new guy-skipper kent's question - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Mon, Feb 6, 2006 11:47 AM On 2006-02-06 06:30, martiki wrote: I noticed that Trader Vic in his autobiography mentions that Bob Bryant was a childhood friend from grammar school in Oakland. He talks about them as children, but never says anything else about what later happened. I was surprised that he mentioned him at all, if the falling out was so bad ("Bob is dead to") Wow! Really? I forgot who (and where) gave me that Matson line info....one of the Bergeron boys?...or maybe it was one of those boosted up bios where they wanted to make the meeting of the two men more interesting (like the shark got Vic's leg story). Does it say anything more about Bob? In what context? I must admit that I never read the WHOLE damn book....

On 2006-02-06 06:30, martiki wrote:
I noticed that Trader Vic in his autobiography mentions that Bob Bryant was a childhood friend from grammar school in Oakland. He talks about them as children, but never says anything else about what later happened. I was surprised that he mentioned him at all, if the falling out was so bad ("Bob is dead to")

Wow! Really? I forgot who (and where) gave me that Matson line info....one of the Bergeron boys?...or maybe it was one of those boosted up bios where they wanted to make the meeting of the two men more interesting (like the shark got Vic's leg story).

Does it say anything more about Bob? In what context? I must admit that I never read the WHOLE damn book....

Post #212979 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Feb 6, 2006 11:47 AM