Youngest Son of Larry Alley
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Okay. The paving company was a honey hole. It worked. Pavement companies make a lot of money in a short amount of time. And you gotta be able to manage it after that. You know what I'm saying? And he wasn't very good at that. He was... He'd go do a job on a handshake and not get paid. You know, he was that old boy, you know. Oh, family's struggling. Oh, here's some money.
Okay. The paving company was a honey hole. It worked. Pavement companies make a lot of money in a short amount of time. And you gotta be able to manage it after that. You know what I'm saying? And he wasn't very good at that. He was... He'd go do a job on a handshake and not get paid. You know, he was that old boy, you know. Oh, family's struggling. Oh, here's some money.
You know, it's great to do that if you have it. You know what I mean? Yeah, he had to hire the gold and give me a shirt off his back. You know, it cost him.
You know, it's great to do that if you have it. You know what I mean? Yeah, he had to hire the gold and give me a shirt off his back. You know, it cost him.
No. I think, and the reason why I say it is because that story was the same. Even if it was 10 years apart, it was, you know what I'm saying?
No. I think, and the reason why I say it is because that story was the same. Even if it was 10 years apart, it was, you know what I'm saying?
Yeah, I don't know. I mean, this is stuff come out, you know. Like when they were growing up, he was tougher and stuff like that. You got to remember, I'm years apart from, I was the whoops baby. Okay. So, you know, I'm 50, they're heading towards 60. See what I'm saying? And my family, I mean, a lot of people don't understand this, nor do we talk about it. You know, no, I don't.
Yeah, I don't know. I mean, this is stuff come out, you know. Like when they were growing up, he was tougher and stuff like that. You got to remember, I'm years apart from, I was the whoops baby. Okay. So, you know, I'm 50, they're heading towards 60. See what I'm saying? And my family, I mean, a lot of people don't understand this, nor do we talk about it. You know, no, I don't.
And I've never thought about a question like that, because he wasn't that type of guy. You know what I mean? He was very strict, because he was military, and he'd ask you once, not ten times like you have today with kids. And, you know, if something was out of the ordinary in the house, it was, you know, and he was old school. He might have not had money to give you, but he'd cook you a meal.
And I've never thought about a question like that, because he wasn't that type of guy. You know what I mean? He was very strict, because he was military, and he'd ask you once, not ten times like you have today with kids. And, you know, if something was out of the ordinary in the house, it was, you know, and he was old school. He might have not had money to give you, but he'd cook you a meal.
So, no, I wouldn't think that for a minute.
So, no, I wouldn't think that for a minute.
I wouldn't think that for a minute.
I wouldn't think that for a minute.
Well, yeah, growing up, because I... He claims that my father drank a lot and this and that, and it was kind of rough and tough with him. I mean, he brought his help buying the wood jet, and, you know, you want to be a man, here it is, boom. You know what I mean? That's the way it was, you know? So...
Well, yeah, growing up, because I... He claims that my father drank a lot and this and that, and it was kind of rough and tough with him. I mean, he brought his help buying the wood jet, and, you know, you want to be a man, here it is, boom. You know what I mean? That's the way it was, you know? So...
I remember my father saying when they first moved in the house, because I was a year old, I was 74. Later on, my father, he remembers waking up by 2 o'clock in the morning, and a red-haired woman was staring at him. Us kids, we would sit in the living room, watch TV, and Mom and Dad had the light on in the kitchen, so it was real dim. You would see black shadow people move. Yeah.
I remember my father saying when they first moved in the house, because I was a year old, I was 74. Later on, my father, he remembers waking up by 2 o'clock in the morning, and a red-haired woman was staring at him. Us kids, we would sit in the living room, watch TV, and Mom and Dad had the light on in the kitchen, so it was real dim. You would see black shadow people move. Yeah.