"he give a good talkin to" might have been in code too
Also makes me recall the burning of our outhouse.
I was a little Opie Taylor lookin' runt.
The old man headed out to the backyard.
"Whatcha doin?,...whatcha doin?" I asked as I chugged along behind him.
He didn't say nothing.
But he got some gasoline and threw it on the outhouse. Then he stood there with a thousand yard stare while smokin' a cigarette as it burned.
I distinctly remember it saggin' to the side and falling over.
I was just a kid and didn't understand the significance of the matter,....but getting the indoor plumbing hooked up and setting fire to the outhouse was a "I have arrived" moment to the old man.
The thunderbucket era had ended for all time for our family.
