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Thread: 02/2013 - Festy turns 50 at the beach.

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    Re: Festy turns 50 at the beach.

    Quote Originally Posted by Westy View Post
    I'll definitely stop by, Festy, if I remember ... memory can be a problem for an old geezer of fifty-nine.

    Señor JDR, I wouldn't say 'the best is behind us' after fifty. In my case, the best was yet to come ... I didn't get into sailing till after I was fifty. (Likewise with mongering.) And I didn't get into the life of leisure I now live as a retired old fart until after my fifty-fifth birthday.

    Never married, no children, and every bit of my pension (after taxes) is under my exclusive control ... Schweeeeeet.

    (On the other hand, there are the twice-a-week visits to Dear Auntie, in Alzheimer's care. Oh well.)
    Why go, if she doesn't even recognize you? Once my mother was in la la land, I stopped going to see her. I couldn't handle it.
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    Re: Festy turns 50 at the beach.

    Quote Originally Posted by MrHappy View Post
    Why go, if she doesn't even recognize you? Once my mother was in la la land, I stopped going to see her. I couldn't handle it.
    Really, that is mean.






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    Re: Festy turns 50 at the beach.

    Quote Originally Posted by MrHappy View Post
    Why go, if she doesn't even recognize you? Once my mother was in la la land, I stopped going to see her. I couldn't handle it.
    Dear Auntie still recognizes me, Mr. Happy, and she is after all my one last remaining close relative. (No smileys here for a sniffle and a sob.)

    It is heartbreaking to see those poor old fucks in Memory Care. Dear Auntie is the only one of my family who lost her marbles before she 'went West' ... I figure that I owe her at least the consideration of visiting her (and I thank God daily that I don't have to take care of her!)

    The sad truth is that she - and her fellow residents in Memory Care - will be better off after they let go of their last breath.

    (Okay, enough of this maudlin shit!)
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    Re: Festy turns 50 at the beach.

    Quote Originally Posted by Westy View Post
    Dear Auntie still recognizes me, Mr. Happy, and she is after all my one last remaining close relative. (No smileys here for a sniffle and a sob.)

    It is heartbreaking to see those poor old fucks in Memory Care. Dear Auntie is the only one of my family who lost her marbles before she 'went West' ... I figure that I owe her at least the consideration of visiting her (and I thank God daily that I don't have to take care of her!)

    The sad truth is that she - and her fellow residents in Memory Care - will be better off after they let go of their last breath.

    (Okay, enough of this maudlin shit!)
    As heart wrenching as it may be, that is the admirable thing to do.
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    Re: Festy turns 50 at the beach.

    Quote Originally Posted by Irie View Post
    As heart wrenching as it may be, the is the admirable thing to do.
    Thank you for recognizing that, Irie.

    Now realize, gentlemen, that I don't really quite let that rule my life! If Dear Auntie were to drop the body tomorrow, I'd thank the folks at Memory Care for taking such good care of her - and I'd mourn just long enough to suit the requirements of propriety. And I'd strew her ashes in Sosua Bay, very much the way Jesse Conrad did with the ashes of Lama Norbu at the end of Little Buddha.

    (Very, VERY much like that. I have a very strong spiritual connection with Tibetan Buddhism.)

    I believe this is one of the lives that I took as a 'vacation' from Bodhisattva duties; not that it was all that complete a vacation, but I have been flouting a couple of the Five Precepts - I'm enjoying my rum and I'm preparing to enjoy Sosua!


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    Re: Festy turns 50 at the beach.

    Quote Originally Posted by Westy;1206556[B
    ]Dear Auntie still recognizes me, and she is after all my one last remaining close relative.[/B] (No smileys here for a sniffle and a sob.)

    It is heartbreaking to see those poor old fucks in Memory Care. Dear Auntie is the only one of my family who lost her marbles before she 'went West' ... I figure that I owe her at least the consideration of visiting her (and I thank God daily that I don't have to take care of her!)

    The sad truth is that she - and her fellow residents in Memory Care - will be better off after they let go of their last breath.

    (Okay, enough of this maudlin shit!)
    If she still knows who you are when you walk in the door, that's a completely different scenario. I agree with you on stopping by to say hi on a regular basis..


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    Re: Festy turns 50 at the beach.

    Quote Originally Posted by MrHappy View Post
    Why go, if she doesn't even recognize you? Once my mother was in la la land, I stopped going to see her. I couldn't handle it.
    that is very hard when that happens.

