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- Memoirs of Experience Sean and Family you have my sincere condolences on the passing of my lifelong friend. We met in High School, I would walk home for lunch and Dorry asked Why? I live closeby, he sd. so do I. He lived in Tennessee Ernie Fords old house and I sd come to lu...
1964
- High school friends Dorry and I were high school friends and I didn't get to meet his children, but he always spoke of them with great pride and affection. I do remember his Mom who won't remember me. But he clearly adored her and admired her energy and passion. When h...
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- Remembering Dorry Plotkin I first met Dorry in 1979 I had just begun my career as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). I went to his office for an interview to see if we could get him as a new client. I was definitely intimidated by the atmosphere there were some pretty mean loo...
1980
- sean and harry two little brothers, sean and harry sons of dorry, how devoted they were to each other. now harry will see his dad once again. ...
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- My little Scooby Doo Buddy Although there are many, many memories of your Dad that flood my mind, one is that a year of my life your Dad was legal guardian to me. He got a kick telling people I was his daughter. But the best advice by far that I think about and apply to life to thi...
1983
- A family man I Doreen Tubbs, my best memories of Dorry in the beginning meeting him about 1983 or 1984 not knowing what kind of life he lived, soon I met his son Sean, he became my brother in law, I visited with him and his family Bonnie, Sean, Kristy, and Josh at ...
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- Unfucking Believable/But it was Dorry Back in 1987, I got tickets options for a Sam Kinneson concert. A rather vulgar, but funny man . . . Naturally I got tickets for Dorry and Bonnie and Theresa and myself. The concert/show was at the old ampitheater. We sat through the show . . . no pr...
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- Infant stock trader When Josh was an infant Dorry would set him in his infant carrier in front of their 60 inch T./V. to watch the the daily stock reports. Rate this Dorry memory The top rated memories will be selected and read at Dorry's memorial service. Rate the memor...
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- Pay the Rent Dorry and I would not always see “eye to eye” but when it came to respect, not to many people in my life were at Dorry’s level. This was the guy that taught me the famous line; “pay the rent”. The story behind “pay the rent” was a lady, past due on her re...
- A great boss and an incredible man I started working for Dorry 20 r so years ago and I believe there are no words to describe what an incredible man he was he was more like family .I remember we had to move citys because there were to many shootings were we lived and without hesitation he ...
1993
- My life with Dorry On August 14th 2012 a great man died. Some people come into your life and leave a lasting impression and Dorry Plotkin was that kind of person. Since I was 12yo I have known the Plotkin’s. They have always treated me as if I were one of their own. Dorry a...
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- my first office job I remember working for dorry when i was 17 or 18 right before i joined the navy. It was my first "office" type job. I showed up on my first day and my shirt was all wrinkled and nasty looking. He sent me accross the street to the cleaners to get my clothe...
- High School Polo days with Sean Sean, The memory I have for your dad goes back to when we were in high school playing polo. At every end of season banquet, your dad would not miss being there for you, he would be there in his wheelchair proud to see your accomplishments, and would take...
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- An amazing man Many years ago I met Dorry Plotkin through and old friend of his from his most memorable Bail Bonds times, I was told stories of the things that where done to make the business work which to me was the most inspiring stories I have ever heard in my life. ...
1998
- What I learned from Dorry I have always believed in learning and finding inspiration in unique places and from people much different than me. Dorry was one of those men that had a profound and immediate influence on everyone he encountered, myself included. Dorry was an icon. H...
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- Plotkin Bail Bonds Well Dorry was a huge part of my Life, He was my mentor, My Friend and everything to me. He not only showed me the busyness world but he also was a huge personal support in my personal life... He was a guide for everything and even though I would probably...
2001
- Fourth of July Party 2001 may not be the correct year of this memory but the year doesn't matter. . . Dorry lived in Huntington Harbor at the time and was hosting a Fourth of July party. I called Dorry to ask if it would be okay to bring my German Shepherd, Leo, with me. He...
2002
- The best boss in the world Oh Dorry!!!! You never know how much I appreciate the time working with you. I miss you so much. You are the best boss in my heart. I remember back there when I have hard time with customers or vendors, he was always on my side even he will lost the cus...
- that man changed my life I met Dorry while i was working in a restaurant at the Irvine Spectrum in 2002. He came in every Friday night and for the most part sat in my section. What a wonderful man he was. Over the course of the year, we became friends. Well as good as friend...
2003
- Thank you Dorry! What can I say about Dorry? That’s a tough one… With Dorry you never knew what was going to happen; it was either an adventure or nightmare, but always simple crazy fun. Not only Dorry was my boss, mentor and teacher; he also took a big role of a father f...
