Classic American West Coast Boxing

[kikibalt]

My daughter Meranda and the girls are staying with her grandmother this weekend in Spring Valley Lake. She sent me this photo via her cell phone of the breakfast she made this morning. Over easy eggs, chorizo con papas and homemade beans and tortillas. It doesn't get any better than this. She said I would be sorry I missed it. She was right.

Before....


....and after


Randy

Don't even have to wash the plate

I want some...

[kikibalt]

We had a scare yesterday. We had to take my mother to the hospital. She had chest pains and pain in her arms. They went trough her with a fine tooth comb and cleared her. She did not have a heart attack or stroke. They think it may have caused by stress and a severe headache that triggered pain throughout her body. Whatever the case, it gave us a scare. She's feeling fine today. Thank God!

Randy

Glad to hear that your mom is alright Randy....

[THEHAMMER321]

We had a scare yesterday. We had to take my mother to the hospital. She had chest pains and pain in her arms. They went trough her with a fine tooth comb and cleared her. She did not have a heart attack or stroke. They think it may have caused by stress and a severe headache that triggered pain throughout her body. Whatever the case, it gave us a scare. She's feeling fine today. Thank God!

Randy

Glad to hear that your mom is alright Randy....

I second that Randy

[kikibalt]

"A Great Day In Harlem" late 1950's

Sonny Rollins,3rd row far right with the shades

[dagosd2000]

Edith Piaf

[dagosd2000]

We had a scare yesterday. We had to take my mother to the hospital. She had chest pains and pain in her arms. They went trough her with a fine tooth comb and cleared her. She did not have a heart attack or stroke. They think it may have caused by stress and a severe headache that triggered pain throughout her body. Whatever the case, it gave us a scare. She's feeling fine today. Thank God!

Randy

Glad to hear that your mom is alright Randy....

I second that Randy

Good news that she's OK

[dagosd2000]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKgcKYTStMc

La Vie En Rose

Edith Piaf

[raylawpc]

We had a scare yesterday. We had to take my mother to the hospital. She had chest pains and pain in her arms. They went trough her with a fine tooth comb and cleared her. She did not have a heart attack or stroke. They think it may have caused by stress and a severe headache that triggered pain throughout her body. Whatever the case, it gave us a scare. She's feeling fine today. Thank God!

Randy

Glad to hear it Randy!!!

[Expug]

Glad to hear your Moms ok Randy.

[Rick Farris]

Tonight's Main Event . . .

I don't believe Pac is going to have as much trouble as the hype machine is touting.
I see him as getting a good workout battering a game but grossly outgunned opponent.
The challenger's close, but losing fight to Cotto had to be expected.
It was Cotto's first time back after that one-sided beating he took from Margarito.
Although still a man in the ring, Margarito broke something in Cotto, and Clautte exposed a jaded champ.
I think if Pac is prepared (and I've no reason to think he is not), I see it ending within 8.
If it goes the distance, a one-sided decision for Pac over a battered challenger.
My opinion.


-Rick Farris

[Randyman]

Thanks guys. my mother has finally realized that she can't live alone anymore, nor can she be making the long drives from the high desert anymore. She'll be putting the house for sale. I'm glad. I worry about her a lot. Again, thanks for you concern.

Randy

[Randyman]

I just got through watching "Ride the High Country" with Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott. A classic western. They don't make them like this anymore.

Randy

[Rick Farris]

Randy . . . Your mom had made a wise decision. I'm glad she is with you.
You are all in my prayers.


-Rick

[Randyman]

Tonight's Main Event . . .

I don't believe Pac is going to have as much trouble as the hype machine is touting.
I see him as getting a good workout battering a game but grossly outgunned opponent.
The challenger's close, but losing fight to Cotto had to be expected.
It was Cotto's first time back after that one-sided beating he took from Margarito.
Although still a man in the ring, Margarito broke something in Cotto, and Clautte exposed a jaded champ.
I think if Pac is prepared (and I've no reason to think he is not), I see it ending within 8.
If it goes the distance, a one-sided decision for Pac over a battered challenger.
My opinion.


-Rick Farris

I agree Rick, Margarito broke his spirit. Pacquiao finished whatever was left. I don't know if Cotto will ever be a serious threat again.

