Okay I have had enough crying, let's laugh with Ken!!!

Brian H · Sep 17, 2013

Ken has been gone for a couple of weeks now and I still get all choked up and teary eyed reading the things everyone is saying about him. I am sure he would be embarrassed to know we are all sitting around crying over him...

Time for some funny Ken stories!! I'll start with one of my favorite ones...

We got free tickets through one of our advertising reps to see a Detroit Lion's preseason game that included a pregame dinner. Ken was never one to turn down a free meal and a beer, so we enjoyed our food and a couple of beers. Eventually we made our way from the dinner area to our seats in the stadium. We weren't sitting down for more then a minute when Ken asked me if I really needed to stay and watch the game. (This was a few years ago when the Lions were even worse then they are today). He suggested it would be a lot more fun to go to one of the local casinos.

I had never been to this particular casino, so he had to show me around and we eventually settled at a crowded blackjack table. We were seated a few people away from each other and Ken right away starts chatting with this pretty woman next to him. I am winning and playing a bit reckless and winning a bit more because of it. As is always the unwritten rule, we are competing against each other. Because I am winning a bit, Ken is more reckless then he usually is. I keep seeing him pull money out of his wallet while the chips pile in front of me keeps slowly growing.

It's a Friday night and getting a bit late and I am scheduled to work the next morning, so I start gabbing at Ken that anytime he wants to leave, it's okay with me, especially since I still have a pile of the casinos money in front of me. We rode together in his car and I assumed he would want to get out of there before he lost even more money.

Ken had been getting pretty chummy with this woman next to him and says that I can take his car back to the office where i had left my car and leave it. The woman next to him had suggested that she will give him a ride because she didn't want him to leave.

I was feeling pretty good for myself and my friend. I had "beat him" playing blackjack since I cashed out $400.00 ahead and he had been pulling money out of his wallet all evening. And it looked like he might get lucky in a different kind of way.

Typical Ken.. he found a way to steal the high I was on for winning that money... the next day I find out that he had a fun time after I had left and ended up on a huge winning streak, cashing out more then $1200.00 up. He said he was just having fun, playing reckless and winning and winning. Of course then I had to concede to myself that Ken won again.

Oh and the woman next to him...she was just friendly, looking for someone friendly to play cards with and the ride home was just that, a ride home...

Desk Jockey · Sep 17, 2013

I once asked Ken about a minimum for commercial spot cleaning and this is what he said: [FONT=&quot] "Sh*t man- you think I know this stuff? LOL [/FONT][FONT=&quot]<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w

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I asked him to listen to our carpet cleaning commercial and he said this: [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]"Love it Richard! Gotta admit her voice turned me on too LOL.[/FONT][FONT=&quot] I think it was the way she said DEEP DOWN IN THE FIBERS that got me"[/FONT]

dealtimeman · Sep 17, 2013

BazingA!

Chris A · Sep 17, 2013

[video=youtube;Y5JiH5DUZ_o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5JiH5DUZ_o&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/video]

J Scott W · Sep 17, 2013

The convention committee for ISCT included Ken, Joel & Kathy Reets, Linda Kanouse, myself and a few others who went to the Sheraton Sand Key to check it out and see if it was a suitable venue for our convention and trade show. It was a very attractive location that ended up being the home for several ISCT conventions and later Connections.)

We anted to enjoy some sunshine while on this Florida trip. Ken had brought his tennis equipment and was looking for some competition. I was the only one of the group willing to play tennis instead of sit around the pool or on the beach. So, I borrowed a racquet from someone at the front desk. Ken did not expect me to provide much competition but he wanted to play. After I took the first set, he decided that he better take the game more seriously and his competitive nature kicked in. I don't think I ever won another set from Ken although we played several times. He seemed to always play just good enough to always beat me but not badly enough to humiliate me.

Jim Pemberton · Sep 17, 2013

That sounds just like Ken Scott. Thank you for sharing that story!

Desk Jockey · Sep 17, 2013

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[FONT=&quot]"I hear ya Jim, I tried to send a picture of a smile in to my gas company but they wouldn’t accept it as payment."

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bob vawter · Sep 17, 2013

i liked the story that Edmond Hagopian told....
about when HE and Ken were out on the truck together....are you sure
and Ken kept buging Edmond about his sister Angela......
till finally Edmond set them up...just to shut Ken up..lol
it was funnier the way Edmond told the story..........they had the cleanest and most orginized truck of all......lol

Mikey P · Sep 17, 2013

I manage to get 70 or one truck wonders to show up at my house to talk about vacuum cleaners and drink beer back in 2007.

When Mr 40truckhisowndamnself shows up out of nowhere in adidas plastic swishy pants, a pink Life is Good T Shirt, brown loafers and that damn fanny pack to hang out with us idiots I thought he just didn't really know how to dress down....

it wasn't until after he passed that I learned that he really always dressed that way. :lol:

Jeremy · Sep 18, 2013

Ahh... Yes... The Rug Doctor, a dancing Host Machine and wheels falling off of a Brute. Good times.

Okay I have had enough crying, let's laugh with Ken!!!

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