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That’s the Sound of the Men Working on the Chain Gang 4

But they don’t use chains anymore–just a couple of guards with handguns, one of whom doubles as the van driver.

Two men working on a road crew near Selbyville escaped into Maryland but were captured near an elementary school this afternoon, the Delaware Department of Corrections said.

I remember seeing chain gangs when I was growing up. Sometimes, on the drive to visit my grandmother in northwest South Carolina, we would see them in North Carolina. (I’m not picking on North Carolina–it just happened to be the state we drove across.)

Yes, they were chained together. Yes, the guards carried shotguns. Yes, I remember seeing balls and chains.

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4 comments

  1. Opie

    July 19, 2007 at 1:24 am

    I would tell you what Chris refers to as “the old ball and chain” but I don’t want to get him in trouble.

     
  2. Frank

    July 20, 2007 at 11:42 pm

    Chris is married, right?

    Then he’s already in trouble.

    Kind of goes with the territory.

    (Hi! Karen!)

     
  3. Karen

    July 21, 2007 at 12:53 am

    Guess who turns 50 tomorrow???

     
  4. Karen

    July 21, 2007 at 12:56 am

    Hi Frank

     
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