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American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
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Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
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The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
At least, if you think you’ve been tending bar longer, to make a claim you’d have to ‘fess up to breakin’ the law…because this gentleman started as early as early gets.
Angelo Cammarata, whom the Guinness Book of World Records recognized as the world’s longest-serving bartender, is coming up on last call.
At least at Cammarata’s Cafe, the West View watering hole where he’s been pouring for most of his 77 years of tending bar.
The place, which he still helps his sons John and Frank run, has been sold, and the Cammaratas will be out of there within weeks when the new owners are approved by the state.
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He laughs at the notion of other job offers; the owners of the new place, Danny’s, asked him to stay on. But he’s ready to finally actually retire, so he can take care of his wife, Marietta, at the Ross home where they moved a few years ago after decades of living above the bar.“Closing after 77 years” read hand-lettered signs out front, offering customer-appreciation $1 drafts and $2 bottles right up to the day-long party that will end it all.
“Camm,” as people call him, started serving beer at his father’s North Side grocery the moment Prohibition ended at midnight on April 7, 1933…His immigrant father built a bar on that site in 1935 and Angelo kept working there, taking a break to serve in the Navy in World War II.
He’s 95, and from his picture looks about 75. Well played, Camm. Happy retirement to you.
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