Rich Allen:  

I worked and wandered and found a lot of trouble the second half of the 70s. In 83 I started working for a concrete cutting/drilling co. It was fun and interesting, and I worked for several companies until Black Friday 2008. I was having back problems from the heavy work. I had my first of many surgeries in January, 2001. By 2008 I hurt my back really bad the day after Thanksgiving. My legs are very weak from the nerve damage, and I am now permanently disabled. I got married in 2007 for the first (and only) time at age 50 to a girl named Doreen, but I call her "Lucy". I have three beautiful step daughters, a grandson, and a granddaughter. All my step daughters have similar names, so I gave my wife and them all "numbers" when we got married. My wife is #1 PIMA,(Pain In My Ass). And then there's #s 2, 3 and 4. They like their nicknames,😜. In January 2014 my wife and I moved to Ocean View, Delaware. Someplace close to the beach and boardwalk, and still close to my step daughters. I really started getting into photography down here because it's so beautiful, and also my right arm now has nerve damage, so I can't really draw or paint anymore even if I wanted to. I started selling some of my prints at the Bethany Beach Art House, but not really much of anything happened with that. So my hobbies down here are Photography, my stereo system, and my home theater system. Back in the 80s I really got into cycling. Not just Putts-ing around the park, sightseeing, but really riding to cover a little distance. Maybe 30, 40 miles or so in an afternoon. Now that my legs are "shot", I can't ride my road bike anymore. I have several bikes now, but I mostly ride my old-man's, beach-Chillin bike...Expand for more