Good Times…
- Throwing snowballs at cars with Jeff Pasula, then seeing him get
the s@@t beat out of him.
- Playing with the fire extinguisher in your Grandparents garage.
He was not happy.
- Being chased around in the Convent yard (Grey Nuns).
- Going to the Arcade when we were young. Especially on a birthday.
- Jeff Pasula’s PK Ripper his Manager was holding for him.
- Following the kid with the Michael Jackson glove into the
washroom, then having the lights go out and having him run out of the
washroom screaming.
- Walking down a storm sewer line and then closing the lid on you.
Then laughing and seeing panic on your faces. “Water I hear water… ha ha
ha.”
- The day we stood in front of our houses and shook hands becoming
friends again.
- Spending time at the mall.
- Spending time at Santanas.
- Spending time at Bocas.
- “Are you going to the Party later? Lee, do not say anything .
What Party?”
- Quinten having a dream and saying “Ride it, yes Ride it, go ahead
and Ride it.”
- Looking for John’s pellet gun and finding a video called A@@l
Madness !
- “Is that Marmot Basin? No, That is Marmot Basin!”
- “Trust me Lee, I am your friend…”
- The first run at Marmot Basin being the Dromadary (seeing you head
into the trees??)
- Mysterious knocking at the door in the Tonquin Hotel in Jasper and
seeing Ben freak out.
- Hearing the Crab story on the way back from Jasper.
- A snow covered parking lot (Terra Losa) “Curb Lloyd, curb, curb
!!!”
- “Push my friend? Why don’t you push me?”
- Being born in the hospital bed next door and being the first
person that knew you.
- “Look at the girls Lloyd, look at the girls ! BOOM. Did you hit
them Lloyd? Look at the girls.”
- Installing a stereo in my car, only to find out it stopped working
when I turned my headlights on.
- Driving down 111 Avenue, BOOM. What happened? Well, I was
driving and you hit me!
- Making you push the Volare through an intersection pretending it
ran out of gas. It had a full tank.
- Riding up Signal Mountain: “I do not know Scott, do not tell Lee
but I think we bit off more than we can chew. “
- The Overlander Trail, broken seatpost, and coming back to pick a
up a friend.
- Rubbing your tire with my front tire and seeing your freak out on
the Overlander.
- Our bikes: Concord, Univega, Diamond Back, Specialized, Rocky
Mountain and all the trash talk surrounding them.
- Seeing Ben service your bike and put the chain on backwards.
- Jumping my bike with bar ends and having you all laugh at me.
- Opening some pizza boxes (or donut boxes) and seeing all those
flies pop out !!
- Being old enough to call our parents by their first names “Hi
Hubert”.
- “Lloyd, some guys are looking at me, I think they want to fight.
I am at work and need some help… Click… zzzzzz.”
- Lifting weights in my basement.
- Going down a hill beside Kinsmen and having the Volare fan belt
come off, then loosing the headlights. Having to crank the fan to pop the
belt back on.
- “You guys are dead… I road my a@@ to the god damn double jump and
you were not there…. When I find out where you guys were, you are all
DEAD.”
- Going to Chilis Restaurant, especially since it is Marty’s
favorite place.
- “Oh, it is John. Get out, get the f##k out ! Come on Lloyd, come
right in.”
- My Wedding.
- Meeting up in Vancouver.
- Tim Hortons on 118 Ave.
- The Cumberland Apartments. “Did I scare you?”
- I have phone numbers for you:
- “In the West End”
- “In Millwoods”
- “In Thorncliff”
- “In Westmount”
- “In Downtown”
- “In the North End”
- “In Salmon Arm”
- “In Vancouver”
- “In Sherwood Park”
- I have no more damn space for numbers !
- Hearing Brent say “I have known Lee longer than you Lloyd.” And
then being able to say, I have known Lee since he was born. “What?
Impossible.”
- Hearing your cousin at Western Cycle describe how he can count the
people on one hand that can ride up Whitemud hill
- Seeing Rob Sullivan throw up at the top of Whitemud hill.
- Your condo and tree at Thorncliff. Coming in the house a second
time and freaking everyone out, then seeing you cut down that tree.
- Having Carol put lipstick on your neck, then seeing it and
freaking out.
- Sticking the buzzers at Whitehall Square
- “You must be Tylers sister.” Seeing you trying to signal me she
was not.
- “My Esophagus… It is burning…”
- Margo: “Cut me, you wanna cut me, then cut me.”
- Knowing each other for 5, 10, 20, 35 and now almost 40 years.
Yikes.