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Zeets2 » 14 Jun 2022, 10:32 am » wrote: ↑

14 Jun 2022, 10:32 am

GHETTOBLASTER » 14 Jun 2022, 9:54 am » wrote: ↑

14 Jun 2022, 9:54 am

I can hold pencils in both hands...and  with both pencils stationed at the middle of a sheet of paper write in cursive frontwards and backwards at the same time.

While on  "Body Escort Detail" from Ft. Carson to JFK airport in 1976 ...I lost the body.

On mom's side of the family she had a nephew who became a MLB Catcher...Jack Hiatt.
He hit his first MLB HR  off of Koufax..!!
Imagine how exciting it was a for a little kid like me to read about Uncle Jack  catching Juan Marichal and  Gaylord Perry...

Baseball and softball were my passions as well and didn't stop playing until I hit 58 when my bad hips ended that.  But as a player I won a league MVP award and have several batting title trophies as well as a league Cy Young award for best pitcher in the league and a Gold Glove award to go with a half-dozen league championships.  I even sponsored teams in two leagues with my business and ran them as a player/coach.

Just about every other minute of my early life was dedicated to my businesses from starting a manufacturing plant in 1972 selling products to two different industries, then converting my factory into low-income housing decades later before embarking on a couple of other businesses, one in energy-efficient lighting for commercial businesses that I'm just winding up now in my semi-retirement.  I'm pretty much done with all that now and have time to relax with my rescued pup while my wife of 39 years still enjoys working in education.

Very interesting topic AL, so thank you!