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“robert chapin”

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  • Lee Iacocca The Baby Boomer And My Mustang '64

    by Robert Chapin ...
    In 1964, I attended The New York World's Fair where Ford Motor Company and Lee Iacocca were about to release the newest driving sensation: The 1964-1/2 Mustang.Like most teens, I was drawn to the car like a magnet, and seeing it at The World's Fair for the first time was one of the most exciting events ever.I was driving a 1957 Ford Fairlane Convertible Retractable Hardtop. I was not in a positon ... Read more

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  • Twinkies And The 8th Grade Prom

    by Robert Chapin ...
    The year was 1960, and I was barely 14 and about to graduate into the 8th grade. Beverly Jones was my neighbor, the most beautiful girl in school and I desparately wanted to take her to the prom.I was a member of a group of 5 geeks who just wanted to raise caine, and girls were not a priority - until Beverly came into my life.I previously agreed to assist in a prank of running a pair of mens ... Read more

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  • The Cat And The Mad Lobster

    by Robert Chapin ...
    This is a humorous true story about our 18 year old cat who died of a brain tumor. He was unusual inasmuch as he had learned to play dead and together he and I had a routine.First, however, the cat had an encounter with a lobster. On a summers day a number of years ago, my wife and I were going to have an old fashioned New England clambake. Just the two of us. We purchased a lobster and two quarts ... Read more

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  • The Radio Announcer And The Horse Dovers (Hors D'oeuvres)

    by Robert Chapin ...
    I always wanted to be a radio announcer and following discharge from the army in 1970 I fulfilled my dream of attending one of the most prestigious schools in the country: The Connecticut School of Broadcasting.I excelled in all phases of on air personality and when I graduated at the top of the class was fortunate to have been hired before classes finished.The school was founded by Dick Robinson ... Read more

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  • Granddad's 1954 Nash Rambler Cross Country Station Wagon & The 1955 Doubled Die Penny

    by Robert Chapin ...
    The year was 1955, granddad was 62 years old and I only 9. He was a coin and antique dealer in Western Massachusetts and in this year - 1955 he packed me and a lunch into his 1954 Nash Rambler Cross Country station wagon and travel the back roads of New England in search of the elusive 1955 doubled die penny.One bank stop produced 100 of the error coins worth $40,000 EACH - today. ... Read more

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  • My Little Poopoofnick

    by Robert Chapin ...
    1964, Lyndon, The Beetles, gas at $.35 per gallon, bread $.54, a new house $20,000, a new car $200. I was 17 years old and my first job was for Mr. D. at a mom and pop Red & White grocery store.My first car: a 1957 Ford Fairlane hardtop convertible. The aroma of the fruits and soap powders forever burned in my brain.Vietnam, college and now I am 65 years old, and still a poopoofnick... ... Read more

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  • Murder In Ogunquit

    by Robert Chapin ...
    The Abenaki Indian Tribe is awarded 15,000 acres in a U.S. Supreme Court decision for land taken illegally by the U.S. government in 1850. Their goal: to construct the world's largest casino inOgunquit, Maine, a quaint New England seaside village of 1200 in winter and explodes into the largest gambling casino in the world.The influx of people required to run the casino and support services (65,000 ... Read more

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  • Basic Training And The Accidental Pink Underwear

    by Robert Chapin ...
    This is the true story of an experien ce I endured as a left handed person in basic training at Fort Dix New Jersey in March of 1966.On our second weekend of liberty - spent at McGuire AFB next door to Dix we had the opportunity to drink alcohol and have a good time.I was dressed in civilian clothes and of all things a red bandanna. Why the bandanna I do not know.Upon returning to the barracks it ... Read more

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  • A Gift From Malla

    by Robert Chapin ...
    Malla was my mother who died of cancer in 1991 at the age of 71. She never remembered my birthday and was an avid follower of Elvis.On the morning of her funeral I was angered - asking why she never remembered me on that special day.As I began to shave, that's when I noticed it: I had Malla's nose! What a special gift - and then I realized it is not always about money! I love you Malla! ... Read more

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  • A Song For David

    by Robert Chapin ...
    Sergeant Preston Cunningham is reassigned from a civilian status position while serving with the Army in Frankfurt, Germany into the heat of battle in Southeast Asia. In Vietnam he finds himself carrying out the duties of a company scrounge - someone who has been given the company commander's blessings to do whatever necessary to make the war machine tick. The commander orders him to "acquire" ... Read more

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  • Sister Albert Marchetti - "An Angel Of God"

    by Robert Chapin ...
    It was in the mid 1950's and our mother wanted her three children to receive a Catholic education. It was post World War II and the economy was thriving. The "Baby Boomer" era had arrived and there was plenty of construction of new homes.Our school was located in central Massachusetts and the nuns were of the order of The Sisters of Saint Joseph. However, several of the nuns were from a Canadian ... Read more

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  • Bristol's Rexall Pharmacy

    by Robert Chapin ...
    In 1961, we had a Rexall Pharmacy in our town. The aroma of the elixers and marble counter with four swivel chairs where teens congregated.The book rack where boys and girls flipped through the magazines of the early 1960's.The soda fountain where Mrs. B. added more fizzy water than Coke syrup - the result - when I attempted to impress Marilyn Snell - was to have it propel through my nose spraying ... Read more

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