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Jackie Crowe (Finch)

Hey Jimmie Lee and all -

Glad to hear everyone is okay after all those tornados --- saw some scary footage of one that came through downtown Dallas and others in surrounding areas.

We had a freak tornado come through Oak Forest in December 2003.  Won't forget - I was taking care of my aunt and she was in the den in her automatic powered recliner and of course reclined back.  Out my big windows in the den was green flashing lights.  I was trying to get her up and of course we lost power!  So here she was trapped in her recliner --- I had to literally shove her and recliner into kitchen - wasn't an easy task, but I think adrenaline kicked in!  It skipped my house but bounced down to next block and damaged some houses.  In fact, totally destroyed one -- lot is still vacant.

Class of '65 have a great reunion -- hard to believe it has almost been a year since our 45th!

Remember Fudd's this Tuesday, September 14.

Have a great weekend!

Hugs

J

Beau Wann, Jr.

Howdy, 
been away from the computer for awhile! I moved it upstairs to Haleys room, been feeling so bad lately, just didnt have the strength or will to go upstairs! Finally got up the gumption to traverse the furshlerginer stairs, and voila, here I am! Went to the sawbones today, and they are running tests upon tests! Something is causing my exhaustion...just dont know what! He asked was I depressed, and I said, "NOW I am"!

You know, you dont want them to find anything wrong, but then you would like to know what the heck is causing all the problems!!! Is it just that I'm 65 now??? I dont know, I've never been 65 before! So I dont know how I'm suppose to be! If it turns out to be nothing, or a phantom ailment, then I guess I'll just try to put it out of my mind!  I dont mind the hurting, got a high tolerance for pain, but it's the constant wanting to lay down and go to sleep! Almost narcoleptic...oh well!

They had Grandparents day at my Haleys school today, so Kevin and I took her a lunch and sat with her in the lunch room, along with a million other talking magpies! Lordy can those kids eat and talk! I watched the boys, and they all looked boring and dull and dumb! Not much animation at all! But the girls, what animation, what liveliness! What energy and character they have!

Haley was sitting next to me, and both her legs were just dancing while she sat and ate, as well as her head and arms flailing about in conversation with one of her friends! Sure made my day! I brought a pink ribbon for her hair, which she thanked me a thousand time for! She likes any color, as long as it's pink!!!! Dont get to see enough of her and Taylor anymore!!! They sure grow up fast!

Hey Burge, my Sister in Virginia raises thoroughbreds and warm bloods and andalusas??? I think those last two are one in the same!!!  I think she is down to just a couple of grown ones and about 4 colts and fillys! Market dropped out on thoroughbreds and all blue blood horses! She told me about a friend of hers that purchased a race horse for 460K, and now is worth only 260K! Dont believe I'd want a critter that costs that much! I wouldnt even want a car that costs that much, even if I could afford one!!!!

Did you see that they moved the great great grandson of Secretariat to the old horse home in Austin??? There is a lady there that takes in old race horses, and trys to place them with good folks! Read an article on her a year or so ago! Doing good work she!!!

Got to put all this ailing behind me, and go to the ranch and get my 16ft lowboy trailer and bring it back to town! Then I have to buy a new chain saw, probably a Stihl, since they are the best! I have had a Poulan and Craftsman, and they dont last very long! Got downed trees to cut up at the church! I dont have a splitter, I usually just rent one! But If anyone wants some of this wood for their fireplace, I can drop it off! Might go buy a manual splitter from Northern tools for a hundred bucks and see how that works! Wouldnt want to do a whole cord with it,  but a couple of logs wouldnt hurt!

I can tell you, that I am so excited about Monday and coopers first reading day at Lamkin Elem! He is just gonna swoon with all the attention! It is what he lives for! The nice folks at the administration building, are anxious to meet Cooper! If any of youse youtes feel the need to read, I can bring Cooper and you can sit on the floor with him and read to your hearts content!
Bring some oscar mayer weiners! That tends to get his attention, and get those creative juices flowing...along with some slobber! I havent figured out how to keep him from slobbering on the books! I hope they dont use some they cant replace for a small fee!!!!

