Not only was there the ignominy of losing, the financial damage was devastating. The affair cost me ten bucks out of pocket which, in my present delicate c ondition, I can ill afford. Until a few years ago Rod had been a lifelong fisherman in Alaska. Then he noticed that all his friends, all fishermen, were either dead, maimed or prematurely aged by their pro fession. Rod decided his goal in life was to become a healthy centenarian, and quit fishing.
Rod is very light in complexion, looking somewhat Nordic.
Sam is dark, the heritage of his Indian mother, who divorced Rod some time ago because he wouldn't become a Mormon. Rod had made up a pot of chili with an experimental side dish of cauliflower in shrimp sauce. Dale and I had been invited previously, and Julia happened to be passing along the dock at dinner time. I've forgotten what the exact conversation was, but Dale commented that the Vice-President of the country was originally intended to be the guy who got the second largest number of votes. It said so in the Constitution.