Thank you Vickie,,,,, its all true and it was in a time when boys are raised
to be men.    There is so much more to that story about my friend Joe from
the neighborhood.   One thing,  he went into the air force and while gone to
basic, that great motorcycle was chained up through the wheels to something
in the back of his families garage.   His family raised 4 cousins from two
related family members and they always had one or two foster kids there too
all the time.
   When Joe returned home from basic training, it was in a pile of junk,,,
wrecked.   His cousin had sawed through the chain and had a wreck, a bad
one.   It was the first thing he saw.  He found out from his mother who had
done the deed and he went through the house until he found him and beat the
crap out of him.   His mother and dad put Joe out on his own and said he was
not welcome there any more.  It broke his heart.   When he came home on
leave after that, he stayed at my house.   It was a time when the wife and I
had two small kids and he always had candy in his pockets for them,,,always.
   He and his parents made peace after that and he lived there while he got
his surveyors license to eventually take over the family business.
   I must get up there to talk old times with my friend.

Harv