The ZMM Narrator Cleans the Chain Guard Under What He Calls “The Spreading Chestnut Tree.”
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…“The welder is in, an old man in his sixties or seventies, and he looks at me disdainfully—a complete reversal from the waitress. I explain about the chain guard and after a while he says, "I’m not taking it off for you. You’ll have to take it off." .. I do this and show it to him, and he says, "It’s full of grease." .. I find a stick out in back under the spreading chestnut tree and scrape all the grease into a trash barrel. From a distance he says, "There’s some solvent in that pan over there." I see the flat pan and get out the remaining grease with some leaves and the solvent.” (Cont. Next)

Back of property, 954 Sixth Street SW, Business District, Grants Pass, OR. Local people agree that Mr. Fixsen’s personality fits the Narrator’s description. Fixsen is his name, and not word play on what he did for his life’s work!
…If you have additional information or want to suggest other places for the Grants Pass Welder’s shop, please contact me.
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Why Does The ZMM Narrator Say => “ Under The Spreading Chestnut Tree?”
…Properly educated English Language persons should immediately recognize the lines of Cambridge, MA Poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807-1882. More Information, and especially good photo of Poet, Click Here.
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Under a spreading chestnut-tree
⁠The village smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty man is he,
With large and sinewy hands,
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands.
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For The Full Poem “The Village Blacksmith”, Click Here.

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