BILL CADY Word Count: 149,227 - At My Friend's Place

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Bill Cady, The Early Years … by Bill Cady 121 occasionally another guy or two. I had a car, thankfully. Bob drove a total, complete piece of shit. A badly beaten old Nash Rambler he got somewhere. The fenders were all rusted out, and the doors, too, so Bob found some Bondo and applied it by hand. Then, using the light blue paint left over when Buddy Frahm‟s folks painted the house, Bob applied it to his Rambler. He used the same brushes Buddy‟s father used on the house. No shit. It was comical as hell to see that car. Pretty soon, a rod started knocking on the oil pan. Pretty soon, it wore a hole in the pan and all the oil drained out. Bob never noticed it, so he fried the engine. As of this writing Bob‟s still unable to secure work as an auto mechanic. Wonder why that might be? Pete didn‟t have a car, and he went with us one weekend to Milwaukee. I always made sure I had a car, since I was so damned insecure. Funny, but I always felt I was held at a distance by my friends. Back in kindergarten, Tommy Franklin was my best friend. During grade school, Denny Costello was my best friend. <strong>At</strong> Otto, then at Sexton, Bob Chouinard was my best friend. After high school, “T” Townsend was my best friend. In every case, I always felt, although those guys were my best friends, I was never their best friend. It‟s like I was allowed to come along, but nobody would‟ve missed me if I hadn‟t been there. To this day, the only times I‟ve ever felt the feeling was mutual was with my dogs, three in particular. Punky Beagle was the best damned rabbit hunter ever born. She loved me and was my best friend. Thug, aka Thuggerton Quincy Cady, Esq., was my best friend. He often risked his life for mine. You‟ll hear about him in a while. Movuggah, my Irish Leviticus, Limited 33-0505963
Bill Cady, The Early Years … by Bill Cady 122 wolfhound who had to be put down January 17 th , 2004, was quite probably the best friend I‟ve ever known. His death almost killed me. I cried many times every day for over three months after he was gone. So, massive bundle of insecurity that I was, I always made sure I had a car. I could go where the other kids went, even without an invitation, since I could at least follow the other cars. I once followed them all the way to Houghton Lake, 160 miles north of Lansing. We‟ll talk about my cars a bit later. I think you‟ll find it entertaining. This trip, I was driving my ‟63 Chevy, a Biscayne, the cheapest model Chevy built in a full-size car. They made the Impala, the Bel Air, and the Biscayne. It had a municipal title, meaning it had once been government owned, which is why I bought it as cheap as I did. The car was used as an interceptor by the state police in northern Michigan, and was fast as hell on the highway. No takeoff speed at all, but it had a top end of 155 mph, so I loved it. Bob, Pete and I had fun all weekend in Milwaukee. They say you can never drink the brewery dry. It‟s probably true, but I did have „em working a swing shift, just to keep up with me. I don‟t recall what Pete was eating that weekend. Whatever it was should be banned from human consumption. Even if it was pizza. I‟m serious. The weather was colder‟n a car dealer‟s heart. The temp was never as high as ten degrees all the way home. The wind was blowing like crazy. Add the fact we were driving at 80 mph on tires with very little tread along snow covered roads, and we‟re lucky we weren‟t killed coming home. However, if you‟d asked Bob and me at the time, we might‟ve chosen it as an option. Pete was asleep in the back seat. He easily took up the entire seat, one side of my Leviticus, Limited 33-0505963
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