Ok, running down real fast! Might have to sleep up here tonight! Those stairs look mighty ominous...Keep the sun at your 6 and ride boldly ride...A wise old indian once told me..."once it stops hurting, youll feel better"...too wise for me...

Beauregard cephus robert e lee magilicutty oshaughnassy chauncey algernon wanninskyola

John Burgess Webb

you are probably depressed beau,i think most people have a viseral memory of the two major traumas of our lifetime,kennedy and 'the twin towers'.in the cylic nature of stress,a period of ten years of the stresses now aproaches.both extreams have become histrionic;lets hope they are both 'tempests in a teapot',prayer would help.something very interesting may come out of this cycle.pray for our troops everywhere,god speed.

Susan Howard (Bowman)

You are so right, John.  One of my daughters in law, married to my husband's oldest son, was in the mesonine (sp?) between the 2 towers having breakfast when the 2 planes hit the towers.  She worked for the IRS and had an appointment with someone on the 22nd floor.  She and her colleague literally ran for their lives.  We met her in Nashville, TN, the weekend after as she and her friend were finally able to rent a car and get out of NYC, and she was a wreck.  Her story is, as were so many who survived, incredible!  She remains under counselling still from the results of her experience.  I was teaching that day and spent an awful day wondering if she was dead or alive.  She was finally able to get through to her husband on her cell phone to let him know she got out.

Jimmie Lee Smith (Brawner)

All,

Toni Bracher Lawrence's sister was Barbara K. Olson.  She was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in D.C.

She was on the plane that crashed into D.C.  She was able to talk with her husband via cell phone to let him know what was going on before the crash. 

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12— Barbara K. Olson, who was killed on Tuesday on the commercial jetliner that was hijacked and flown into the Pentagon, was well known to television viewers across the nation as a combative and confident political commentator representing the conservative Republican point of view.

Jackie Crowe (Finch)

Jimmie Lee and Susan,

Thank you for sharing your stories - still brings chills.  We pray for all that lost their lives, their families and ------- those that survived but have to carry this life/death experience -- God Bless them all.

I'll never forget when I heard the news -- I was driving down TC Jester on my way to work to Galleria area.  Suddenly over the radio they were announcing a plane had crashed into one of the towers -- but there was a lot of confusion - like it was a small Cessna -- and then the herendous story unfolds - commerical planes - two towers, Pentagon and I was numb and in shock that someone could really hate the US that much to do such an act of terror!  I was so ignorant ------------------

God Bless America

J 

Susan Howard (Bowman)

Jackie, you weren't ignorant, just naive like the rest of us.  Karen (my daughter in law) and her associate (who had a nervous breakdown later on) suffered from that experience.  But you know what is really awful?  The way the IRS treated them afterwards.  The IRS even docked their pay for the number of days it took them to get back to Dallas, and didn't help them with getting counseling or anything related to their ordeal.  They were staying at a hotel near the towers and could not get back to their hotel to retrieve any of their belongings.  The IRS did not compensate them for anything they lost.  We just couldn't believe it.  They were running from the first tower when they saw the second plane hit - ended up getting shelter behind the front part of a large earth mover that was doing repair downtown, then found an unlocked car to crawl into with some other people who had escaped.  They waited there until some of the debris had passed and they could get to the bridge.  

Hers is just one of many harrowing stories.  She doesn't even remember seeing us in Nashville. 

Beau Wann, Jr.

It's me again Margaret...playing hooky from church today! Well, I didnt have any duties, or official duties, and I was hurtin too bad! DW said it was ok if I missed...she said she always says a prayer or two for me anyway...doesnt get any better than that!!! Susan, glad all came out ok for your family...well, except the part about the IRS wanting to dock their pay...But then thats the mindset of a bureacracy like the IRS...penalize and punish...

