principal , Mr Larro , for my bad behavior . Mr Larro was quite a cool guy . He had obviously seen my grades fall and I believe he had checked my IQ scores and he was determined to try and get me back on track . And he knew the way . He knew that I was a crack shooter and took me up to the most impressive gun range that I had ever been to . During the hour drive , we talked . He was a hunter and enjoyed it . We talked about other things as well . Imagine , an adult that is interesting and is interested in me . What a unique experience for a confused teenager . We arrived at the New York Gun Club at a place called Thunder Mountain and he took out a 12 gauge shotgun and handed it to me . I loved it . He then showed me how to hold it , how to lean into it and how to target the clay pigeons . He then took the gun and said watch this . He yelled PULL and the pigeon came out fast from over his right shoulder and he fired and it exploded into oblivion . It was powdered . I remember it as if it was yesterday . Wow , wow , wow . He then said that he has worked with psychologists that have found that experience to be helpful to children and adults . So he gave me the large caliber and fairly heavy gun and said OK you do it . And I did and it was a phenomenal sensation . He then taught me the games of skeet and trap both which are very interesting . I was hooked on Thunder Mountain and shotguns .
We got to be buddies and went up to the range a few more times and he could see that I was able to master this new shooting technique . My attitude improved a bit more at school as his technique seemed to have worked for me . We even went hunting together one time for squirrels and he was impressed after I shot so many of them . By then I had bought my own shotgun , double barrel , side-by-side 12 gauge with a longer barrel and full choke that I could use for the game of Trap and for hunting small and big game including deer .
I do have to admit that it was still difficult to finish high school with the distractions of pot , chicks , concerts and a counter culture but I did . I also managed to figure out that I did want to go to college and study biological sciences thanks primarily to my sister for giving me those strong interests . My SATs were not that flash and I had to go to a community college as an entry level .
So off to Bergen Community College I went where I studied biological sciences and met some interesting people . There were some tremendous parties and ski trips up to New York State where we usually stayed at my good friend ’ s Grandmothers house in Sawkill . Wow , did we have some major weekend parties at that house that we affectionally called Grandma ’ s . There was no one living at the house and it was available to us whenever we needed it . This was my friend Dick Logan ’ s relative and Dick was dating the infamous Barbara Sarubbi of the Sarubbi sisters , Candy , Donna and Barbara . Barbara and I had several biology classes together and we had so much fun in them just horsing around . We constantly had fun with them and their many friends who lived in the next town from New Milford . Interestingly , the other major party place for us was at Dick ’ s house in New Milford . His Dad was the Mayor and his parents left the house free quite a bit of the time . His parents were super nice and accepted me for who I was and did not judge . I had meals quite frequently at Dick ’ s house with his parents but when they were out holy crap did we have some wild parties with some wild and crazy girls .
Just prior to commencing college I had purchased an old Canon 35 mm film camera and I was determined to self teach myself photography , which I did . The first week that I bought it , I drove into Greenwich Village early one morning and as I walked around for
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