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Big gift for a small town
Boston Globe ^
| April 9 2002
| Beth Healy
Posted on 04/08/2002 9:48:18 PM PDT by 2Trievers
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:07:40 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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GRAFTON, Vt. - John Daigle used to pull on long johns and two pairs of wool socks to drive the Holt sisters to New York in the winter. They wouldn't let their longtime chauffeur turn on the heat in the car.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 25m
Poor little Grafton (one fo my favorite spots on this planet!(
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posted on
04/08/2002 9:48:18 PM PDT
by
2Trievers
To: 2Trievers
''It was like a knife in the heart,'' Frey said, fretting that the penny-pinching sisters he knew for some 25 years, staunch Republicans both, would have abhorred the greedy dash for money they had so carefully guarded for years. ''It seemed nobody was really grateful.'' It is amazing how greedy folks can get sometimes when a pile of money comes their way. These folks don't even sound GRATEFUL that they may get some of it, just greedy and grasping. NONE of them are entitled to it, yet they all feel they are in some way!
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posted on
04/08/2002 10:25:38 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: 2Trievers
This stuff just irks me. Maybe it's good that I don't have a lot of money. If I get 25 million bucks, I'll make sure I give specific amounts to certain areas in my will.
And avoid the fights.
To: Dan from Michigan
It's called money, sex, power and fame. &;-)
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posted on
04/08/2002 10:54:54 PM PDT
by
2Trievers
To: 2Trievers
Well, 2 outta 4 ain't bad...won't say which ones. ;)
To: Dan from Michigan
The stuff dreams are made of to be sure! &;-)
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posted on
04/08/2002 11:00:59 PM PDT
by
2Trievers
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