I knew someone would take notice but I thought "Curley" would be the first. He must be getting senile.
On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 11:02 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Al Franken? Oh boy > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 8, 2016, at 10:00 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I once was on a flight from MSP back to DCA and US Sen. Paul Wellstone > was > > making his way up the aisle chatting up all the passengers before taking > > his seat in coach class. A real salt of the earth, he died tragically > when > > his small plane iced up and went down during his campaign for > re-election. > > Fortunately, Al Franken succeeded him and he is cut from the same cloth. > > Very good guys. > > > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 10:55 AM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> He'll prob'ly be there MORE! > >> > >> Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > >>> December 8, 2016 at 9:27 AM > >>> A good friend of mine was visiting S Africa a few years back with his > >>> wife and older 14yo son for the futbol tournament, World Cup I guess. > They > >>> went for a day hike up on a mountain nearby, the son was ahead of them > a > >>> short ways, they went around a bend in the trail and he was not there. > >>> After a few minutes they found he had fallen off the trail, somehow > never > >>> clear, and had fallen about 30ft and died. It was totally devastating > for > >>> them. > >>> > >>> Biden was also there for reasons not clear, but the next day he got > ahold > >>> of them and called them offering his condolences and any assistance > that > >>> they might need either for themselves or the boy, got the ambassador > on the > >>> line who gave them his mobile # with instructions to call for anything > at > >>> all. They had a really nice chat with Biden and that meant a lot to > them. > >>> The embassy was also a big help when it came time to get the boy back > home. > >>> > >>> My buddy points out the irony in the whole thing, that his boy would > have > >>> a good laugh about, is that the boy had started the Republican Club at > his > >>> high school, thought Crazy Uncle Joe was a total loser (looser). But > in > >>> this instance he was really nice and and appreciated such that even > the boy > >>> would have had to agree. > >>> > >>> I'm wondering if once he is gone he will still be buggering up my road > >>> when he comes down to mooch off his wealthy friends in the prestigious > >>> private gated resort community down the road. > >>> > >>> --FT > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
