Waltrip High School

Hey Burge, keep them keys going brother bearcat!
Yup, them ol itchy blankets came in handy!

Mine are tucked away in the cedar chest, under my peacoat and dress blues! I was a size 38 back in them good ol days! Now I'm a 48! Sure wish I could wear that peacoat again!! I really like it, it is 100 percent wool! I've tried to get my beloved to wear it, but it is too heavy and large for her!
My grandsons are now all over 6ft tall, so it wont fit them! Maybe my grandaughter Haley would like to have her "Beaupa's" Navy peacoat!!! Besides being a good coat, it has a history! I use to wear it when walking the flight line on the Midwatch 12 midnight to 4 AM!

I would be shivering and teeth chattering! Then I would go into the guard shack where there was a gas heater, and I would get so sleepy I would almost fall over! Couldnt have that!!!! Couldnt fall asleep on watch, that was punishable by Death!!!!!! And rightfully so!!!

Hey Doug, I use to visit the army/navy surplus stores as often as my Dad would take me! There was so many neat things, It was like being in someones attic!
Academy started out as an Army/Navy surplus store! The one on the katy freeway around Voss, was the last of the surplus type academys! It burned down some 20 years ago methinks, and they built a new two story one, and then I think it burned down! They need to figure out who's playing with matches or smoking in bed!!!!

Went to First Saturday in the Heights today! It has gotten larger! they use to have it behind Kaplans! But now that there is no Kaplans, it is on 19th st just west Colinas! They had all you could eat mudbugs and stuff!
Me and DW ate at colinas! The portobello Mushrooms sauteed with spinach and some kind of white cheese, is absolutely divine!

Been outside tonight, and it is absolutely one of the quietest evenings I have ever experienced here! Almost like something is just waiting to happen!!! Got the snake bite medicine (jack daniels) out and ready! Locked and loaded!!! Coffee pot ready to perk!!! Several cats have been hanging out with me at the same time! Something they seldom do!
Theyre weirding me out!!!

Dogs are cool though! Both kicked back and snoring!!!

Saw a lot of cool things at the antique stores along yale and 19th! Nothing I need though! Lots of books I wanted, but what for!!! I have all the books I could possibly use!!! What is it about book??? I just love them! Each one is like a treasure chest! Not original, but true! Remember the quote; "There is no frigate like a book"??? So true!!! The librarys are no fun anymore, because you cant peruse the stacks! You have to look the book up on a computer and then the attendant will get it for you!!! Booooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spent last thursday waiting for a package from Cabelas!
I just love getting packages in the mail or UPS or Fedex, dont you!!!! The first package I remember waiting for, I was about 4! 1949 methinks! We, my sisters and I ordered 3 hand puppets, Snap, Crackle, and Pop from whoever owned Rice Krispies back then! I think they cost a grand total of 25 cents! My mom sent off for them, of course, but we knew about it! I remember when they came, they were in a small box, about 3 inches square! I remember the box had stamps on it, instead of the metered stamp of today!!!! My sisters were Snap and Crackle, and I was Pop!!!! Still am!!!

When I was old enough to order things on my own, I would order stamps from The Mystic Stamp Company, and other such treasures from Boys Life! Cloverine Salve was one of them!!! Even today, I still anticipate whatever I ordered, like I was a little kid again! Wondering what size and kind of box they would be shipping my treasures in! My beloved ordered two pair of house shoes for me from Cabelas that was scheduled to arrive Thursday!
Shure nuff, they showed up 4:15Pm! but I had to stay home all day! No matter, I got a lot of yard work done!

Cabelas sent them in 3 boxes!!! Yea!!! Two small shoe boxes in one larger box! I musta been a "bag lady" in a previous life, cause I love boxes and bags and tins and jars! What in the whirld is wrong with me!!!
Doesnt seem to matter how many times I see a sunset or sunrise, or a hawk hunting, or sitting on a fence, or a flowing creek etc, I view each time as if it were the first time I have seen that particular sight!!! Just a kid at heart I guess!!!

