> "Viva" privacy.net> wrote in message
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>> "zol" ne.rr.beepbeep.com> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> i have one of those "back when i was a lad" stories about the building
>>> that restaurant is in. someday when everyone is bored remind me and
>>> i'll tell you what it is.
>>>

>> I never get bored, so you might as well tell it now. ;)
>>

> you asked for it.
>
> back when i was a young zol (9 years old actually), the building that the
> blue trout grill is in used to be a rooming house/apartment house. it was
> owned by mrs. walker, a very old lady (at least old to me at that time).
> she called my parents and asked them if i wanted a job on saturday
> mornings during the winter. they said i did, so i took the job.
>
> that job was to get to the back door of the house "at 9 am on the dot!"
> (mrs walker talking there), and go down in the cellar and clean all the
> ashes out of the coal-fired boiler that provided heat to all the rooms in
> the building. [..] and start a fire in the boiler with kindling and bits
> of paper. i had to stoke the fire until mrs. walker decided that it was
> just right,....and i had done my job, i got paid. the huge sum of 25