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Beau Wann, Jr.

Hey there ! ! ! ! Guess everyone is gone for the summer...Hmmmm got the whole forum to myself...well shucky darn, that aint no good...I got my whole house to myself, and all I got to talk to is any one of 6 cats or two dogs, and none of them carry on a very stimulating conversation...or I could go outside and talk to the painters...NOT...dont speak their language, and wouldnt matter anyway, cause sounds like everyone is speaking a foreign language...ears have gotten more worserer...gonna have em retested next thursday and my aids tweaked...If that dont woik, I'm just gonna hang a sign on me that says..."I AM DEAF. DONT TALK TO ME UNLESS YOU HAND ME 20 DOLLARS U.S., THEN I WILL PRETEND I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, AND AGREE WITH YOU"

Yeaaaa....Diane gets the rest of the week off starting tomorrow...Now I can get something done...I quit trying to move furniture by myself...I just tear stuff up now days when I do...

Our land line (standard home phone) is acting up, and AT&T keeps calling us and telling us it is fixed...I say it isnt, and then they say they will have it fixed the next day by 7pm...then they call, and say it is fixed, and I say it isnt, and round and round we go...been dealing with them for a week, and have never talked to a live body yet...aint modern warfare wonderful...The  onliest thing getting through, is data...I guess thats something eh!

Well, when all yall get back off vacation, GET ON THE FORUM, and tell us how much fun you had...

Hey NANNOOK OF THE NORTH WTL...YOU ICE FITCHING???? Polar bear tippin??? Dancin with the Inuits????

Meanwhile, I will "keep a stiff upper lip", "keep the home fries burning", etc...

Me, unless thats you...then it's you when your me...

Richard Meek '65

Howdy  Yall. DOD just so you don't feel all alone, I am at the office toiling away in the free enterprise system. We're closing our office at 1:00 for the holiday. I'm anxious to get home to play with my new toy. I bought a chipper shredder to chip and shred leaves and small limbs. You know about guys and tools. Seldom do we see any that we don't think we should have. Everyone will be getting bags of mulch this Christmas! Wooo Doggies we're talking about fuuuuun now! Just so you don't have to worry about me having toooo much fun I'll be back here at the insurance store on Thursday. As you all know I'm keeping company with this high maintenance woman, Paige. She keeps hinting that it sure would be fun if she were flying again (she has a pilot's license, scaaaary). I just keep saying it doesn't make any sense to have a plane to go between College Station and Houston. Interspersed with trips to Buda. She's still high maintenance even without a plane. Got to keep the cash flowing.

I see on the internet that Andy Griffith passed away. He sure provided a lot of entertainment for a lot of folks over the years.  RIP Mr. Griffith! I can still get tickled thinking about some of the scenes from two of his movies, No Time For Seargents and Onionhead.

Yall just have a grand 4th of July and make it a safe one too! See you folks at Fudds next Tuesday if the good Lord's willin and the crick don't rise!

Rich

Wayne Lake

Beaucephus,

I am suffering in the heat the same as you guys up here in the so called North land. I checked NOAA Weather and it says it will be 100 F here on Independence Day and only 91 F in League City – Go figure. I crewed on small racing sailboat on Sunday and about had heat exhaustion.  The dew point is a bit lower up here so the lows and humidity are lower than along the gulf coast but hot is still hot.  We will grill some brats (it’s a Minnesota thing) and watch the fireworks on the lake anyway – heat or no heat.

There were a couple of interesting articles in the WSJ today regarding the flag. Evidently, citizens flying the flag in front of their home is a relatively recent event as for the first 100 – 150 years or so in the USA, only government and military establishments flew flags.   Another article was about the probable inception of the combination of stars and stripes as historians have found a powder horn as early as 1776 owned by a colonial named Barnabus Webb (any kin Burge ?) with the two together and they think this is where the idea originated and we thought it was Betsey Ross all along. The articles also mentioned the general wealth of early Americans (planters like ol’ George W), the influence of women and how no one wanted the burden of excessive federal taxes – how insightful these leaders were. History is great – if only I could remember more of it.

