I'll Get By: The Best of Harry Marlin, Volume 1 (Google eBook)

Harry Marlin

Trafford Publishing, Sep 22, 2011 - Biography & Autobiography

Contents

• ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 1
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: 3
• NOTHING COMMON ABOUT THE COMMON COLD: 7
• MAMA KNEW LITTLE BUT SHE KNEW IT ALL: 9
• MEMORIES ON A DIRT ROAD: 11
• A BAD LANDING IN NAPLES 1945: 13
• MISSING A BIG NIGHT OUT AND A FREE GOURMET DINNER: 15
• SPEAK SOFTLY BUT CARRY A BIG STICK: 17
• LIVING IN A HOUSE AT THE END OF THE LANE: 19
• GOOD BOOKS GOOD WRITERS AND ESCAPE FROM A COTTON PATCH: 21
• THE BARBECUE SMOKES BUT THE CUSTOMERS CANT: 23
• TAKE YOUR MEDS BUT DONT DRINK THE WATER: 25
• A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT FIGHTING A WAR: 27
• ON BEING UGLY AND TELLING IT LIKE IT WAS: 29
• THE BANKS OF BLANKET CREEK: 31
• FAT FREE CHILI IS NOT FOR ME: 33
• WHERE THE BLUE BELLS BLOOM: 35
• MOVIE MAKING AND DANCING WITH REBA: 37
• POOR PEOPLE ARE STILL WALKING DISABLED OR NOT: 40
• HIPPOCRATES MECHANICS AND OATHS: 42
• HANGING AROUND AND LEARNING A LOT: 44
• FIDDLIN AROUND IN THE THIRTIES: 46
• COOKING CHILI AND GAWKING MIGHT BEST BE DONE AT HOME: 48
• LIFES NOT A BOWL OF GRAVY BUT A LITTLE BIT HELPS: 50
• MAYOR PROCLAIMS SEPTEMBER 1 AS APPRECIATION DAY: 52
• IF YOU HAVENT HEARD IT BY NOW YOU DONT NEED TO: 54
• NEWS STORIES THAT INTRIGUED ME: 56
• HOLSTEINS HORMONES AND JACKRABBIT CHILI: 58
• OLD HOUSES OLD MEMORIES AND SLEEPING IN THE YARD: 60
• FREE ICE IN THE WINTER AND GOING BROKE IN THE SUMMER: 62
• NOTHING IMPOTENT HAPPENED TO ME UNTIL I REACHED 65: 64
• A PRESIDENT I ONCE KNEW: 66
• LEARNING IS ONLY A MATTER OF LISTENING: 68
• A LITTLE MEMORY IS FINE BUT A LOT COULD CAUSE TROUBLE: 70
• DEPRESSION IS A STATE OF MIND: 72
• ITS NOT A MODEL ITS A BAD EXAMPLE: 74
• SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION: 76
• WE ARE WHAT WE ARE TODAY NOT WHAT WE WERE YESTERDAY: 78
• NOTHING TO FEAR BUT FEAR ITSELF AND WE HAD IT: 80
• THE TRAIN PULLED OUT AND TOOK OUR BOYHOOD WITH IT: 82
• WHICH CAME FIRST AND WHAT WENT ON LAST?: 84
• ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD: 86
• HORACE COCA COLA AND PLANTERS PEANUTS: 88
• MAKING MOVIES IS UNPREDICTABLE AND SO IS DYNAMITE: 90
• A BLOWUP DOLL AND A PICTURE OF JESUS ON THE WALL: 94
• WE CAN HELP OR WE CANT BUT WE CAN ALWAYS TRY: 96
• THE LAST CREEK IS HARD TO CROSS: 98
• THE PATHS WE TRAVEL ARE NOT ALWAYS OURS TO CHOOSE: 100
• HAM HOCKS AND BUTTER BEANS: 101
• DONT SHOOT UNTIL THEY BEAT YOU HALF TO DEATH: 103
• OLD MAN CURRYS PECANS: 105
• FIDLERS AND HOUNDDOGS: 107