Hey Bernd, where you??? Watched HGTV and new home buyers looking for a place to live in Berlin! They were getting married, and were looking in the heart of Berlin! WOW, things are sure expensive there for what you get! They looked at condos, and two of them they looked at were still being built! One of those, had no kitchen for about 250,000 dollars!!! Once they bought the place, they would have to pay to have a kitchen put in! Thats a puzzlement to me! One of the condos they looked at, there was a zoo across the street, or a place that had two brown (grizzly) bears! You probably know where I'm talking about, I dont!!!
Do you live downtown Berlin????? Sure would like to visit Germany and all the european countries! Is England considered European??? After all, it is so close!!!

Guess I will try to go to sleep! Didnt sleep much last night, suffered an anxiety attack for some unknown reason!!! Dont know where that comes from! I'm not afraid of anything, except maybe bears and lions, and sharks, but I dont think we have too much to worry about here! So far, we havent seen any in our neighborhood! Plus I have a tank, and I think I could discourage their advance!!!
I guess it stems from fear in the subconsious! I guess thats what happens when you are a paranormal schitzophreniac, eh hoser!!! Sometimes I wish my subconsious would become unconsious for a spell!!!

I suppose I ought to close for now, so I will! The chirping birds in my head are getting louder!
Speaking of cooper, he is head butting me as I type this! Guess he wants to go out on midnight patrol! He thinks he is in the service I suppose! So I guess we will go out on midnight patrol! It is so quiet and still out! Ok, the right reverend beauregard signing off!

Good morrow to all
your pard beaurebard

03/07/10 02:20 PM

#2353

dont worry beau,tanks work fine for lions and bears,sharks too if you can get them to come up and fight like a man.oh well;50bmg will take care of those cowering bastagis.anyone for soup?
burge

03/07/10 10:01 PM

#2354

that is sharks fin soup by the way.plenty sharks in the water;have you seen the land shark?it was a toy made for tottlers a few years ago,had little wheels underneith which drove the levers that raised it up and opened its jaws like "jaws".anyway it was neat;no harm,just creative.we need something creative to unlock the stearing on this ship and stop its drift.the leftist pirates have sabotaged the gearing so well throughout the years that they are beyoub repair;stockmarkets drift and we experience shakesperes'"sea change" instead of colombias' "PARADYME[paryadigm?] SHIFT'"we have shortcircuited the delicate 'fly-by-wire' stearing.our dynamoes are polorized and our security is stymied by political correctness.we cant even send out an s.o.s.;who in this world cares?we may drift two or three years,the only stearing will be by the weight of people running port to starboard and back trying to figure out what happened.really rocking the boat.the ballast is in the center of the boat.get back to the center and be still;that is simplistic i know but you cant argue with physics.what does the left think?while trying to "out-cia the cia" they have forgotten that we have the soviet archives and a couple of dynamic kgb generals cooling their heels in well appointed safe-houses here and there;deconstructing the entire web of soviet intrigue for the last 60 years,under very positive pressure.what does the far right think?that we dont know all about the neo-nazi movement?half of them are fbi agents.ive been high up on the bridge,observing the turf wars down on the deck.even the most passionate is forced to be a realist from time to time.coming to the center is repugnant to some at each extreame;the majority have no problem with it because it works,both tactically and stratigically.the far left has worked hard to destabalize the ship of state;thier conservative movement is facist, ergo,communist[statest].it is the big well-known.with stalin et al.by sabotaging that which had worked quite well,they have hamstrung themselves.what an exciting time we live in.
bearcat

03/07/10 10:46 PM

#2355

Soup sounds good to me!!!!

Chicken mushroom barley comes to mind! Howsomeever, if you are having a samich, say, tuna or chicken salad, then tomato Bisque is an excellent choice! All low or no fat of course! Instead of mayo I use ranch dressing for the tuna and or chicken salad!

