the old days

the vets are still here..every once in awhile we need a transfusion..

He took us all out to dinner several times several places one in particular were 7 of us he called us
the 7 wives of High and Tight. Papadeaux was the place. I went to dinner with him at his other favorite greek restaurant and chinese across from his business. When he passed away I was elected to dash on over to retrieve his hefty bag of trick toys before his spouse found them especially the gentlemen magazines autographed by someone in them. His waitress cried when I told her the news I think many of us did . A few of us attended services to bid him farewell  found some of us hold a trinket or two that he left behind. By the way HT happy belated birthday his was a day after mine.

HT had wishes. That everybody get along and if you had any conversations with him he would surely have told you he thought the banter was meaningless and would express with emotion how important it is to get along and have fun . Glad someone mentioned him today too .  

Ang    

always added a great touch to the board.  He was one of the good guys.  He is missed.

Every once in awhile, I'll look at the correspondence between H&T and I and it's like he's still here. My one regret is I didn't stop by his shop as he'd requested on one of my trips north. Who knew it'd be too late? There are a lot of people we chatted about and I wonder how they're doing. For instance, H&T and I shared a love for KandieSweetbits and her service, among many others. Hope she's happy. Time marches on.

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Never let it cloud your present.  I myself find myself yelling at kids these days about having their music too loud and looking at people who are currently "hip" and find them to be goofy but lets never forget that the present time will eventually be someones "glory days".

All you can do is keep your friends memory alive by projecting his wishes from yourself because he seemed like a great individual. Sad I never had the pleasure of talking with him about "this thing of ours" but by all of you reliving some of the memories it gives a lot of us a glimpse as to why he made such a lasting impression on you.

In the meantime just know the good times stop rolling the second you start letting life pass you by.  Without getting to sappy its a gift to be alive, right here, right now so dont take it for granted.  

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Enjoyed talking with him about any and all things. His verbal antics on this board would make me smile, especially if the day in civvie land sucked.  I'm glad I got to have lunch with him and all his wives before his passing.

Memories .. some of the first Chicagoland ladies responsible ....

for my addiction to the hobby ..lol
Juliane More ,  Ginger Rogers , Sage ,  JC , Paige, Amber Lynn , Kandi Sweetbits , Lil latin Annie ,
Yvette , Sinful  ,  Christy  . . . . .