So, burge, I am depressed...hmmm...I do remember I was at the Yale Pharmacy having breakfast after making an early delivery for Bayoy City Hardware! Kevin and I had just opened up the showroom and warehouse for bidness on Sep 1st of that year! We were now small bidness entrepreneurs, looking forward to, hopefully some success, big or small!!!  I heard the folks behind the counter, and at some of the tables, talking about a cessna or some other type plane hitting the WTC! I thought, "how in the whirld does one not see a zillion story building sticking up into the sky"...I got back to the office and Kevin had the tv on and we saw that another plane hit the other tower!!! We were glued to the tube...then when the first tower collapsed, we both stood up and yelled...actually we shouted or screamed, I dont remember what, but something frantic like, " Oh My God, the building is falling"!!!! Then when the second one fell, we were absolutely dumbfounded, along with any other word to describe that kind of horrible event!!!

Then the plane hit the pentagon, and then the one that hit the farm land...WOW...We both went outside to take a break from the horrible events, and looked up in the sky, and it was completely clear of any air traffic, except the occasional zooming across the sky of an F16 from Ellington AFB, circling the city! Were we under attack here in Houston???? Didnt hear any explosions or gunfire, well except the usual gunfire we hear over on Tidwell and Antoine!!!

Now, to this day, whenever I see one of SW Airlines banking over Midtown to land at Hobby, I still see the one that banked and flew into the 2nd tower on 9-11! Whenever I see a jet liner bank and turn, I always wonder if it is going to crash into something! Images, especially ones from events like 9-11, just seem to stay with you, or at least me anyway! Even though we were not affected directly at the time, we still were affected, and now almost more than ever!!! Actually the business was affected, because when all the planes were grounded for a month or so, UPS and FEDEX had to ship everything by truck, which slowed our deliveries!

Jimmie Lee, I have one of Barbara Olsens books signed by her...She was just brilliant...what a terrible waste in all the loss of lives on that day, all because of some INTOLERANT FANATIC RELIGIOUS HATEFUL ZEALOT MORON MAGGOTS...or words to that effect!!!! and I do not apologize either...EVER...

You dont realize how much we are affected by traumatic events! My house was broken into once up in charter wood off 149, now dubbed 249! I remember coming home and seeing one of the back windows broken, and red mud footprints on my white carpet! The hair on my neck, I had hair at that time, stood up and I tingled from head to foot with anxiety of maybe the dirtbag was still in the house! Grabbed my shotgun and looked around and they were long gone! Turns out it was one of my co workers that did it! That is even more shocking...who can you trust???

When I was about 10, there was a wreck on the corner of Oak Forest and DuBarry. I can still see it to this day, a 55 chevy convertible was heading east on Dubarry from across the park, and ran the stopsign and hit another car traveling south on Oak Forest! There were no seat belts then, and it threww the driver of the 55 chevy out and he  hit the telephone pole with his head, and I remember seeing a chunk of head knocked off his forehead and the resulting hole where it had come from! It all seemed like it was in slow motion! He died of course!!! I can still see it...

I can still see me running my John Deere Lawnmower into the cement pond...of course it is funny now, and I didnt really like that lawnmower anyway! Or the cell phone I had just gotten that wound up in the bottom of the cement pond!!!! Yesterday, I almost put the dog house in the cement pond! I built it last year, or the year before when we got jack! I put casters on the bottom so I could move it around the back whenever I wanted a change! Well, last night I wanted a change, so I decided to move the doghouse to the other side of the cement pond, talk about change, it almost turned out like the lawnmower and cellphone!

Gave new meaning to "Houseboat" and I dont think the boys would use the doghouse under water! I would have had to rent scuba gear to get it out, because it is rather large and heavy to pull out in one piece, I would have had to disassemble it under water, hence the scuba gear!!! There I was, pushing it aloong the side of the okeefenokee swamp, having a gay old time,  when a wheel caught in a crack of the deck, and  the aforementioned dog house swung around and started to take a nose dive into the drink!!! Luckily it was at the shallow end by the steps, or I would be selling tickets to folks to see the "underwater dog house"! I guess I could get the boys scuba lessons so they could use it! But scuba gear is mighty expensive! Havent been diving since my Navy days, and dont really want to!

