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Paul. Your friend is lucky to have you as a friend. I have a similar relationship with a H.S. friend recovering from throat cancer right now. He's down to 135 lb. Re: the vertical leap (we termed it "jump and reach"), I went to a small school in a small town - from kindergarten to eighth grade. We could go out for sports starting in the sixth grade. I was in flag football, track, & played center on our basketball team in seventh & eighth grades. I wasn't a great shot but really got rebounds. At the beginnings of games, the other centers were always quite a bit taller than I and would smile down at me at the beginning tip off. It disappeared when I would easily get the tip off. The coach I had then is in a assisted living facility now. He was such a great guy. I'm still in contact with his son, who was a classmate. He says his dad still remembers me as the only student he had who could walk around on his hands. Strange thing to be remembered for sixty + years later.
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Marv Evans
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