Moe & Gertie: Continued Correspondence

Gertie replies to Moe's letter in the 12/7/22 PCN

Dear Moe,

Horace flew the coop. I didn't think he'd ever get shet of his mother's apron strings. Mamie, next door was working in her garden and heard the whole shouting match. Horace told his mother he was going to buy a new car and she blew a gasket. You know what a penny-pincher she is, She figured he could just keep on driving his dad's old rattletrap. You know it's older than the hills. And anyway it wasn't her money he's spending; he's old enough, being past forty and of sound mind and body. I guess he was plain fed up with her paltry ways...