Dennis Morse

Like many of us I had Lou in Health class. I remember the first thing he taught us was how to forge his signature so we could write our own hall pass.  On the last day of class he was handing out grades for the final test and after class  I protested one of the questions and he told me my answer was correct but he couldn't change the grade but told me not to worry because I was getting an "A" in the class anyway. Then he said he had some advice for me and said "remember Dennis, Little things bother little people." I thought it was great advice until I used the phrase in an argument with my wife. I still think was good advice but I never used it in any argument again.

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Bob Nicholson

 Wisdom comes in many forms

Al Peffley

Thanks guys, Your stories are great! I especially enjoyed Dennis' story about "little people". I too complained about one question on a test that I knew what the right answer was and I still got it marked wrong, but Lou did not respond the same way to me even though he admitted that the test question was poorly worded. He told me it would be reworded on the next test.

Great discussion topic to bring on a lot of varied comments onto the Forum.

Gregg Wilson

Gold is now over 2,300 dollars. Gold is stable. It is the dollar that is falling like a rock.

Gregg Wilson

My wife has urged me to sell our gold coins before they lose their value.

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Bob Nicholson

Be part of the resistance.

Al Peffley

Gold coins are easy and compact to store, as long as you don't show them to people and have a quality storage safe where only you can access them. Notes for gold in bulk (bars) that someone else keeps for you are not useful barter for obtaining everyday things when the crap hits the fan. Disaster, civil war, or a fiat money/cbdc banking system collapse can be reality if you use all of your emergency preparation resources for today's purchases. Food, water, personal protection equipment, cooking equipment, defense weapons, and emergency response medical supplies come before gold in family emergency preparation. back pack water filters are a must have. No government or financial system is available in a major incident, survival situation. Tangable gold and silver coins are also easy to transport, if need be. However, you only need what you are capable of accessing and moving around for some mobility options. "Children" can prepare for their own survival unless they are stupid and don't follow what is going on around them... Keep only what you think you can use as barter or for dire emergency currency. The gold coins are only good to have if you can live to spend them on survival necessities in a physical crisis or economic collapse situation. Gold is also used in high reliability electronics and for protection coatings against many bacterial pathogens besides currency. Any culture that I can think of will accept real gold an silver metal coins, no matter who minted them. They have been the currency standard for thousands of years. They are transferrable tangible assets, not vapor currency created by computer servers or paper promisary note currency printing presses. Life is full of choices. Gold is a stable long term investment. Show me a historical period where gold lost its real asset trade value in any society.

The only risk I can perceive is that coins are easy to steal if not stored in a carefully anchored security safe with a COMPLEX combination and key mechanical locking system (i.e. - NOT EMP, EMI, or major solar storm event VULNERABLE like most modern digital control locking safes with no faraday cage shielding.)

Bill Engelhardt

Coming soon....

Gary Korsgaard

WELCOME TO THE HIGHLINE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1964 WEBSITE

Save the date for our 60th reunion on Saturday June 29, 2024. Location will be at the club house of Belmor Mobile Home Park, 2101 S 324th St, Federal Way, WA 98003 where I live. Hours will be 2:00 pm till 7:00 pm with dinner about 5:00 pm. Will send more info later. Will not be sending anything by mail. So please tell any classmates you know who do not have an e-mail address on this website.

Gary Korsgaard

The above is on the home page of this website.

We are having an unofficial reunion getogether this Thursday the 18th at the above address in the clubhouse to talk about things like food, drinks and anything else we want for the reunion at 11:00 am. You are welcome to attend if you like.

Any sugestions about how to contact fellow classmates and if you plan to attend or not.The cost will be very reasonable because I am providing the location.

Sterling Sloan

sterling sloan here live in phoenix in susidized housing on a tight budget. .be in area by then. might any class mate have a room to spare for a week can pay some 4804278041 ettemy#gmail.com.

Bill Engelhardt

Not to interrupt, but noting the passing April 9 of a Northwest TV legend, at age 96 -- KTNT's Brakeman Bill McLain.
Longest-running children's show in the U.S, from 1955-1975. 

David Scott

S scale modler here Al.  Great hobby!

David Scott

Modeler* 

Bill Engelhardt

To answer your question, Al, I had a nodding acquaintance with Bill McLain through AFTRA, during the years I was a member and officer of the local. He was highly respected as a broadcaster and well-liked by everyone who knew and/or worked with him. In person, he was the same affable and congenial guy he was on TV. 

A bit of TV trivia: The original Cartoon Special on KTNT was hosted by Dave Richardson as Engineer Walt. Bill was a cameraman on the show with occasional appearances as Brakeman Bill. Early on, Dave contracted polio and Brakeman Bill became the permanent host. 

