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On the morning of January 31, 1996 my phone rang, my good friend aka

the G-man wanted to know if I would play golf. It was supposed to be above

40 degrees, and although there were still little piles of snow on the course it was

the first golfable day of the year. I had a grand total of three dollars in my wallet,

but he agreed to loan me the green fees, which turned out to be seventeen dollars.

So on the third hole, at one thirty in the afternoon, I had a hole-in-one. We both

saw it go in, and he remarked that it must be my lucky day, we should go to a

casino. He agreed to loan me another seventeen dollars, he drove the 50+ miles to

Atlantic City, and we both won over $200.00 apiece on my roll at a craps table. I had

no problem giving him $34.00 on the way home.

The best things in life really are free, and I’m not talking about a hole-in-one, or a

lucky win at A.C., but a good friend is what I mean.