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Neesy

#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
May 24, 2012
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You walked into it.....
Why do I want to say "TWSS"?

On another random thought - I know we have had a lot of major health care cuts here in Manitoba but this idea of pushing people out of the hospital before they are actually ready is just plain dumb.

I'm happy Andy finally got the care he needed, but first he had to be discharged then re-admitted
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do1you9love?

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I have a question....again :face:

In a lot of SK books there's a cane mentioned.
It's awarded to the oldest living resident in town.

Is this just fictional ?
According to the interwebby thing... It's a real thing.

From Wiki...

Boston Post Cane tradition[edit]
In 1909, under the savvy ownership of Edwin Grozier, The Boston Post engaged in its most famous publicity stunt. The paper had 700 ornate, ebony-shafted, gold-capped canes made and contacted the selectmen in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island towns. The Boston Post Canes were given to the Selectmen with the request that the canes be presented in a ceremony to the town's oldest living man. The custom was expanded to include a community's oldest women in 1930. More than 500 towns in New England still carry on the Boston Post Cane tradition with the original canes they were awarded in 1909.[10]

Since May 1, 2019 The Boston Post is planning to go online. The Boston Post Media Group has acquired the www.thebostonpost.com.
 

wolfphoenix

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I can just see it. Town officials banging on the door the day of funeral demanding the family hand over the cane. ‘Where’s our cane… we want our Boston Post cane!’ New Englanders sure are an odd bunch.
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Naw.....they just got their own ways like all the rest of us. I'm sure that they'd find you and me odd, and you me odd and I you odd. ;)
 

osnafrank

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According to the interwebby thing... It's a real thing.

From Wiki...

Boston Post Cane tradition[edit]
In 1909, under the savvy ownership of Edwin Grozier, The Boston Post engaged in its most famous publicity stunt. The paper had 700 ornate, ebony-shafted, gold-capped canes made and contacted the selectmen in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island towns. The Boston Post Canes were given to the Selectmen with the request that the canes be presented in a ceremony to the town's oldest living man. The custom was expanded to include a community's oldest women in 1930. More than 500 towns in New England still carry on the Boston Post Cane tradition with the original canes they were awarded in 1909.[10]

Since May 1, 2019 The Boston Post is planning to go online. The Boston Post Media Group has acquired the www.thebostonpost.com.


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