[Randyman]

Randy . . . Your mom had made a wise decision. I'm glad she is with you.
You are all in my prayers.


-Rick

Thanks Rick

[Randyman]

The undercard looks good. So were getting our monies worth

Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey (WBO welterweight championship)
Humberto Soto vs. David Diaz (WBC lightweight championship)
Alfonso Gomez vs. Jose Luis Castillo (welterweight)
John Duddy vs. Michael Medina (middleweight)
Salvador Sanchez vs. Jaime Villa (featherweight)
Roberto Marroquin vs. TBA (junior featherweight)
Michael Farenas vs. Joe Morales (featherweight)
Eden Sonsona vs. Mauricio Pastrana (junior featherweight)
Rodrigo Garcia vs. Noe Hernandez (junior middleweight)
Alex Trevino vs. Isaac Hidalgo (featherweight)

[Randyman]

Shifting back to food for a minute - Meranda sent me a photo of the dinner she made. The "Piece de Resistance: Spaghetti with meat sauce, a salad and some good garlic bread. Maybe I should have stayed there. Have I taught my kids well or what?



Randy

[dagosd2000]

Edith Piaf

MARCEL CERDAN'S GIRLFRIEND

Prior to Marcel Cerdan winning the championship he had a torrid affair with Edith Piaf. He watched her perform at the Versaiiles Club in New York City while he was here to fight Harold Green. They hit it off immediately. They were opposites,but that's what drew them together. Piaf,the artist. Cerdan,the fighter. They both shared modest beginnings. Edith singing in the streets of Paris. Cerdan boxing in the obscure arenas of Algeria. They were both in their primes when they began their relationship.

The French,Italians,Spanish don't feel the need to keep affairs undercover.Their public is romanticized by them. Edith and Marcel were seen in the open in New York and Europe. She would sit at ringside watching him fight. Of course Marcel was married with children.Often ,Edith would be seen in public with Marcel's children. Piaf had many lovers,but concentrated on one at a time.

Always makes one think of the wife. Piaf fell in and out of relationships all her life. Marcel Cerdan knew this. I think they both knew it would come to an end ,and then Marcel would go back to his wife.

But Piaf would always end the relationship on her terms. Usually she would find someone else. But when Cerdan's plane crashed in the Azores the script didn't unfold the usual way . She had coaxed Marcel to return to the U.S. early for his rematch with LaMotta. When Cerdan died,she felt responsible.

She never recovered emotionally from his death. She continued to be an international star,but sank into the abyss of drugs and alcohol.Piaf died of cancer in her 40's. Her famous song"I Have No Regrets" told of a life she would have never changed...except making that phone call to have her beloved Marcel return to America.

[dagosd2000]

Shifting back to food for a minute - Meranda sent me a photo of the dinner she made. The "Piece de Resistance: Spaghetti with meat sauce, a salad and some good garlic bread. Maybe I should have stayed there. Have I taught my kids well or what?



Randy

[dagosd2000]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Kvu6Kgp88

I Have No Regrets

Edith Piaf

[dagosd2000]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejzDJkUXgdw

Volare /Dean Martin

[Rick Farris]

What's the best thing that can be said about Clottey tonight?

He lasted twelve rounds? I can't think of anything else.

[scartissue]

Thanks guys. my mother has finally realized that she can't live alone anymore, nor can she be making the long drives from the high desert anymore. She'll be putting the house for sale. I'm glad. I worry about her a lot. Again, thanks for you concern.

Randy

Randy, it's always a rough decision to make. I had to make the decision for my Dad back in 2004. I can assure you he wouldn't be knocking about today if he was living alone, so the decision is sound. I'm glad she's feling better, dude.

Scartissue

[scartissue]

What's the best thing that can be said about Clottey tonight?

He lasted twelve rounds? I can't think of anything else.

Rick, did you see the fight? I heard Clottey fought a very negative fight and was just overwhelmed by Pac's attack. Does that sum it up?

Scartissue

[kikibalt]

What's the best thing that can be said about Clottey tonight?

He lasted twelve rounds? I can't think of anything else.

I didn't see the fight, and after what I heard about it I won't see it next week when it is shown....