and not just because patrizio was an older man who clearly enjoyed his food but neither of these things hid he was once very good-looking and still had it and skippy looked like his mother birthed him in the blazing hot sun and , although that blessed day was apparently one hundred and fifty years ago , he 'd never been indoors since such was the weathered look of his skin , the complete absence of his hair and brawny , bulldogedness of his frame .