So, I jumped in the water, clothes and all, as the dog house was trying to go for a swim, and started pushing for all I was worth!!! I was also hollaring for my beloved, "DIANE, HEEELLLLLPPPPPP"! Jack and cooper were outside with me, and they started running around the pool barking, I guess they were hollaring for help, or shouting encouragement to me!!! You say, "it's just a dog house, how heavy could it be"??? Friends, it is a 4 foot by 4 foot by 4 foot tall dog house, and it is "hell for stout" !!! I have a tendancy for overkill when I am building stuff! It did withstand Ikes furry, but now I was gonna sink it singlehandedly, in one fell swoop!!!!!

So now, I am gruntin and groanin, soakin wet, almost under water meself, with a 2 ton dog house on my shoulder, two nut case dogs running amok, and my wife about to fall over laughing!!! Honest, I DO NOT do this stuff on purpose!!! "You playing U-boat commander again" she says, rather sarcastic I thought!!!! "How about a little help here" I shouted rather panicky!!!
So she and her sardonic laughter grabbed the dry side of the doggie taj mahal, and she is pulling and I am pushing, and finally get it back on terra firma!!! It's a good thing I disarmed and diswalleted before I began my almost titanic journey!!!

So now I am sitting on the side of the okeefenokee cement pond, both dogs are leaning on me and licking me! I guess they feel bad that they couldnt help! Well, they did yell for help! At least Diane says she heard THEM barking and not me yelling!!!! Or cussing...danged if I dont have to ask the good Lord for forgiveness after and or during each of my many projects...

I reach a decision on the final resting place of the doggie taj, and its on the wooden deck, another 15 inches up from the cement deck! Dont know why there, but my mind was made up, thats where I wanted it! So I squished and pushed the taj, with Diane riding shotgun, just to make sure I wasnt headed for the drink again! Now, I have to figure out how to get this 2 ton behemoth 15 inches higher! Brain justa  working overtime...Got some 2x4s and a metal pry bar, and finally inched it into place, after much taxing of my religion of course!!!! Put some flat flagstone down for steps! Now, 15 inches isnt much of a step for a dog, at least not Jack, but I new Cooper wasnt gonna go for that tall of step!!! Jack jumped up in it, and turned around and around, and Cooper just looked at me and grinned...thats about the extent of his thoughts on the matter...Dont know if he was grinnin because of the almost house boat, or me in the water, or where the taj wound up...but all he could muster up was a grin, and sitting down and wanting to shake my hand!!! What a dog!!!!!

Now, all the above can be verified by my beloved and Coop and Jack of course, cept sometimes the boys have a tendency to stretch the truth just a tad!!!

So now here I sit, almost having a narcoleptic attack, hurting from head to toe, I guess from the trauma of owning a houseboat! Oh lord, I couldnt think of too much worse than owning a swimming pool AND a boat!!!!! At least for me anyway! 

Gonna go lay down for awhile...yall have a pleasnat Sunday...I am...always your friend and brother...Captain Nemo C Ahab...sailor extrodinaire

Beau Wann, Jr.

Here is a picture of the "houseboat" unfinished!! I added cedar plank siding, and a 30 year composition roof.

Kay Watters '65 (Greene)

Now that is a doghouse....errrhhh, for two?  Quite a feat, old Beau.  I am only laughing with you, as I have not been exercising as much as I used to and it does make one feel older.  You walk slower, protect yourself more, THINK older...and so on. I for one am going to exercise more, eat less, think younger!  I worked for a little 'ole jewish lady who was mom for a doctor and she walked f-a-s-t everywhere, on purpose.  I think she wanted to out walk us younger ones, so we had to keep up with her.  She was working in her '80's, so I've figured it was a healthy thing, both mentally and physically.  As it is, yes, it is a great thing to grab a cup of java, and stroll with the dogs in the morning.  I can't wait for the "cool" weather to blow and stay in!  Seems unusally long this year!