Speaking of history, we are planning a trip to Mesa Verde Nat’l  Park this October to see the ruins of the Cliff Dwellers – it’s interesting but they don’t know much about those folks. We are also gonna’ check out the balloon fest in Albuquerque after digging  around Palo Duro Canyon and Adobe Walls where the last great Indian wars were fought with the Comanche and Kiowa.

Speaking of Independence Day, several years ago I was working in England a lot and I knew I was hosting a meeting on the 4th before I traveled from the US so I brought all sorts of red, white and blue table decorations, bunting and banners and decorated the conference room before all my English attendees arrived. I thought it was amusing and they reminded me that the 4^th of July was the English equivalent of our Thanksgiving Day being glad to get rid of us!     

Happy Fourth of July to Everyone.

From Lake Wobegone, Stay cool,

wtl, the snarkey one..........................         

Beau Wann, Jr.

Hey Rich the LH, I know of a DC3 for sale...probably get it for a steal...That is a great plane...a dinosaur, but some are still flying, even after almost 75 years of service...I think it's the least you could do for your intended...why just think, you and the pretty pirate pilot paige, flying around the country, picking up the class of 64 so they can attend Fudds night...why, gee golly whiz, that shore is mity neighborly of yall...man, what a couple O good eggs youse and the lovely Paige is am are...

Hey ol Mr Snarkey...100 GREDEES, IN MINNNNAAAASOOOOTA???? Global warning fer shure...(I just had to put an H in sure)
Liked your London story...how cool was that...flapped them unflappable brits eh what???
You crewed a sailboat? On lake minnitonka??? I crewed the polaris in the cement pond at the head waters to the okeefenokee swamp...

Glad you and Rich jumped on the forum...I know Jackie is out of town in Kansas...with toto??? Did she click the heels on her ruby red shoes to get there, or just hitch aride on an aeroplane???? from the aerodrome???

Phone line is fixed...had to send a tech, live body, out to our dumble abode...I could a fixed it, I still have some of my tools, but I just wanted to talk to whoever they sent out...I talked to him so much, he fixed it in a hurry and hauled buns...thats how you get stuff done...

Painters are here...AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...I will be so glad when they are through...they are painting the doors, and got to prop em open, of course airconditioning the neighborhood...got all the critters, 6 cats and two dogs in our bedroom...havent hoid any noise from there...hope jack didnt eat the cats...

we didnt do squat for 4th of july...just moved furniture around the bedroom, all day...of course it isnt that simple...you have to move stuff off of stuff to move the stuff you want...but before that, you have to move other stuff from the spots you want to move the stuff you REALLY WANT TO MOVE, so you can get other stuff out of the way...what a mess...finally got er done...gonna have to move it all again, out, when we get new floors...gonna be wonderful, when we finally get er done, but what a mess till then...

Stay cool..."all yall"

Jackie Crowe (Finch)

BroBeau, so sorry to hear that Dolly passed away.  Please give your sons and grandkids my condolences.  I knew from our last talk at Fudd's that her condition was grave, but we never give up hope.

My father-in-law (Newell Finch) also passed away this weekend, Saturday, June 30 in the evening in Rosenberg.  I'm still close to him and my mother-in-law even though I've been divorced from my ex for over 25 years.  

Sad times for all --

Good news, I'm in Kansas with my two grandsons and we're all having a wonderful time.  Saw some beautiful fireworks last night and been to the splash park!  Time is going by fast since I flew in on Saturday - always a happy moment, but leaving them is tough!  Been so busy this is my first time on forum and great hearing from so many - but again sad to hear your news.

Lola and Scotty glad you got home safely.  Wayne, I need to add your songs (many of my favorites, too) to my new song list I'm still working on.

Gotta go for now and play with the boys.  Wish I could retire!  I'm working on it!

Hugs to all from HOT  Kansas!  

