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tavernier

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2. I met him

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 05:34 PM

Jul 10

and spent an hour in the front row of a small classroom during a convention, listening to him reminisce about his early life growing up on a chicken farm. We laughed with him and encouraged his stories which lit up his smiles and ours.

I owe him my time as he gave freely of his.

I’ll be there.

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Several people have been asking me about it. BigmanPigman Jul 10 #1

I met him tavernier Jul 10 #2