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This is a guy who joined the Oregon National Guard in 2003, having found little else that engaged him--including his full-time job as a grain inspector. His grandfather served in the Air Force, and two of his uncles were Navy men. (His dad left home when he was young.) Because of his dyslexia, Braddock had trouble in school. But he thought to himself, Where else can you shoot a fully automatic weapon--legally--and get paid for it? A lengthy conversation ensues about guns (he owns an M1A and wants an AR-10 for hunting) and ends with...
...bank robbers come barging into the bank manager's home, take everybody hostage and order Dad to pop the safe at the branch office. But there's a time lock on the vault, which can not be overridden. That permits everyone to hang around in the living room, getting to know one another while the miscreants eat all the Wheaties. Eventually, Dad proves to be not quite the doofus he seems to be, the plot is foiled, and bourgeois order is restored to 79 Wistful Vista Drive...
...Lori Ferguson says Donsbach has not returned any of the $12,000 he was paid by the family, saying that customers had to sign a release saying they won?t talk to the media about their story nor seek legal action. The Otts and their daughter have refused. ?My dad went there because of the promises made by Dr. Donsbach,? says Ferguson. ?He said he could cure my father. He lied and now we?re all paying the price...
...mayor's office in 1994 against another former Mayor's son, Marc Morial, has since piled up a resume as a state legislator and No. 2 to the governor. He was widely rumored to be thinking about a gubernatorial run, but he and his sister-no doubt coached by dad, who still lives in the New Orleans area-know the chance of the Dems winning statewide in 2007 and 2008 is "out the window", says Stonecipher...
Older women and sex are something people didn't want to hear or talk about. It used to be that middle-aged children were scandalized if their 70-year-old mom started dating, but not so much if their 75-year-old dad married a 30-year-old. With Mom it just wasn't done...