on 7/7/01 12:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> He was an actor. He's a liar, he's dead.
> What is so distinguished about that?
> So he developed a likable persona. Probably good for bizness. Big F deal.
>
> My grandfather drove motorcycles into the front lines in WW2. Got his leg
> half blown off.
> Came back and drove a truck for forty years because he was a badass that
> could stay awake for 24 straight hours, driving a truck, without falling
> asleep and then lift 100 pound boxes off the truck. He did this for 40 years
> until he died 2 years after he retired.
> Oh yeah, he weighed 125 pounds,
>
> You know, In my athletic life I have raced World Champions, I have been in
> the ring with World champions, I have been on the mat and wrestled world
> champions. And you know what, my Grandfather could kick my ass when he was
> 60 and I was 20.
>
> At times, I would ask my grandfather what it as like to storm Normandy. He
> would shrug and say, no big deal and I don't want to talk about it, it's over.
>
> Jack Lemon fabricates track times. I should say He lied about track times.
>
> My grandfather is dead, HE SAVED THE WORLD, he would not talk about it.
>
> Now you tell me, who is distinguished?
>
> Mike Platt
> "if I won a gold medal I would still be the 3rd most distinguished person in
> my family"
> behind my mother and my grandfather.
>
Holy crap! ... that is distinguished!
TF
ps And may Jack rest in peace.
