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Laura Davis letters to her husband Lloyd Davis, 1945
1945-08-02 Laura Davis to Lloyd Davis Page 3
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3 I saw a new word in the dictionary. It is "aestivate" and means to spend the summer. So, you have aestivated this year in Germany and France. I have aestivated this year in Cedar Rapids! A big gob of nonsense laddie! Jack gets a second week of vacation. Leone called Sunday. Uncle Lew and Jack were going to Aunt Kates. Then Uncle Lew called it off Sunday morn after the bags were packed and everything because he decided there would be no gas tickets left to use when he got back, and he didn't want to be prevented from driving entirely the rest of this ration period. Leone was all set to be a "vacation widow" as she put it, but Jack was going only to please Uncle Lew. Leone is a big sissy in some ways - she almost collapses with fright if she
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3 I saw a new word in the dictionary. It is "aestivate" and means to spend the summer. So, you have aestivated this year in Germany and France. I have aestivated this year in Cedar Rapids! A big gob of nonsense laddie! Jack gets a second week of vacation. Leone called Sunday. Uncle Lew and Jack were going to Aunt Kates. Then Uncle Lew called it off Sunday morn after the bags were packed and everything because he decided there would be no gas tickets left to use when he got back, and he didn't want to be prevented from driving entirely the rest of this ration period. Leone was all set to be a "vacation widow" as she put it, but Jack was going only to please Uncle Lew. Leone is a big sissy in some ways - she almost collapses with fright if she
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