When I was about 15, my friend Pete and I joined a weightlifting club in Transcona called the CNRA which was located in the CNR shops. Come fall I was planning on playing some football so I hoped I would be able to bulk up a little.
As skinny and as small as we were we must have looked pretty funny to all the giants who worked out there like Marshall Quelch, (pictured above back then and today) Ray Lasko, Morris Todorchuk, Al Atamanchuk and a few others. A whole bunch of them went on to become champions but Pete and I certainly weren’t destined for any of that and in fact the only guy there who was smaller than us was our trainer “Scotty” who never took any shit from anybody. After our workout, we’d all head for the steam room where they all really took us to school by teasing the shit out of us. They enjoyed describing in intimate details all the disgusting things they claimed we’d be begging girls to let us do to them pretty soon.
As skinny and as small as we were we must have looked pretty funny to all the giants who worked out there like Marshall Quelch, (pictured above back then and today) Ray Lasko, Morris Todorchuk, Al Atamanchuk and a few others. A whole bunch of them went on to become champions but Pete and I certainly weren’t destined for any of that and in fact the only guy there who was smaller than us was our trainer “Scotty” who never took any shit from anybody. After our workout, we’d all head for the steam room where they all really took us to school by teasing the shit out of us. They enjoyed describing in intimate details all the disgusting things they claimed we’d be begging girls to let us do to them pretty soon.
The first time I ever saw Marshall Quelch who was nicknamed “Q” was my first day of school just after moving to Transcona from North Kildonan. The whole front yard of Central School was fenced in and as I nervously walked through the gate which had a sign on it saying “no bikes” towards the steps of the school I heard the roar of a motorcycle right behind me. I jumped out of the way in the nick of time as a black Harley went right by me. The guy riding it was wearing jeans, a black t-shirt with the sleeves cut off to show his guns and tatts. He of course was wearing motorcycle boots with a GI cap on his head and when he put the kickstand down on his chopper and reached back into his saddlebags for his school books I noticed that he was also smoking a cigar. Shocked, I asked someone who the hell that was and they said it was Marshall Quelch whose father was the Principal of our school.
Years later “Q” who by then was Western Canada’s weightlifting champion not to mention also being a black belt Karate expert became the Jury’s bodyguard and from that moment on no farm boys ever messed with The Jury again.
Years later “Q” who by then was Western Canada’s weightlifting champion not to mention also being a black belt Karate expert became the Jury’s bodyguard and from that moment on no farm boys ever messed with The Jury again.
The reason I bring this all up now is because Cami recently posted a new picture of herself on Facebook and “Q” must have seen it because he sent me an E-mail stating that by the looks of it I may need his help again.It’s been a while he wrote since I’ve had to straighten out some disrespectful punks for you but claimed he’d enjoy doing so again if anybody ever messed with my daughter.
He reminds me a lot of Mike in the “Breaking Bad” and the “You Better Call Saul” TV series and legend has it that today he makes his living taking hunting expeditions up into northern Manitoba where he hunts bear with a bow and arrow. Good to know that after all these years that “Q” still has my back.
I THINK I MAY HAVE A REAL THINKING PROBLEM…
When I was 15 twenty year old girls looked much better than girls my own age did and they still do.
The sexiest part of a woman’s body is her face.
Radio did much better when the accountant’s office was out back with the engineers.
Why does management think that their need for money is forgiven by the listeners.
Why do bad ideas get on the air much faster than the good ones (see above)
When air personalities claim that they don’t understand what you mean is usually when they don’t like what you mean.
Why is it when you’re having a memory making good time is usually followed by your having to say that you’re sorry.
I think a “You” Phone would be much more popular than an “I”phone.
Creative people make much more money than the gifted do.
Life is only results not effort.
There will always be lot of opportunities to work on someone else’s dream.
The more often you lose the more you know about winning.
Women only start to make sense when you begin to love them.
Well endowed women never seem to hide it.
If you don’t like what you see in the mirror, change yourself or get rid of the mirror.
New money always acts like old money very quickly.
You never want to wake up to the realization that you set your goal too low.
Sometimes you are only one step away from changing your whole life.
Resisting temptation is never ending.
Finding someone to share your success is not difficult.
What you hear or read is mostly just somebody’s opinion.
Your habits are your choices.
Agreeing with something doesn’t make it true.
Is leaving out the truth the same as lying.
I think John was the only person on earth who thought Yoko could sing.
Have you ever heard of a successful radio station being led into battle by the sales department. Check that have you ever heard of any business being led into battle by the sales department.
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I think maybe John was only pretending to believe Yoko could sing 🙂
I guess Dale that not only is love blind, it’s also deaf.