OUT LOUD A-GIZMO

OUT LOUD A-GIZMO

A story-telling podcast for your enjoyment. Take your mind away from the everyday world to another level of distraction, as you listen to true-life events, adventures, historical tales, & funny shenanigans.

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May 15, 2020 18 mins

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We Sisters don't want to bug you, but we are doing just that!

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a Preview of upcoming readings of my Dad, Dave Pickett's Memoirs.

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You'll hear about covered wagons, dangerous adventures on a farm, and learning about life's harsh realities as a very young boy.

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September 29, 2021 13 mins

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More covered wagons as they continue moving, farming and hard times.

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More moving, more shenanigans, more covered wagons and even a truck.    With guest Bill Pickett  telling his experiences and highlights of the podcast.

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This week is a collection of stories from chapters 1-6.  Listen again to my Dad's shenanigans and interesting little stories told one after the other in rapid succession.  Chapter 6 stories are included as well.

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Lots of adversity and struggles and yet never letting it get Dad or them down.  Also, moving of course.

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October 26, 2021 10 mins

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More farming, moving and adventures.  With conversations amongst Dad's children regarding his life. 

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In Chapter 11, my Dad, Dave Pickett, tells of his adventures while in the CCC in Arizona during 1935-1936.   In Chapter 12 there are more escapades after he returned home to Lubbock, Tx....Then tragedy strikes in his family.

 F. D. R. (President Franklin D. Roosevelt) created jobs for young men, called C.C.C. Civilian Conservation Corps.   The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary public work rel...

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To show you the shocking amount of times that my Dad's family moved, I have compiled all of the moves made up to 1936 and all of the total 11 babies born (only 7 lived to adulthood) in sequence at the various spots where they moved throughout their journeys.  Included is the rest of me and my siblings' Zoom conversations surrounding the episode.

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November 17, 2021 14 mins

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Uncle Guy and Sarah are asked to raise little baby Billy.  Jobs are rare and hard to find, so more moving to find work.    Life on the road, with 'a friend'  who helps Dad out.??

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Lots of hitchhiking, trying to catch a freight train, tired & hungry, trusting strangers.  Then he met the love of his life.

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Main highlight is Dave Pickett marries Norma Ruth Alexander and moves to Bisbee, Arizona to work in the mines.   Stayed tuned for the birth of their first child.....

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December 8, 2021 9 mins

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Taking a little break in My Dad's Memoirs to tell a little about myself.   I'll tell some personal stuff and  also how I got started in Podcasting.  Next week I'll return with My Dad's next chapters as we continue his life's journey.   Visit my other Podcast "NOT EVERY DISABILITY IS VISIBLE" at:  https://noteverydisabilityisvisible.buzzsprout.com

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Moved to Bisbee, Arizona to work in the copper mines.  Mining stories and the birth of Edward and Andria.   And as usual, lots more moving from place to place.

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December 22, 2021 12 mins

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Daddy talks about joining the Merchant Marines during World War II...events leading up to it and after the war ends.

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Dad moved from Lubbock, Texas back to Bisbee, Arizona to work in the mines again, after awhile there.  More car trouble and other side stories.  Then on to Tucson, Arizona where my Dad invested in a Truck Stop and worked there too.  

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We moved again...from Tucson, Arizona to Odessa, Texas for Dad to work at his brother-in-law's Welding Shop.   More funny life stories, of course.  Enjoy!  Stay tuned next week, for the Dad's final writings.  But that's not all...there are a few bonus episodes to follow!

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Dad's tales of the last part of our lives while living in Odessa, Texas.  This includes the marriages of his kids and some of the grandkid's births.  Then, the adventures of moving  back to Arizona for the last time.  This time it is in Mesa, Arizona to be with all of his kids, who had already moved there.  Please stay tuned for the final Episode next week.

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I continued Daddy's story after he was physically unable to actually write up until present time.  Also includes some of the poems he wrote.  

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