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Well, they taught you bocci-ballers and Trick or Treators a
lessen Monday night. Masquerade and English are not
necessary to mooch free food in the USA nowadays. The
swarm worked, gringos fell in love with the hordes of ninos
up from la frontera. On Chistmas Tree Lane alone $22,
worth of hand-outs were given during a 3 hour period without
a thank you gringo given. Boy, the 'Nofre regulars will love
San Diego's Gaslamp District when they go to Tijuana with
freeThanksgiving Dinner for all their new amigos. Too many
problemos to dwell on, so were gonna do a tribute to the
first bona-fide dead "Nofre surf guy. Have any of you bocci-
ballers and stroller pushers ever heard of Rick Crouton? Rick
was an adventurer non-parralell, he invented the first portable
leash made from discarded clothesline twine. Rick and his teen-age
son "Snatch", arrived in 1949 ready for sction. Crouton pulled
from is Utility Panel Van his 11'2" Pacific Homes Swastiki board,
placed it gently on the sand adjacent to Dr.Barney's thatched
hut. 'Snatch" inserted an eylet scre into the mahogany tailblock,
screwed it in real good, threaded the 18' clothesline through
the eylet, gave it a few cinches making sure everything was up
to snuff.. Rick nodded approval, asked "Snatch" to apply a swab
of Johnson's Floor Wax, lug the 100# board to the shorebreak,
and plop it in. Across the old dirt road, McBride, Wilkes, Dowden,
and Leland Baker, were laughing so hard they were crying. That bugged
"Snatch", he yelled to those guys to be quite. Rick Crouton steadied himself
on the Swastika board, attached his makeshift clothesline leash and
paddled to the reef. Rick sat there awaiting a set soon on the way.
Movement in the water caused Rick to knuckle down, he did and
a 10 footer lifted him up, propelling him forward. Dropping to the
trough, he thought this would be a great leash-check wave. Rick
got good speed down the wave's face, checked the leash, it felt good
so he bailed shooting the huge log foward TO BE CONTINUED!