Post #246488 by pablus on Thu, Aug 3, 2006 5:15 AM

What a surprise this is.
I've got a story for this news. (Don't I always?)

My Grandpa was a native of Moundsville. He was on the "Hatfield side" as he used to say and married a pretty little hill girl from the "McCoy side."

Grandpa was a minor league pitcher with a serious arm but could mostly earn money doing masonry.
Grandma ran a restaurant there in Moundsville.

They moved to Canton, Ohio and rasied a family there.
Their oldest son Bill, became the head bartender of the Bali Hai, famous in the day for its dubious Youngstown clientele and occasional visits from members of the Rat Pack.

Grandpa and Grandma eventually moved to Florida since he always loved tropical things and eventually our whole clan moved here as well.

Grandpa passed away about 7 years ago.

A few months ago we were cleaning out his work shed that he never let anyone go into and I found a real tiki treasure.
There were 4-5 ukulele bodies that he had been working on as a hobby. I was astounded. I often wondered if he would get a kick out of hearing me flail out a few Hawai'ian tunes and now I knew he would. I grabbed them of course and resumed his work on them. Before long, I'll have put together a uke or two from those parts.

I'd like to think that one day, I'll strum one of them at this new tiki place in Moundsville and complete the chain and grab some mana.

Mahalo for the news.