I was also an only child! I was very much into sports and also very competitive. I would do whatever it took to win! So, the stage was now set for the Baker/O’Reilly feud, round one.
The way I heard it, was my Mother and I were in the General store the same time as Robby and his Mom were there. Apparently little Robby was playing quite contentedly, with a small metal hammer, I think it was used by welders to chip slag from their welds, that he had picked off a low shelf, his Mom noticed but figured that he couldn’t hurt anything with it (Or so she thought.) so she just let him carry on, while she explained to the store clerk how many bolts of cloth and other items that she needed.
I apparently, came up to Robby and decided that I wanted to play with “that” hammer. Not “a” hammer, as ther
