HOW COULD AN APOLOGY REVIVE--- THE CHICKEN MAN?

So Did you have a nice Memorial Day weekend?

Well the weather was great and got to meet some nice new people up in the town of Copake New York!<P> For many years, I could be seen selling hot dogs, cotton candy and ice cream at the greens of many a parade.STAY WITH ME PLEASE- I miss it but I also enjoy having weekends to do what I want now or as a pal of mine Tony has said, many a time:"Mike you have put in your time in the kitchen."

I thought of my Dad over the weekend as many of you did as well as he served in the Navy back in World War II.

Wishing you a great Tuesday, VERY busy so today we will leave you with a comment I got this past weekend while camping. Did not even know about it till Monday afternoon.

The name " The Chicken Man" brings back great memories to me at a time,1989, in which I was going into business for myself and never looked back.

Almost 20 years and 72 fundraisers later that you and I helped with hot dog carts and chicken raised NOT only money but made friendships I value today! Could not have done it without YOU people.

I will never forget the kindness shown by a guy named Slaiby who asked me to cater a dinner for over 200 boy scouts out of the kitchen across from St.Francis Church.The day later he drew up a sales contract,gratis, for me to sell my Rotisserie,which I did a week later in 1992.

THIS comment ,below, was left on the "apology blog" (( please go back and read the other nice comments left though and enjoy the pictures of yes , the CHICKEN MAN in a homemade scrapbook by an old girlfriend.I never thanked her enough! ))

Yes, I am no angel, have skeletons,smoked lots of pot and have history I am not proud of.

But if this man or woman has none in their closet,then cast the second stone ,please!AND IF ANY GASOLINE STATION WANTS TO LOWER THE PRICE BY A BUCK for a day,GIVE ME A CHIX SUIT AND I WILL FLAG IN THE CUSTOMERS ALL DAY FOR FREE!

I could have let this die but think about,read it and feel free to comment on this persons,antiques dealer/now a reporters and or a former writers remarks:-)

MY QUESTION OF THE DAY: SHOULD I LET UM GET TO ME?

What a joke!Most business people I know in Torrington do not want to be associated with Mike Driscoll in any way, shape or form.I know some who have stopped advertising in the Register Citizen for just that very reason. And this blog is just an extention of the newspaper, so that feeling still persists.Besides being a self-important gadfly, most remember him at his best as "Chicken Man" in his chicken costume stolling Main Street in Torrington. I won't even get into the rest of his "history" that most long-time business people in town know of and remember. And then there is the pathetic need for attention he exhibits.There are a great many of us that do not want any type of association with him at all. And therefore we do distance ourselves from the Register Citizen and its' staff more than they might ever realize. Something for them to think about.And by the way, I think that all this anonymous stuff is pathetic, for most of the positive "anonymous" comments here are probably posted by Mike Driscoll himself.What a joke. This is a truly sad reflection on the Register Citizen, and by association, on Torrington itself. We deserve better.
May 23, 2008 7:56 PM

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