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Thanks for this, Joe. The city I refer to was Fall River. I grew up in Warren RI. One of my neighbors had plenty of friends from Federal Hill.

"plenty of friends" he was probably connected.

"Y'all ain't going to believe this shit..."

His pediatrician told his parents that his difficulty with potty training might make him stingy with love.
Luckily, for me he was wrong.

The first thing I remember was being in a swimming contest. There were thousands of competitors and I came in first place. I won!

With a father who was 50 and a mother who was 41 and after 7 years of marriage w/o kids and not wanting any at that time: THANK GOD THEY WERE ANTI-ABORTION!

"He was a pale, skinny kid, with long hair...."

I was born at a very early age, which is the best way of course.

I was recently reminded that I have a big head, so much so that 13 stitches or so were required,

and that I was being breast fed, when the news Kennedy was shot was broadcast ( I was less than 2 months old)

The beginning wasn't anywhere near as interesting as the middle part. Not sure about the end yet.