*BORN : 1965 Oswego, New York (Dad says I didn't cry.)*First Adrenaline Experience : July 1966 (perculator burn, I still have the scar if anyone's interested.)
*Summer 1969 :Family moved to a trailer park in Aurora, Colorado
*Fisrt Broken Bone - Nose :Summer 1971 (Jimmy Dickerson smashed my face with a lead pipe. There is also an aftermath story, tell you later.)
*5 battle-hardening years of trailer park life; fighting Black kids, White kids, Latino kids, Mexican kids, I even had to fight a Gypsy kid named Gino(13)over his sister Rosie (17),I was 9.
*1976 Family moved to Montbello, Colorado.(I lived in a constant state of self defense.)
*1978 moved to central Aurora, Colorado. New school,(West Middle) more fights, yada yada.
*1979 moved to East Central Aurora. (North Middle School)That gracious combo(New kid, bullys, fights)
*Later that year I was transfered to South Middle School(Guess why? You got it!)
3 boys who will remain nameless decided it was "beat up the new kid day!"
This was not my first time dealing with 3-on-1 so Mr."NUMB-CHUCKS" & MYSELF insured our safe passage home.