{"id":441387,"date":"2024-05-25T13:54:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T18:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.f3nola.com\/2024\/05\/25\/the-return-of-echo-india-from-steve\/"},"modified":"2024-05-25T13:54:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T18:54:36","slug":"the-return-of-echo-india-from-steve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.f3nola.com\/2024\/05\/25\/the-return-of-echo-india-from-steve\/","title":{"rendered":"The Return of Echo India – from Steve"},"content":{"rendered":"

Man it has been a while. YHC couldn\u2019t remembered exactly when Ei left, partly because even when he still lived here he had stopped posting regularly, was skipping the annual event he started and – maybe most heartbreaking of all – had ceased all GroupMe musings like his infamous \u201cNo Horses In The Tunnel\u201d post. Despite that, he is a tough man to forget. <\/p>\n

Or is he? <\/p>\n

Much to Ei\u2019s chagrin, when he pulled in to the Gipper and enthusiastically greeted Moby after a three year absence, Moby couldn\u2019t remember who the hell he was. Though, as Moby offered in consolation (pointing at me): \u201cHey, I can barely remember that little shit.\u201d Fair enough – us Mandevilleans have not done such a great job posting to the Covington (or Slidell!) AO\u2019s. Hoping that changes now that Summer is here and some of us are no longer beholden to our kids\u2019 school schedules.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, it was good to have Ei\u2019s wit and energy back in the Pax and, once Legal, BBQ, and DarkWing Duck rolled in, we got to it.\u2028
\nYHC had the day before received the Nation\u2019s email about the tragic passing of Jason Richard, aka \u201cFalcon\u201d (of the St. Louis – Mermemac region), father to four and husband to a wife who has been battling cancer. He was an FNG who collapsed on his first workout just as the pax were naming him. <\/p>\n

So in his honor, we stuck together and performed \u201cThe Falcon 026\u201d:<\/p>\n

14 SSH\u2019s (IC)
\n26 Flying Squirrels
\n26 American Hammers (IC)
\n26 Lunges
\n26 Curls
\nOne Lap around the depot (approx. 400 meters)
\n26 No cheat merkins.
\n14 SSH\u2019s (IC)<\/p>\n

BBQ prayed us out with intentions for the Richards family, and gratitude for the return of old friends like EiEi. Good to have you back, brother, even just for a day.<\/p>\n