![]() Those guys don’t mess around,” Pahlow said. “The Secret Service showed up and said, ‘You aren’t allowed to do that.’ They showed up with guns. Such as when he bought bales of shredded money to sell by the bag. The Mukilteo compound has stayed off the radar, with a few exceptions. His kids are grown and he has since moved back to Seattle. On a drive he discovered Mukilteo, and moved his family and the Accoutrements headquarters there. ![]() Love brought him to Seattle, and he opened the Archie McPhee retail store in 1983. It was my MBA in real life,” he said in an interview at his Mukilteo office that was so messy he wouldn’t allow photographs. “I figured out how things were bought and sold and what people wanted. He settled in California and started selling novelties. “Having been born and raised in Ohio, I understand boredom in a profound way,” he writes.Īfter high school, he hitchhiked through Europe and Africa, doing odd jobs to support his odyssey. The first of many improvements Dad made was to install a shower.As a kid, he was fascinated more by the ads in comic books for X-ray specs and Sea-Monkeys than the cartoons. The great thing about being the recipient of this semi-permanent rental arrangement was that you could do pretty well whatever you wanted with the property without fear of reprisal or removal. It had three small bedrooms, a lounge-eating area and a tiny kitchen, one single toilet and a separate bathroom with a bath, no shower. It was a small, timber-framed house with a grey tiled roof, in a less blessed or socially challenged, neighbourhood, as they say these days. Subsequently, we moved into the bright lights of Christchurch in December 1959 where we took up residence in our new rented house, provided to the low-income masses by a sympathetic New Zealand socialist Government. Dad wasn’t convinced but eventually relented. ![]() Besides, there were more work opportunities for Dad in the big smoke, Mum contended. Mum missed the city life, wanted an electric fridge, and a stove that didn’t use wood. Dad always reckoned the country folk were kind, friendly, talkative, caring people. I think he got used to the communal life during those hard, arduous war years. Dad loved the quiet, small country living, and the close-knit community, particularly after the war. We reluctantly moved there from a small country town when I was a skinny nine-year-old. This book is only available by clicking: OUR HOUSEīogan Place was a unique address. Includes hilariously funny short stories you won’t find anywhere else. He may be contacted at Your Free Book is WaitingĪrchie talks about himself, in-laws, outlaws, his books and more.… He may be contacted at: Book formatting, website technology and digital marketing by Wesley Slade. She knows how to dot and cross – thank you Gina.īook cover produced by Greg Judd. Gina Hamilton loves books, loves to read and is a skilled Reviewer. He has a wicked sense of humour – thank you Peter. Peter Kalfas is my inspirational collaborator and Editor. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher, except as permitted by U.S. Thank you for respecting the hard work of the author.Īll rights reserved. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only.
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