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Saturday, January 9, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
Veteran's Day
Since today is Veteran's Day, I wanted to post something relevant. I thought of my Grandpa Woodrow Wilson Young who was in the US Navy during World War II. The last few times I saw him before he passed away just after Spencer was born in 1991, he told Allen and me the same story each time we saw him. I will do my best to remember it and post it here. If you know more about it than me, please comment and I will add to it. I can't remember what kind of ship or where his tour was.
When Grandpa was serving in the Navy, he was on a ship and they asked if any of the men were barbers. Grandpa figured there were less desirable jobs than being a barber, so he volunteered. Pretty soon they had all the men lined up behind several barbers who were giving them crew cuts. An officer noticed that Grandpa was not as fast as the other barbers, because he was doing a better job and leaving the hair a bit longer than the others. Pretty soon most of the men noticed as well and lined up for a haircut from him. The officer in charge told Grandpa to cut faster and he told him he wouldn't because the only haircut he was going to give was a good haircut. Grandma Young later told me that Grandpa made really good tips from his haircuts which he would send home to her and she was able to save a nice nest egg.
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