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    The Strong, Silent Type Will Not Shut Up

    Jun 02, 2022 3 minutes

    MY DAD HAD ONE OF THOSE BIG CHAIRS. Oxblood leatherette, brass-tack trim, an ottoman for the feet and a wingback for the head. A piece a decorator would call masculine. A chair for reading three paragraphs of a book and then immediately napping. A Dad Chair. It was the one thing I wanted from Mom and Dad’s place in St. Louis when we cleared it out last Christmas. I found a guy who was moving cross-country and paid him $400 to drive it from St. Louis to L. A.

    Dad was part of the Silent Generation,

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