The General
Another Day, Another Dollar
Jimmy Hoffa said:I first met Dirty back in '92.
I was headed west from Dallas back to L.A. with my fiance/stripper/soft-porn actress girl. We were coming back from her Mom's and headed for the altar. I got pulled over doing 90+ between Midland and Odessa, TX. The trooper took one look at my California license and told me to follow him to the court house. The judge imposed a sentence of $300.00 or 3 days in his jail. As I had more time than money, I took the 3 days. My girl said she's kick around Odessa for a few days and meet me at the court house when my time was up. The next day she hooked up with a trucker and left for Canada.
Small 2 cell jail in Odessa and I walk in and meet Dirty for the first time. He was a mess. He'd been there for days on a petty theft charge. Something about stealing lingerie from a thrift store. I got to know him a bit over the next 3 days, one helluva spades player by the way. Anyway, my 3 days were up and I got released. I felt bad leaving Dirty behind and threw his bail of $25.00 and got him released. We then headed for California together. He camped on my couch for a few days. I came home from the track one day and he had cleared out.
Next time I heard from him was about a year later. He had landed in Mexico and was fixing dog races in Tijuana. I headed down to see him at Agua Caliente the following weekend. Things were going great for days, Dirty had us rolling in dough. Something about putting meth in the dog chow if I remember right.
Well I headed back to L.A., migrated north from there and settled down to start a family. I hadn't heard from him in years.
Lo and behold, I find him here on EOG. Now he might not be proud of all he's done in his life. But who among us really is?
But all I can say is that if Dirty is the Village Idiot, I'm glad to say he's OUR Village Idiot.
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