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Her timing was impewable though. landing just in when you do something had. let it all WARD it's not really a suggestion, more of an time for the arrival of another special person out and get it out of your system. That observation. And if you've been involved We've been blessed with a second way. you can put something better in there to keep your with one person for a very long time you granddaughter. Layla lane was born thoughts. your feelings and your mind in a healthier place. i know how this goes lan. ii and she's the second child for wanted the truth to come out and it's all in the book. bmdda' “l'm surprised you haven‘t written about ~ .' . r ‘ ‘ . our middle daughter and her husband. incredibly candid. Snuka’s book takes you behind the â€" insert topic here." she said. and a little sister for Madilyn. who is scenes with tales of drugs. bar ï¬ghts arrests and his promis- ‘ “as. it’s an observation Much the same nowapproadiing two-and-a-half. cuous life on the road. way “The garbage is really full." or "There's .3†Well, not that little. At almost nine- “it was a free-for-all in those days.†Snuka wrote. “I lost a lot ofsnow on the driveway" are. ‘ i and-a~half pounds. layla is deï¬nitely count of the number of women i slept with. i don't know if it's Simple statements. but for any male in the deï¬nition of a bouncing baby girl. 2.000 or 4,000 or 10.000. i really didn't count. Sometimes. l’d long-term servitude â€" whoops. relation- Mother, daughters and hmband are all have two or three in a night. brudda.‘ shipsâ€"- weoan hear the subtle differences. ï¬ne. Grandma â€" or Baba as she is i asked Snuka why his memorable feud with Roddy Piper Ar law we are supposed to before the gen- « called â€" is still up there somewhere. didn't end in a cage match. the way previous battles conclud- tle persuasive tone is replaced by some- She'll come down eventually ed with the likes of Ric Flair, Bob Backlund and Don Muraco. thingfarmoredirect. , And through all that, our oldest “'We were getting to that. brudda.†said Snuka. "Then all of And usually I'm pretty good at picking a. .3. x daughter purchased â€" with a bit of a sudden things completely changed. the way they do some- up those warms. unless I'm feeling some- help from Mom and Dad â€" Oxford times in wrestling, y'know? But we were setting the whole what difï¬cult and pretend to not under- BRIAN Learning in Waterloo, launching head- thing up for the cage match, ’cause I wanted to fly off the cage m That’s more ofa childish attempt to BOURKE long into the world of independent again for the world. y'know what i mean?‘ show that she is not. and this is a technical business. Even though she has been Snuka wrote his autobiography while recovering from term, â€the bossofme.’ involved for more than six years. mostly ankle surgery. he explained. 'i'm not done wrestling yet!†said What with a new premier. teacher issues, Lance as the centre's education director, i think even she has Snuka. who turns 70 this May. “i recently did a little Polyne- Annm etc. i have left a few things on the plate, been surprised at the amount of work required to sian dance for the doctor and he said. ‘All right Jimmy Snuka. And the plate has been fun indeed over [he ï¬rst ï¬ve keep everything up and running. (And i think she's you can go ahead and fly now.’ Being in the ring still gives me J weeksofthe year. been surprised at the number ofshorr phone calls she goosebumps. i love my fans and i miss them very much. ‘ Oï¬' the top. daughter No. 3 made a visit home. hashad ‘0 make ‘0 her monably silent mm) brudda†She's been livingout in BL for the last year or so. She That my friends is packing an awful lot into a ï¬ve We‘ve missed you too, Superfly. As my big red foam sou- m‘i m it home in time for W but did week period. More than a couple of times Diana and i venir says. “Jimmy Snuka 01." wmwendtheï¬mweekoflanuarymmuslt havelookedateachotherandsaid. 'lthoughtitwas wnkxtohaveherhomeanditwasalsonioewhen SUPPOSGdiOSIOWde-' m . - Marshall Ward is a visual artist and music writer Havinganemaperaonmthehouseafterallthese BmMrktiflWmofW105-‘3KQOLW forkodrOrlirrM 'ne. Emaili'sueloomeat Y†ofempty nesting really does add to the work- momrngcremoan bermchai bye maria! "“wa @honnar'Lco load. 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