• HOT SAND GRASSBURRS AND HIGHTOP BUTTON SHOES: 109
• WE ARE HERE AND WE ARE TEXANS: 111
• NOT MUCH USE IN GOING HOME: 113
• STUFF: 115
• WHERE SUMMERS LOVELY ROSES STILL BLOOM: 117
• SWINGING ON A LOWER VINE: 119
• THERE WAS NO GOLD SO I WENT FOR THE PLUMS: 121
• WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT ON DIRTY WOMAN CREEK: 123
• PINK ARMADILLOS TURTLES AND TRANSPLANTS: 125
• LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE: 127
• WALKING ON THE EDGE: 129
• TIME WILL TELL OR SOMEBODY WILL: 131
• LUCKENBACH WILLIE AND THE FOURTH OF JULY: 132
• POLITICIANS AND VIBRATING BEDS: 134
• DONT DROP THE DUCKBILLED DINOSAUR SAM: 135
• BLANKET TEXAS THE TOWN I KNEW: 137
• SPRING IS HOPE ETERNAL: 140
• RODEO COWBOYS AND LEARNING TO SMOKE: 142
• IVE HEARD IT ALLMAYBE: 144
• UGLY IS IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER: 146
• LOOKING FOR THE REGULAR DRUMMER: 148
• YUPPIES AND TERLINGUA DUST: 150
• IF I BEAT YOU TO THE UNDERPASS I WIN: 152
• FREEDOM AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION: 154
• GEORGIA ON MY MIND: 156
• TEXAS BLESSED BY GOD: 158
• FRESH STUFF CAN RUIN YOUR IMMUNITY: 160
• 1997 THE YEAR OF THE BUGS: 162
• TWO PEARS AND A PECAN DIDNT MAKE A FULL JAILHOUSE: 163
• HEMINGWAY HAD TROUBLE TOO: 165
• ARMADILLOS AND LAWYERS: 167
• IF I GOTTA GET DRUNK I SURE DO DREAD IT: 169
• ITS BETTER TO LIGHT ONE FART THAN LIVE IN DARKNESS: 171
• MEALS ON WHEELS OR HELL ON WHEELS: 173
• DONT MAKE A MOVE IVE GOT A CATTLE PROD: 175
• OSCAR ERNEST AND WATERED DOWN MILK: 177
• ICE ON THE MOON BUT NONE IN MY REFRIGERATOR: 179
• BEATING THE MORTALITY TABLES: 181
• MOSES AND THE CATFISH: 183
• WHERE DID MY HEROS GO?: 185
• WHITE NOISE: 187
• FAT NUDE OR TOTALLY NUDE: 189
• HAND ME MY RAZOR BILL: 191
• FIDDLE PLAYING AND EGGSUCKING HOUNDS: 193
• THE DAY RAQUEL WELCH DROPPED HER PANTS: 195
• MODEL Ts HORSES AND BROKEN ARMS: 198
• SLIPPING AROUND IN PEORIA: 200
• PICK THE PICKERS: 201
• OUR WAR HERO NEVER FIRED A SHOT: 203
• CALL 911 FOR A PLUMBER WHY NOT?: 204
• THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF: 206
• TURN OUT THE LIGHTS THE PARTYS OVER: 208
• SHIP OF FOOLS OR SHIP OF STOOLS: 210
• STANDING ON THE PROMISES: 212
• TAKING IT SLOW ON AUSTIN AVENUE: 214
• CASEY JONES I WASNT: 216
• REPUBLIC HAS A NICE SOUND: 219
• SEND TUMBLEBUGS TO WASHINGTON: 221
• RELIGION ON DEMAND IS BETTER THAN NONE AT ALL: 223
• THE SANTA FE WAS THE ONLY TRAIN WE EVER HAD: 225
• SAUCERED AND BLOWED: 227
• A CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF A DIFFERENT KIND: 229
• SCREEN DOORS FLIES AND ACUPUNCTURE: 232
• SEEING IS BELIEVING OR IS IT?: 234
• SHAFTED BY AN ELEVATOR: 235