Jackie

Teddie Jordan

What's the matter, does everybody have mid summer lockjaw right now? I'm sitting in a deer blind about 20 feet in the air watching the wildlife and a beautiful south Texas sunset. Hot as hell but also pretty cool.

Beau Wann, Jr.

Hey Jackie, thanks, condolences about your Father-in-law...have a great time in Kansas...waiting for your return to OZ...Hey Teddie, love watching that wildlife and sunrises and sunsets...

Been trying to help my sons cope with the loss of their mom...Kevin and his daughter Haley went on a cruise Saturday and will return Thursday...Billy went fishing after the services for the weekend...time heals all...or so we hear...

Laid Dolly to rest Friday...Standing room only at the chapel...she had thousands of friends, and most of em came to the services...she has two mentally challenged brothers, one about 60 and the other 70...they are about 3 and 5 in their minds...Diane and I and several other of Dollys close friends stayed with them at the chapel and graveside and reception...They were very emotional, as you can well expect, but they did very well, considering the trauma of losing their loving sister...their sister has taken care of them almos their whole life...Billy and Kevin vowed to continue that care...Dollys mom had MS from the age of 22 till she died in 73...Dolly assumed a role of heavy responsiblility at a very young age...Her Dad, helped found the MHMR (mental health mental retardation foundation) and her family was the poster family for the MS foundation...May she rest in peace...Pretty sure she is now showing the angels how to make chicken and dumplins and chicken spaghetti and how to clean house...she was a master at everything she did...

Back to home remodeling...oh boy...painters are through...gotta add shutters, and new floors for rest of house...anyone need some excercise, I have a plethora of things to move...I will furnish breakfast and or lunch...

Hey Rich the LH, found a couple O planes for the pretty pilot paige and youse...

Here's a cute little fixer upper...driven by a little ol lady only on Sunday, to church...I feel with you superior intellect and knowledge of how things woik, you can have er purring in no time, and the plane woiking too...

This one you can probably pick up for a steal...good gas mileage, oil mileage etc....probably just use two of the 4 motors to save fuel...it can carry a few folks plus crew...

Here is a cute little number, comes with a chauffer...dont know where youse and Missy Pretty Pilot Paige sit..

Jim Taylor

This Learjet is on ebay at a bargain price of only $225,000.  I sent it to Richard, but his reply was not very cordial.  I think it would be perfect for him and Paige!

Beau Wann, Jr.

Jim...thats what I'm talkin about...and for a paltry sum of 225K...I'd buy it, but dont know how to fly...without drugs...comeon rich the Lh, loosen up brother...actually 225K aint bad for that plane...I'm rated for anything underwater, but not above...

John Burgess Webb

nice lear jet but for only250k,it probably needs a million dollor overhaul.i was on a racing webpage last night and learned that mr.honda started in racing with a miller car with a curtis v8 engine from an old curtis jenny.won the race.looked up the curtis v8 and they are pretty neat for bi-plane days.like the roll royce merlin the best;it powered the p-51 mustang,the spitfire and had four on the lancaster heavy bomber.they still race the p-51 and what a beauty it is.

burge

Richard Meek '65

I don't think my reply lacked cordiality. When Jim suggested that Paige and I should buy the Lear, I just replied that he and Jan should go first. Seems cordial enough to me.

Beau Wann, Jr.

I thought he wanted some chocolate covered cherry cordials, and you wouldnt give him any...

NEVER MIND...

If any of youse youtes want to go in and buy that lear jet, let me know...will it fit in my pool???? Silly question right? but around here, everything fits in the pool...

see ya tonight

U Boat Commander Beaucephus

Teddie Jordan

Another fun filled, "undertaker smile", type night at Fudd's. Thanks to all who came and made it that way. I think Kirk Thompson '65 gets this month's prize for traveling the farthest, from Omaha, Nebraska.

For anyone who  thinks they might enjoy a few hours of laughter and memories shared with a bunch of old bluehairs with a common history, and who understand being "this age", I would encourage you to come to our next get together in August.  I guarantee you will enjoy yourself and drive home glad that you came!

