RoninLB is not long for this world................At least according to the doctors....................
Of course, he has a different opinion......................."those f**king bastards haven't killed me yet!"..............all delivered in that 170db fog horn voice of his.
For those of you who might not be familiar with this guy, go
here and get a good dose of the Mutt and Jeff show from 2007.. He's the sawed off little *hit; I'm the big guy, Brorag.
He's also a cornerstone of this blog--If you do a search of his name, you'll get the idea. Knows more about 911's than almost anyone else, and it's by having taken them apart and fixing them.
I spent the weekend with him and his sainted wife in Long Beach, and he's taking it like he does every thing else--in stride--hanging around the house, messing with his car and garage, raking leaves, harrassing the cat and still chain smoking those damn hard box Marlboro's. ("fu*k, no reason to give'm up now"!)..................
We took a 60 mile spin down the beaches--he's got that car dialed in just right--running lean and sounding great. It's cleaned up, and like all his other stuff, is all sorted out and assigned to it's next caretaker.
Went to the local KofC pub for a few longnecks, and checked out the firehouse; That's his other passion; he spec'd out one of the fire trucks, and of course its a hotrod--the fastest firetruck on Long Island from 0-50 (stoplight to stoplight). Black and Porsche red--no *****.................
He's spent most of his time this last year building the garage of all garages; if Long Beach gets nuked, it will be the only place left standing.
He's one of the crustiest SOB's you'll ever know.........on the outside. Those of us who have the privledge of knowing him know him to be a different person; compassionate, knowledgable, intelligent but not one to show it, and a good friend. He has voraciously consumed life, and has lived the equivilent of at least 4 normal lifetimes in his 63 years.
There is a parable in here somewhere--get off your dead asses--get out there and live a lusty life the way this guy has..............don't wait till it's too late...........................
And yes, he
will call you up on the phone at 2AM from your driveway, wanting to know if you were ready to take that cross country trip.............................ask me how I know.............
Love ya, buddy. Keep givin'm hell........................