• THE CAR THAT BROKE THE MOLD AND A LOT OF ARMS: 237
• LOUD TALKERS ENGINE RACERS AND DOOR SLAMMERS: 239
• VIEWING THE SNAKE: 241
• AN ODE TO SUMMER: 243
• TALENT WILL GET YOU NOWHERE: 244
• TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOR? YOU CAN BET ON IT: 246
• CATFISH AND TIME: 248
• INTO EACH LIFE SOME HAIL MUST FALL: 250
• A TRIBUTE TO MY AMERICAN HERO: 253
• TROUBLE IN PARADISE: 255
• THE TURKEY LADY: 257
• MY GOLDEN YEARS ARE A LITTLE UNSTABLE: 259
• VOLKSWAGEN MEMORIES: 261
• SOME DOCTORS I ONCE KNEW: 263
• WHEN ALBERT WAS PRINCE AND TIME MEANT NOTHING: 265
• MEMORIES THAT COME AND GO: 267
• LYNDON IS GONE BUT JOHNS STILL HERE: 269
• ROMAN CANDLES AND FREE BANANAS: 270
• BARS HONKYTONKS AND TEXANS: 272
• THE PLACE THEY DIDNT CATCH CLYDE BARROW: 274
• GRAPE WINE GRAPE JELLY AND CLIMBING SALT MOUNTAIN: 276
• SHORTTERM OR LONGTERM SOME MEMORIES ARE GOOD: 278
• BURNING OUR BRITCHES BEHIND US: 280
• BROOMWEEDS AND BOY SCOUTS: 282
• A DRINK OF WHISKEY AND A HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL: 284
• MAY COOLER HEADS PREVAIL: 286
• THROWING ROCKS FOR LIBERTYOR WHATEVER: 288
• SOMEWHERE IN THE WEST: 290
• LEAVE THE CHAT ON YOUR DRIVEWAY: 292
• CHEESE FOR CHRISTMAS 1944: 294
• IT TAKES MORE STUFF FOR FREEDOM THAN IT DOES FOR CHILI: 297
• A VISIT WITH A GREAT LADY: 300
• THE LOSERS WERE SOMETIMES THE WINNERS: 302
• PAINT THE BATHROOM OR SEE PARIS IN APRIL: 304
• THE DAY THE EARTH DIDNT MOVE: 306
• FISHING IN COW TRACKS AND TRYING TO BEAT TIME: 308
• A CREDIT CARD CAN TAKE YOU A LONG WAYIN DEBT: 310
• RATS AND MICE DONT PAY TAXES: 312
• A NINE POUND HAMMER AND DIRT IN MY GAS TANK: 314
• THE RETURN OF THE DIRT DAUBERS: 316
• WE PASSED OUR GRADES AND PASSED SOME GAS: 318
• ENTERTAINING THE ENDANGERED SPECIES: 320
• WERE BRAIN DEAD WHEN THE FAT LADY SINGS: 322
• BLANKET IS NOT A FITTING PLACE TO FIGHT: 324
• THE FIREBUILDER: 326
• WALKING THROUGH THE FLOWERS WITH MAMA: 328
• PUT THE FODDER WHERE THE CALF IS: 330
• WE HAD A PEE IN THE COTTON PATCH: 332
• COMO ESTA FRIJOLE OR WHATEVER: 334
• RUBY RED WONT GET A MAN TO TEXAS: 336
• GIVE GONZALES THE BALL: 338
• FOR THE GOOD TIMES: 340
• WHO OR WHOM SPLIT MY INFINITIVE?: 341
• WE LEARNED A LOT AT GRANDDADS BUT NOT ENOUGH: 343
• GOD BLESSED TEXAS: 345
• GROWING UP AND LEARNING TO CUSS: 347
• FORGETTING THE WARS AND EVERYTHING ELSE: 349
• THE HARD TIMES ARE GONE BUT THE MEMORIES ARE BACK: 351
• IT HAPPENS: 353
• HIKING UP MOUNTAINS AND EVERYTHING ELSE: 355
• HOOVER DAM AND HOOVER BICYCLES: 357
• SIGNS OF THE TIMES: 359
• MAGNETIC IMAGING AND MEALS READY TO EAT: 361
• GROWING OLD AND GETTING INVISIBLE: 363