Anyone who can ride that "hog" and pick it up if goes down....is still considered capable!  or does Diane pick it up...LOL.

Anyone else have some tips for keeping "young"?

Beau Wann, Jr.

Nafteroon mine waltripians,
    Hey Kay...I dont mind, you can laugh with me or at me, wont hurt my feelings at all! Saw a sign on the sawbones wall, "the one good thing about being wrong, is the joy it brings to others"...Laughter is what it's all about!!!
    Drink lots of real fruit juice and eat alot of fresh fruit and veggies, and walk alot, you have it all right!!! But especially LAUGH as much as you can...That keeps you young for sure! I hear tell, wine is suppose to be good for your longevity! It that is true, I should live to be 450!!! Sometimes we forget to see the funny side of life! In fact, I just bashed my knee on the desk, and I am laughing so hard...yeah right!!!!

 Thought today was the big day for cooper and reading to the kids! But today was just a dry run! We did meet the librarian and some of the teachers! They all went crazy over Cooper! Well, duh, who doesnt...They were all just hugging him and shaking his paw and ooing and ahing and petting him! They ALL are dog lovers and have their own dogs, but they just showered Cooper with affection! Megan, the librarian, had a blanket on the floor for coop and his reading buddies, and a chair for the old man! She picked the right color, blonde like cooper! Cooper just was in heaven getting to greet everyone! That is what he lives for!!!! He was so good too, didnt smoke or drink, or utter a swear word, what a guy!!! He just grinned and shook everyones hand and grinned somemore!

I took him by the Berry center, the CyFair admin building and stadium, on Barker Cypress rd, so the folks there could meet Cooper! Same reaction there as in school! Everyone we encountered, was a dog lover...What a great group of teachers and administrators! Megan the librarian, kept thanking us, as did all the other teachers, and I kept thanking them for allowing us to try to help and make a difference in some childs life! What a great opportunity for us...They were so excited for us to be in the program...of course just as excited as Cooper and I!

There was about 25 dogs in coopers class, and cooper will have 4 kids, so if all the other dogs have 4 kids, that will be 100 children getting reading help. Not enough, but a start!!! Cooper and I are sooooo excited...

Youlll notice that a lot of shennanigans go on around my cement pond, mainly because it takes up the whole backyard! So, things have a way of falling into the drink ...I have generally learned to take things with that pool in stride. Dont particularly like it, but my philosophy is, you can laugh, or you can cry, it's your choice, but things aint gonna change, except if I fight it, or accept it! So I accept it reluctantly...I know, lots of stuff happens with that pool, but that seems to be the way it is...THE AMITYVILLE POOL...right now,  is emerald green! It gets that way by Labor Day, and Memorial day! It is caused by what ever the wind blows in those times of the year!

Hey Jim, and anyone that has a pool, do you all have DE filters, or Sand Filters??? I have an old sand filter! I have changed the sand twice in the last 10 years. Just checked it, and it is still good! Thinking about putting in a newer sand filter! Been looking into changing the system alltogether to a salt water system! Need to really study the pros and cons on that deal!!! One good thing about that is you dont use Chlorine...yea!!! But, we will see what we will see!!!

Ok, nap time. So, bus driver, move that bus...

olbeauwannkanobie

James Hilsher '65

Beau,

I changed my pool over to salt water about 2 yrs ago.  I have a cartridge filter which are suppose to be the least effective but my pool stays clear without much up keep.

A friend of mine who is a firefighter and has a pool cleaning business did not really recommend changing it to salt water.  I know why now.  He would probably lose money if ev1 switched over.

Jim

Jim Taylor

Beau,

We have built 4 pools over the years and we have always used a DE filter.  It supposedly provides the finest filtration and results in the clearest and most sparkling water.  That said, they are a pain in the posterior region.  They have to be backwashed and refilled at least every six months.  They have to be disassembled and thoroughly cleaned at least once a year.  The filter grids have to be replaced about every 4-5 years.  If we were to do it again (I hope I am never that weak), we would go with a sand filter.

