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panader0

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Mon Apr 27, 2020, 11:04 PM Apr 2020

Rex could walk into a bar broke and walk out with money.

It would be a draw on some future job.
He was my first boss when I was a cub bricklayer. He was like an overweight
version of Rhett Butler. He had the gift of gab, and even though a bit heavy,
he could charm the women.
He spent a lot of time across the line in Nogales. He loved Leticia, a pretty
young "sex worker" in Canal Street, home to twenty or more houses of ill-repute.
He's gone now, like Bud LaRose and Bud Sanford and Jim Allard and many more,
all guys I used to work with. I learned more than bricklaying from those guys,
none educated, but all smart in their way. I dropped out of an honors English
program at the U of Az to join this bunch.
I don't regret it.

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Rex could walk into a bar broke and walk out with money. (Original Post) panader0 Apr 2020 OP
... Kali Apr 2020 #1
We lived in Patagonia. I slept with my boots on. panader0 Apr 2020 #2
I dropped out of college to be a cowboy. Kali Apr 2020 #3
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