• WE HAD IMMUNITY BUT NOT MUCH ELSE: 365
• SKILLSAWS JOGGING AND COUNTRY BANKERS: 367
• EITHER RATTLE OR BITE: 369
• DOCTORS POLITICIANS AND KIDNEY BEANS: 371
• SHED ROOMS BISCUITS AND GRAVY AND KINFOLKS: 373
• HENRY FORD AND LEVI GARRETT: 375
• WATCH OUT FOR LOOSE STOOLS: 377
• THE SCENT OF A WOMAN OR WHATEVER: 379
• REMEMBERING MAMA: 381
• BREAKING UPOR OUTOVER MEATLOAF: 383
• MEN GET LOST WOMEN ASK DIRECTIONS: 385
• WE WON THE WAR WITH LAUGHING GAS: 387
• DONT PUT IN TOO MUCH WATER MR ALLEN: 389
• ITS YOUR MOVE BUT DONT CALL ME: 391
• TOYS GIRLS AND MOTHER NATURE: 393
• SLOW DOWN AND SMELL THE ROSES WHILE YOU CAN: 395
• THE OIL BOOM THAT WASNT: 397
• GIVE ME MORE TIME AND ILL TRY TO DO BETTER: 399
• I MISSED THE RUNNING OF THE BULLS AGAIN: 401
• I NEVER STOLE A CHICKEN OR MET BONNIE PARKERS SISTER: 403
• WHEN THE LORD MADE TEXAS: 405
• STIR WELL WITH A PICKAX: 407
• DID MY YOUTH GO ALONG WITH GREEN PINTO BEANS?: 409
• THE POKE SALET WAR: 411
• A LITTLE BIT HIGHER: 413
• A PORK CHOP MIGHT SETTLE THE WHOLE THING: 415
• TRAFFIC LIGHTS FOURWAY STOPS AND KILLER BEES: 417
• THE PRINCESS NEVER HAD A BEAN UNDER HER MATTRESS: 419
• MORE THAN ONE WAY TO READ A BOOK: 421
• WHY THE RABBIT DIDNT CROSS THE ROAD: 423
• READ IN THE THIRD GRADE? WHY NOT THE FIRST?: 425
• WE EITHER RECOVERED FROM IT OR GOT OVER IT: 427
• WE LOST OUR YOUTH IN THE RENFRO DRUG STORE: 429
• A SACKFULL OF JAWBREAKERS: 431
• SAMPSON MISSED THE GOOD HAIRCUTS: 433
• SANDFLY FEVER AND STEALING CHICKENS: 435
• SATURDAYS ARE FOR DRINKING BEER: 437
• WE GASSED THE GERMANS IN WORLD WAR II: 439
• OLD MAN PINKARD AND ARLIE SIMPSON: 441
• SERIOUS SITUATIONS: 443
• SLOUCHY IS AS SLOUCHY DOES: 446
• IF IT SMELLS GOOD IT MIGHT BE GOOD: 448
• SODA WATER SALT AND CORNBREAD: 450
• FLYING IN THE BUFF CAN GET A LITTLE ROUGH: 452
• OLD BEER JOINTS NEVER DIE THEY JUST SMELL LIKE IT: 454
• SQUEEZING WHAT I COULD OUT OF LIFE: 456
• LISTENING TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER: 458
• COMPUTERS SUCKER RODS AND WINDMILLS: 460
• DOGS WILL HITCH A RIDE WITH ANYBODY: 462
• THE SURVIVALISTS: 464
• THE SURVIVORS: 466
• TABERNACLES AND SUMMER REVIVALS: 467
• WAGON RIDES AND SCARS: 469
• TALENT IS INHERITED LOGIC IS LEARNED: 471
• TALKING DOGS AND TALKING TO THE DOGS: 473
• SWEET POTATOES AND KIND WORDS: 475
• THE LYRIC WAS MORE THAN A THEATER: 477
• THE NOT SO DULL THIRTIES: 479
• TIMES FUN WHEN YOURE HAVING FLIES: 481
• GOOD RECIPES ARE BORROWED THE BEST ARE STOLEN: 483
• TRACKS IN THE SANDS OF TIME: 485
• SIN IS A THREE LETTER WORD: 486
• NOTHING USED ABOUT A CAR DEALER: 488
• A MEMORY OF YOUTH: 490
• THE VOLKSWAGEN THAT REFUSES TO DIE: 491
