Good Times…

 

  1. Throwing snowballs at cars with Jeff Pasula, then seeing him get the s@@t beat out of him.
  2. Playing with the fire extinguisher in your Grandparents garage.  He was not happy.
  3. Being chased around in the Convent yard (Grey Nuns).
  4. Going to the Arcade when we were young.  Especially on a birthday.
  5. Jeff Pasula’s PK Ripper his Manager was holding for him.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.”
  8. The day we stood in front of our houses and shook hands becoming friends again.
  9. Spending time at the mall.
  10. Spending time at Santanas.
  11. Spending time at Bocas.
  12. “Are you going to the Party later?  Lee, do not say anything .  What Party?”
  13. Quinten having a dream and saying “Ride it, yes Ride it, go ahead and Ride it.”
  14. Looking for John’s pellet gun and finding a video called A@@l Madness !
  15.  “Is that Marmot Basin?  No, That is Marmot Basin!”
  16. “Trust me Lee, I am your friend…”
  17. The first run at Marmot Basin being the Dromadary (seeing you head into the trees??)
  18. Mysterious knocking at the door in the Tonquin Hotel in Jasper and seeing Ben freak out.
  19. Hearing the Crab story on the way back from Jasper.
  20. A snow covered parking lot (Terra Losa) “Curb Lloyd, curb, curb !!!”
  21. “Push my friend?  Why don’t you push me?”
  22. Being born in the hospital bed next door and being the first person that knew you.
  23. “Look at the girls Lloyd, look at the girls ! BOOM.  Did you hit them Lloyd?  Look at the girls.”
  24. Installing a stereo in my car, only to find out it stopped working when I turned my headlights on.
  25. Driving down 111 Avenue, BOOM.  What happened?  Well, I was driving and you hit me!
  26. Making you push the Volare through an intersection pretending it ran out of gas.  It had a full tank.
  27. Riding up Signal Mountain: “I do not know Scott, do not tell Lee but I think we bit off more than we can chew. “
  28. The Overlander Trail, broken seatpost, and coming back to pick a up a friend.
  29. Rubbing your tire with my front tire and seeing your freak out on the Overlander.
  30. Our bikes: Concord, Univega, Diamond Back, Specialized, Rocky Mountain and all the trash talk surrounding them.
  31. Seeing Ben service your bike and put the chain on backwards.
  32. Jumping my bike with bar ends and having you all laugh at me.
  33. Opening some pizza boxes (or donut boxes) and seeing all those flies pop out !!
  34. Being old enough to call our parents by their first names “Hi Hubert”.
  35. “Lloyd, some guys are looking at me, I think they want to fight.  I am at work and need some help… Click… zzzzzz.”
  36. Lifting weights in my basement.
  37. 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.
  38. “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.”
  39. Going to Chilis Restaurant, especially since it is Marty’s favorite place.
  40. “Oh, it is John.  Get out, get the f##k out !  Come on Lloyd, come right in.”
  41. My Wedding.
  42. Meeting up in Vancouver.
  43. Tim Hortons on 118 Ave.
  44. The Cumberland Apartments.  “Did I scare you?”
  45. I have phone numbers for you:
  46. 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.”
  47. Hearing your cousin at Western Cycle describe how he can count the people on one hand that can ride up Whitemud hill
  48. Seeing Rob Sullivan throw up at the top of Whitemud  hill.
  49. Your condo and tree at Thorncliff.  Coming in the house a second time and freaking everyone out, then seeing you cut down that tree.
  50. Having Carol put lipstick on your neck, then seeing it and freaking out.
  51. Sticking the buzzers at Whitehall Square
  52. “You must be Tylers sister.”  Seeing you trying to signal me she was not.
  53. “My Esophagus…  It is burning…”
  54. Margo: “Cut me, you wanna cut me, then cut me.”
  55. Knowing each other for 5, 10, 20, 35 and now almost 40 years.  Yikes.