So sorry to hear that my Hero, Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) died yesterday at 74...
My thoughts and prayers, and condolences go out to him and his family...
I grew watching him on TV and there was really no greater boxer at that time - he totally dominated the entire heavyweight world...
He did so much for other people that no one knew about until now - only real men do this ...
I remember coming back from my first Overseas tour in late 1969, alone in some long corridor of the Atlanta Airport, waiting until the next day, for a flight to Texas; it was really early in the AM, probably around 0400 hours...
I was the only one at the end of this long semi-dark, corridor, standing up holding up the wall...
From way out there, I notice an entourage of men - looked like really big men, all dressed in suits and ties, white shirts, coming towards me...
They were like a huge moving Wall...
They got closer and I tried really hard to figure out who they were, and why were they coming this way...
When they finally got to me and turned to my right to go down the corridor to the Boarding Gate, I saw to my unbelief - Muhammad Ali !!!
We made eye contact - he was wearing a black silk long sleeved shirt, perfectly dressed, no hat... He was much bigger than how he looked on television..
I was so stunned to see my hero walking straight towards me !!!
I remember just being able to say - "Hi, Champ !!!"
He smiled at me and said "Good Morning, Soldier" and turned the corner and continued following his Wall of Big Men...
That is as close to any Boxer of his caliber that I have ever been - it was amazing!!!
Dan F
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no better way to end the week
I really need to clean my fire pit out, nothing but old wood and weeds in the hole.
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so this is super awkward..the other day a client and acquaintance of mine is asking me questions about removing yellow road paint from her daughter`s car [via my business faecbook btw]
then out of nowhere she sends me a picture of her daughter (who is quite the looker) [to my personal facebook]
later she is telling me how she is going to bring her to the next event we attend so she can `meet` me - (a little unorthodox but hey, who cares, right?)
so today she tells me that he daughter is coming to the event tonight
I really thought she was just kidding the whole time
well you guys DID said to "have fun" at the show
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That lady wants free details, she`ll hook you up with her daughter, get you to clean their cars completely then tell her to dump you.
just messing with you, have fun!
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I can imagine. Haha
Short of the work party dilema earlier this year...this one makes for one of those interesting stories to be told at some point, but not here. Lol
you know that term, "...and the plot thickens"
That`s what I distinctly remember saying to myself at one point earlier tonight.
Lol
All I`m saying is it`s nice to get a return from the karma bank in non taxable income dollars when you are thinking you are currently on the aformentioned positive return already. Figuratively speaking of course.
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I guess there are not many qualified people on his list.
Al
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lol. they were talking about this on the radio and they played a sound clip and he said Kids (baby goats) and the guys from the radio station had no idea what that meant. they kept saying he mean `Kin" - lol
I tried to call in but they figured it out before I could get through
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