The Second, Second Best Blog

Jerry, Dale, Lorraine holding Ted, Bill, and Hal in front of the Old House. Notice the heating oil tank on the right beside the dining room window. The valve developed a slow leak. Dad placed a tin can on the ground under it to catch the oil until he had a catch to fix it. Brother Hal, who seemed to have more than his share of bad luck as a child, found it and drank some of it. Dad was horrified, but Mom, ever the cool nurse, forced a raw egg down his throat to make him vomit and he was fine.