More stories from Dad: Bethlehem Steel Snake Handlers

[eric_hinkle]

Be warned, long entry

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[cloewen]

> As to what ever became of Zeke, that I don’t know. From Dad’s version one day he just never showed up any more. Maybe he died, maybe he moved away.

Or maybe one of the rattlers got him. :-)

Great story. Keep 'em coming.

[eric_hinkle]

Msybe they did. The confidence born of familiarity can all too easily become recklessness and all that.

[eric_hinkle]

And there will be more stories, though enxt I mght go with one of the more 'occult' tales Dad told me he experienced.

[stauros]

These are like a western-Penn version of "Prairie Home Companion"!

[eric_hinkle]

Thanks for the praise, but Bethlehem is actually in Eastern Pennsylvania, just an hour or so from the Jersey state line.

[stauros]

Sorry, I wasn't paying attention! Since I like you, I locate everything to do with you in the *good* half of Pennsylvania. (j/k, ;) and all the usual disclaimers to avoid offending folks from eastern PA)

[eric_hinkle]

No worries, no offense.

I think I would rather live in the western half of the state myself; the eastern half these days in increasingly becoming a stopover for all the hoods running their drugs from NYC to Philly and back, and there's practically no untouched open country left -- it's all strip malls and housing developments.

Ardashir-I-Nama - More stories from Dad: Bethlehem Steel Snake Handlers

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[polaris93]

I love your stories! This is a major reason I check my Friends list every day or so -- to find goodies like these. :-D

[eric_hinkle]

Thanks, glad you like it! THere ought to be more in a day or three.

[polaris93]

Great! :-D

[polaris93]

You might want to call the steel mill stories "Tales from the Ingot Mold".

And if some of your dad's stories about the mill don't mention a name, call him "Joe" after Joe Mazaryk.

[hannahsarah]

I'm a friend of Polaris93. Mind if I friend you? This story is awesome!

[eric_hinkle]

Go right ahead if you want to. And that LJ userpic is so very appropriate for this entry!