As far as the salt water issue, I guess we are happy with the traditional chlorine application.  We always saw the salt water equipment as just something else that could go wrong.

See you tonight at Fudds.

Richard Meek '65

Beau, whatever you do, don't attach something heavy to your ankle or wrist and get near your pool. We want to be around for a good long while. We don't want DW to report at a Fudd get together that the Ogre of OF is swimming with the fishes in our backyard.

Kay there is a book worth reading about longevity called The Blue Zones. It is about a study that was conducted on the four areas in the world that has the longest lived people. Those four areas are Okinawa, Costa Rica, Sardinia and Loma Linda, CA. Good reading

Keep on dancing,

Rich LH

Enjoy the small things,

In the long run they may turn out to be the big things!

Beau Wann, Jr.

Moanin mine waltripians,
      Yeah, yall are probably right...I dont think I will change anything on the pool filtration system, cept maybe put in a new sand filter! All told, we really havent had that much trouble with it! It just seems like it when something does go wrong! Just wish I liked to swim...or be in the water, other than the shower!!!! Nobody has been in the pool at all this summer! Everyone too busy! I gave Lucy and her parents a key to get in, and they have permission to swim anytime they want, but Lucy too busy with High School prep! She is in the band, volleyball team, President of her class, plus she tutors math and latin...if every child were half as good as Lucy, there would be not one problem in this whirld!  I just love that child as if she were my own!

She came over and we perused my library for inventions from 1900 to 1920, for a paper she is working on! I sent her home with half a dozen books, with the invitation to come back for any and all the rest she needs! That kind of child, you just dont mind doing anything and everything to help them! I know I talk a lot about her, but I guess I see a lot of me in her...YEAH RIGHT!!! Bout the only way we were alike, is both of us are breathing!!!  She comes over from time to time with her running shoes on and takes the boys and wears em out running around the hood! Oh, she is also on the track team!!! Just a slacker is all she is...

Just now, this very minute got  a call from my sawbones, and every test they ran, which was every one known to man, turned out better than normal! He suggested it probably was a brain cloud! My diagnosis perzactly!!! I do have a tooth ache, which is beating me up at the moment! Aint nothing hurts worse than a toothache...makes your whole body hurt! Got a pointment with the dentite at 2 today! I am an anti-dentite for sure!!!! 

So, Burgess, you must be right, I am depressed!!! Dont know what about though! I have been blessed beyond all belief, no complaints in that dept!!! Sometimes I just love so intently, that when the feeling wears down a bit, it is a bit of a letdown! And by love so intently, like watching Cooper work at his school, or DWs commitment to her 15 schools of students, to see they get the right help, or all of our classmates doing well, or at least those we know about, or even the heartaches of others, I tend, and so do many others, to take on others grief, as their own!!! But then that is common among us manic depressives.

Well, I am not going to worry about it, just thought I'd throw that out there, because I know others probably feel the same about stuff! So if it helps anyone else, then I dont mind exposing my faults!!!!

KAY, YEAH, LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE!!! When was the last time any of youse youtes can remember laughing so hard it brought tears, and you almost couldnt catch your breath???? I remember doing that, but just not when the last time was!!!  Even thinking about it makes you smile!!! Going hunting this weekend with the Old Gentlemans Hunting club! I am hoping to laugh that hard once again!!!

Hey Rich, I try never to go near the cement pond weighted down with anything, cept maybe a lawnmower, or dog house...I remember when our last dog went blind from glaucoma, before I could build a fence around the pool, he had fallen in twice and couldnt see to get back to the side! I jumped in in the dead of winter to rescue him, God love his soul! Only thing that kept me from freezing, was my concern for Rocky! Didnt know I was cold and wet, till he was out of danger, then of course I felt it for sure!!!

I know, what if I have a pool party???? Would any of youse youtes come???? I have a SPEEDO bathing suit I can sport around in! You gettin a mental picture of that??? I hope not, spoil your day!

