your side couldn't have helped?!    
      
      
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