Birthdays - Part Two: My Uncle Bob

This is part two of two. Last week I wrote about my Dad. This week I have a piece I wrote for my Uncle Bob's 80th Birthday. This goes into a memory book my Aunt Nelda is putting together for him. Sadly, I missed the party, which was 500 miles away in our hometown, Burnsville, NC.

Whenever anyone asks me how I got started with a lot of the crazy things I do today, I often find my answer beginning, "Well, you see my Uncle Bob..."

Bob and I are both youngest sons. He came along ten y...