Story

Tom Petersen and I worked together doing 

plumbing for some years. We always laughed 

together....most of the time, it seems.

I remember we were working together on 

the under ground plumbing for some burger 

joint. He had a guy that was working for him

for a while that disappeared one day with one 

of Tom's trucks. While we were  working on 

the burger joint one afternoon, this guy pulls 

up in Tom's truck. Tom was amazingly 

nonplussed. He asked the guy calmly 

where he had been.The guy said " I had 

a  bad childhood." as he handed the keys 

of the truck to Tom and walked away. 

Tom was great  "I had a bad childhood." 

he said to me. That was a lifetime laugh.