On 7/19/2011 10:23 AM, Harryk wrote:
On 7/19/11 9:28 AM, Florida Jim wrote:

When I visit my buddies in Connecticut in a couple of months, I'll
reserve a day or two for New Haven sightseeing.
Too much information. But you did get the snot beat out of you on a
daily basis, right? I'll bet even whitey beat up on you.

The last school fight I got into was in the 8th grade. During a recess
softball game, the junior high bully, Ronnie D., deliberately ran down
the second baseman, a really nice kid who was struggling some with the
aftermath of polio and who wore a brace on one leg. I was playing
third base. I went over to Ronnie, told him to apologize, and he took
a swing at me and missed. I punched him in the stomach as hard as I
could and knocked the wind out of him and he fell to the ground. The
gym teacher saw the event, sent Ronnie to the principal, and he was
expelled for a week.

Ronnie was also a bully for the year he lasted in high school until he
turned 16, but he never messed with me again. He probably joined the
Navy.

I got along very well in high school.

Again. Too much information.