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H2O Man

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8. Interesting.
Sun May 31, 2026, 10:59 PM
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I was never faced with dog shit for consumption, but I had a very rough relationship with my father. It included lots of ass-whippings. On a positive note, I never boxed an opponent who punched as hard as my father, perhaps in part because he didn't wear boxing gloves. My becoming a homeless teen was a direct result of my reaching a point where the outcome would have been very different if he swung at me. (Later in life, we did become good friends.)

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