AW, I got caught with the coin glued to the floor in an old type restaurant in Gagetown Village, NB, Canada a few years back. There were some old men sitting in the corner getting a bird's eye view of everyone bending to pick it up! It was worth a few laughs...
I must have missed this the first time as I don't remember any of it. The characters you chose reminded me of men and women in the village where I was born - characters in their own right. Why don't any like that exist today.
Agree - a shame the music can't go in the book, perhaps a link reference to it :) I grew up in the country and remember such characters well - had a great uncle who probably 'qualified'.
A very original post, Tony. Every community has its wandering lost souls, and every one has a story. I've met a few characters too, and they help keep our town fresh.
I think you're right about characters not being recognised as such in the present, Tony. In those you describe here, I recognise some of the "other saints" I have known and worked alongside. And I'm grateful.
Mr. Donald John looks like Hemingway in that photo. Such interesting characters but such sad souls. We've always had a few in our small town. The latest is a young woman who walks the streets of downtown wearing a bikini and leading a collie on a leash. Barbara
That was a fun post. I don't remember reading it originally. Maybe it was before my time on SS. Some of the stories are very sad though. Especially the son that beat up his poor mother. Nancy
Tommy Cheesebits is my favorite but I enjoyed every one of your characters.....maybe it is true we only recognize characters in retrospect, or is it we only recognize them when we get older too? The sketch of Donald John is wonderful too...
Perfect 200th post! You always know how to touch my funny bone and my soul, sometimes in the same post. You are quite the entertainer and teacher as well, throughout all of your posts Tony. Perfecto on the photos too! I adore each and every character, that we often become to know very well ourselves right here.
It is a good choice of saints. Saints like that do become heroes in many places where they take care of themselves with others also helping on the side lines. Great post.
Hi Tony, thanks for introducing us to Tommy and Donald.
In Eugene, we had one guy named Zeus, who hung out near the U of O campus. He had long dark hair, usually war a tutu decorated with Barbie heads and it is reported that he had to go to the ER once for eating 13 of those Barbie heads.
There was another man, Frog, who wasn't mentally ill, but he walked around selling his handcrafted joke books for a reasonable price.
Thanks for making me remember those guys; I enjoyed this post very much.
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other bands of saints...heh...sometimes those are the best to hang with...and congrats on 200...pretty cool on putting the book together as well...
Good choice. Too bad the music won't fit in the book.
Tommy Cheesebits and his companions will make an excellent cast for the double centenary volume.
I love the history that is tied to each of these men. I'm glad you were not the only person to recognize they were another brand of saints.
Dee
Fabulous! Do you think they modeled Roy on Coronation Street on that fellow who dressed as the Roundhead?
AW, I got caught with the coin glued to the floor in an old type restaurant in Gagetown Village, NB, Canada a few years back. There were some old men sitting in the corner getting a bird's eye view of everyone bending to pick it up! It was worth a few laughs...
I must have missed this the first time as I don't remember any of it. The characters you chose reminded me of men and women in the village where I was born - characters in their own right. Why don't any like that exist today.
Agree - a shame the music can't go in the book, perhaps a link reference to it :)
I grew up in the country and remember such characters well - had a great uncle who probably 'qualified'.
A very original post, Tony.
Every community has its wandering lost souls, and every one has a story. I've met a few characters too, and they help keep our town fresh.
I wish my last name was Cheesebits.
I think you're right about characters not being recognised as such in the present, Tony. In those you describe here, I recognise some of the "other saints" I have known and worked alongside. And I'm grateful.
Characters need to be immortalized. Excellent!!
Cheesebits!! What a great name.
And a great post this week, as always.
Mr. Donald John looks like Hemingway in that photo. Such interesting characters but such sad souls. We've always had a few in our small town. The latest is a young woman who walks the streets of downtown wearing a bikini and leading a collie on a leash.
Barbara
That was a fun post. I don't remember reading it originally. Maybe it was before my time on SS. Some of the stories are very sad though. Especially the son that beat up his poor mother.
Nancy
Yes, indeed, interesting characters. I think we still have some around here. They're interesting to read about but more interesting to know, huh?
Tommy Cheesebits is my favorite but I enjoyed every one of your characters.....maybe it is true we only recognize characters in retrospect, or is it we only recognize them when we get older too? The sketch of Donald John is wonderful too...
Good to be reminded of these characters again. Why don’t we see them nowadays? I can recall several eccentrics in my own home town.
I wonder what it is he is drinking? Very nice post for Sepia Satuday 200! :)
Perfect 200th post! You always know how to touch my funny bone and my soul, sometimes in the same post. You are quite the entertainer and teacher as well, throughout all of your posts Tony. Perfecto on the photos too! I adore each and every character, that we often become to know very well ourselves right here.
A fun post. I like eccentricity.
I just love the name Tommy Cheesebits...!
It is a good choice of saints. Saints like that do become heroes in many places where they take care of themselves with others also helping on the side lines. Great post.
Hi Tony, thanks for introducing us to Tommy and Donald.
In Eugene, we had one guy named Zeus, who hung out near the U of O campus. He had long dark hair, usually war a tutu decorated with Barbie heads and it is reported that he had to go to the ER once for eating 13 of those Barbie heads.
There was another man, Frog, who wasn't mentally ill, but he walked around selling his handcrafted joke books for a reasonable price.
Thanks for making me remember those guys; I enjoyed this post very much.
Have a super week,
Kathy M.
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