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Cracklin Charlie

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1. I went to Puerto Rico to help decorate a restaurant.

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Tue Mar 16, 2021, 12:21 PM

Mar 2021

We had been there a couple days, and at last went to decorate the main dining room, which faced the inside of a mall, with windows, and openings from restaurant to the mall concourse.

A few people stopped and watched us work, and just moved on. Then we went to hang the owner commissioned Roberto Clemente shadow box, and related items requested and provided by the owner. A Jersey, photos, and posters around the giant shadow box full of memorabilia of Clemente.

We turned to look out at the mall, and there were 200 people watching us. Some of them were wiping tears. The man was like a god to them.

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