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Podcast: The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy
Episode: 🎧 132: I had figured that . . .
Description: 8I HAD FIGURED that if anyone could teach me the times tables quickly, it was Mr. Beaker. I was right. Mr. Beaker instituted a crash program in the times tables that very evening. He and Eliza drove up in a gleaming new Starliner, which Mr. Beaker had bought for Eliza’s birthday. Eliza took all of us for a ride, and then we walked around and around the car until there was no longer enough light for us to see well. “It’s getting pretty dark,” said my father, “we might as well go in. How about a beer, Dudley...