Thanks Barbara for taking the pictures, although I'm a little nervous about one of them as it was my first ever "Knobby Knee" contest.

Beau Wann, Jr.

Well said Teddie, well said...
It was a great evening highlighted by the ELMER FUDDS ANNUAL KNOBBY KNEE CORNTEST...WOW, what a star studded eenin...False teeth a flappin, hearin aids  a squealin, walkers left at home, eyeglasses fogged up...Food was good, company was excellent, all lies told with a modicum of modesty...couldnt ask for a better eenin...Rich  the LH, was voted MOST LIKELY TO GO A SOARIN...I was voted MOST HEAVILY ARMED... yes Virginia, one cannot be TOO prepared...revolution might have started...Aliens might have attacked...who knows where it woulda stopped, Goths, Visagoths, Attila the hun...

Too bad youse youtes are not me...or at least dont live with me...I cooked a NOLAN RYAN chuck roast in the slow cooker for about 10 hours yesterday...then after Fudges, I made my whirld famous HASH and gravy...HMMM HMMMM HMMMM HMMM HMMMM...Much bettern Aunt Beas pickles any ol day...

In fact, just had a plate full for lunch...remember the open face sandrich???? Dont see that on a menu much anymore...Thats one way I serve my Whirld famous hash, on a slice O country white bread....and, you can top it off with some shredded cheddar, oh my, gettin hungry again...

I even made gravy...

Why I choose Nolan Ryan beef, is that it is from TEXAS...All the other beef at K rogers, says it is a product of mexico, canada, argentina, brazil, china, moon, saturn, etc...THIS IS TEXAS,WE HAVE OUR OWN BEEF, AS WE HAVE HAD FOR THE LAST 200 YEARS, WE DONT NEED NO FOREIGN BEEF...I'm sure its just as wonderful as can be from where ever it came from, so keep it there...besides, no ones standards are as standard as our standards...got it? git it! Good!!!

Yeaaa for the rain...I see by the rain gauge, the wheelbarrow, that it rained alot, and is still raining...Dumb ol dogs wouldnt go out into the rain to do their...uh bidness, so I had to harness em up and stroll em down the street...in the rain...dumb ol dogs...Big olie wanted to go outside, so I let him...it rained on him...his fur is so thick, it took a minute for the water to get to his skin and the look on his face when it did,  was priceless...sorta like, "hey, what the heck is this wet stuff, and why me"...He looked at me like I had gut shot him, and came running  to the back door, mutterin little kitty cuss words, and then smacked me in the ankle for lettin him get wet...thats grouchatude for ya...

My sister the artist, is gonna paint my portrait...ok, you can all get off the floor and stop laughing...you settled yet??? No, seriously, it's the picture of me on my bike at ROLLING THUNDER, from the back side...I wouldnt allow a portrait of my face, heavens to mergatroids no...that would be paint and canvas abuse...unless you know it's me in the photo, you wouldnt kinow it was me...annanomonynously...or otherwise unknown, if you will, and even if you willnt...

The cats are lowing, the dogs are snoring, and I have put in a full days woik, so guess its nap time...
ZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz...............

Susan Howard (Bowman)

I really enjoy reading the forum!  Most of the time it is just fun to read - then sometimes it gets somber when one of our group is suffering.  When I read it I feel close to a great group of folks!  I am in Lake City, CO, at our family cabin and have been for a couple of weeks - will be for a couple of more!  There were a lot of fires when we first arrived and quite a bit of smoke, but things are getting better.  A lot of people lost their homes and everything they have.  Reminded me a lot of the fires in Bastrop last summer - so much loss and devastation!  Another nice thing about living in Texas is that Georgetown is almost 400 miles closer to LC than Indianapollis!  Since I do most of the driving these days that is truly a blessing!

The Community Presbyterian Church, which is the oldest church on the Western Slope, has internet access for anyone and everyone.  So nice of them - they have provided it for the last few years.  There is no phone at the cabin, therefore no internet!  Just cell phones!