2004
- Losing a jewel I used to just be your care giver. that never really worked out for me. however it gave us the opportunity to see we were put in one anothers life and paths for a much deeper greater and powerful purpose. the minute i stopped working for you was the mi...
- Leave your watch! My name is Paul; I have a shop in Santa Fe Springs CA, where I specialize in building overhead material handling systems. One day back in 2004 one of my employees called me from across the office asking if I knew the guy being helped out of a van in a whe...
2005
- One Tough Cookie I work at Time Warner Cable Media selling advertising on local cable television. I got a call from a man claiming to be the advertising agency for Plotkin Bail Bonds. Everything seemed on the up and up. He paid for the advertising campaign and provided th...
- Free rent agreement Dorry is one of the most interesting men I've ever met. I say met, even though I lived in Dorry's house for nearly 6-months because the word "known" implies I had Dorry figured out. Summarizing our friendship in words, seems impossible. For guidance, I ac...
2006
- there is no crying in escrow When I first started working with Dorry, he was "just" the Listing Agent on a file. My encounters with him were brief and pleasant. All was well. As things progressed I found myself handling one or two sale transactions with Dorry as a Seller. ...
- A fathers approval I acquired many memories of Dorry over the years as I got to know him. One of my fondest and most consistent memories does not come from the first time I met him or the time I lived with him, but rather a time he came to visit one of Sean's properties in ...
- his fake wife At first the nights were long and hard. Watching Dorry while he play poker on his computer. Month s of working with dorry I was enjoying every minute. Driving to vegas with brenda was hard, babysitting brenda n dorry at night was the hardest. After Dorry ...
2007
- Extended circle "My boyfriend lived and worked for Dorry for a long time. I got to know him during this time. Spending my free time just chatting with him in his room, watching TV shows he had recorded on his dvr or playing some poker. I was not an employee or a famil...
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- Dorry's Friend and Broker Well....Being a broker..you can work with a lot of different personalities...Dorry was one of those really special clients. My frist time in Dorry's office to talk about listing his property lasted about 3 hours. 5 mintues of those 3 hours was spent tal...
- Dorry.... Always yelling at me! Didnt know Dorry for too long but the short time i did know him i was able to do some bail skips for him. But the best memories i will always remember of him are sitting down at the Gardens and playing some No Limit Hold'em... Dorry loved poker, and from...
- Bail Bond Hunting I met Dorry in what I would consider to be a transitional period of my life. As my real estate career was coming to a drastic halt, I decided to place some calls to look into the Bail Bonds/Bounty Hunting industry. From just a simple cold call, I got in...
- Real Estate Transactions I am so sorry to hear Dorry passed away. It was a pleasure to have known him. I honestly enjoyed working with him on the real estate transactions we were involved in. I found him to be easy to work with as you always knew where things stood with him. He w...
2011
- A humorous man I will always remember Dorry as a person who always would find a way to make me laugh. His sense of humor despite all his conditions was admirable. He will be immensely missed by all his friends and family. Rate this Dorry memory The top rated memories ...
- In a hurry My name is Andy Kennedy and I work for AIA, the surety company for which Dorry wrote his bail. In August of 2011 I went to the Norwalk office to conduct an ordinary agency review for AIA. I had met Dorry for the first time in March of 2011 so it was a wel...
2012
- who you are to me Eugene Tubbs OK so it's taken me a little while to process and since I doubt I'll be in California, I would like to say something here to share who Dorry is to me. . Before I ever actually met him, he Bailed me out of Jail as a Birthday gift. . . From the...
- Your Last Day Dorry was the kind of person where even if you knew him for only a week, he would make an impression on you. That was the case for me. I had just started as his caregiver, when I took him to the hospital one day and he died. I'm not sure why God put ...
- Dorry- One who inspired us all! The day I met Dorry I met him at his Bail Bonds office however I was not there to be a bail bondsman I was there to have fun and go help play his cards/and chips at the casinos; truth was as Dorry put it I was there to look pretty and distract other poker...
- First Boss Dorry was such an interesting man with a life full of memories, experiences, and achievements. While I only worked for him for six months I feel I learned quite a bit about him and we shared many meaningful conversations. He told me about the different pl...
- The Dorry Table Dorry was a regular at the Gardens Casino, and his game of choice was No Limit Hold 'em tournaments. Due to the size of Dorry's chair, the tournament staff would always hold a special table, just to make it easier and more comfortable for him. Tournament ...
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