• BAD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO CANT WAIT: 494
• BLOWING OUR COOL AT WALMART: 496
• MORE IN A NEWSPAPER THAN A PAPER SACK: 498
• HELL WAS SIX MILES HIGH: 500
• HOW TO GET IN AND OUT OF A TEXAS HONKYTONK WITHOUT HAVING TO PARK IN A HANDICAP SPACE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE: 503
• WATCH OUT FOR THE WHIM DRIVERS: 504
• WHERE THE WHISKEY BURNS ALL THE WAY DOWN: 506
• THE SUMMER TEMPERATURE NEVER FALLS IN WICHITA FALLS: 508
• OUT STANDING IN A FIELD AND WRITING A COLUMN: 510
• OPENING THE GATE TO A CERTAIN AGE: 512
• SURVIVING BACTERIA IN THE NINETIES: 514
• IF YOU HAVE TO GO DONT CATCH A PLANE: 516
• DONT BOTHER GOD UNLESS YOU HAVE TO: 518
• AS THE TWIG IS BENT SO GROWS THE TREE: 520
• WHEN COTTON WAS KING: 522
• LITTLE BOY BLUE DONT BLOW YOUR HORN: 524
• A CREEK MEMORIES AND A WASH ON THE LINE: 526
• TOADSTOOLS ASPARAGUS BLACKEYED PEAS AND CABBAGE: 528
• POKE SALET CURED OUR DEPRESSION: 530
• A WHIMSICAL DAY IN SPRING: 532
• FLYING BATHROOMS AND CARWASHES: 534
• UNTIL THE NEXT TIME I FALL: 536
• THE CRANK THAT A GENERATION FORGOT: 538
• DONT BURY YOUR GOLD BURY YOUR COMPUTER: 540
• DRIVING MY LIFE AWAY ON I35: 542
• THE DULLEST OR THE GREATEST GENERATION: 544
• EINSTEIN NEVER DROVE IN BROWNWOOD: 546
• BUILDING FENCES AND DRINKING WINE: 548
• A TIME TO HOLD AND A TIME TO FOLD: 550
• THE BLANKET GANG WARS OF 1936: 552
• GRANNY AND LEVI GARRETT AND US: 554
• SWINGING BRIDGE AND THE MURDER OF SILENCE: 556
• NATURE MAY BE OUT TO GET US: 557
• THINGS YOULL NEVER HEAR: 559
• HOG KILLING TIME IN TEXAS: 560
• A LITTLE HOG LARD GOES A LONG WAY: 562
• WHAT YOU GET MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU WANT: 564
• INVESTIGATING THE COMMON AND UNCOMMON: 566
• BLOW IT OUT YOUR CUSHION: 568
• RUN JOHNNY RUN: 570
• JW AND THE 1935 CHEVY: 572
• TALKING TEXAN AND LOOKING FOR RAIN: 574
• OUTLIVING OUR LEFTOVERS: 576
• THE LIVING LEGENDS OF COUNTRY MUSIC: 578
• LETS NOT DO IT: 580
• I AND YOU AND THEM AND US: 582
• STRIKING A BLOW FOR LIBERTY: 584
• IF A MACHINE ANSWERS HANG UP: 586
• BEYOND MATURITY THE ROAD GETS ROUGHER: 588
• APPROPRIATE AND INAPPROPRIATE ACTION: 590
• YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT: 592
• NEVER LOOK IN A MIRROR WITHOUT A SWEETTATER: 594
• FLYING LIKE SMOKING CAN BE HAZARDOUS: 596
• WINNING THE OHENRY AWARD: 598
• COOKING CHILI AND OTHER STUFF: 600
• PAIRING UP WITH THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: 602
• SALMON PATTIES AND HOUNDS UNDER THE PORCH: 604
• A BABY RUTH AND A GIRL IN A PORCH SWING: 606
• PROGRESSWHO NEEDS IT?: 608
• WHATEVER HAPPENED TO RANDOLPH SCOTT?: 610
