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Uncle Bert

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My dad's brother [UNCLE] Bert passed on a few years ago. Uncle Bert and my father were thick as thieves when they were little boys. They were always getting into trouble. My dad was always trying to keep up with bert given his hip issues. I have awesome pix of Uncle Bert and Dad as kids. Uncle Bert was a smart arse so to speak - he was always cracking on everyone. As grown ups, Dad and Uncle Bert were not as close but did keep up with one another on the phone being that they were 1000 miles from each other. I will say that Uncle Bert made the BEST Christmas cards every year when his kids were young. He was a commercial artist (what they used to call graphic designers back in the day) for IGA in NY State. We used to drive all the way through Canada from Detroit to go visit them in Lafayette NY. Always in the Summers. Summers in up state NY are the most beautiful non humid, verdant days on the planet. Uncle Bert had a house out on land that seemed endless. Whe...