Big Jay Oakerson
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That was huge in high school.
So I didn't get bar mitzvahed. Because, that's why I said I didn't come from those kind of Jews. When all my friends told me they were getting bar mitzvahed because it was going to be how they got their money for their first car, and everyone gives to them, I was like, oh no. My Jewish uncle got stabbed in the lungs by a biker gang. He was trying to leave or join. I don't remember, but either way.
So I didn't get bar mitzvahed. Because, that's why I said I didn't come from those kind of Jews. When all my friends told me they were getting bar mitzvahed because it was going to be how they got their money for their first car, and everyone gives to them, I was like, oh no. My Jewish uncle got stabbed in the lungs by a biker gang. He was trying to leave or join. I don't remember, but either way.
So I didn't get bar mitzvahed. Because, that's why I said I didn't come from those kind of Jews. When all my friends told me they were getting bar mitzvahed because it was going to be how they got their money for their first car, and everyone gives to them, I was like, oh no. My Jewish uncle got stabbed in the lungs by a biker gang. He was trying to leave or join. I don't remember, but either way.
He's dead now from heroin.
He's dead now from heroin.
He's dead now from heroin.
No, no, no. Once Pop-Pop died, my mom got a settlement from the Navy, and that was the wealthy. By the way, it was like six figures, but like 100-something thousand.
No, no, no. Once Pop-Pop died, my mom got a settlement from the Navy, and that was the wealthy. By the way, it was like six figures, but like 100-something thousand.
No, no, no. Once Pop-Pop died, my mom got a settlement from the Navy, and that was the wealthy. By the way, it was like six figures, but like 100-something thousand.
What did he do in the Navy? It was a wrongful death because his whole crew of guys, that was back when they were shoveling asbestos at the Navy Yards down in Philly. Wow.
What did he do in the Navy? It was a wrongful death because his whole crew of guys, that was back when they were shoveling asbestos at the Navy Yards down in Philly. Wow.
What did he do in the Navy? It was a wrongful death because his whole crew of guys, that was back when they were shoveling asbestos at the Navy Yards down in Philly. Wow.
But she got like a hundred and some thousand dollars. And I mean, that money. No bar mitzvah my ass. That money carried our whole family, I think, for years. And I mean, whole family like. Anytime someone needed, like, my mom wanted to move. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was like, we got to go to my mom. You know, same thing. I love that. First car I got, it was, like, a $1,000 car.
But she got like a hundred and some thousand dollars. And I mean, that money. No bar mitzvah my ass. That money carried our whole family, I think, for years. And I mean, whole family like. Anytime someone needed, like, my mom wanted to move. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was like, we got to go to my mom. You know, same thing. I love that. First car I got, it was, like, a $1,000 car.
But she got like a hundred and some thousand dollars. And I mean, that money. No bar mitzvah my ass. That money carried our whole family, I think, for years. And I mean, whole family like. Anytime someone needed, like, my mom wanted to move. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was like, we got to go to my mom. You know, same thing. I love that. First car I got, it was, like, a $1,000 car.
We cashed in all of my, like, savings bonds she got from me. But she was always the comment. Because we thought in our mind, I'm like... Well, we only have one wealthy person in the family. It's mom. You realize how little money that is in the grand scheme?
We cashed in all of my, like, savings bonds she got from me. But she was always the comment. Because we thought in our mind, I'm like... Well, we only have one wealthy person in the family. It's mom. You realize how little money that is in the grand scheme?
We cashed in all of my, like, savings bonds she got from me. But she was always the comment. Because we thought in our mind, I'm like... Well, we only have one wealthy person in the family. It's mom. You realize how little money that is in the grand scheme?
But it carried everybody. That's so beautiful. Because she just kept driving a shitty Buick Century. She just had it in the bank. One of her friends died named Etta. Her friend died, and her friend just left her the car. And so she had that car. So that was her. Yeah, she got a Mazda something after the Buick my grandfather bought. Damn, everything coming up grandma, huh?