You wrote an excellent description of "Alfred." He told me some interesting stories over the 8 years I knew him. I believe he was in the Navy for a while, and he also used to ride a motorcycle. And he loved horses. Between his increasing deafness and the loss of his false teeth, conversations with him became extremely difficult over the past year or two (as I'm sure you noticed), so I didn't visit with him as much as I used to. He was a great fan of country music and, oddly enough, he also enjoyed listening to George Beverly Shea recordings.