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On Vacation With Tom and Ray

A lot of folks ask us, "So, just what do you do for your summer vacation, anyway?" The truth is — not much. Then again, that's not very different from the rest of the year. As Tom's son Alex has been known to say, "Dad...if you were on vacation — how would you know?"

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Gee, it's great having a chauffeur--even though it took two weeks to teach him how to maneuver the old Dartre. Boy, you just can't get good help anymore.


Nothing like a delicately marinated chicken barbecue. Tommy, on the other hand, is holding tight to his traditional vacation meal: a can of Spam Lite, a six pack of Moxie and a carton of Twinkies. To each his own.


Tommy's wife gave him a bunch of books to read. "Men are from Mars, Women are From Venus," "Ten Step Program for Coping with Midlife Dementia," and "Warning Signs: Women Who Murder their Spouses."


This is me in rehearsal. While on vacation, I got a part in the local community production of L'il Abner..

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