Paul Dans

Well, that was an orthodontic thing where

Yeah, you sure was.

Yeah.

I mean, you know, growing up in the 80s was a magical time, really.

I wouldn't trade it for the world.

And I think there's a lot, you know, I even talk about going back to the future now.

But, you know, it was a little difficult junior high, but I was, you know, nurtured by my parents.

I was, you know, a mass wiz.

Oh, yeah.

This was a kind of a passage of adolescence, you know.

It's like, yeah, I, it was not, um, flattering, but, uh, makes it tough man though, over time.

Oh, sure.

Sure.

You know, I ultimately became an all American lacrosse player.

You know, this is like, we, we had this nurturing.

I mean, the, the guys who ran our, our school system were the Korean war vets.

So, um, I really credit them in this kind of cold war Baltimore upbringing where, um,

They were like, you know, weak American teenagers.

I remember my gym coach there in junior high talking about like, you know, we had to do pushups and we had, you know, it was like the showering and going out there and playing football and just kind of like stuff.

Nowadays, people would be like, no, that doesn't work.