Miss Mary?

[Doreen Rich]

The elderly ... gotta love 'em! Or is that God'll love 'em? Maybe it 
is the latter, as they sure can annoy everyone else. 

What does Miss Mary say to you when you explain the situation to her?

Have you ever complimented her on her yo-you quilts? And then asked 
her what kinds of quilts they used to make when she was younger? And 
then, something like,"Wow! Can you *still* make those? I'll bet 
nobody has seen that kind of quilt... I bet it would go over like 
gangbusters! (a term she will be familiar with, even if you aren't :)

My British friend, Hugh, has told me the story of "Twirlies". It 
seems that in UK, if you are a Senior Citizen, you get to ride the 
bus free after the rush hour... about nine o'clock. There are always 
those who try to cajole the bus drivers into letting them on a bit 
earlier than allowed. They get on the bus and ask, ever so 
sweetly, "Am I too early?" (twirly)

Doreen, who loves & hates Senior Citizen Night at the Comet Bowl 
because we don't start serving til 5, I don't come in til 4:30, but 
the "Twirlies" start arriving at 4.

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Parker Brown Nesbit" <pbnesbit at m...> 
wrote:
> She's an elderly African-American lady who works part-time at 
Middleton 
> Place. (an historic rice plantation in Charleston, SC.  We do 
living 
> history/slavery history.) We'd been without a weaver pretty much 
for a year 
> and a half before I started work there.  Miss Mary sits in the 
weaving shop, 
> doing yo-yo quilts (which are not proper for the 1700s--they didn't 
start 
> making those types of quilts until the late 19th century).  She 
comes in my 
> shop, closes the door and the windows, and sits.  Even when it's 90 
degrees, 
> she's got the shop shut up.
> 
> Now, I like my air (plus the fact that I have 'power surges') and I 
*am* the 
> weaver. Folks don't even visit the shop because it's shut up, so 
they're 
> missing an important part of our story.  I've been sitting outside 
on 
> Mondays, but it's bloody hard to interpret dyeing when you've not 
got the 
> dye examples at hand.  Plus, not too many people stop by and ask 
what I'm 
> doing, so I don't feel like I'm properly doing my job, which is to 
weave and 
> tell visitors about African-American weavers, weaving, and dyeing.
> 
> Sorry for the rant, but this has been going on for a month now.  
I've talked 
> to our boss, but he hasn't done anything about it yet.
> 
> Peace & Plenty,
> 
> Parker
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...>
> >Reply-To: HPFGU-OTChatter at y...
> >To: HPfGU-OTChatter at y...
> >Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Miss Mary?
> >Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 07:52:31 -0400
> >
> 
> 
> '...I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper 
death...'  
> Severus Snape, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
> 
> '...I have not been helping Sirius get into the castle and I 
certainly don't 
> want Harry dead.'  An odd shiver passed over his face. 'But I won't 
deny 
> that I am a werewolf.'  Remus Lupin, Harry Potter and the Prisoner 
of 
> Azkaban
> 
> 'But I'm also--I don't know if anyone ever told you--I'm your 
godfather.'  
> Sirius Black, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
> 
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