Re: [MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - TOM NELMS FARM, PART I

2015-01-03 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I had a friend some years ago who was Cubano, his parents sent him and a large number of his siblings to the US, alone, to live with various other random relatives and friends for some years until they could escape and reunite the family. Apparently this was quite common in the early years

Re: [MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - TOM NELMS FARM, PART I

2015-01-03 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Because the Vietnamese won. Cuber is still playing out. --R On 1/3/15 10:13 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: I had a friend some years ago who was Cubano, his parents sent him and a large number of his siblings to the US, alone, to live with various other

Re: [MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - TOM NELMS FARM, PART I

2015-01-03 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: I had a friend some years ago who was Cubano, his parents sent him and a large number of his siblings to the US, alone, to live with various other random relatives and friends for some years until they could escape and reunite the family. Apparently this was

Re: [MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - TOM NELMS FARM, PART I

2015-01-03 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - TOM NELMS FARM, PART I Because the Vietnamese won. Cuber is still playing out. --R On 1/3/15 10:13 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: I had a friend

Re: [MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - TOM NELMS FARM, PART I

2015-01-03 Thread Peter Frederick via Mercedes
You should also remember that many of the self-exiles from Cuba had strong ties to United Fruit and the previous US puppet dictator, who imprisoned more people than Castro. Their main complaint seems to be that they were going to be forced to live like everyone else and not as

Re: [MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - TOM NELMS FARM, PART I

2015-01-03 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Well, the N. Vietnamese received a gift courtesy of US Congress, anyway. Wilton - Original Message - From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - TOM NELMS

Re: [MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - TOM NELMS FARM, PART I

2015-01-03 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - TOM NELMS FARM, PART I Because the Vietnamese won. Cuber is still playing out. --R On 1/3/15 10:13 AM, Mitch

Re: [MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - TOM NELMS FARM, PART I

2015-01-02 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Tonight we (SWMBO, little SWMBO and I) dined Cuban. By chance we shared a table with another couple, the gentleman was Cuban-American. He was a teenager when Fidel took power in January of '59. He and his mother were allowed to leave with the clothes they wore, one piece of jewelery and five

Re: [MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - TOM NELMS FARM, PART I

2015-01-02 Thread Kevin Allen Kraly via Mercedes
I really enjoy these tales from another time. So many of the things we take for granted today like electrical power, use of a car etc were quite a big deal. Keep them coming. Kevin, lacking both a Diesel and a Mercedes, in Hillsboro, Oregon ___

[MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - TOM NELMS FARM, PART I

2015-01-01 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Yep, another one already. TOM NELMS FARM, PART I By Wilton Strickland In January 1941, we moved again; this time to the Tom Nelms farm about three miles from Nashville, NC, and we children changed schools to Nashville Elementary/High School, where I would graduate with high honors 11½

[MBZ] OT - A COUNTRY BOY REMEMBERS - TOM NELMS FARM, PART I

2015-01-01 Thread WILTON via Mercedes
Yep, another one already. TOM NELMS FARM, PART I By Wilton Strickland In January 1941, we moved again; this time to the Tom Nelms farm about three miles from Nashville, NC, and we children changed schools to Nashville Elementary/High School, where I would graduate with high honors 11½