• DOING RESEARCH OR STRETCHING THE TRUTH: 612
• ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH: 614
• THE NIGHT WILLIE CAME TO TOWN: 616
• A LITTLE SOMETHING TO WRITE ABOUT: 618
• A LITTLE SHOWER IS GOOD FOR THE LAND: 620
• A HOUND DOG MAN AND A BANKER WITH A HEART: 622
• TORNADOES AND CHICKEN THIEVES: 624
• A GOOD THUMP CAN CURE ANYTHING: 626
• BUILD THEM AND THEY WILL COME: 628
• THE INDESTRUCTIBLE TREE HOUSE: 630
• THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREERARELY: 632
• SINGLE MANS GUIDE TO COOKING: 634
• TWINKIES BURRITOS AND MOON PIES: 636
• THE ULTIMATE DRIVING MACHINE THAT WASNT: 638
• UNCLE WILL HAD A GOLD TOOTH: 640
• ALL OF OUR MOVIE STARS HAVE DIED: 642
• CRIME IN THE FIFTIES SOLVED AND UNSOLVED: 644
• WASHPOTS HOMINY AND LYE SOAP: 646
• INTERPRETING SIGNS THE HARD WAY: 648
• KEEP YOUR WEEKENDS FREEGET SICK ON MONDAY: 650
• A TEXANS GUIDE TO GOOD WINE: 652
• WORLD WAR TWO WHO WON IT ANYWAY?: 653
• EXCUSE ME I THINK IM IN THE WRONG ERA: 655
• ANTIQUES AND OLD HOMEMADE WINE: 657
• STRIKE TWO AND THE MAN IS OUT: 659
• WE WILL DRINK NO WINE UNTIL ITS TIME: 661
• THE ANTS AND THE GRASSHOPPER: 663
• SHADE TREE MECHANICS BLOWOUTS AND FLAT TIRES: 665
• ORANGE JUICE LARD BUCKETS AND FARM HANDS: 667
• THE BUCK STOPS IN ARIZONA OR NEVADA: 669
• CHRISTMAS IN THE THIRTIES: 671
• STALKING THE ELUSIVE CARRION: 673
• DIRT RUNWAYS AND TALKING TO AIRPLANES: 675
• TIMES CHANGED FOR BETTER OR WORSE: 677
• CHAPPED LIPS AND THE HIGH PRICE OF GASOLINE: 679
• WHEN THE SUN WENT DOWN WE CODDED IT: 681
• COOL IN COLORADO AND HOT IN TEXAS: 683
• LEARNING THINGS: 685
• IN TEXAS IT EITHER RAINS OR IT DOESNT: 686
• DEAD PRESIDENTS AND BLAZING PURSES: 688
• JUMPING HIGHER DIVING DEEPER AND COMING UP DRYER: 690
• DRINKING NEXT TO THE HANDLE: 692
• PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS: 694
• RUNNING THE BELT LINE AND CATCHING THE ELUSIVE SNIPE: 696
• WATCH WHAT YOU EAT OR WATCH WHO YOU MARRY: 698
• FIRE ANTS HORNED TOADS AND BEER JOINTS: 700
• FLOUR SACK UNDERWEAR AND A BIG FRONT PORCH: 702
• DRINKING COFFEE WITH THE OLD GEEZERS CLUB: 704
• DONT BE IN A HURRY HELL IS ONLY HALF FULL: 706
• A BOWL OF CHILI AND A HANDFUL OF CRACKERS: 708
• HANGING OUT IN WORLD WAR II: 710
• A BED AND BREAKFAST IT WASNT: 712
• INDIANS ROCK FIGHTS AND PROGRESS: 714
• IF YOU DONT HAVE IT GO OUT AND LOOK OR IT: 716
• JAMAICA GINGER AND LOOKING FOR SHADY REST: 718
• GET A GOOD START WITH A HAMMER: 720
• CAMP BOWIE DAYSAND NIGHTS: 722
• COLD WIND FROM CHAPPAQUA: 724
• TELL ME WHERE SUMMER WENT: 726
• HIGH WATER PANTS AND CONCRETE COLUMNS: 728
• LEARNING STUFF AND LOOKING FOR ROY AND DALE: 730