Just thought I would drop in and say "hi" to everyone who writes or reads the forum!  I hope to make it to Fudd's again soon - I am in Houston often but my trips never seem to coinside with the second Tuesday of the month.  Hope to make it in August!  I get in once a month to check on my mother, who is doing just great by the way.  She will be 96 in September!  She is an amazing woman!  Loved by all!  How blessed am I!!

If anyone is visiting this way let me know - you can come enjoy something cool on our deck and we even have an extra bedroom!  We also have indoor plumbing!  My cat loves it here and he might want to snuggle up during the night, but I think most of you like cats as much as Beau does!

Take care, everyone and enjoy your summer!

Richard Meek '65

Afternoon Waltripians, I soared over to the Briar Club this afternoon. Just getting in the habit of soaring. Jim Taylor and Beaucephus want me to buy a LearJet but I think I'm going to let them set the pace and be the first to buy one. Oh, back to the Briar Club. I attended a birthday celebration for a gentleman named Myron Steves. Myron owns a a company that is an insurance wholesaler. I've done business with his company for 40+ years. He's retired now and his sons and daughter run the business. Nice, nice people. Today is Myron's 100th birthday. He still drives, swims laps at the Briar Club and goes to Pilates classes. He also likes going to his beach house at Galveston. WhenI got there he was up on stage singing with a band. New Orleans Jazz. Channel 13 covered his party because back in January when we had flooding. The flood waters washed his car out of the street and up on an esplanade. One of the 13 Reports happened to be right behind him. He jumped out of his vehicle and rushed over to help Myron and make sure he wasn't hurt and his cameraman caught it all on tape. They were both there today. Anyway they couldn't get Myron's car running so a landscaper who stopped to help offered to take Myron home, about 1/2 mile. So Myron rode home in the back of the pickup (99yrs old). When I left to come back to the office he was singing and telling jokes. Quite a guy and quite an afternoon. I guess his sons Fred and Buddy and daughter Terri have a pretty good shot at living to 100. There mom lived to 96. I wouldn't mind being a 100 if I can be that physically and mentally with it. Lot of amazing things to be seen and experienced.

Keep on dancing,

Rich LH

Dance  like no one is watching

Jimmie Lee Smith (Brawner)

Richard, interesting that Myron's party was also attended by part of the Steves family currently stationed in Japan.   Andrea Thrasher Steves is married to a naval officer and they came in specifically for the party.  Andrea was one of the kids of our great neighbors when we lived on the Lehman cul-de-sac in Candlelight Plaza many years ago - those "kids" are now 40. 

Susan, glad you are enjoying your time in CO and hope the fires stay away.  In June, I took some friends to my brother's vacation home in Cripple Creek - one week before the Colorado Springs fires got so  bad.  My brother went up the week after I left and he had been fearing a fire outside of Divide, but that one got put out just as the Colorado Springs fire took off.  He's fortunate that Pike's Peak is between him and that fire, so it couldn't get that far.  On my drive from Denver to Cripple Creek, we had taken the "scenic" route that follows the Platte River and goes through the Continental Divide.  But, it wasn't very scenic as the forests had been destroyed by a previous fire and everything was black and just charred.  They name those fires and there was a sign indicating the name and how much timber, etc., was destroyed.  I just read an article in today's paper that those "seasonal" firefighters just got government health insurance coverage.  Amazing they hadn't already had it with all they sacrifice for states where most of them don't even live.

Well, I'm waiting with baited breath for the photos of the "Knobby Knee Contest." 

Beau Wann, Jr.

Hey Rich the LH, I was thinking about taking those pirates classes, but really dont like the ocean all that much...I'm amazed at how many people are taking pirates classes...is Paige the instructor??? And are there that many ships out there to pirate???   Oh well...

You know, you just might make it to 100 or beyond, you are amazingly well preserved for such a fine young man...

