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The place was about half a block off of the main street. The gal helping out asked Are you brave enough to get one? and I said I'm brave enough. And she said Do you want it on your shoulder? and I said Put it here, I want people to see it, I'm proud of it. I was proud. It took about a week to heal up. I felt pretty good about it -- felt pretty proud.

I wanted to show my grand kids that. It's kind of faded out now. Some of them say Why don't you get it re-done? I said, Ah, it's my life. I'm 81 and a half years old.

A lot of sailors I see say Oh, you got a fouled anchor, and I say That's what it is, that's what I've got. It's a fouled anchor. I just felt good about it. When I sit at a bar, I sit so that people can see it, and people say Hey, that's great!

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