You ever have that one big talk with your dad? You know the one I mean. Yes, the talk about the birds and the bees, the value of a dollar and responsible drinking. I never got that talk. Money – I spent it as fast as I made it. As for drinking, I was a lush. I was 18 years old, not legal in New Jersey, but New York was only 15 miles away.
When I was 16 we vacationed in Long Branch, and my dad took me fishing in Manasquan. It was just the two of us. I really thought he was going to tell me all about sex, even though I knew all about it from the neighborhood guys. I wonder if their fathers sat them down and told them. I don’t think so.
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