Hey Susan, your cabin in the mountings sounds great...wish I could take you up on the invite, love to see you and your cabin and the mountings and meet your cat...Bet the sunrises and sunsets are just beautiful...well shucky darn, ANY sunset and sunrise anywhere a body can witness is beautiful, eh what?  My Grandson Taylor is in Colorado at one of the YOUNG LIFE camps...he is a counselor/food server/PLO (permanent latrine orderly)...HE LOVES IT, and plans on continuing with them whilst he attends A&M, and beyond...Young Life is a Christian organization...I'm not sure which camp he is attending, but it isnt the same one as last year...

Hey Jimmie Lee, long time no hear...how you doing? There were only two corntestants for the Knobby knee corntest...seems they have rules...YA GOTTA WEAR SHORTS...the rest of us offered to take our pants off so we could compete, but the rest of the folks said NO...Oh well, It wouldnt have been fair if I'd a entered...I'm a professional, so I'd a wann that corntest...

We got rain all day and suppose to get more tonight...yeaaaa...last couple of years, as you all full well know, we couldnt buy rain...Northern Grimes county is still very dry per Dennis Hansel...he farms and ranches up there...seems like there ourghta be something we could do to hep em out...I know, as soon as Rich the LH gets that DC-3 for Paige, they can seed the clouds with nitrous oxide, or whatever you seed it with to make it rain...or make em not care...

Ok, time to deplane and hit the hay/rack...otherwise try to go to sleep...fric and frac the dogs are down, all the cats are snoring...Big olie is on our NEW TABLE, and I have warned him repeatedly to stay off...I pick him up and set him on the floor, but that bad boy just keeps getting back on it...I have written him up for bad deportment, but still he persists...I'm seriously thinking about talking to the management about his behavior...Oh wait, thats no good, I AM THE MANAGEMENT...on to plan B...hold please...your call is very important to us...blah blah blah...

Ok I'm back...just picked his big sack O bones up and set him in the Laundry basket, he likes that...no wonder my back hurts, haulin a 22 pound lump of fur around will do it everytime...

well, "trappy hails to you until we meet again"
your frien and bretheren...Beaucephus DOD/LSMFT/CIA/FBI/PDQ...ESQ

Jackie Crowe (Finch)

Happy Friday the 13th!

Sorry I missed Fudd's last Tuesday, you know it takes a lot for me to miss.  Well, two hours in the dental chair did it!!

Anyway, I'm back from Kansas, then the dental horror and then Comcast issues - no cable, internet or phone since Tuesday.  The earliest they could come was yesterday afternoon.  I hope I don't hurt anyone's feeling if you work for Comcast --- but they are a pain in the b____!   I'm not even going to tell you what all I've had to go through with them, it would take too long!   My problem isn't resolved yet - having a electrician out today so will run home in the rain as soon as I hear from him.  Then Comcast will come again, oh brother!

So other than that, everything is great!   Will post Barbara's Fudd pictures as soon as I receive.

Hugs,

J

Beau Wann, Jr.

Hey Jackie...we missed you, but fully understand about dental horrors...YUK...You know, if you would like to take a valium before the dentist visit, since I AM UNEMPLOYABLE, and generally just sittin around makin a mess here at the construction site, the old homestead, I CAN TAKE YOU TO THE DENTIST, AND WAIT FOR YOU AND TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN...CALL ON ME...Thats what they did when I had a heart catheter a few years back...no, not take me to the dentist, but give a valium to me before the proceedure to sort of mellow me out, so to speak...wouldnt do for a body to have a stroke and a heart attack, whilst they were being checked for heart stuff, now would it...

Ok, it is stormin somethin fierce here at the old homestead...cant even see the cement pond area it's raining so hard...filled the cement pond up yesterday and the day before, had to let about 6 inches out...looks like I'm gonna have to do that again...

Ok, so now where was I?  Oh yeah, Jackie if Ol Doc Holliday the dentist is a might unnerving, CALL ME, I will fetch and tote you to and fro that bad boy, or girl...

I checked out the "New stuff" you added, and it sure is swell...but I dont know what I want it to do for me...Maybe if it could tell me when the berled aigs were berled and ready, that would be swell...
Speakin of which, I found a boild egg slicer and sectioner hidden deep within the cabinets...I cant believe my beloved hid it from me...thats ok,  I found it, and thats whats important...