• MACARONI AND CHEESE AND THE BOOK I LOST FOREVER: 732
• LARRY McMURTRY AT THE DAIRY QUEEN: 734
• MEMORY PILLS RATS AND HARMONICAS: 736
• A NEW CROP IS HARD TO COME BY: 738
• WET DOGS COLD COWS AND WEATHER PREDICTING: 740
• OLD CARS OLD MEMORIES AND GETTING RIPPED OFF: 743
• ONE LAST RIDE WITH A FRIEND: 745
• YOUTHFUL YEARNING AND USELESS LEARNING: 747
• THE PHILADELPHIA POOPING PIG: 749
• PLODDING AROUND IN THE SEVENTIES: 751
• BULL RIDING AND POLYPOP DAYS: 753
• PORTAPOTTIES PAY TOILETS AND OLD COWBOY BOOTS: 755
• ROADKILL OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: 757
• THE HIGH PRICE OF SALT PORK MAY BE CHEAP: 759
• ARMADILLOS HIGHWAYS AND SAUSAGE: 761
• SCRATCHING OUT A LIVING AND OUTLIVING THE SCRATCHING: 763
• EASY IS GETTING HARDER EVERY DAY: 765
• TV ADS MAY BE DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH: 767
• WILLIE DOESNT PLAY THERE ANYMORE: 769
• A CASE OF SHINGLES BROKEN WATER PIPES AND A NEW PRESIDENT: 771
• LORD OF THE FLIES: 773
• ALL DAY SINGINGS AND CHOCOLATE CAKE ON THE GROUNDS: 775
• SLIDING INTO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: 777
• SLIPPING A TWINENGINE PLANE IN FOR A GOOD LANDING: 779
• NO SNIVELING AROUND HERE: 781
• BE CAREFUL OF THE SEVENTIES IF YOU REMEMBER: 783
• TEXAS CHILI: 785
• A HAIRY TIME IN THE THIRTIES: 787
• TOMCATS NEVER WOBBLE HOME: 789
• THE FOOD WASNT MUCH BUT THE DRINKS WERE GOOD: 791
• THE END IS NOT IN SIGHT BUT THE SIGNS ARE GOOD: 793
• GRABBING A HANDFULL OF LIFE: 795
• AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND UNCLE BUDS FARM: 797
• WHEN GOD MADE TEXAS: 799
• BOLL WEEVILS CORN BORERS AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY: 801
• WHISTLE BLOWING AND PUSHING FOR EDUCATION: 803
• THE BREAKFAST CLUB: 805
• CORNBREAD AND THE WINNING OF THE WEST: 807
• THE ILL WINDS OF YONDER: 809
• A LITTLE YOUNGER IS ALL WE WANT TO BE: 811
• RELIEF WAS JUST 30000 FEET AWAY: 813
• BED AND BREAKFAST AND AN ANTIQUE HAIRCUT: 815
• THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE: 817
• BOB WILLS DAY IN TURKEY TEXAS: 818
• MARGARITAS MUSIC AND TUMBLEWEEDS: 821
• BURY ME WITH MY BOOTS OFF: 823
• BRISKETS AND ROADRUNNERS: 825
• HAIR IN THE BUTTER AND SPOTS IN THE EGGS: 827
• COOKING CABBAGE DEPRESSION STYLE: 829
• ROMAN CANDLES BABY GIANTS AND A FEW BANANAS: 831
• A HOUSEBOAT ON THE ARKANSAS RIVER: 833
• COUNTING OUR ONIONS IN AN OVERCROWDED WORLD: 835
• DOGS NEVER GO ON CRUISES: 837
• FOOTPRINTS ON THE SANDS OF TIME OR WHEREVER: 839
• DELVING INTO THE PAST BUT NOT TOO FAR: 841
• TURKEY IN THE CREEK OR MONEY IN THE BANK: 844
• WIND THROUGH THE CRACKS AND WIND IN THE BEANS: 846
