https://freerepublic.com/tag/madmanfoulmouthed/ en-us Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:47:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/823280/posts IS OZZY TO BE PITIED OR SCORNED? J. Grant Swank, Jr., POB 1984, Windham ME 04062 Pastor, New Hope Church, Windham ME Ozzy’s English boyhood was poor—father worked nights in a steel plant, mother worked days at a car plant. No money, no auto, meager food. He claims as a child he had one pair of shoes, no underpants, trousers and one jacket. At the base of his bed was a bucket for urinating in. There were no clean sheets on his bed, overcoats used as sheets when all else failed. Dad beat on Ozzy, chiefly for the boy’s attempts... MichNews.com, Chalcedon.edu https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/823280/posts#comment Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:47:41 GMT