Back from the Little country church in the city in downtown Oak Forest, across from that hot bed of acadamia,F.M. Black JUNIOR HIGH!!! We had 38 christian practioners today at church, counting the minister, choir, and piano player! Mr and Mrs Theissen were in attendance also! Love seeing them!!! We had communion today! I slept in today, so I didnt fix breakfast this morning! I was so hungry, that when the bread came around, I was tempted to just take the whole thing!!! But I didnt! Did take a rather large hunk though! But I generally do! I need all the help I can get in the religion dept!!!
The liturgist today, was a lady from Bastan, Mass! She has been here for 20 some odd years, and it sounds like she just got off the bus! I love hearing her dialect!

I had a friend in the Navy that was from Boston! You could have cut his accent with a knife! I dont know why we were friends, neither one of us could understand each other! Maybe that was a good reason to BE friends! When we were together, either on watch or whereever, it was like two deaf men trying to converse! We could hear each other, but just didnt know what the other was saying!

The wine for communion was pretty good too! Of course we furnished the wine and bread, so it was ok for me to help myself!!!
After Church, me and DW went to Gabys bbq joint up on shepherd!
If you go, the smoked turkey is excellent, the potato salad is good, the fried okra is excellent! The BBQ sauce is tooooo tart! They must use a gallon of vinegar, and a teaspoon of other stuff!!! Whew, that stuff will make you sit up and shudder and make a face!!! The turkey is a tad dry, so ask for gravy instead of the sauce!

The little woman conned me into going to Home Depot to get some roses and dirt and other foreign substances!
Brought home 7 rose bushes, and several bags o dirt and mulch etc! NOW I HAVE TO PLANT THEM AND TAKE CARE OF THEM!!!!!!!!!! I did get some blackberry and raspberry and blueberry plants for the ranch! Suppose to rain all week long! Boo! Soons it quits raining, gonna plant all the stuff! Probably wont get any berries till next year, but when I do, I will put up some blackberry preserves and bring em to fudds!!! Blackberry preserves are to me, the best stuff for a biscuit or toast!!!

I guess I coulda warned you at the beginning of this entry, that I really didnt have much to say, of any consequence! Well, you probably havent gotten this far anyway!

Glad to hear from you Brother Bearcat. think I will take a nap before bedtime!!! You know, It may sound like I am griping about not sleeping, but really, it's a blessing!
I get to spend real quiet time with my critters, generally they are asleep, and I am stroking their fur! And I get to see the times that other people just hear about! No noise, aside from the noise in my head, or other distractions! I can work in my garage and not be disturbed by phones or anything! Grab a cup O joe and sit out on the swing with the "hall monitor" Jack, and look at the stars and moon etc! I have tried to put the stars together like "orions belt" etc! the onliest one I have ever identified in 65 years, is the little dipper! That one is hard to miss!!! Oh, and I can identify the moon!!! And the north star never seems to appear in the north! Whats up with that????

Ok, the voices in my head are telling me to sign off!
So I will sign off!!!
Your frien and brother olbeauwannkanobie

03/08/10 07:12 AM

#2356

Moanin mine waltripians,
Been moving about since 230 this fine moanin! It is now shortly after 5 and the menagerie is wanting breakfast! Nope!!! not until 6 do you get breakfast!

Hey Bernd, just saw on the weather channel that it is snowing much in your area! Says hundreds of motorists are stranded on the motorways! Big wrecks with fatalities and injurys! you still ok????? Man, you stay inside and have some coffee and a danish! Wait till summer to emerge!!!

It is 57 here, and damp, but then it generally is humid down here in the delta! We are supposed to get lots of rain today and tomorrow and some wednesday and then back to clear skies, for a day or two!!!

Burge??? You awake??? Now, thats a silly question, of course you are!!!

