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chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 28 Mar 2002 9:00 am |
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Imagine...having all that money, being a star, and being so pathetically weak at the same time! It boggles the mind, doesn't it?
Imagine, paying $5,000 a week just to keep them out of trouble? Let's see...at that rate I'd have owed my parents about 6 million dollars.
Yes...times have changed.
And people have too. |
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Bob Hoffnar
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Austin, Tx
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Posted 28 Mar 2002 10:00 am
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Have people really changed ?
I seem to remember hearing something about maybe a couple early country stars taking drugs and drinking to the point of disfunction....
I guess booze didn't count because its legal and all that speed didn't count because well...uhhh....oh yea, sometimes you could get from a guy that got it from a guy that said he was a doctor !
Plenty of road managers had that Sober companion gig. What has changed is the pay.
Donny,
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| Imagine, paying $5,000 a week just to keep them out of trouble? Let's see...at that rate I'd have owed my parents about 6 million dollars. |
Your parents must be pretty nice to take care of you on the road for free 
Bob[This message was edited by Bob Hoffnar on 28 March 2002 at 10:08 AM.] |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 28 Mar 2002 1:20 pm
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| Your parents must be pretty nice to take care of you... |
Yes, Bob...they were, and they did.  |
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JB Arnold
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Longmont,Co,USA (deceased)
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Posted 28 Mar 2002 9:09 pm
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Hell, half the bands I,ve been in the sober companion had to be ME!
JB
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chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 29 Mar 2002 11:19 am
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A true story from Texas:
Recently a routine police patrolman parked outside a local
neighborhood Tavern. Late in the evening the officer noticed a man
leaving the bar so intoxicated that he could barely walk. The man
stumbled around the parking lot for a few minutes, with the officer
quietly observing.
After what seemed an eternity and trying his keys on five vehicles, the
man managed to find his car which he fell into. He was there for a few
minutes as a number of other patrons left the bar and drove off.
Finally he started the car, switched the wipers on and off (it was a
fine dry night) flicked the blinkers on, then off, honked the horn and
then switched on the lights.
He moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little and then
remained still for a few more minutes as some more vehicles left. At
last he pulled out of the parking lot and started to drive slowly down
the road.
The police officer, having patiently waited all this time, now started
up the patrol car, put on the flashing lights, promptly pulled the man
over and carried out a Breathalyzer test. To his amazement the
Breathalyzer indicated no evidence of the man having consumed alcohol
at all!
Dumbfounded, the officer said "I'll have to ask you to accompany me to
the Police station this Breathalyzer equipment must be broken."
"I doubt it," said the man, "Tonight I'm the designated decoy." |
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