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Wombley's clapboard factory

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Michael Dubé

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Jun 18, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/18/96
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The San Marino Tuesday night step study wants to know where the reference
to "Wombley's clapboard factory" in the 12+12 is from. No one in these
parts has the faintest idea. Thanks.

MPD

Dutch in Atlanta, GA USA

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Jun 19, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/19/96
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On Tue, 18 Jun 1996 22:12:34 -0700, Michael Dubé <md...@hsc.usc.edu>
wrote:

>The San Marino Tuesday night step study wants to know where the reference
>to "Wombley's clapboard factory" in the 12+12 is from. No one in these
>parts has the faintest idea. Thanks.
>

I'll bet a note to GSO in NYC with that question would
probably provide an answer, if you don't get one here.


In the Spirit of Love and Service,

Dutch

**One of the requirements for a SLIP is that you have to be *sober* to start it**

Miguel Had

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Jun 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM6/22/96
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In article <31C78C...@hsc.usc.edu>, Michael Dubé <md...@hsc.usc.edu>
writes:

>Subject: Wombley's clapboard factory
>From: Michael Dubé <md...@hsc.usc.edu>
>Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 22:12:34 -0700


>
>The San Marino Tuesday night step study wants to know where the reference

>to "Wombley's clapboard factory" in the 12+12 is from. No one in these
>parts has the faintest idea. Thanks.
>

>MPD
>
My faint recollection is that the boilers in the factory blew up and
created a huge mess.

Michael H
Alameda CA


cbr...@bravepsych.com

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May 29, 2018, 11:53:01 PM5/29/18
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From tradition 4 12/12

morri...@gmail.com

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Feb 27, 2019, 6:22:00 PM2/27/19
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It is my belief that Wombley’s never existed; rather, the expression is a regionalism or outdated slang saying used to describe anything that is hopelessly confused and disorganized. I remember my father once rebuking me as a child for my messy room. He said, “This looks like the boiler burst in the clapboard factory.” Recently, I have also heard the expression “explosion in a shingle factory.”

jimbo

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Feb 27, 2019, 6:55:04 PM2/27/19
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On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 6:22:00 PM UTC-5, morri...@gmail.com wrote:
> It is my belief that Wombley’s never existed; rather, the expression is a regionalism or outdated slang saying used to describe anything that is hopelessly confused and disorganized.

The explosion of the boiler in Wombley's clapboard factory actually took place.(ref.12X12, p149)

jimbo

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Feb 27, 2019, 7:09:49 PM2/27/19
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On Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 6:55:04 PM UTC-5, jimbo wrote:

> The explosion of the boiler in Wombley's clapboard factory actually took place.(ref.12X12, p149)

Also, in AACA, p103-104, Bill mentions the clapboard factory in his 2nd legacy talk.

I visited East Dorset and a local showed me the foundations behind the Post Office.

badgolferman

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Feb 28, 2019, 11:25:54 AM2/28/19
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Well, here it it...
https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Local-Business/Wombleys-Clapboard-Factory-297124973745398/


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