Put some beef soup bones in the slowcooker last night! Been driving the dogs crazy! They are walking around with their sniffers in the air! I remember going to the store, and the butcher would fix yp a box of bones for our dogs! And that was pretty much any butcher! Havent asked in 40 years if any butcher would do that! I doubt they are allowed now, due to some bureaucratic BS that some idjit thought up to "save us from ourselves"!!!

Hey Teddie, and Jimmy, do you remember Tommy, the butcher at Mangum supervalu??? My mom still remembers him! He use to cater to all the customers as if he was their personal meat cutter! Of course all of us back then would take very good care of all of the customers!!!

I sure miss those days, when everyone strived for excellence! I did in everything, but school! I was so bored and LAZY LAZY LAZY as far as school was concerned!!! A prime candidate for one of the special labels that the establishment wants to hang on kids nowadays, instead of bearing down on the brat, and making him or her do the work!!!

Some, to be sure, are rightly labeled! however, the symptoms of "special" kids today, woulda fit most of us boys back in them good ol days! Sure glad they didnt have the pigeon hole mentality back then, I'd be more worthless now than I am! They just expected everyone to perform, and most did! I pretty much got by because I was smart, but lazy! That is the key word, "lazy"!!!

This area is where DW and I differ! Naturally!!! She has been in special ed for 30 some odd years now, and she sees what really goes on! She is pretty smart in her profession! She knows when some child really needs the "special" label, and when they are just being clowns, or trying to play the system, so they dont have to perform their best, and be the lazy bums they are going to turn out to be!!!

To be fair, most of these kids do not have a stable home life like we had! Some are being raised by their grandmothers and or aunts! Parents nowhere to be found, or whacked out on crack or some other "recreational" drug! I do remember one parent, Mr Jackson! He had 5 sons, and he was in their bidness everyday! He made them tow the line, and they did! These were in ghetto conditions! I watched them grow up! DW taught all 5! They all graduated HS but where they went from there, I dont know! Some got football scholarships etc!

I remember going to a few of the youngest, Rudy, football games! When Rudy would carry the ball, or make a good play, Mr Jackson would say, "thats my boy"!!!
Made you proud to be a small part of that!

How did I get off on school??? Oh, you know me, ol dopey me!!!

Anyone watch the oscars??? I didnt...again!!! Havent seen the oscars or other "sporting events" in 30 years or so! I would have to ask my beloved just exactly when! The weather channel has just gone crazy now, shouting out the news, and the oscars!!! I just want the weather, otherwise, I'd watch one of the talking head shows!

But anyway, they said that Sandra Bullock won for best actress! I have loved her since I first saw her in "Demolition Man" with sly stallone and others!
I thought she would do well back then! I dont think she has had the "vehicle" to propel her to greatness, such as the Hepburns etc, are thought to posess!

They never said for what movie Sandra Bullock won the oscar for! Didnt know she was even in one this year!
Well, thats not surprising, I never go to movies anymore!!! They dont advertise them like they use to!
Remember the "trailers" before the main feature, at the Garden oaks and other theatres! Thats how I learned to spell O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A ok! I thought I was pretty clever learning to spell it that way! I thought that I was cheating by singing it out as I was sspelling it! I was afraid Mrs Simpson would not approve of my spelling method!

So now, when oklahoma is mentioned, I start dancing and singing in my punkin head! Cant help it, it's just stuck there for ever!!! I never actually saw the movie, just the trailers! I could generally tell which movie was for me by the previews, and I knew "Oklahoma" and the like, wasnt one of em!!! Ok, now the weather talking head just mentioned oklahoma, so now my idjit brain is singing it as I type this OKLAHOMA O-K-L-A-H-O-M-AAAAAAAAAA...
AD FINITUM!!!

One of the few "singy dancey" movies I saw was "The Student Prince" with Mario Lanza! I loved the part where they were all at a big long table, drinking beer and partying hardy, and Mario stands up and starts singing "Drink drink drink..." and stands on the table! Man, that was inspiring! Of course, I was a little feller, but I thought that was something to look forward to! Couldnt wait to start drinking beer and standing on the tables singing!!! I'm certain I actually did that in me youte, but just dont remember when or where!!! Many a time I acted a fool because of strong drink, and me being a fool anyway etc...

