Veteran

He shuffles when he walks, his beard is scruffy, mustache is long enough to get wet when licking his lips causing him to wipe with an open hand to get both sides dry, the eyes are bright when he desires to make them so, his clothes are also scruffy and a bit dirty, most likely from his two pit bull dogs. He always buys the special breakfast (two - sausage, eggs and cheese biscuits for one dollar) eats one and saves the other for his dogs. Sometimes he cannot eat all of his and stuffs the remainder in his pocket with the other sandwich. His speech is nearly always vile with alternations between blasphemy, vulgarities, cursing, swearing and assorted obscenities. He, however, does not curse like a "salt" for they are able to break up a curse into syllables and swear between the syllables. Somehow he has not mastered that art form. He particularly enjoys goading the religious and telling them that Jesus Christ was a whore monger. During times such as these he becomes very loud prompting those around him to shussh him. Recently, he awoke up from a sleep and found his son-in-law going through his drawer. He said he was looking for some pictures of his wife. Frank accused him of trying to steal money, called the police and had him put in jail. The house was locked but that was not a barrier because this son-in-law can get into anything. Frank says all his relatives want him to die so that they can get his money. He curses all of them. At the age of eight Frank was put into a Catholic Orphanage because his Mother could not afford to feed him. His younger brother stayed with his Mother. His Father had taken off and did not come back. While in the Orphanage, some of the nuns beat frank with a whip. When asked what he did to deserve such a beating he answers: "Nuthin, they did it because they enjoyed it. Those sadistic whores kept beating me up. I will never forgive the Catholic Church for having people like that, abusing kids and all the while appearing so holy. The Catholics are all corupt and are all sinners as are all who say that Jesus Christ is God." If you put about ten obsenities in that statement you will get the flavor of his discourse. He went into the Army but does not have much to say about it. Later he joined the Merchant Marine, having obtained his entry from a mob boss. He and another guy (aledgedly very dumb) were supposed to rough up a union boss. Frank was very cautious and, with his cohort, stayed a distance. They lost track of their target and then went home. He was very surprised the next day to find that their target had been shot and killed after they lost him. The mob boss asked him what happened. Frank answered: "Nutthin happened." He was further questioned by higher ups he kept saying: "Nutthin happened." The bosses believed that Frank would never tell anybody and had him shipped out as crew on a merchant ship. His introductory letter had said to take good care of him. His first job on the ship was as head of the cooks. He rose to Chief Steward, a cushy job. He says he was very good with inventory and he always found people who could cook delicious meals. He claims he was mean but fair, forcing people to do the jobs they were hired for. He made a lot of money, bought property around Green Cove Springs, lost a lot of money but now has enough to live well. His relatives all envy him for his money and he is hard hearted enough to deny all of them. His hobby is "garage sailing" which he does every Saturday morning. He likes to uncover his arm and show two or three wrist watches he got "cheap." He has rings on many of his fingers and offers to sell them. I have never seen anybody purchase anything from him. He has many items in his car, particularly childrens toys, which he says are for his grandchildren. His health is deteriorating. He never sees a doctor or dentist, takes no pills nor vitamins. His lower teeth are gone and he pushes some food with his fingers for a cutting action. His bowels play tricks on him and sometimes in trying to pass gas it comes out liquid. Most of the regulars at McDonalds tolerate him but some others have progressed to downright hatred.