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repairs. N-E-W-R-X-Plemming.com. On Tuesday's episode I talked a lot about my

childhood. I talked about the influence that my

parents had on me specifically my father talked about growing up in a

community Siacett Long Island and I didn't really talk that much about growing up around the corner from Christopher Mad Dog Russo, but Chris and I grew up together and it's pretty interesting to see his career and what he has accomplished in this radio world.

And when you look back at life to this point, it's about friendships, it's about relationships,

and I've been pretty lucky. I've experienced some pretty amazing things and I've also been very fortunate to be a part of a lot of great sports rivalries as a fan not necessarily as a broadcaster but as a fan, not necessarily as a broadcaster, but as a fan. And I found myself in some pretty amazing situations.

I was so enthralled with the rivalry between the 49ers and the Giants in the late 80s and of course

you know the 49ers and the Cowboys had some incredible playoff match-ups as well during the Giants 49ers era but you

know growing up as a New York Giants fan you know being at the first game

really as a three-year-old at the bleachers of Yankee Stadium and when my

dad came on our radio show with Mike Lamb the last time that my dad appeared on the show

he told the story about going to a Giants Cowboys game in December and he had said make sure you put two pairs of socks on blah blah blah and I get to the game and I guess I'm whining and complaining because my feet are cold and my dad looks down I only have one pair of socks on and you know it was frigid it's freezing

December and my dad took his socks off and put them on me and it said

now shut up and watch the game. That was very you know that that's how I was raised you know we

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