how many people know this guy? back in the day it was the best of times after the worst of times? no.... but let me explain,,, whe i was 14 i had moved from my fathers which was a situation that went from new and exciting environment to oppressions and aggressive and subpressive parenting... to my moms which was a bit more lax due to attention paid to alot of different areas of the family... and my ulcers went away... not that i blame my father for being a bad father... he probably could have been a better dad yes but he tried as i see it and that matters.... anyways... living with my mom i was getting into my hormonal rage years and living even further out in the suburbs i needed some sorta excape... my cousin neil got his liscence and an older relative of ours was unable to drive anymore.... so he gave the ford escort to my cousin.... when summer hit he would come to town (from wood islands) everyday and pick me up and we'd cruise the strip up and down till we either met some girls or decided to call it a night.... that went on every summer night... there happened to be probs... and the car slowly went downhill.... but when school started up again it was at least weekends... and they were freedom to me... i could tell you some stories but the point it neil saved me that summer... and the summer after that to.... and the summer after that also...although that 3rd summer i had a licsence...but my deal with my folks was hook up with neil and park it...and go with neil...which seemed to work well for us.... some point in there we sorta got included with the CB gang which wasn't really a gang so much as people in ch'town with cb radio's and we did fox hunts... one car hids and once hid you give subtle hints on where you are hiding... in a preagreed boundry and checking frequency strenght you can kinda hone in on the location.... it's a neat game... i miss it... i had lots of fun.... and back then it was like neil needed direction...he didn't show any strong school skills... and he wasn't big on sports or music or what ever... when i went to bc the next thing i notice is he is learning how to fly planes and he's diggin graves and doing odd jobs int he country and workin on his dads bag plant.... and then he's a full fledged fire fighter and fireworks specialist and then latest seams to be search and rescue although he isn't in charge the neat thing it is his younger bro darren.... the team leader gets a paycheque and a lap top and trips to wherever the big meets are... it's pretty cool and i'm glad he's cool in that way ...i don't know if he could be any cooler...well i think he could... i guess the fact is that i don't think i could be as cool... this is his pic from cymbria... he didn't bring a blanket or pillow...just is jumpsuit flightsuit thing... it was cold and wet and he slept in my tent just like that while i had a sponge matress and sleeping bad and i was warm....that's me inthe corner.... neil is currently engaged to holly wood.... i just wanted to add that 6 degrees of anything seems like a fun game... weather yuo can connect your self to a famous celeb or anything or anyone maybe send me an email and i'll find a pic and we can play that game....i'm done...ciaoder