So after dealing with the crazy one, I made a mental decision to move on, and for some reason, my criteria for a new girlfriend was she had to come from a good family. Not sure why I chose that as a reason to pick a girlfriend, but that was one of the things I …
When I was training for my first-year carpentry with “The New Start Project”, we were doing a job at The Nineteenth Hole at Pippy Park, we were in need of a specific tool that we didn’t have, so we dropped by Mount Cashel to borrow one. When we entered the workshop through a side door …
My dad drank and drove almost every day unless he was so fall down drunk to do so. He would pick us up inebriated, and my mom just grabbed us kids and hopped into the car with him driving. I can recall this happening so often, it was the norm. One time, after we stayed …
Back at Keegan Court, I believe I was around 6 years old. Had a lot of friends at my Birthday Party. My good buddies (Doug and Johnnie Gosse) decided that they should give me the bumps. Their idea of the bumps, was to sit me at the top of the stairs, and grab my legs …
I remember trying to make friends with a guy from school, Donny O’Brien. I went to his place a few times after school, and then I asked him to come to my place in Keegan Court. We arrived and within about 5 minutes, the door opens, and 4 or 5 guys were carrying my dad …
I Have to thank my 11-year-old sister for getting me hooked on cigarettes early. 9 years old, next row of houses, in Keegan Court was where she gave me my first. I remember getting sick and throwing up the rest of the day. Of course, then my sister took me to a place in Stabb …
We were living in Keegan Court and at one point, my dad had 14 cars parked in the parking lot. He used to buy and sell cars, the only problem was, he’d sell a car, then go on a bender, for a day or 2, depending on how much he sold the car for, never …