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Comments: I was wondering when Doc-the-music-man Mitchell was going to kick in with his list. I knew you would have some memories that the rest of us only dreamed of having!!
Comments: Sandy, here is my list 1. Sneaking Charles Moss' Dad's 56 Chevy out late at night. 2.Being picked up by two older chicks while waiting for the bus to go to guitar lesson with Robert Faris. 3.Friday nights at the Crest. 4. Hanging out at Glendale swimming pool. 5.Horseback riding at Singing Hills. 6. Going to the drivin in our 55 hearse. 7. Not getting into school on the first day of my sr year because my hair was too long. Got in anyway. 8. Playing the Beach Boys, Chuck Berry, The lovin Spoonful concerts. 9. Fishing and smoking cigars with Buddy Capps behind SOC . 10.Building Christmas tree forts. and number 11. Just being a kid growing up in Oak Cliff
Comments: Ada Ann - I asked my wife about Bettye Lynne Turner Scarborough of Henderson but the name did not ring a bell with her. Keep in mind that my wife has a short memory span. If she saw a movie two weeks ago, she would not remember it now. She herself admits to having trouble remembering what books she has read. Once she made the comment "I forget my books so quickly, I only need two books to read".
Comments: Happy Anniversary to the McKees and the Lincolns. Don, to celebrate I went out and bought a XD-M. Thanks little a for posting that link. We need to collect rent for the White House and Congress needs to pay for their own insurance too! Sandy McM, EVERYBODY was wet. There were two of us and three of you, y'all were wetter (and we didn't use buckets) so we won. BTW, I'm in shape. Round is a shape. Better start working on my pumping arm some though. I'm working on a battery operated pumping system for a water cannon.....
Comments: Thanks, all, for your kind anniversary wishes. Kathy & I had our 'bad old days' with former spouses. Those experiences taught us: (1) to take our time with major life-altering decisions, (2) it's never too late to find true happiness & (3) the value of 'home' that we & our sons hadn't previously enjoyed together.
Comments: AND....catching fireflies and rubbing the "lightening juice" on our arms to glow
Comments: Oh, yes, KMG...I forgot about crawdad giggin. What a fun thing....and now my daughter in law loves to eat them!
Comments: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO DON AND KATHY LINCOLN AND TO RONNIE AND CONNIE MCKEE!! Like the song says, "...Everybody Wang Chung tonight" whatever that means. Ada Ann, you were such a tomboy like me. I remember catching crawdads in the creek behind Clara Oliver Elementary with bits of bacon tied to string. My younger brother and I would catch a bucketful and then release them after properly "frightening" our older sister and others with them.
Comments: Ronney, Different Doc Hamby.....Emmitt was our dentist growing up. His nephew, Ray, is the Pedodontist. John S., is your wife really from Henderson? I have a cousin who is from there....Bettye Lynne Turner Scarborough.
Comments: As my mother, Agnes Teresa O'Grady Nance used to say: When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all get drunk, and go to heaven! Happy St. Pat's Day to you all, each and every one (say that with an Irish brogue). Sandy Mc., the only hotel I know of at Half Moon is the Ritz-Carlton where AIG held one of their paaaaaaaaarties. Since you're a tax-payer, check in there and put it on AIG's bill.
Comments: Hi, BLB: The UMHB girl (now the SHSU girl) is doing great. Finishing up work on her Masters at Sam Houston State. She is interning counseling battered women and children. Rather than say she loves her work, I should say that her work is satisfying. She enjoys helping others in distress. This line of work is not a surprise to me, seeing as she was always the one who nurtured distress friends while she was growing up. It seems to come natural to her. Hope you are doing fine. I read that you lost your job. Have you found another. Send me your e-mail address and I can converse with you there rather than take up the GB space. I lost your e-mail address when my old laptop crashed and died.
Comments: SOUTHWORTH: I see from your list that you went to Dr. Hamby for your dental work. My two kids went to Dr. Hamby until around 5 or 6 years ago. He's a great dentist and super nice guy. The best dentist for children in the Dallas area, in my humble opinion. When I was a kid, my parents dragged me (kickin' and screamin') to Baylor Dental College, because it was cheap. They always filled my teeth without numbing me. I HATED that. They once pulled a tooth and discovered that I had to have more novicane than normal to numb me. It was a torture test and took three people to hold me down in the chair to pull the tooth. That was a horrible 3rd grade memory. A year or two later, I needed another tooth pulled. The night before the appointment, I spent most of the evening in the bathroom, pulling the tooth myself. I felt better doing it myself than having the dentist do it. Sure do wish we had gone to Dr. Hamby instead.
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Comments: Thanks for the anniversary wishes. SNL, The answer to your question is YES. Connie is very much Irish. I have a little Irish and Dutch, but am mostly Scottish. The McKees came to the US from Scotland in the 1800s. The Darceys, who changed their name to Dorsey, came from Ireland in the 1600s, I believe. One of my ancesters helped lay out the streets for the town of Annapolis many years ago. I guess I need to visit that town and see how well he did. I am also a cousin to the huge Harrington clan in Plano. Don't know any of them, though, as my part of the Harrington family moved south of Dallas (Wilmer, Hutchins, Patrick, and around there). Connie's maiden name is Ryan. How much more Irish can she get than that!!?? Her family mostly settled in Tennessee. She is also a part of the Leiper family from Tennesee (around Murfesboro [sp?]. Leiper Forge (I think is the name of the place) is named after her ancesters. Enough of my family history. Thanks for the thoughts. Now EVERYBODY go out this evening and celebrate our anniversary!!!! By the way, our wedding falling on St. Patrick's Day was completely by mistake. We didn't realize what we had done until we had been engaged for a week or so. We decided to leave our wedding date alone, seeing as it seemed to be a proper day for us to be wed.
Comments: Ada, I forgot all about fried bologna sandwiches! Yuuuummmm. Does anyone make low-fat, low-sodium, low-cholesterol, low-calorie bologna nowadays? |
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