_If you've been fortunate enough
to have Characters in your life,
read this short tribute to two guys
I'd never heard of before
this morning.
It begins...
"I've spent years trying to teach my kids that true wisdom and smarts comes in many forms.
One
form is two barrel-bellied, cheap-beer-swilling, gray-bearded, f-word
hurling, meat-eating, big-hearted, proud, rural Mainers.
They died within three days of each other this month.
Jeff
and David Worcester, the Worcester brothers, taught me and my kids,
family and friends, about old cars and exotic motors, Maine lore, remote
fishing lakes and hidden four-wheel trails to nowhere.
I
would just sit and soak up their earthy smarts over beers in what David
proudly called Asshole's Garage or on Jeff's fishing boat in remote ponds.... "
Continue reading Jim Vandehei's tale
It concludes ...
"They showed
up, they shared and they cared. They left a big damn mark.
There is so much wisdom outside the big cities, college campuses and white-collar work force.
Seek it and soak it up.
It's precious stuff folks.
David & Jeff Worcester
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