Date:     November 4, 2000
Subject:  Found out how Frank got arrested at an AA meeting

Frank called last night.  He had just eaten the worm out of the tequila
bottle so he was in good form.  He's living in a camper at a camp grounds
in Maine now because of the outstanding warrants for him in New Hampshire.  
He use to have a mattress in the camper (one that fits on the back of a
pick-up truck, camper that is, not mattress) but he "traded the mattress
for a baggie of weed". (Eric wanted to know if this was a good deal or
not.  I said it depends on the condition of the mattress and the size of
the baggie.) <G>

So, how he got arrested at an AA meeting.  Seems like the people who owned
the building that the AA meetings were held in also owned a bar and Frank
took offense at this.  He suggested to others at the AA meeting that they
move their meetings down the street to another building that he knew about
where the owners didn't also own a bar.  For some reason, they didn't feel
the same need to move that meetings that he felt.  Frank decided to
protest paying rent to people who owned both the building where the
meetings were held & a bar. So, when they passed the hat around the AA
meeting, he threatened to pocket all the money.

Now, this is were he starts to get a fuzzy.  I couldn't quite figure out
who exactly called the police, the people running the AA meeting, or the
people who owned the building that the meeting was held in.  Frank says it
was the owners, but, let's just say, he's a bit fucked up, so who knows.  
Anyway, the cops came, he refused to leave, he was handcuffed and removed
from the meeting - and the building.  Couldn't get out of him the charges
or any more info, but I think we all know enough now to figure out how the
story ended.

On another Frank note, he hasn't seen his "girlfriend" in 3 months cause
she's been hospitalized, so he doesn't think they're still going out.  
But he did meet a 20 year old who he was interested in (not sure if he met
her at a bar or in a hospital).  Anyway, he did say that she had problems
like his and that her father was in the Hell's Angels (now, a wiser man
might think twice about the last fact, but not my dear ex-husband).  But,
he was sorry to report, the relationship didn't work out as she really had
no interest in him. (though, he did briefly mention how he wanted to kidnap
her - maybe a true crime story in the making).  Anyway, when I said, gee
maybe it didn't work out because she's the same age as your kids, he
replied, "No, she's a year older than Kris."

He did say that he wanted to come beck to Connecticut and live in the VA
hospital in West Haven, so he could see his kids.  Let's all hope he stays
right where he is, or moves further north, of maybe gets to spend some
time getting to know the penal institutions in New Hampshire.

Think that the New Hampshire police would serve the warrant and pick him
up in Maine if I offered to pay for their transportation???

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