• RUNNING OF THE TOURISTS: 848
• LOST IN THE WILDS OF FLORIDA: 850
• FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES: 852
• TAKING A GOOD SWIPE AT TOILET PAPER: 854
• WHICH CAME FIRST SHOES OR PANTS?: 856
• GREASING THE WHEELS OF COMMERCE: 858
• ALL BALED UP IN A HAY BALER: 860
• FEED THEM AND THEY WILL COME: 862
• THE BACK SIDE OF JOLE BLON: 864
• ONE LAST PUFF BEFORE I GO: 867
• WHEELBARROWS LAWSUITS AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE: 869
• THE SOUNDS OF A LIFETIME: 871
• THE TRUTH WILL OUT BUT A GOOD LIE MAY BE BETTER: 873
• HIDE THE BEER: 875
• USING IT OR LOSING IT: 877
• A LITTLE LOVE FOR LOVING COUNTY: 879
• ONE MONGOOSE TO GO: 881
• A MOUTHFUL OF BUTTERMILK: 883
• TROOP TRAIN TO SOMEWHERE: 885
• NOTHING TO FEAR BUT LIFE WITHOUT CHILI: 887
• WE MADE OUR OWN AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES: 889
• HOME IS WHERE THE HOUSE IS: 891
• LOOKING OUT FOR THE DUKE: 892
• OLD TIMES AND OLD ACTORS ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN: 894
• OUTLAWS THEN AND NOW: 896
• DROPPING A PICK AND PICKING UP A ROCK: 898
• DONT RECALL MY PICKUP RECALL ME: 900
• HOW THANKSGIVING GOT ITS NAME: 902
• CHASING A DREAM AND BEING CHASED: 903
• A RUB BOARD STOMACH AND KICKING SAND: 905
• PROGRESS STILL HAS A WAY TO GO: 907
• DONT BUY IT IN TOWN IF YOU HAVE IT AT HOME: 909
• THE DOCTOR IS IN BUT THE COMPUTER IS OUT: 911
• WEST TEXAS AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS: 913
• OF MICE MEN AND RABBITS: 915
• WE LEFT OUR YOUTH ON THE CORNER OF CENTER AND BAKER: 917
• TWO LONGS AND A SHORT OR TWO SHORTS AND A LONG: 919
• THE PRIME OF LIFE MAYBE: 921
• MY WAR AND GENERAL SHERMANS WAR: 923
• WATCH THAT DRIVER HE MAY BE SOMEBODYS FATHER: 925
• REMEMBERING A BEAUTIFUL LADY: 927
• THE HOUND DOG MAN WHO SMELLED GOOD: 929
• SNIFFING OUT A GOOD STORY: 931
• THE BEST OF BEANS AND THE WORST OF BEANS: 933
• THE GREATEST GENERATION? NOT MUCH DOUBT: 935
• IF A STRANGE VOICE ANSWERS MY PHONE THATS ME: 937
• SOMEBODY SHOULD BE WATCHING THE STORE: 939
• THE TIE THAT BINDS: 941
• TURNING OVER A FEW ROCKS: 944
• AVOIDING A TURNIP WAR IN 2001: 946
• TURTLES ON FENCE POSTS AND LOGIC: 948
• SHUFFLING OFF TO TUSCANY IN A FLATHEAD SIX: 950
• WINNING TWO BATTLES AND LOSING THE THIRD: 952
• A BICYCLE AND AN ICE CREAM CONE: 954
• STICKS AND STONES AND BEING A WRITER: 956
• THE END: 958

Bibliographic information

• Title: I'll Get By: The Best of Harry Marlin, Volume 1
• Author: Harry Marlin
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing, 2011
• ISBN: 1426994974, 9781426994975
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs