Tuesday, December 05, 2006
My da tells story of a "tight man"
My da is over visiting and was telling me a story about one of his publican friends during his drinking days.
A day in the lift of a "tight man":
On his 81st Birthday John Jess did the following days work:
John drove is lorry down to Belfast early in the morning and loadened half a load of coal and half a load of meal. He then brought it home to the Dromore/Dromara area and delivered it around all of his customer, carrying each bag himself.
A few bags were left over and they were handballed off into his store.
He then served drink in his bar from tea time to 8:30 or 9:00pm when one of his customers arrived with a birthday cake. From about 9:00pm he brought in his bow fiddle and proceded to keep everyone entertained to about 11pm.
Not a bad days work for a man in his 80's.
OK it was funnier when my da was telling the story, but regardless of that I was impressed that someone most people would regard as old and done at 81 could do such a hard days work.
A day in the lift of a "tight man":
On his 81st Birthday John Jess did the following days work:
John drove is lorry down to Belfast early in the morning and loadened half a load of coal and half a load of meal. He then brought it home to the Dromore/Dromara area and delivered it around all of his customer, carrying each bag himself.
A few bags were left over and they were handballed off into his store.
He then served drink in his bar from tea time to 8:30 or 9:00pm when one of his customers arrived with a birthday cake. From about 9:00pm he brought in his bow fiddle and proceded to keep everyone entertained to about 11pm.
Not a bad days work for a man in his 80's.
OK it was funnier when my da was telling the story, but regardless of that I was impressed that someone most people would regard as old and done at 81 could do such a hard days work.
