{"id":697,"date":"2012-12-31T15:58:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T20:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=697"},"modified":"2012-12-31T16:01:53","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T21:01:53","slug":"old-number-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/old-number-nine\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Number Nine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/2012\/12\/12\/how-is-norma\/train-picture-riding-the-rails-small\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-215\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-215\" alt=\"Train picture - Riding the Rails small\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Train-picture-Riding-the-Rails-small-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Train-picture-Riding-the-Rails-small.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Train-picture-Riding-the-Rails-small.jpg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Train-picture-Riding-the-Rails-small.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By: Stan Jordan<br \/>\nThe mother and daughter were walking down the street on a beautiful warm morning. The daughter had just returned from the Olympics where she had won a gold metal in Gymnastics.<br \/>\nThe local Priest met them and they had a nice visit about the young lady\u2019s ability and what she had done to win her gold medal.<br \/>\nSo she leapt up into the air and did a couple of somersaults to the rear and then forward. Then she did some cartwheels and went both directions on the sidewalk and then finished up with a flourish right in front of the good Father.<br \/>\nThe Priest said, \u201cOh my goodness! That is great. Who was your teacher and coach?\u201d<br \/>\nThe mother said, \u201cWell I was.\u201d<br \/>\nAnd she went ahead and did every exercise her daughter had done and came back to the group and talked a little.<br \/>\nAcross the street was two older ladies from the parish, they could see everything that went on but they couldn\u2019t hear any of the conversation. One lady exclaimed to the other, \u201cOh my goodness! Look what the good Father is giving out for penance today!\u201d<br \/>\nSee ya!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Stan Jordan The mother and daughter were walking down the street on a beautiful warm morning. 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