Al Peffley

Sadly, The TV has turned into a propaganda machine on steroids. Even the childrens' programs have social/political psyops messages to manipulate young minds. Brakeman Bill and Mr. Rogers broadcasts seemed to be aimed at developing good citizens as caring people with good social skills and fun hobby pastimes -- not radicals supporting savage terrorists and failed Marxism. Unfortunately our generation allowed the TV to shed a lot of wholesome ENTERTAINMENT venues and embrace a lot of counter-culture programs that are destroying the American Republic we grew up in and served in various ways. We turn the TV off when the grandchildren come to visit - all of them are becoming young adults now and are buried in their phone world of cultural reality... I have not hooked up my iPhone to the Internet and only use it for voice messages, some limited texting, and occasional camera shots. I was a model train hobbyist since my early years, but I was not a Brakeman Bill Show fan. I watched a lot of action shows like westerns, detective "who done it's", sports events, car races, a few comedy shows, and fishing/outdoor shows in the day. Our children watched Sesame Street when they were pre-school age and became acceptably skilled at reading, writing, and math from watching the show. Disney has bought up all the wholesome childrens' programs and ruined the majority of them (Veggie Tales is a good example.) [Sorry, I'm sounding like an "old fart".] I never was a "flower child" type. My parents taught my brother and I good work and spiritual belief ethics to live by as adults and American-born freemen.

I'm looking forward to attending our Class Reunion next month to briefly visit with y'all.

Gary Wells

Bill Engelhardt

But....the one thing that's less expensive than the "good old days".....

Bob Nicholson

Bill, you always come up with the greatest stuff!

Bill Engelhardt

Virginia Wolfe (Scheffer)

Yes, and I didn't need a Master’s Degree to turn the channel, volume, etc. Yikes!

Bill Engelhardt

May 1962

Al Peffley

The Space Needle photo was taken one month after the first paint job was completed if the source date is correct. The orange-looking color was "Galaxy Gold". "Astronaut White" was selected for the structural legs and base, and "Reentry Red " chosen for the original saucer outer walls color.  Over the years the saucer was painted white, and sometimes with sports team colors and logos if a team won a title or significant cup trophy.

I worked at the "Eye of the Needle" Restaurant before working for Boeing at Renton in 1966 for a base pay raise of $2.77 an hour. The revolving restaurant was operated by Western International Hotels and the Needle was owned by Howard S. Wright Construction (who Primed the original build.) There were no floor drains in the restaurant, so we had to squeegee the water into pails and sop up the excess wash water when we mopped the kitchen floors after closing. (Some of the excess water was forced out the floor gap at the service elevator opening if the night shift manager wasn't present.)

Even though I would later become an aircrew naval aviator within the next year and did a parachute tower jump in training, the height of the Needle's observation deck always bothered me, especially in high winds (it was before the safety netting was added to catch suicide "jumpers" in the 1970's.) You could feel the structure sway (inches) in a high wind. We used to sail saucer ashtays off the observation deck in the very early morning hours after closing cleanup when the security guards were not present... One perk was getting free nights at Western Hotels when you left the Restaurant after a distinguished service time and had some vacation leave credit. Western Hotels operated the nicest hotel property in Vancouver B.C. George Brower was a night support crew manager for the restaurant. We went to the Vancouver Western Hotel just before he left for USAF Boot Camp at Lackland AFB. George and I were like brothers from another mother. George graduated from Mt. Rainier HS in 1964. I worked with his mother and stepfather at the Boeing Kent Space Center in later years.

Gary Korsgaard

Save the date for our 60th reunion on Saturday June 29, 2024. Location will be at the club house of Belmor Mobile Home Park, 2101 S 324th St, Federal Way, WA 98003 where I live. Hours will be 2:00 pm till 7:00 pm with dinner about 5:00 pm. Will send more info later. Will not be sending anything by mail. So please tell any classmates you know who do not have an e-mail address on this website.

The cost will be $30.00 per person cash at the door. There will be plenty of finger food set out around 5:00 pm. There will be bottled water otherwise bring your own drinks. Please let me know if you will be there by e-mail grkgroup@hotmail.com or call or text at 206 300 8529.

Gary Korsgaard

Bill Engelhardt

And speaking of '64.....

Al Peffley

I remember that Ed Sullivan show with the English boys quite well. We watched the Beatles show on my mother's TV. The next year I was wearing Bostonian black leather Beatle boots and a British Harris herriingbone tweed wool sports jacket (color below) with real leather elbow patches out at HCC. My daughter wanted the jacket years later in the 1980's, so I gifted it to her. It had narrow lapels and a neck button flap for damp London weather outings. Does anyone remember the 1960's mens' clothing store on the corner (across from Bell's of Burien) on 152nd? That's where I bought the Harris herringbone tweed sports coat. Nordstrom's in Seattle sold the boots in several brand names; they were perfect for Honda 250cc Scrambler motorcycle riding.