Hey Teddie, saw a beautiful 55 chevy down in Richmond the other day! I think it is forsale! I went down there to get tags for my farm trailer! 6 dollars was all it cost. Couldnt believe it was that cheap! Plus, if none of you have been to their courthouse tax office, it is a delight! About a million windows and all most all open! You take a number, and before you can sit down, they call your number! Wish I could get all my tags down there! I think the 55 chevy was white and rust colored, and it was cherry looking! Almost looked brand new! Now I wish I would have stopped! The car lot is on old 90, and it has a lot of 4wheel jeeps and other vehicles!

Ok, guess I will get ready to go to dentist, BOOOOOO...I'm already junked up on Amoxicillin and pain killer. Drugs aint too bad...sometimes!!!

Oh, hey, just found a card for Krause Springs up west of Austin! Any of youse been there??? I use to take Billy and Kevin there all the time, plus DW after we were married! I remember it was voted number one swimming hole in Texas back in the early 80s! I have some pics of it, it is beautiful! I will have to scan them and convert them to digical and put them on the puter and then on the forum! It was private at the time, and you paid 6 dollars a day to camp! Hamilton Pool was private for awhile, but I think the state bought it for a state park! Visited it when it was in private hands, back in early 70s! It  was like going down into a lost whirld! Beautiful...Any of youse youtes been to Hamilton Pool????

Ok, had more to say, but drugs messing with my brain...SOOOOOOO, I will sign off for noW...Remember, LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE...especially if you can laugh at yourself! I do keep myself amused with myself most of the time. I know I keep DW laughing alot!

Thought for the day; Never trust a nekid metro driver...see ya round tha bend...your brother and friend...Beauregard C Kadiddlehopper Esq...aka okra of oak forest...

Scotty Croom

thanks to all celebrating barbara, allen and i's birthday at fudds...good crowd...

Teddie Jordan

Yes Scotty, it was fun to see all of our fellow Fuddripians and Waltruckers at Fudd's tonight, and the birthday cake was awesome. Not much better than cold beer and chocolate birthday cake! If you didn't make it this month we would love to see you in October.

I understand that the class of '65 is organizing a Fudd's get together for all classes up in Austin beginning in October and know it will be sucessful as there are quite a few of our tribe now living up in that area.

John Burgess Webb

teddie,many,many years ago i have a faint memory of beer and chocolate cake;somebody's birthday,no doubt.anyhow,its starting to cool off quite a bit so next month is looking better for a trip down there to fudds.im so thankful for the peace and quiet ive enjoyed these months of healing,the stedfastness of my neighbors through the cold months,making sure i got my meds right and bringing hot home-made soup and cornbread,toast and eggs and bacon;i am truely blessed.

im searching for beautiful pictures,not that i cant read but i like to look at the pictures too.i hope they brighten your day,no scarey frogs or snakes:species 'UNCIA-UNCIA' (snow leopard)

Richard Meek '65

Hey Burge that is a beautiful cat. I know what you mean about scary snakes. I've got a picture on file that a friend sent of a rattle snake killed at an abandoned gas plant near Amarillo. According to the email that rascal weight 105 lbs. Any rattler is scary but a 105 lber. is downright terrifying. If anyone wants to see it let me know and I'll email it to you individually.

It was a good birthday celebration last night at Fudd's. The cake was good.Thanks Jackie for slaving in the kitchen all afternoon working on it! What a group, beer and chocolate cake, it's all goood!

All you folks that couldn't be there you were missed.

Beaudine, please post your presence so we'll know you didn't drown in the cement pond. Be sure and don't get Pegasus near the pond.

I'm going to a reception at a new eatery in the hood called Plonk. It's a grill and wine bar. If any of you ever watched Rumpole of The Bailey on PBS you'll remember that Rumpole always drank plonk at happy hour after court. For you non-winos, plonk is cheap non vintage red wine. I'll have a report for you tomorrow. Do you remember the Paul Masson Winery commercials with Orson Welles? The main line was "We will serve no wine before it's time". This groups motto could be "We will drink no wine before its time. It's time". Or a new alternative could be, "we will drink no wine without chocolate cake".

Keep on dancing,

Rich LH

Stay Calm, Carry On

Beau Wann, Jr.