So, I broke out the eggs, and boiled one or two or a dozen, or more...maybe...anyway, that tool is so cool...(isnt that rather a coinkydink that tool and cool rhyme????) One drawback, is that you have to "deshell" em first...didnt take me long to figure that out...when DW gets home, she is of course surprised, one because I have found the "egg desheller", and the other, that I boiled so many eggs, AND sliced em and sectioned em up...to which she stated, "thats why I hid the dang thang, cause I knew you would boil and slice every egg in the county, plus now you'll probably stock the back yard with chickens...."

Oh, that hurt...and oh pooh, thats why the good Lord made chickens and boild egg slicers, so I could have something to play with..."want an egg dear"? "Say, that idear you have about gettin our own chickens is one of your best, thanks, chickens dont cost much anyway, and maybe I can find some that know how to swim, or I guess I could teach em...says I...well, the new has worn off of my "egg slicerr", literally, so on to other wonderments of the whirld...I wonder if we have a "slap chopper" or a chop slapper or slop chapper...you reckon they make a pickle slicer???...hmmmm, gonna break out the metal detector and check around the house to see what I can find...

your frien and egg slicer...Foghorn leghorn..."Ah say, AH SAY BOY, THAT THAR IS A CHICKEN HAWK..."

Susan Billings (Smock)

Beau,

So sorry to hear about Dolly. Don't check this site very often but decided to check in today. Please give Kevin & Billy a hug for me and my daughter, Jennifer Wier. I'm sure they will remember all the fun times we had camping out with "the brothers" and all the crazy, fun stuff we did in the 80's when we were all younger! Seems like just yesterday. I know that Dolly put up a good fight but cancer is a nasty beast. I've had it twice myself and "Praise God" am still here. She was a lovely lady and a great cook. I still use some of her recipes! Our memories of her will always put smiles on our faces. I know she will be missed by all.

Susan Smock

Beau Wann, Jr.

Susan, thanks for the kind words...the boys have often spoken of the fun you all had...then they would ask me if I remembered you, and I would say, of course I do, cause I did...

Ok, gonna go up to the antique mule and check on our "antique empire"...we are moving our booth, small, to another booth, larger...yup, antique typhoons,  moguls, barons, kings R us...

Havent found any new "cool tools" to hep me around the kitchen, maybe I'll get one or some whilst we are out eh what...

Oh, you know what we need to do????  Have a WABEC meeting...I missed the last one due to something...
and I know just where we can meet, besides all the other places we have met, or can meet...DEMERIS BBQ, the new DEMERIS BBQ on the feeder between old hempstead hwy and 18th st...Diane and I ate there last week, and the pulled pork sandwich was wonderful...the new digs are great too...they have a lot more stuff on the menu than they did when they were on old hempstead hwy...

see youse guys later...

Jimmie Lee Smith (Brawner)

Susan,

So happy to hear from you on the forum.  Hope you'll check in with us more often.

Teddie Jordan

Just got back in town from a fishing trip and happy birthday to Lola Croom. Whatever the number is girl, and it doesn't matter, it is far surpassed by the numerical representation of your SWEETNESS!

And happy Birthday to Lynn Wren Burkhardt, the same comment definitely applies! And to the double trouble of Lynn Prewit and Robert Derrick. And to all of our class July birthdays! Like I said everyone, forget the number and just have a good day and a good year!

And good to hear from you Susan all the way up in Missouri (I've always loved the way that word sounds when it rolls off of my tongue). Please keep in touch. And other Susan up in the beautiful cool mountains of Colorado, glad the fires are about out.

Beau Wann, Jr.

Yup, couples that break up, "cant live in missouri"...At least thats what the old rock and roll songs told me...
Jimmy Clantons, "Just A Dream"..."how can I live in missouri"...what is it about missouri that doesnt allow people that have parted ways, to not live there??? Some kind of law there???