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This is a letter I sent to my oldest son about his birth.
Tom,
It was springtime in 1961 and I was working as a foreign car mechanic at Rootes Motors in L.I.City. I had been there about 2 years. Rootes was a British car Co that made the Hillman, Sunbeam and Humber. We had 23 mechanics many of them came from Ireland. Some of the senior mechanics had served in WW2. I believe a few of the mechanics who came from Europe actually served in the Nazi military though they would never own up to that. My workbench was next to Jim Arrington, a black EX NYC cop. The most corrupt man I ever met. I got that job through the NY State employment agency. My starting pay was $2.37/HR which was pretty high at the time. I met your mother and we got married and you were born. By now you're probably wondering what Rootes Motors has to do with your birth, right? Not much, except one day not long after you were born when word went around that my wife, your mom, gave birth to a baby boy, one of the Irish mechanics came up to me to congratulate me, saying, "Good Job, you put a tail on it the first time out." Apparently it was viewed as an accomplishment to have a boy especially as a first time father. My God I thought, it must be rough to be a woman in Ireland.

I just thought it would be cool to take you on a trip back in time for just a moment to see and hear the world through my eyes and ears.
Dad

Finally the agonizing times are over.

She smiled and said goodbye and for one last breath, she's with our Lord.

May she rest in peace.

Thanks all for your prayers.

She asked us all (family and friends ) to celebrate. But even that is not easy. I still cried but deep down very happy. Her two years fight is over.

God Bless you Shannon.

Your strength inspired us all. We love you.

Note : She's 52 years old, smoked for 30 years. Only stopped two years ago but her body was too far gone, health wise.

I woke up this morning at 6 am. So I decided to get up exercise for an hour. Went to see my mother for her birthday and went for a walk. It has been a great day so far. I usually get up at 8 or 9 am. It is amazing the difference two hours make.

A big day in Big F.

The general idea O vast herd of publican
Thespians....
Is to Flip the party.
Which we um, LIBERALY Engineer from the
Technical writing of Bob Welch... aka Belmont Bob of JBS. Fame.
Imagine, Lennon said , if everyone went & registered as plan D for don key.
Imagine further, where you do have to become a wee bit of para legal...and actionable... which you better dew soon
Cause the other donkeys are bringing in plane loads of specialized goats [ my pet goat et cetera.
The UN / WHO thing can only be UN done
By fiat of intervention from X. ) .the great UN known god of Mars Hill.
Otherwise, hot pepper FEMA farms for all non democrats. Capiche ?
Now , the reason the device is pegged ®
Is because you TV heads still require hi quality entertainment. Ergo, plan ® ..
The only defect in Gen. Rippers plan ®
Is that he was working with Pete Sellers &
$tan Kubrick . - not Fresno Bob.

So the entire hemisphere needs actionable
Democrats by the Score tonight...or tomorrow
With satans help. .hint ) Satan means ' he attack s.'

To produce the 8-10 min. Promo spot
For said adventure, the services of a 3rd
Party will enter...
And then it's up to you youngsters to become
The change.. kill the TV. .read quality books.
Go the fire station or the Sheriff
And forcefully say : Disney - PIXAR movie!

There is simply not enough time for further details....dark history ground hog times R near.

Standby.
A I R planes. } .bob
..04 min. Warning. ..} .owen
B O O M. } .the SONICS.

Sync. } Play @ uwr risk. ) Planet patrol

Tag. } Special edition..

Tip toeing through the Internet & I stumbled into this gem.
...what a real Columbo investigation looks like...hence the
Run time is l o n . .g..



Note. ) .I don't think he made a part 2 ..

Now enough with searching.. I really wanna get married and start a family.
Anyone who got succeeded here?

another opens. Old AA saying. And it's so often true. Was never as close to my 5 sibs as I admired in other families, such as many Irish ones. Even invited as non family guest to many of the bacchanalian large family reunions of the latter, and had fun watching the many fights, then the teary make ups, amid the profound signs of love. Always left a little envious. But now that both of our folks have left us, and left me managing their estate, have been sending updates of my progress on this job to all, and we are becoming closer, and more in touch. Odd how this works. Grateful.

Tag..) .flat as a pancake / head East..}
..point of know return.../ Kansas..
..the Wake../ I. Q.
... Left . Wing. Astrophysics....[ ©Ontrol.
.. Elements / Atheist.....
What if.? / Dixie dregs....
... . lightbulb Sun / porcupine Tree
...part 2..) banging the Family * $tar.

Z. Watershed / 0 p e t h.
...y..D A R W I N ! / banc of M Soccorso.
X...pelagial. / O C E A N.
...A R ] ...fragile Art of Existence / control denied.
..b.) ...radio gnome invisible / Gong.
......bored Certified....Chart Spelling...music Facing...

Part 1.. perfect Element/ pain of Salvation
..you better think twice../ Poco....
Eli's coming./ 3 dog night
4 horsemen / Metallica
.. everywhere A sign../ 5 man Elec.band.
6% of inner Turbulence / dream Theater
... synthesis.} 7 churches / possessed
A R ] ..this might ] Hurt./ 9" nails.
.. church of the Machine / symphony X.
....he has early warning...
....... ....he got jew- Jew eYeball...- Lennon

Most of the time I am perfectly happy to be living 400 miles from my nearest and dearest but I'm getting really excited about upcoming family gathering

Maybe because the last 3 were funerals and weddings and the ex-in-laws all look alike. It is agonising when I'm 3 glasses of wine in and they come over to chat and I can never work out whether I should be saying Wow you look great, or we already talked half an hour ago ...

THIS gathering is MY family. Apart from the fact we all close our eyes when we smile, we are all different. Plus I'm can hardly WAIT to see my daughter (okay, I'll have to see some of the penguins) after 15 months!

After that, of course, I will be quite happy not to see them again for at least a year ...

I so like the idea of a dinner just for giving thanks - been invited to a few in Scotland by an American family living a long long way from home and it was great - amazing food (marshmallow yams????) best turkey dressing ever and pumpkin pie simply shouldn't taste that good but finding the positives in a life when we all moan about our problems was the best part.

Whether you have your slice of pumpkin pie on your own in front of the telly, or are driven slightly nuts by hordes of relatives you only see once a year, have a good one. This is a great tradition and the best way to see out Scorpio season

Carrots and Peas, anyone?