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TI: Any other memories like that? Judo, is there anything else that you have sort of fond memories back in those days?

SM: Well...

TI: And Barbara, if you know something, go ahead and ask. Is there something that you can...

SM: Well, you know, when we were in about the junior high age, we used to go, we used to take the rowboat and go fishing. And we used to fish out there and catch little, we used to call it tomcod, and we used to bring it back. And we sold it to these people that used to make dried fish out of 'em, two for a penny. And we'll have a sack-full, so we'd make a buck or two And that was good money then. [Laughs]

TI: So you'd just go out with a couple buddies, and you would just fish all morning and come back with....

SM: Yeah, yeah. Well, we used to get my dad's set line, which is... you know what a set line is. It has a lot of hooks, and we used to go out there by the prison, federal prison and then set the line and catch those tomcods. And we used to bring 'em back and sell it to these, people, which, in turn, they make dried, they open it up and salt it, dry it, then they go out to the countryside to the farms and all over, they sell it, see.

TI: And so when you made like a dollar or something, which was good money, what would you do with that money?

SM: Well, probably spent it on candies and go to the movie or whatever.

TI: So this was a way to get a little spending money, you and your buddies to do something.

SM: Yeah.

TI: That's good, I like that story.

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