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Robert Palaikis

Profile Updated: September 18, 2021
Class Year:
1972
Residing In:
Palm Springs, CA USA
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Occupation:
Non Profit Founder/Photography Business RETIRED 2017 Owner
Military Service:
USAF  
Martial Status:

Single

What did you want to do or think you were going to do when you finished high school:

Live my life in California and involve myself in causes that I am passionate about such as animals, the environment and working within the entertainment industry

Still have family around Dearborn Heights:

Yes

Which Classmates are you still in touch with:

About 10 of them which is listed on my facebook.com Bob Palaikis account

What are your favorite memories of high school:

A few of the teachers, cutting classes, living in the extraordinary times of that era. The Senior Play - I think I did the stand up comedian.
Thinking about the past and THOSE MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR years, I really had a very hard time remembering my senior year and my graduation. Low and behold, my parents did take pictures and that included the ball I attended with my date, Rita (not from crestwood); thus having those pictures to see, I suppose I actually DID graduate. Amazing! I do remember smashing my friend Bernie Sanden's car (a black corvair) while playing chicken with another student (Danny Lawson). It was on Beech Daly and I made a sharp right turn from the left lane at 30 miles an hour and smashed right into a parked RV. The car made it back to the parking lot with a dangling headlight. Bernie at first didn't believe me until he saw the car. Was he mad? You betcha! It wasn't my fault though. I do clearly remember that it was the fault of the LSD that we all took a little before that infamous ride! Wow what a high school time we had.

Favorite Teacher(s):

Tom Messner, Brenda Cline, Carl Hamrick & VP Doug King

My Secret Crush:

Will never tell (out of respect) but today we speak although we live in different parts of the country.

What street(s) did you live on in the Heights:

Rosemary (Near Warren and Charlesworth)

My Siblings:

Richard (deceased - 2008)
Renius (close to the promised land)
Liana

Mother Gene - Deceased 2010
Father Victor - Deceased 2007

What other schools did you attend in Dearborn Heights:

Berwyn
St. Linus
Haston
Other: Dr. Timothy Leary's school of psychadelics

Biggest thing you would do differently if you went back to your time at CHS:

Pay more attention and not be so rebellious. Never taken drugs and seriously wished I had the foresight to know the consequences.

What are your worst memories of high school:

The times were changing, and, too many parents and teachers were not. I left Michigan a couple of times for California as a result

Favorite Song(s) from back in the day:

Across The Universe / Imagine

Favorite Group(s) or Artist(s) from back in the day:

Beatles/John Lennon

First concert you attended and location:

Free John Sinclair in Ann Arbor, Michigan - saw John Lennon

Anything else we should know:

Only what is written in my Facebook and myspace.

Comments:

I miss the old days a lot. This world has changed too many times and mostly not for the better. And they thought WE were rebels and hippies. At least there was a lot of advocacy of peace and love not war and betrayals.

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I just found out and am deeply saddened. My brother Richard and Tom were inseparable best friends and I knew Tom well as a result. I've often thought of Tom and missed his hijinks. Am sure Tom and Richard are now happily raising hell together in that galaxy far far away...may the angels carry them both forever.

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Posted: Dec 17, 2013 at 12:32 AM
40 years later; Mr. Messner & Bob April 2012
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Me before the call of the west. The next year my hair was down to my shoulders and the Doors and Beatles became my new teachers.
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This is what the old bastard looks like these days along with two of our dogs; Pita and Teddy
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A photo of my brother Richard during his last visit to California along with the dog he didn't like (in his words), Pita
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Our father Victor and of course, Richard