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I'M 55 YEARS OLD AND STILL PLAYING IN A BAND . THE BAND IS THE BUFFALO ROAD SHOW . I SING , PLAY THE BASS , HARP AND PERCUSSION . I LIVE IN BATAVIA , NY . I THINK I'LL BE INVOLVED WITH MUSIC UNTIL I'M GONE . I'M MARRIED WITH THREE KIDS .SCOTT 37 , JESSE 21 AND KATIE 20.THEY ALL ARE VERY INDEPENDENT . I ALSO HAVE A GRANDDAUGHTER NAMED MADELINE LEE McMAHONE . I LOVE THEM ALL ALONG WITH MY WIFE DIANE WHO HAS PUT UP WITH ME AND MY MUSIC FOR MANY YEARS . I WAS HURT AT WORK 3 YEARS AGO AT CHAPIN INTERNATIONAL HERE IN BATAVIA . CHAPIN INTERNATIONAL NOW WILL NOT TAKE ME BACK . THEY SAY I NEED TO BE 100% , YEA , LIKE ANYONE IS 100% .I ALSO FOUND THAT THEY TOOK BACK ANOTHER EMPLOYEE THAT DOES THE SAME WORK AS I BUT IS YOUNGER AND ONLY 40% ABLE . I GUESS I'M JUST TO OLD FOR THEM AND THEY DONT LIKE ANYONE THAT HAS WORKED FOR THEM FOR 25 YEARS PLUS .IS IT TRUE THE PLANT SUPERINTENDENT DOES NOT HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION OR EVEN A G.E.D.? THE WORLD IS CHANGING SO FAST MAN , I DIDN'T EVEN GET A GOLD WATCH , LOL . FROM THEM I GOT THE GOLDEN BOOT . JUST BEFORE THEY GOT RID OF ME I INCREASED THEIR PRODUCTION OUT PUT ABOUT 20% . THEY ASKED ME TO COME BACK AND WORK ON THAT FOR THEM , I STILL HAVE THE PAPER SIGNED BY VLOPE AND PASTORE . ONCE I ACHIEVED THIS THEY PAID ME BACK WITH A KICK IN MY ASS . AMERICAN COMPANIES ARE REALLY CHANGING BY LETTING ITS PEOPLE DOWN .THE BUYER FOR THIS COMPANY TOLD ME WE NEED TO OUT SOURCE AND AMERICAN PEOPLE JUST HAVE TO GET USE TO IT . THIS GUY AT ONE TIME SOLD SPOILED MEAT KNOWING IT WAS GOING TO BE EATEN BY THE PUBLIC . HE BELIEVES THE ENDS JUSTIFIES THE MEANS , I THINK I HEARD THAT FROM A FORMER PRESIDENT THAT WAS THROWN OUT . REMEMBER BOYS , WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND . MAYBE THROUGH MUSIC AND THE ARTS WE CAN BRING IT BACK LIKE A GENERATION DID IN THE 60'S . I HOPE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE GET INVOLVED WITH WHATS GOING ON IN THE WORLD INSTEAD OF JUST MAKING MONEY . USE THE ARTS TO BUILD INSTEAD OF DESTROY . WELL THAT'S MY SOAP BOX FOR TODAY . I'LL KEEP THE FAITH AND ALWAYS BE HERE IF ANYONE NEEDS ME FOR ANYTHING . REMEMBER YOUNG PEOPLE , IN THE 60'S WE CHANGED THE WORLD YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN . STOP THESE POLITICIANS AND BAD AMERICAN COMPANIES FROM RUINING LIVES FOR PROFITS SAKE AND MAKE THE GOVERNMENT AND THESE SO CALLED AMERICAN COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE PAY AND BENEFITS THEY RECEIVE FROM THIS COUNTRY TO WORK FOR THE PEOPLE .WE USE TO BOYCOTT COMPANIES THAT TREATED PEOPLE LIKE SLAVES . I THINK A BOYCOTTING IS A GREAT WAY TO STOP THEM AND MAKE THEM CHANGE THEIR WAYS . IT'S A BEGINNING , PEACE ! ..