Hey rich, I thought the slogan was, "we will drink any wine, anytime"!!! Nah, didnt drown in the cement pond, although with a toothache, I thought about it...

Hey Scotty, sorry I didnt make the fuddripianwaltonians birthday party last night. Happy belated birthday to all!  I was hurting, toothache, which trumps all other pains, so I was junked up on antibiotics and painkillers! Diane had to work late and also had an early session meeting, so I didnt have a ride to fuddronians! I wouldnt have been much fun anyway, so I just stayed home and slept with the dogs and kats! Speaking of dogs and kats, Burge, the snow leopard is probably one of my altime favorite species of kats. Their tail is a thing of grace and beauty, as is the rest of them, but the tail is as thick as an anaconda! They say it is for balance in the high country of the Himalayans. Not many have been photographed!

To all you black pepper lovers and smokey flavor lovers, McCorrmick has a new, or new to me, ground black pepper in smokey flavor! It is excellent! Although you have to watch how much you add to something, because it can get just a tad spicy. to me, if a little is good, then a lot should be better...not necessarily so, as I have found out, time after time!

Also to all you cereal lovers, or folks that know that cereal fiber is good for us, I mix my fiber one with ice cream. Makes a boring bowl into an exciting one! You say, the ice cream is not so good for us...not so mon ami...the goodness of the fiber counteracts and cancels any of the bad things of ice cream!!! Yeah, it does!!!

I am selling tickets to those out there that would like to watch me vaccuum the pool! I have a harness and it is tied off to the truck bumper, so I cant fall in! At least by any ordinary means!
I'll be wearing my SPEEDO swim suit! I look just like Mark Spitz, or Tarzan...

Ok, eyes trying to slam shut, plus I have to take the wooly mammoth to the vet today! He is having urinary problems! Need to nip that in the bud and quickly too!

Maybe I can make the October Fudds...I know, I know, thanks for the warning, right!!!!

Your friend and brother

Olbeauwannkanobie

Richard Meek '65

Beau, I was thinking about paying to see you clean the pool until you got to the speedo part. I'm not sure I'd be willing to witness that even if you paid me! As far as high fiber cereal making ice cream nutritiously good for you sounds sort of like a jewish friend of mine who would sprinkle pepper on ham and pork roast and say that made it Kosher. I don't buy it about the pork or the ice cream! On the subject of pepper. . .last Saturday in the Chronicle in the pharmacy column, that's written by a husband and wife team, they reported that sprinkling black pepper on a cut will stop the bleeding immediately. They said they were dubious until they tried it and it works. I haven't cut myself to try this out so I can't verify it one way or the other. Just another bit of trivia.

Scotty Croom

lola toiled over stove to do cake last nite...

Scotty Croom

richard, saw your blurb about 65 reunion...i didn't know ms. barden was still alive..i would have liked to seen her...great teacher....

Teddie Jordan

She was my favorite, a real sweet lady. She motivated and inspired me, but in a very quiet and soft way. I too would have loved to see and talk to her.

Richard Meek '65

Yep Scotty she was there. She said a few words to the group and looked pretty good. She's 95 or 96. Can't remember for sure.

Okra of OF, how did Big Ollie come out at the vet?

Just some notes on the Rushin Setter. Liz has taken a liking to fruits and vegtables. Except for grapes and raisins I don't know of any fruit that is harmful to dogs. So I'll give her a bite once in a while. The other day I made the mistake of giving her a bite of a really good peach. Now I don't dare have her in the hose if I one to eat one. Otherwise she's jumping around, yipping and clawing at my legs. Like she's saying "give that peach, it's mine!!!". she's also very fond of bananas. When I wouldn't give her any recently she went and got the peel out of the kitchen garbage and ate it.  That's right she ate the whole banana peel. No adverse effects so far. She is still growing. Seems to be putting on muscle now. With her long legs and new muscles she is a real spped burner.

Keep on dancing,

Rich LH

Enjoy the small things,

They may turn out to be the big things in the end