In the last of the Old Stories series, George recalls how he met his wife on a blind date and married her within three months before shipping back out with the marines.

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In the latest Old Stories, Ceil relives a rat race between a customer’s wife and mistress that she had to do while working at her clothing boutique.

In this Old Stories, Helen shares her experiences as a fashion coordinator for Escada, preparing for exotic shows and working for some of the best dressed in Dallas.

In the latest Old Stories, Patsy revisits the times when the farmlands where she lived in Washington would snow over and her dad would harness the horses to a sleigh to take her to her one-room school, picking up the teacher along the way.

In this Old Stories, Laverne recalls her time working on the Dallas school board, where she overcame a little bit of implicit gender discrimination.

In this Old Stories, Roberta tells about how almost every night, when her husband would get back from the late shift at work, they used to go to their favorite drive-in late-night-dining spot and share fried chicken and french fries.

In the latest Old Stories, Sam tells the story of spying on a female boarder having a middle-of-the-night adulterous tryst at his house when he was young.

In the latest Old Stories, Morris remembers the day he was held up at gunpoint at his pharmacy in Manhattan.

In the latest in the Old Stories series, Shirley recounts her years when she received her own education as a door-checker in the dining hall at John Carroll University in Ohio.