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Bill Cady, The Early Years … by Bill Cady 277 other guy know when you‟ve been hurt. If he‟s any kind of fighter at all, that‟ll bring him in for the kill like a shark in bloody water. Add the fact there‟s almost surely never been any human being whiter than my untanned body to the fact Lincoln was a Black Muslim, and things were looking a bit grim for the home team. Somehow, Lincoln must‟ve allowed his respect for my fighting ability to momentarily overcome his religious tenets, since he stopped when he could‟ve put me in a pile on the canvass. “You okay, my man?” I think I smiled. “Yeah, if you don‟t hit me anymore, I think I will be.” Lincoln dropped his gloves. There was no prize, no award, no money to be won. Only the honor of beating the other guy. That honor was his. One pissy little tap and I‟d‟ve been gone. So, being the champion he is, Lincoln let me wobble out of the ring instead of being carried out. I was even able to recall it well the next day. <strong>My</strong> ears were ringing all day so damned bad, the only thing I wanted to do was answer the phone, since it wouldn‟t stop ringing. <strong>At</strong> least, I thought it was a phone. Lincoln Ashford, J.W. Sexton Class of ‟67, I salute you. Thanks for being so kind and minimizing the severe ass whuppin‟ you were giving me. I believe Lincoln went on to take second or third in the nation at light heavy but, if you wanna know for sure, call him. He‟s in the book. ### The employers I last worked for before I began my journey were Wahl‟s Standard Service, The Board of Water & Light, and Oldsmobile. Nothing really worth mentioning Leviticus, Limited 33-0505963
Bill Cady, The Early Years … by Bill Cady 278 happened at The Board of Water & Light, except for an incident that opened my eyes, in a manner of speaking. Ralph G. Carlson, M.D., was our family doctor back there in Lansing, Michigan. When I outgrew my pediatrician, Mom started taking me to see him. Even as a kid, I never liked him. He was a bit overweight. Had brown hair in a crew cut with a flat top. He was, in my still juvenile opinion, even kinda ugly. He also smoked while treating patients, which I thought was gross as hell until I started smoking, circa age fifteen. I recall the time I made an appointment with him in 1980 to see my dad and me at the same time. As the family doctor, he was to advise my retired old man, a very heavy smoker, why he had to quit. How it was killing him, and the slow death he‟d soon face without making some immediate changes. Dad and I were both waiting in a treatment room when Carlson came in and took a seat. To my undying surprise and astonishment, just before he began his lecture on the evils of smoking, the son-of-a-bitch lit one himself! He put it in an ashtray and puffed away while he lectured his patient. You might not believe this, but that visit seemed to have no effect on my old man. He kept smoking, like always, and died of emphysema and the beginning of lung cancer at age seventy-nine, six days short of his eightieth birthday. I drank like a fish until I was about fifty-one, then dialed it down to almost nothing, voluntarily. It just seemed right, so I did it. The drinking began when I was fifteen and did nothing but increase until later in my life, when it faded out. I had a job with the Board of Water & Light, Lansing‟s power and utility company. I worked in Building Construction and Maintenance. We did everything, from Leviticus, Limited 33-0505963
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