The Crew

My thanks to Rich “boom boom” Anderson for hosting the third meeting of the Fraternal Order of the 2600 Club. A special thanks to his wife for putting up and having to clean up after us. I’m sure she breathed a sigh of relief when we finally left. She must have been praying for USC to score that way we wouldn’t hang around to watch the overtime portion of the Notre Dame football game.

It was nice to see everyone again. Conspicuously missing along with his bottle of Crown Royal was Sal “Hi Ya Pal” Riggio. I especially missed him because he’s the one that gets my competitive juices flowing during the card game. I’ll blame my early exit from the card game on him. Always blame the guy that’s not there.

If you want to know how the food was, just ask Kevin “bottomless pit” Walsh. I don’t know how he can eat and drink so much and not gain an ounce. Just jealous, I guess, since I’ll never be able to get into a size 34 waist.

My thanks to Mike Rutskauskus (sp.?) and Joe Beard, a veritable Lewis and Clark when it comes to finding their way around the North Shore, for picking me up and driving home penniless but in one piece.

The card game ran its usual course with the host being unceremoniously bounced out early. Joe “get out of my way” Beard started off on a winning streak, but his risk at all cost strategy soon failed him and relegated him to the parlor with Rich. He was shortly followed by Kevin and I. They have lost all respect for their retired old boss. Come to think of it, they had no respect for their new boss, Bill (who I wish all the best on his upcoming surgery), since he was bounced out too.

Mike did his best to hang in there but was soon sent packing. It was Peter “river card” Efimetz against Dave “handyman” Leone and the handyman came out on top. Maybe with his winnings, Dave can now bribe whoever is responsible for changing his schedule AGAIN!.

Gee, how many times are they going to play around with someone’s schedule? I’ve done my share of it and I’m glad that I don’t have to be the bad guy again. Just give Joe the OT and everything will be OK. That’s OT and not HL (higher level). Do Kevin a favor.