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mitsyetzpittelettes t1_iy90ovy wrote
Reply to TIL Robert W. Service sent his poems to his father to be printed and given as gifts to friends. Service received back an offer of royalties for publication, the printers had loved the poems, The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses was an immediate success and Service quit his bank job the next year. by jamescookenotthatone
What an interesting last name that is, Service. ( It also happens to be mine.)
mitsyetzpittelettes t1_j9y9ykk wrote
Reply to TIL residents of Tangier Island, 12 miles off the coast of Virginia, have remained so isolated they still speak a dialect similar to the original colonists from the 1700s by emily_9511
Flew there with Pop(father's side) back in the 70's in his little plane. He told me that it was were my "mother's people" came from, surname Crockett. Yep, lots of Crocketts.
The fun thing about flying there was just looking down to see if there was anyone else on the runway before dropping in.