Ok, ok, it's breakfast time at the zoo!!
Hey bernd, let us hear from you!

yore ol buddy, obiewan

03/08/10 08:47 AM

#2357

hey beau;wadya mean,am i awake?of course im awake,even in my dreams.its a terrible thing to sleep so much but i am healing.ive had a few hours within the last few days when i felt little or no pain in my back;its been 37 years since i injured it,now im going to take it very easy and not mess it up again.it is definatly feeling better.if this pace of healing keeps up i may be at fudds in april.thats what i hope for anyway.
burge

03/08/10 09:27 AM

#2358

Burge, thats a good thing to hear!! we be looking forward to seeing you in april! Gonna make the little woman executive a lunch, and then think I will lay down and take a nap! It is raining now, so me and coop will go on patrol later! Right now both boys are asleep at my feet! all the chairs have a critter in them.(I hope they are all cats) I could be like that woman on the eye glass commercial, calling for her kitty, and mistaking a raccoon for it! I'm not quite that bad, yet!!!

Saw the trailer for "Blind Side" with Sandra Bullock, and it looks interesting! So does "Hurt Locker" and a couple of the others! Maybe I'll get caught up in time, and see some of the current, or at least last years movies! I couldnt understand what they were saying, so had to have DW translate for me! that sure is aggravating not being able to understand what folks are saying! Gonna get me one of those old timey horns that folks use to use! Why, that would look rat smart along with my cane! What a dapper picture I would be, eh!!!

Folks would be wanting to know was I in the civil war!!!
yeah, several of em!!!

Hey Bernd???? Weather channel says 22 miles of the autobahn was backed up with traffic due to snow and accidents!!!

Ok, gonna take a nap! Burge, you got the helm!!!
obiewann

03/08/10 10:15 AM

#2359

Teddie Jordan

Beau, I don't go see many movies either, but do yourself a favor and go see Blind Side, it is excellent. It's based on a true story and the story is well told by the writers, director, and actors in the movie. Sandra Bullock does a great job in it and I'm glad she got some recognition. You will not only leave that movie feeling good about people and having been entertained, but probably with the residue of a few tears on your cheek.

03/08/10 10:44 AM

#2360

Jimmie Lee Smith Brawner

Yes, Blindside is a great movie - not Oscar "Best Picture" great - but really touching. It seemed rather trite at the beginning, but as it progressed you got caught up in it (especially if you've ever worked with kids like Michael Oher). Also, if you've seen any of the interview shows with Leigh Anne Tuohy and her family, you know Sandra Bullock "nailed it" in her portrayal of Mrs. Tuohy. Michael Oher was exceptionally blessed to have been adopted by the Tuohy's.

03/08/10 10:51 AM

#2361

Blind Side... GREAT !!! Did you hear that last night on the Oscars (NO!!! I did not watch it... heard it on the radio this morning) Sandra Bullock won Best Actress for the movie. Cool...

Burge... reading a little behind these days, but if you need a pirate... I'm your girl!!!
P. Paige

03/09/10 01:53 AM

#2362

a pirate?hmm.

03/09/10 11:31 AM

#2363

AYE MATEY, AND WHAT A PIRATE SHE BE!!!!
Good moanin mine waltriponians! Just back from a double patrol this moanin! Found that I have to take the boys on separate patrols! Easier to handle, at least for myne back!!! I bought a back pack for Cooper when we first got him, trying to train him to be a service dog!
Let me say, that I am not a very good trainer! Ol Coop wants to learn, maybe! I believe he is more like me in my youte! LAZY!!!

