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And ah I went in there and the next day I'm having lunch in the- in the- in they- w-- what they- owner's wife said ah, "You're wanted on the phone." I said, "Oh." I said, "Who is it?" She says- I says, "Not Gabby is it?" "No, no it's Gabby." That's my wife. So I went in and went into the phone in- in the office there and ah it was Jacob the ah- the mayor of ah of Haileybury. And he said, "I want to see you." |
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And this guy- and this is all on the phone. I never said it publicly. The next thing- that was one session and they- about a month later there was another one. He phoned again, you-see? And I says- and I jokingly said, "Ah," I said, "You-know I'll just-" I said, "You-know what I'll do?" I said, "I'll buy the- the Indian chiefs off with a case of goof." |
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Speaker: To- in and out of town, for a cup of coffee. I says, "I got to have my people fix." That's what it is. Interviewer: So when you go- come in to town, you meet up with people that you- |
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And the other lady says, "Oh isn't that nice." She says, "That's so thoughtful of you." She said, "I hope that people- when you get to be that age that they will remember to visit you." And I said, "Madam if I have to be- come in here," I says, "I'm going to get a little pill and I won't be in here before I come in this place." (Laughs) |
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I said, "I- I don't mind getting that pay working for you, but not for the two of you." He says, "Well we'll talk about it." I says, "Doctor-Berkley, you're a sweet-heart, but you'll never get around to talking about it." (Laughs) Which was true, I knew he wouldn't. |
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Speaker: And she says, "Too bad we can't get ah it'll be like the love-boat." I says, "Yeah, I know what we can do." So I got a roll of toilet-paper out of the bathroom. I says, "Well take this." She says, "What are you going to do?" I said, "You'll see." (Laughs) |
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And ah then we just ha-- had a wonderful time and then we went to ah dinner on King-Street and were walking along King-Street towards the theatre, and I says, "Come-on, go in- we'll go into the Royal-Alley, it's a real old theatre," He- I said, "You'll like to see it." He said, "We can't do that." |
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It doesn't matter where you go you always meet somebody from Kirkland-Lake." And the girl sitting in front of me turned around and said, "Who's from Kirkland-Lake?" I said, "We are." She says, "My mother went to high-school in Kirkland-Lake. Her name was Alison-Henessy." I says, "She was in my room and so was your aunt Martha. And never mind that I work with your cousin-jorge at the health-unit." (Laughs) (inc) he couldn't believe it (laughs). |
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She says, "Oh you're from Kirkland-Lake." She says, "Do you know so-and-so." I said, "I sure do." I says, "It's a small town you-know?" You know everybody pretty much. Especially working where I worked like at the health unit and at- |
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Speaker: The gold bullion to the ah, train station with him. Interviewer: Oh yeah? Speaker: And um I said ah um, "Mr. Roy," I says, "I- I've decided ah, to leave the mine." I said um, "I've got nothing against it, but ah my parents instilled me that once I entered those gates, I'd never get back out." (Laughs) |
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Speaker: ... I ah was going to ah go for a j-- a job at ah- at Canadian-Tire. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: And ah, he started to (laughs) c-- to cry about it. Interviewer: Oh no. Speaker: I said, "Well, don't make it too tough, I haven't got the job yet," I says, "I'm going in tomorrow." And ah- Interviewer: Oh man, so he really wanted you to stay. Speaker: He really wanted me to stay, yeah. |
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Speaker: I always like to compare prices. Canadian-Tire catalogue versus the Home-Hardware catalogue. Interviewer: Sure. Speaker: And ah- and I found a lot of prices were equal or some were lower, some were higher. And ah and I just said to the wife, I said, "This is it." I says, "That- that's- this is our- going to be our bread and butter." I said, "And, we're going to put an offer, and we're going to buy it." |
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Speaker: But then ah- I went home and my dad says ah, "What happened to you?" I says, "Oh, the puck hit me." "You're supposed to catch that Goddamn puck, what's the matter with you?" (Laughs) Interviewer 2: (Laughs) Interviewer 1: (Laughs) All our friends either have lost teeth or ah, you-know, have had something wrong with their elbow, or- or wearing ah, braces on their knees ... |
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Speaker: I'll tell you- I'll tell you another good one that I forgot to tell you. Remember when they were digging up Government-Road? Interviewer: Okay. Speaker: A-- you-know, a-- the whole Government-Road right in front of my store, eh? I said, "Oh, what are we going to do, Sam," I says to Sam, I said, "Oh, I got an idea." I said ah, "With all the digging in front of our store," I said, "We're going to announce this morning that there's been a gold find at- at Home-Hardware. |
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The excavation has discovered a gold find at Home-Hardware." And I said, "We-" In one corner of our store, there was a rock sticking out, eh? I says, "Take all the merchandise out of there, get a- get a tent, like an- like a- um, an ap-- um, a sheet, and- a big sheet, up there, and a couple of poles and ah, and we're going to paint that rock gold." (Laughs) |
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