James Bryan:  

You know, for many reasons, I had a rough time trying to go to high school. I remember being in Mr. Bisset's mechanical drawing class, when Mr. Bisset got upset with someone (not me), and said, "all the teachers know who is going to finish school, and we also know WHO ISN'T, and we know that those of you who aren't going to finish, know it too"! Well, you would think that that statement would have been an inspiration to finish at Lincoln, alas for me it wasn't, well not right away. I used to drive a 1950 primer gray ford coupe, which sometimes had to be pushed to start. Later, I had a 1952 olive green Ford Crown Victoria coupe, and for a while had a 1959 white Chevrolet convertible. I tried out for the football and basketball team, but at the time I smoked and did not realize that I reeked of tobacco smoke and nicotine. At 18, I worked at Ivar's fish bar at the Pier for a year and partied as much as I could......not a good idea either. Got a small Honda 305cc dream bike, never had ridden a bike before, bought it from a guy that lived on top of Queen Anne Hill. What a ride down the "mountain" that was.......wow! Was a parking lot attendant at 2nd and Pike garage for a while. At 19 yrs old, sc...Expand for more