He does have a problem with other critters though, I'm not sure if he wants to play witht them, or eat them! That could pose a problem for a service dog!
Now, Jack, the hall monitor, is very spirited, all 80 pounds of him! When he walks, his front feet are off the ground tugging on the leash! I decided to put the backpack on Jack and put water bottles on both sides to try to slow him down! It seems to have calmed him somewhere between, flubber and nuclear fission! It's a start!!!

Well on first patrol with cooper, we saw TWO WOOD DUCKS sailing leisurely on Cole creek! WOW!!! Now, they arent rare, but they are not common!!! These were a Mr and Mrs too! Little wood ducks cant be too far off in the future! If you dont know what a wood duck looks like, lookem up! The male, is of course very beautiful! An iridescent green head with a real "ducktail" coming off his head! White border stripes along his head and neck and along his sides! Iridescent blue green back and burgundy along his flanks! The female is brownish with a few blue feathers along her back and sides!

Saw a pair up at the ranch a year or so ago! hadnt seen them since! There are plenty of water ways for em to go down! These ducks are about 15 to 20 inch long! They are about the size of Teal! Anyway, me and ol Coop were excited! I am forever astounded at Mother natures ability of renewal!

Looks like the brunt of winter is behind us! the pecan trees are starting to bud! The tallow tree has delighted the eyes as well as the nose, with its delicate pungent white blooms and is now leafing out, along with a lot of others! Our azeleas are blooming! We have the dwarf year round blooming kind!

Some of the Jonquills that survived the weedeaters attacks are now blooming! Ours are yellow! The redbuds, at least in our neighborhood, have not bloomed yet! But I expect that phenomenal event to take place any day now. We have a 14 door or hole purple martin house in the back alongside the cement pond! Every little apartment is in residence by lots of little birds! The activity around it is just in constant motion!!!

I took the house down before Ike so rudely crashed the party! Then when the all safe was sounded, I put er back up! But this time, I added OLD GLORY to it!!! the stars and stripes have been waving ever since! All the liitle birds salute the flag, or so it appears! Anyway, thats the way I'm going to tell it! The flag is getting a mite tattered, so I guess it is time to put a new one up! I will wait till after spring so as not to disturb the babies, that I know will be gracing our backyard come spring!!!

Got to sign off for now, and run some errands! Didnt get out of the house at all yesterday, except to go on patrol, so I need to get out! All the kitties are down for thier midmoring nap, sprawled all over! Jack, the hall monitor, is asleep on the footstool in front of the window in the library! Coop is on the couch, sprawled from one end to the other!

Big Oliver is upside down on the dinning room table, snoring rather loudly! Peaches is in her little soft square cubicle on top of the entertainment center! Katy is asleep in the purple chair in the library! Annie snoozes upstairs in a basket in the office! Sammy is under our bed dreaming of more katnip!

Lacy is in a basket on the dresser! She normally was on the bed, until I set a blanket in the chair in the corner! then she homesteaded that! I set a short sided rectangle woven basket on the dresser to put my collection of keys and coins and other odds and ends that I pull from my pockets! I cleaned it out, and next I knew, Lacy homesteaded my basket! She does look adorable in it though! She is just a mite larger than the basket, but has done a remarkable job of stuffing herself in its confines! that is, most of her!!! there is an errant portion of her hanging over the edge, but still all in all a superb job of packing! No bubble wrap needed!!!!

I believe I was going to sign off a paragraph or so! And so I will!
Sign off, that is!!!
olbeauwankanobie

03/09/10 02:27 PM

#2364

I guess, that all of you tried to get on the forum at the same time, and it canceled each entry out! Yeah, thats the ticket, or at least how I'm going to tell it!!!

Just returned from Sears and Robucks on Shepherd, one of my errands! I go for a few necessary items, and load up on this and that, and then, time passes, and I think about what I have chosen as I continue my shopping! Then, by the time I am ready to check out, I have put everything back except what I went for in the first place!!! On a few occasions, I didnt get what I went in for, but came out with other things I really didnt know I needed until I saw them!!!

