Canyon High School
Class Of 1988
Ron Gardner
Residing In: | Plano, TX USA |
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Spouse/Partner: | Shannon |
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Occupation: | Technical Writer |
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Children: | Nope, just 3 cats. |
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* Dave Madison (Class of '89) and I getting chelfed on during a school bus ride home
* Pasi's assorted craziness: that black cowboy hat he wore so proudly; his insistence on smoking right next to the gas pumps while I filled up my car; his at times tenuous grasp of American colloquialisms ("f---ing rednoses" in lieu of "rednecks"); his infamous “jumbo strawberry shake” tirade at the Whataburger drive-thru: "I want chumbo strawberry shake! Give me chumbo! If you don't give me chumbo, I show you chumbo!"
* Speaking of European foregn exchange students, Harold almost getting me fired from Pizza Hut
* Coming home from Spring Break '88, when Greg John and I got in a wreck in downtown Waco in my little hatchback Mitsubishi ("Turn left here...")
* Various Reimerisms: "We spanked 'em 'til they liked it!"; "That is one shregly hog!"
* Trying to get Ken Hartman to pronounce "radiator" Texas style: Ken: "RAD-ee-ay-tor"... Me: "No, son, it's 'Ray-DEE-ay-tor'!"... yeah, I don't speak like that anymore, so I guess in the grand scheme of things, he wins; ironically enough, I had to go to College Station to learn to curtail my accent
* When Engel and I borrowed Reimer's truck to go to the feed store and the student ag teacher (Mr. Gardner - no relation, thank God) came sprinting out of nowhere and jumped on the door of the truck and actually tried to pull the keys from the ignition... while we were still rolling through the CHS parking lot. Apparently Reimer forgot to inform him that we had permission to use the truck
* Weekend raft trips down the Guadalupe with Todd (aka “The Feev") and the guys; the unfortunate "just hanging out" incident (I didn't realize those cut-off shorts were THAT short!)
* Kelly letting me know that I had the same haircut as Jackson Browne and his subsequent labeling me "Jackson!"
* That daily trek senior year from Garden Ridge to NB every morning for school and then from NB to Garden Ridge and on into San Antonio in the evenings to deliver pizzas for Pizza Hut
* Mr. Kennedy's goofy jokes in freshman Geometry
* Hocker’s equally goofy jokes in Photography
* That silly little puppy dog crush I had on Melissa
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