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    Re: Festy turns 50 at the beach.

    Quote Originally Posted by MrHappy View Post
    Why go, if she doesn't even recognize you? Once my mother was in la la land, I stopped going to see her. I couldn't handle it.
    Quote Originally Posted by ezsmile View Post
    that is very hard when that happens.
    Dear Auntie has asked me about 'the other Westy.' The only thing I could do is what the folks at Memory Care refer to as 'Join Their Journey' ... if the poor-confused-fuck says 'the sky is red,' nod and agree and say 'It's a beautiful red!'

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    Re: Festy turns 50 at the beach.

    Quote Originally Posted by Señor JDR of Medellin View Post
    It was January 1990 and a man handed me a card for cheap suites which was located on a second floor. I knew it was something else and it was, a chica house. Well in 1990 there were dozens just on Roosevelt Avenue alone in Queens.


    There were Colombians and Dominicans. There were flaccas and everything else. Some casas had 18 -20 chicas. It was $21 for 15 minutes.

    I went everyday and twice on Friday and Saturday from 1990-1993.

    Then it was the streetwalkers. BJs were $20 and I was out every night.


    A dick that recharged for 2 or 3 sessions a day everyday is "LONG" gone.

    There was never a day where I didn't have $21.

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    Re: Festy turns 50 at the beach.

    If the Coco Bros are not in Santiago we will deffinetely stop by big D for a Bday shout

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    Re: Festy turns 50 at the beach.

    Quote Originally Posted by El-Rey View Post
    If the Coco Bros are not in Santiago we will deffinetely stop by big D for a Bday shout
    Awesome, looking forward to it.

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    Re: Festy turns 50 at the beach.

    Let the festivities begin.

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    Re: Festy turns 50 at the beach.

    Quote Originally Posted by Festy View Post
    Let the festivities begin.

    223303_1850550194792_8199010_n.jpg
    the pic is good but its missing two important things...........whisky and chicas

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    Re: Festy turns 50 at the beach.

    Quote Originally Posted by Festy View Post
    My 50th is on Feb 23rd. Will probably spend the afternoon at/near Big D's BBQ on the beach. Stop by and say hello if you are in Sosua on that day. Cheers.
    Happy Birthday.. You also never gave a time for the beach

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    Re: Festy turns 50 at the beach.

    Quote Originally Posted by Festy View Post
    My 50th is on Feb 23rd. Will probably spend the afternoon at/near Big D's BBQ on the beach. Stop by and say hello if you are in Sosua on that day. Cheers.
    have a great last day being in your 40's


    and turning 50 is just another day so enjoy it

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    Re: Festy turns 50 at the beach.

    Hope you Enjoy your Big Birthday to the Fullest !!! ... Have a Good one..........

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    Re: Festy turns 50 at the beach.

    I stopped by Big D's at 1 PM and again about 3:30 PM.

    I'm sorry I missed you.

    I hope you had a good-enough birthday that you didn't miss me.

    Many happy reruns - Westy

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    Re: Festy turns 50 at the beach.

    Quote Originally Posted by Westy View Post
    I stopped by Big D's at 1 PM and again about 3:30 PM.

    I'm sorry I missed you.

    I hope you had a good-enough birthday that you didn't miss me.

    Many happy reruns - Westy
    Big D was 'under the weather' on Saturday so we moved the party to Don Antonio's.....a few minor adjustments but we had a very good time. Dominican friends were a few hours late (as dictated by being on "Dominican" time). Alan from Midtown Restaurant & Bar put together an excellent spread for eats as well as keeping all the beer ICE cold. Still in town for a couple more days. Stop by Don Antonios and we'll have a few beers.

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    Re: Festy turns 50 at the beach.

    Quote Originally Posted by Festy View Post
    Big D was 'under the weather' on Saturday so we moved the party to Don Antonio's.....a few minor adjustments but we had a very good time. Dominican friends were a few hours late (as dictated by being on "Dominican" time). Alan from Midtown Restaurant & Bar put together an excellent spread for eats as well as keeping all the beer ICE cold. Still in town for a couple more days. Stop by Don Antonios and we'll have a few beers.
    Que lastima ... I'm two hours from boarding the big bird. Some day, maybe, I hope ....

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    Re: 02/2013 - Festy turns 50 at the beach.

    Oops! I am not really over 80. Just too senile to press the right button.

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