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Somebody behind him in the boxcar said, “Oz.” That was I. That was me. The only other city I’d ever seen was Indianapolis, Indiana.
Kurt Vonnegut • Slaughterhouse-Five
Alan Yarborough
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When you are a westerner living on the East Coast, this is just the sort of folksy anecdote the city slickers expect you to tell. But I was the worst Montanan in history.
Sarah Vowell • The Partly Cloudy Patriot
WILL SWAP—Late model Cadillac Coupe de Ville, radio, heater, air-conditioned, battery run down but undamaged, for two good 28-inch bicycle tires and pump.
Pat Frank • Alas, Babylon: A Novel (Harper Perennial Olive Edition)
TIL that in the 50s there was a company that specialized in contracting out professional midget welders that could crawl into small pipelines to perform internal fixes. https://t.co/mnnUAeNOSy
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