Funny thing about the Uncledigr that passed the other day. I mentioned he was a Marine. Outside of that he was still one tough sumbitch. He survived a couple really bad car wrecks, back when cars were made of steel and seat belts were for pussies. He tangled with a running circular saw, and only lost a thumb.
But apparently, he was pretty nice guy, too.
I'd never heard this, and Momdigr only heard it during the eulogy.
Years (and years) ago, this poor, dumb bastard breaks into Uncledigr's house. While he, his wife and first of two kids were home. Uncledigr came around the corner, found the noise he heard, and just beat the tar outta this guy. I mean, just within an inch of his life. Beat him unconscious. When Uncledigr came back to himself, he said that he was really scared he had beat the guy to death. So, he scoops guy up, puts him in the car, and takes him to the hospital, where a doc asks "What happened to him?". "I think I killed him."
He didn't kill the guy. The guy was just beat the shit out of, after all. But, the guy turned out to be an ok guy, too. He came back (much later) and apologized to Uncledigr. And, believe it or not, they became friends, kinda. I mean, they didn't have a "Broke Back Mountain" thing, they didn't go fishing together, they didn't exchange Christmas cards, but...
This guy spoke (delivered the eulogy) at Uncledigr's funeral.
That speaks volumes. To me, anyway. About both of them.
