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Henry, say it isn't so.

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We all have secret little measures that we use to guide and gauge our lives as we make our own journey along the path from birth to death.  They are hidden signposts that measure our progress in our personal journey through life. Henry Winkler "Fonzie" One of mine can be found in a very auspicious place.  It is a face I used to watch along with much of America from the dinner table.  One night a week I remember turning around a TV cart with our color TV to face our dinner table while we ate.  So much for idyllic family communication right?  The show was Happy Day's and each week we would tune in to follow the antics of Richie, Potsie, Ralph Malph and of course, Henry Winkler aka The Fonz.  Happy Days ran from 1974 to 1984 and was a kind of generational show that in truth was simple minded and stupid.  Near the end of the shows run the Fonz traveled to California to jump over a shark pen with his motorcycle spawning the phrase "jumping the shark."  It is the