Originally Posted By: Footreads
Ma used to love the perry Como show.

Oh, yeah. Same here. My grandparents, too. Towards the end of his life he was living in a condo on the Jupiter Inlet down in Florida, just a few doors away from my in-laws.

He lived to be almost 90 and had his voice right until the end. He was a true testament to clean living. You never read a thing about him boozing or carousing or any of that.

Now, compared to the other extreme---namely the "Rat Pack"---he was a bit of a bore. But it worked for him. To each his own.


"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.