Tribute to Randy
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From: Central Kali
Tribute to Randy
I met Randy one day when I was in front of my garage sanding on a safe. He somehow knew I had some Mustangs and asked if he could look at them. I said ok. He was 18? at the time. He showed up later on and I started to pay him to help me on different projects. This started to be a regular thing. I found out that I could get a lot more done with him helping.
When I moved he was supposed to help me. Just when I thought he was not going to show up, he did. He bought a 69 Mustang and then got it stuck by a lake with a hole in the oilpan. I came up with an oilpan and gave him some tools. He lost my 1/2" breaker bar but bought me a new one.
He was kind of arrogant when I first met him but he mellowed out. I used to tell him to shut up and watch. He would ask me how I knew how to do something. I would just say "experience". That became a regular thing.
One day I got a call that Randy was at the lake with his girlfriend in a raft. He dropped a paddle and jumped in to get it. He never came back. He was found a week later. He was 21. I recently worked on a storage shed that he helped me with. On one of the roof panels, he wrote FORD with silicon seal. I miss him.
When I moved he was supposed to help me. Just when I thought he was not going to show up, he did. He bought a 69 Mustang and then got it stuck by a lake with a hole in the oilpan. I came up with an oilpan and gave him some tools. He lost my 1/2" breaker bar but bought me a new one.
He was kind of arrogant when I first met him but he mellowed out. I used to tell him to shut up and watch. He would ask me how I knew how to do something. I would just say "experience". That became a regular thing.
One day I got a call that Randy was at the lake with his girlfriend in a raft. He dropped a paddle and jumped in to get it. He never came back. He was found a week later. He was 21. I recently worked on a storage shed that he helped me with. On one of the roof panels, he wrote FORD with silicon seal. I miss him.
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From: Gretna ,LA.
Makes you appreciate the little things in life.My philosophy on life has been, slow down,take a step back and take time to smell the roses and enjoy all the small things we take for granted.Sorry about Randy,things like that effect me, and i believe when things like that happen it takes a little part of you with it.
Sorry to hear it 
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