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Some will die in hot pursuit
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
nunn, I suppose one of my claims might be that I was NOT on 60 Minutes. Two days after the Challenger explosion, 60 minutes showed up at our remote Utah plant (where the boosters were made) and Mike Wallace stuck a mic in my face and asked how it feels to murder seven astronauts. I replied "How does it feel to lie to millions of people on television?"
Some will die in hot pursuit
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
Less a claim of fame..............more a case of determination.
In 1975 we started The Tornado Alley Racquetball Tournament. By the mid 80's it was the largest privately run racquetball tournament in the country. After about 20 tries, I finally won the Men's "B" division in February of 2000. I received many congrats from friends/competitors.........as most of them knew that 50 years earlier I was born with Cerebral Palsy......and that 33 years earlier I had lost my lower right leg, when it was mostly torn off in a grain auger accident. Whatdaya gonna do........I pressed on.
Over these many years, I've spoken to the media a little bit..........but mostly to younger amputees.
There's been other "stuff"........but I'll let those sleeping dogs lie.
Oh.........one time in my late 20's......I did actually get to play some "cutthroat" racquetball with Michael Martin Murphy(he was in town for a concert). Shorter than I had imagined.......but a good guy.
I do have one claim to fame.......and much more than I deserve.........my wife and kids.
I am a plant nut and I met one of the Rothschilds at a meeting of the American Rhododendron Society some years ago. He was the feathered speaker at the meeting. He served in the British army during WWII.
Among other things he was taken off the beach at Dunkirk. There were 400 men on the boat he was on and only 6 rifles. He wound up serving in southern Europe and in south east Asia. Since I don't know anything about banking most of our conversations concerned plants and WWII. A most interesting man.
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I stayed in a Holiday Inn once.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
nunn, I suppose one of my claims might be that I was NOT on 60 Minutes. Two days after the Challenger explosion, 60 minutes showed up at our remote Utah plant (where the boosters were made) and Mike Wallace stuck a mic in my face and asked how it feels to murder seven astronauts. I replied "How does it feel to lie to millions of people on television?"
Oddly, that never made it to air.
All y'all lucky buzzards can say you know me.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
"How does it feel to murder seven astronauts." What a fool.
I gave Mike Wallace more credit than to make a remark like that.
Less a claim of fame..............more a case of determination.
In 1975 we started The Tornado Alley Racquetball Tournament. By the mid 80's it was the largest privately run racquetball tournament in the country. After about 20 tries, I finally won the Men's "B" division in February of 2000. I received many congrats from friends/competitors.........as most of them knew that 50 years earlier I was born with Cerebral Palsy......and that 33 years earlier I had lost my lower right leg, when it was mostly torn off in a grain auger accident. Whatdaya gonna do........I pressed on.
Over these many years, I've spoken to the media a little bit..........but mostly to younger amputees.
There's been other "stuff"........but I'll let those sleeping dogs lie.
Oh.........one time in my late 20's......I did actually get to play some "cutthroat" racquetball with Michael Martin Murphy(he was in town for a concert). Shorter than I had imagined.......but a good guy.
I do have one claim to fame.......and much more than I deserve.........my wife and kids.
I am a plant nut and I met one of the Rothschilds at a meeting of the American Rhododendron Society some years ago. He was the feathered speaker at the meeting. He served in the British army during WWII.
Among other things he was taken off the beach at Dunkirk. There were 400 men on the boat he was on and only 6 rifles. He wound up serving in southern Europe and in south east Asia. Since I don't know anything about banking most of our conversations concerned plants and WWII. A most interesting man.
How is it that you did not also plant a fist on the end of his nose?