Got their new tool catalogue (french for catalog), and there are tools just begging me to buy them!!!
There is a set of tools with one thousand five hundred and thirty pieces! If I had them, the tool I needed would be misplaced! How in the whirld does one keep up with all those many tools??? I have a lot of tools, but probably only need three of em! Hammer, screwdriver and pliers!!!!

This tool kit has 570 sockets; 85 drive tools; 439 wrenches; 22 pliers; 61 screwdrivers; 270 specialty tools; 19 brake tools; 43 engine tools;(I thought they were ALL engine tools) 13 tuneup tools; (couldnt that be lumped in with the engine tools???); 8 battery, hose, pipe and steering tools; (more engine tools???) As wonderful as this tool kit sounds, I couldnt begin to use one tenth of them!!! See, this is perzactly why I dont do my own automotive work, TOO MANY TOOLS TO CHOOSE FROM!!!

You can get all these tools, for a paltry sum of
9,299.99!!!!!!!! Pluse tax title and license!!!!
You can get the tool box in which to store your fine tools for 13,000.00!!! Thats 23 thousand dollars, american!!!! Good gosh a mighty, a body could hire a mechanic to hang around your garage full time for that kind o dough!!!! I wonder if anyone has purchased any or all of that grand stuff???
Probably someone that doesnt support 6 cats and two dogs and a partridge in a pear tree!!!!!

Have you had your lunch today???? Just had mine!!! Filet of peanut butter and jelly samich!!! Peanut butter is just the best thing, dont you think???? I just love it!
Of course Jack and Cooper love it also!! I will get a couple of milkbones and smear a little peanut butter on
and the boys just smack their chops and drool! And thats before I give it to them! Or I'll have crackers and PB and share with them!!! Was that George Washington Carver that invented PB and J??? Who invented ritz crackers, Mr. Nabisco????

Ok, nap time!!! See yall at fuzzes tonight!
your friend and mine,
obiewankanobie
or as they say in the yard, your pard beauregard

03/09/10 02:47 PM

#2365

Jackie Crowe Finch

Oh, my gosh brings back memories -- the USMC blankets. My dad was a Marine and we had several blankets around the house. They are not beautiful -- but certainly warm!!

Love Sandra Bullock, haven't seen The Blind Side - but will. She has a home in Austin and when my daughter, Carrie, was at UT she saw her several times at Central Market.

Burge, so glad to hear you're doing better and hope to see you at Fudd's in April!!

Remember Fudd's tonight - from the folks I've heard from, should really have a large crowd.

Hugs,
J

03/09/10 03:34 PM

#2366

Kay Watters '65 Greene

Report card time has finally come and gone as of Fri. I've been busy, but I see you boys have really kept yourselves busy!

I have income tax appt. tonight and you know how that is! Don't know when I'll get out....

But the weather is pretty, and dry, and a good night to be at Fudd's.

03/09/10 05:30 PM

#2367

Pirate Paige here...

Jumpin' ship tonight and heading out (NOT walking on water) to the big city. See all you swashbucklers at the 2nd Tuesday's waterin' hole.

P.Paige

03/09/10 09:58 PM

#2368

HEY WALTRIPONIANS,
Just got back from fuzzes (fudds) Good crowd tonight! But then it's always a good crowd! I hated leaving early, but got to "hang'em high" tomorrow at jury duty!!!

But, me and me therapist made it home! What a great day and night it is! 79 degrees today! 69 when I got home!

Sure does my ol heart good to see all youse guys and gals!!! Almost like stepping back in time! thank you!!!

Those that werent there tonight, well, you were missed!

So I will say goodnight! For now!

your friend and brother
Beauregard

03/09/10 10:13 PM

#2369

Scotty Croom

whaa great time at fudds...good to see old friends and teddie...what a surprise to see j.b. bellflower..its been over 45 yrs...

