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…at the age of 76.

My kid knew him from the Mario Brothers TV show but people of my age remember his as the tag team manager back in those days when Wrestling was still pretending to be real (and was to the 10 year olds watching it) but was not campy enough to be mocked nor violent enough to be just turned off.

The wrestlers were working class guys the managers were funny and good guys and bad guys were clearly defined.

Captain Lou was a bad guy but he was always fun.

Sure it wasn’t the business or the profit generator it is today but it was better.

So dies another piece of my youth.

Drugged up a bit and laying down…

Posted: October 13, 2009 by datechguy in personal
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…as my wife finally got me to see a doctor. It’s such a rare thing that when I went to the pharmacy to pick up the prescriptions the phama tech who knows me well because I’ve been picking up stuff for the wife and kids for years couldn’t take care of me right off since I wasn’t in the system.

I was not going to bother posting and was safe in bed until some foolishness from my oldest forced me up for a while today.

I love my children really I do but when I’m sick and trying to deal with real problems that can have long term effects on our family’s immediate financial future I don’t need my wife panicked because of a foreboding e-mail from the son at work about a dire problem with no details other that it is dire.

Well the two hours of worry that ensued largely due to his forgetting his cell phone’s location must have brought a smile to my late father’s face as he looked down from above and said: “See how you like it.”

Well a plan of action is now in place to deal with the significantly smaller than expected issue and all is well in the world again except my lungs as I’m still coughing up a storm but I have one comforting thought…

…Based on my son’s current social life, my overall health and the lifespan of my father, in a few decades God willing I’ll be looking down with my father at this performance when it repeats in a slightly varied form sometime in the mid 21st century and together share a laugh saying “See how you like it!”

I just can’t manage to shake this bug

Posted: October 10, 2009 by datechguy in personal
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It is getting quite annoying.

The last few days …

Posted: October 6, 2009 by datechguy in oddities, personal
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…hits are way down.

Maybe it’s my breath.

On the Bright side the son’s hand is finally out of the split and cast for the first time since May.

I’ll take that trade.