[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Yes Radek....
When you say ..

Hi Barry,
you know very well czech.
Barry has a VERY "czech'ered" past....!!

(radek..a joke..we call it in English.."A play on words")

Defination...Checkered past..

"Previous background, career, experiences, and activities: an elderly person with a distinguished past."

And then there is his buddy,Lobsterman...