{"id":1365,"date":"2012-05-07T21:23:26","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T20:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=1365"},"modified":"2012-05-07T21:23:26","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T20:23:26","slug":"roy-the-fine-specimen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2012\/05\/07\/roy-the-fine-specimen\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy, the fine specimen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/05\/blog-Roy-FINE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1366\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/05\/blog-Roy-FINE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/05\/blog-Roy-FINE.jpg 336w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/05\/blog-Roy-FINE-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, being on home assignment in the states for a year isn&#8217;t all drudgery. \u00a0We have had some wonderful fun inbetween and around the work times. \u00a0One of Roy&#8217;s favorite haunts is Dairy Queen, and somehow he manages to keep his cholesterol and blood pressure down to a young man&#8217;s level, in spite of his sweet tooth, which caused his doc last fall to call him a &#8220;fine specimen&#8221;. \u00a0 We aren&#8217;t letting him live that one down. 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