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Pier Fishing with Dad

The Triple S pier on Atlantic Beach was torn down several weeks ago. The Sportsman’s Pier may suffer a similar fate. They will all be victims of escalating real estate prices. If you grew up within 3-4 hours drive of “da beach” you spent part of your youth “pier fishing”.

BLSays · Classics · Hometown

“Just” An Extraordinary Ordinary Man

I had no idea what Mac did for a living. I never knew what 95% of my friends’ dads did for a living. They were dads doing grown-up “business stuff”. “Men like Mac” were the backbone of America during the 2nd half of the 20th century.