Cobbledclam

During the last 30 years mostly 90's I had a few personal encounters and dealings with Theo in person at shows and his office and I've never anything bad to report other than my caving and accepting less than I had hoped during the course of certain transactions. Alas that was weakness on my part. He was knowledgeable, upfront and shrewd, not giving an inch when dealing for the most part . Concerning self deprecating, NO....My sense with every encounter in person was that he worshipped himself like no other could. Egocentric, vane and eccentric. Those are not bad qualities in a person per se, and what wit and humor ever displayed was coy and sly to the point of the self illiciting narcissistic nature or as some might call an inside joke. There was no contempt or derision on his part just a seemingly stoic self-idolatry. Pretty much no one needed or needs to tell him how wonderful and beautiful he is. He already knows. Once again not a negative, just an observation on my part. And since we're on the subject of men in their underwear or lack thereof, I'm going to go with he's more of the Jim Palmer type than Charles Atlas. 🙈😱😊🤡🎅🏽

Not that there's anything wrong with that....🐝🐿🍿

And...

And this guy

Or this guy!

Don't be a stranger just strange. But be nice! Like these guys.

I would have taken orders from marching orders from her any day.😍😍😍😍she was a very sexy lady and great chops.

And back to Theo....I found he was always just trying to harness his inner Burt. He was also a little bit Captain of Captian and Tenille with his sailor hat and casual yachting attire. Once again.....

Her.......?

The roasted Duck with the fois gras and duck fat gravy at the Duck Inn Chicago. I miss Gibson's already. Blue cheese olives with lots of Sapphire surrounding them. The Rosemont show is my favorite.

What a great looking collection. Great discipline! Pulling corks is sometimes is like wanting to crack books out of slabs. The process, the smell, the feel, the taste 🤷‍♂️🐿the joy....🙈

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It's called planned obsolescence. Maybe someone could figure out how to put a little camera and or microphone in one of their packages with a live feed and give you the scoop on the travel shenanigans of the package.

Terry says he may be going out just to shop along the way and get his fix of deep dish and local brewers and the Publican for some of their tasty fries.

Well at least this some form of the familiar just no long lines to stand in and shoot the breeze with fellow fanatics

Dammit! I won't get to see little Johnny Hauser or a hundred other guys with lots of stuff. my favorite digging show of the year. And eating and drinking and and and everything is just so right there.

Haven't seen Gene in a few years. Will Cliff show up or Derrick to eat and drink beer? good luck!

And here after Robotman's mom caught on.

That ladies and gentlemen is what they call.....