This morning I used your scissors.
Not long ago you said to
me, 'Do you remember these? My father gave them to me when I was a young
man. "Look after these" he said "and they'll last you a lifetime" And
they have'
Of course I remember them. When we were kids, even if
the kitchen scissors were blunt and Mum's sewing pair had mysteriously
disappeared, we weren't allowed to raid your drawer for them.
" Look after these" he said, "and they'll last you a lifetime"And they did.
Lovely Jane - he'd have been very pleased with this. xx
ReplyDeleteThank you! I think he would and it is absolutely true, word for word. It's using just the right word and intonation that is the key isn't it - I can hear him now:'Never use ten words when one will do'
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Yes! I think because he chose his words very carefully, even when speaking, that they stick.
ReplyDeleteYes, that's so true - a lifetime of the discipline of word-count! You ok?
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