Blinky the Shark said...

> Andy wrote:
>
>> So what else about Kansas City?
>>
>> We road tripped to Kearney to Jessie Jame's home where he was born and
>> raised.
>>
>> Also stopped at Watkins Woolen Mill in Kearney.
>>
>> We then road tripped to Independence and visited the Truman Home,
>> Courthouse, where I got to pick up Harry S. Truman's courtroom phone. I
>> also stabbed at a cash register just outside the courtroom where (I
>> guess) bail could be set at $999.99. But when I pulled the handle and
>> it rang and the draw opened there was no money!
>
> Colloquialism Sensors are fweep-fweeping at "the draw".
>
> My grandmother (b. 1894) used to use "draw" for "drawer". She was
> raised in the upper US midwest; she didn't have much schooling.


Blinky,

Well, duh, I meant drawer. I also meant Jessie James' which you missed. You
need some schoolin' too!

Best,

Andy