Post #255113 by danlovestikis on Mon, Sep 18, 2006 9:34 AM

Gosh, I am so glad I have the day off. After reading these I am so sad because I still have faith that this is real and that the company used the the photo for advertising.

I once sent a story about Dan to the joke section of Playboy, it was G rated so they didn't choose it but a year later it won a contest in the French version of Marie Clair Magazine. I never could track down who sent it or what they won.

Now I know you will all be wondering what the story is so before I go on about Andy I'll repeat it here:

Before Dan became an X-ray tech he was a retail clerk at Safeway. One day a woman broght up a box of Tampax without a price on it (no scanners back then). So Dan goes on the loud speaker and says price please on a package of Tampax.

The other cleck on a hand held walkie talkie thinks Dan said Thumb Tacs and replies, "Is it the kind you push in with your thumb or whack in with a hammer?"

Dan and the woman started to laugh so hard that to this day he doesn't remember if he finihed checking her out or if she ran out of the store.

So you see my point? In those days there wasn't this instant transfer of information and the photo of Andy is so perfect for the cause of this organization.

I got the photo from Barbara but it was sent from the hospital where she works a friend scanned it into the computer and sent it to me. I have a second photo of Andy that I never posted because of his expression is not so cute but more of a little boy making a face. I'll go post it now.

I obtained a phone number today for Barbara, I called and got a message machine. Please don't post any more hurtful emails until we know for sure. I'll do my best to get to the bottom of this ASAP.

Sincerely, Wendy