[Dixielandjazz] Don Ingle should appreciate this....

[Don Ingle]

Hal Vickery wrote:
> The world's oldest man (an Englishman and veteran of World War I), Henry Allingham died yesterday at age 113.  He was quoted in the AP article as having attributed his long life to "cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women."
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> Sounds like he was a Red Ingle fan, although it would have been better had he actually said, "cigareets and whuskey, and wild, wild women."
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> Hal Vickery
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Indeed I do.  Dad was a chain smoker and fond of his bourbon, but a 
loyal and  faithful husband. But the bourbon did him in at age 59. Far 
too young, but then he never missed much in his life in the biz!.
He should have stayed with his ethnic roots and drank good Scotch. He 
did in the early years but found it hard to get in midwest one-nighter 
towns,where they thought scotch applied to pickled eggs or sidewalk 
hopping. But he was never so over-served that he ever missed a date, a 
gig, a cue, or anything in his work. Such discipline was a hallmark of 
his work.  Me - I follow the ethnic roots path and drink good scotch and 
more often single malt. Tried oit, but I never was a cigaret smoker: but 
loved my pipe and strong English blend tobacco, enough turkish sotweed 
in it to clear a room when I lit up. A litttle late-in-life asthma nixed 
that. Married a good gal 54 years ago, so in spite of being around 
"Cigareets,whusky, and wild, wild wimman " a good part of my 78 year 
span, I am not apt to follow the late Mr. Allinham's prescription, 
though I admire his steadfast application.
Thanks for the wire blurb, as it was not added to the TV news note of 
his passing.
Don