03/10/10 12:33 AM

#2370

Gosh, I had a good time. See Jackie how obedient I can be... I am checking in. I made it back to College Station timely and without incident. Thank you for your concern. I promise if I am ever too tired, I will stay in town.

Rick let us know right away how things go. Lola, Scotty and each of you others that are "testing", you are in our prayers.

Happy Birthday Mr. Meeks. Thanks for lettin' us share it with you. Between Lynn and Richard there were some goooooood stories.

"You are a success when those who must follow in your footsteps, can build on the foundation you leave behind."

Going to call it in... Paige

03/10/10 10:36 AM

#2371

Good morning...

Beau... are you there? Beau, Burge, Bernd

What a fun time with the gang last night. How quickly we can bounce around time. The "then" stories mix with the "now" stories and years melt away from the "now" faces to reveal the joy of our youth. As quickly as the conversation moves to the immediate crisis... we are "today". We are laughter and tears and joy.

I cherish the "to and from" drive on those 2nd Tuesdays. It is a very private time. Anticipation of friendship kindled; praying, singing, thinking, loving and caring. Amazing what may be wrought ... just down the road.

I am on adventure...
Just down the road
Paige

03/10/10 10:37 AM

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Richard Meek '65

Well folks it was an honor to spend my birthday with all my fellow Waltripians. Can't think of a better way.

Paige the stories were good weren't they? Probably some of them were accurate, some details are lost in the mists of time, hopefully.

We can all look forward to a report this evening from Beau
after his day of Wanndering in the Texas Judicial System (for those of you who weren't a Fudd's last night it is only jury duty). This should be good. I hope he didn't ride too boldly when dealing with a judge! Wow, I just thought about it, since Beau had to be checked in and in his seat by 8:00, he and Coop may not have been able to make the dawn patrol this morning. The ducks and coots may be disorderly on Cole Creek as a result. Yikes!

We haven't had a movie trivia question in a while, who was the lead in the movie Tortilla Soup?

03/10/10 12:13 PM

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Jackie Crowe Finch

It was definately a fun night -- thanks, Paige for checking in, we girls have to look out for each other!

Great seeing all our "regulars" and we had some newcomers -- would you believe Glenda McDonald and Larry Smith and Frankie Cannon and her husband, Leron Wells - what a treat to see them!!! Of course Glenda and I go way back --- 5th grade at Stevens and have continued over the years to keep in touch and see each other when we can -- we could have talked all night!!!

Pictures will be posted soon ---

Beau I know you are having fun downtown - remember our discussion last night! Touch base with us when you can.

Hugs,
J

03/10/10 12:41 PM

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Richard Meek '65

Just a little humor for you from Warren Buffet's annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway. His main partner in Berkshire is Charlie Munger. Years ago Charlie laid out his strongest ambition: "All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I'll never go there". This bit of wisdom was inspired by the Prussian mathematician, Jacobi, who counseled "Invert, always invert" as an aid to solving difficult problems. Think how this would work on a less lofty level: Sing a country song in reverse and you will quickly get out of jail, recover your car, house and wife!

03/10/10 03:56 PM

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Good Nafteroon myne waltripianonians,
Just back from a half days vacation in the judicial system in good ol downtown houston!!! Oh lordy, my head hurts sumpin serious!!! Justice aint only blind, but she is slower than molasses in january!!! I am not gonna relate my experience just yet, cause I GOTTA HAVE A NAP!!! Them lawyers just mutilated what EVAH little brain I EVAH thought I had in this ol punkin head O myne!!!

BUT THE EXPERIENCE WAS JUST SWELL!!!

Oh, Richard, the lead was Hector Elizondo and Raqael Welch and a couple others that I cant recollect!!!

So I am gonna pick up Big Oliver and hurt my back and get a hernia, so I can forget the pain in mah haid!!!

I will log in directly and weave a story of depravity and debauchery and all kinds of isms...
so here come de judge...
Judge leroy beauregard parker

03/10/10 06:36 PM

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