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April 25, 2008 | The Lounge Lizards

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Craig Schrolucke and Alexis Larsen are good buddies who love a trendy hot spot as much as they do a worn out hole in the wall provided the service is as good as the items being served up. They also love bar talk and all that it entails and are more than happy to belly up to this bar blog and do just that.

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Friday, April 25, 2008

Wanted: Drinking buddies for father

By alarsen | Friday, April 25, 2008, 06:00 AM

Mike Hammond deserves the award for son of the year. Reuters moved a story written by Paul Majendie about a son (Mike Hammond) advertising to find drinking buddies for his 88-year-old dad Jack who lives in a southern England nursing home. Offering seven pounds (roughly $14) an hour plus expenses he decided to hire not one but two … a retired doctor and a former military man. “Dad’s now going to be going down to the pub several times a week- three with his new friends and twice with me,” Mike Hammond told The Times on Thursday. “I want to give him some of his old life back.”

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