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Teddie Jordan

Francine  and Frances, I believe it was at our 45th Reunion. 
 

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Thanks TJ, wonderful memories those pics.   Hard to believe times have passed so much.  I've been a little lax in my positing, been struggling a bit with the usual physical and mental things that three quarters of a century brings to a youte.   Mainly just maintaining the hill and compound.  Hoping all this Cootie-19 will eventurlall y go away and we can get back to normal, or what we consider normal.

      Did have a visit from one of our cherished classmates this last week, and what a Godsend that was.   They just stopped by on their way to or from as they have in the past.  Sat in the Cooper Memorial Ice house and Waltrip beer hall,  and had a few beers and ratchet-jawed about any and everything.  Completely solved all the whirlds problems, yeah, fo sho ! ! !

     Finally got some much needed rain to break the multi year drought, 6 inches in 3 days, YEAAAAA!  You can hear a sigh of relief from the countryside, and if that wasnt enough blessings, a cool front came in early this morn.  Me and the pups were out poolside waiting for it, bout 5AM,   lo and behold, THAR SHE BLOWS...

     Dont know about chew, but ahm ready to toss a few snowballs.  It snowed here a couple years ago, just enough to turn the hill white.  beautiful it was...Maybe we'll get lucky again this year, eh what !

    Bought a buschel basket of apples to feed the little doey eyed deah and any other critters that like apples.  Krogers has a clearance rack for produce and meat as well.   Stuffed em all in the fridge and everytime I open the door, it fills the house with apple aroma...hard to beat that cept maybe with some cinnimon rolls workin out in the oven...dang, now I'm hungry, again.

     Ok, time for me to deplane, hope all is well with everyone, as well as well can be...maybe we'll be able to get together this year or next sprang for a "PARTY ON THE HILL"...

Keep the sun at your six and the Son in your heart, and "ride boldly ride..."
Your frien and resident person...Cephus R Stranger than Fiction esq

Wayne Lake

Man alive, with all this conflicting COVID pandemic takes, rebates, debates, USPS mail-in ballot-bates, tax evasion inflates and a constant barrage of ex-presidential campaign inmates on the TV, it’s hard to decide which side, if either, is telling the truth but on the subject of  the promised vaccine proposal, consider this cause here's something we can all possibly agree on:

When available, the COVID 19 vaccine should be tested on all Washington politicians first.

If they survive, the vaccine is safe.

If they don't, the country is safe.

Don’t forget to Vote early and Vote often.

Headed South this week back to Texas with the birds where I belong now that the temps on the coast have dropped and it’s long pants weather up North,

wtl   

Teddie Jordan

Wayne, your wish is coming true? One of the Covid antibody treatment courses is being tried on several of our people in DC now, including our numero Uno!

Pat Brantley (Ross)

Still feeding my sweet deer every day.  Thursday night I realized that my bird feeder and squirrel feeder were empty.  Bird feeder is close to the ground because it's on the back deck of the house.  Birds don't mind at all and I get to watch cardinals up to close.  Well I decided to fill everything Thursday night for the following day!  Silly me.  I had the biggest raccoon on the back porch I have ever seen.  The cat was going nuts trying to get closer to him.  I tried to take a picture with my iPad camera and it flashed on the glass.  All I got was two eyes in the dark.  If I put my bird feeder higher it will be in the elements and the cord will break.  Glass feeder will shatter.  If I put it too high I will not be able to fill it.  Do I just fill it every day and take stuff out at night?  Someone told me if I buy the hot mix at the feed store it won't phase the birds, but mammals hate it.  She said I could mix it.  I like squirrels.  I just don't like attracting raccoons.  We have at least one fox family that neighbors feed.  They put out cat food for them.  Again, I don't want to attract rats, possums, or raccoons, so I can do without having the little red fox family come visit.  
well this has been my hobby during this weird time of isolation.

we are old.  Wear the mask.  I know you can't breathe well in it.  I feel like some antifa grandma when I do go out to storm H‑E‑B.  If I am wearing my big black mask and sunglasses my face is gone.  Even if I wear the smaller mask my face is covered.  I can breathe easier through the black one, but people I come into contact with don't seem as friendly towards me.  Maybe if I put a sticker on the mask.  Oh well.

my daughter had to go to Houston this past week.  She took me along and dropped me at my sister's house.  Janis was in class of '63.  She was the quiet one.  Couldn't get a word in since I talked all the time.  We had not seen each other since last December.  We were supposed to get together several times but Miss Corona kept interfering.  We had a nice afternoon together.  My chariot arrived just as traffic was starting to back up.  My daughter has a way of driving aggressively while smiling and waving.  It was good to get to sit and talk with other humans.  

Scotty Croom

hi gang...got new computer hooked up yesterday...made it thru storm here w/no power,got to houston and got stuck inside for over 2 datys...back home to power,elevator and empty frig.   life returuning to normal.. did visit mom during trip,talked thru window..next trip,she can visit on porchand have more contact and will get here phone to her...

Beau Wann, Jr.

       GOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING CHAPPELL HILLLLL...It's me again margaret, ol 96.8...   Yean, I know what youre thinkink, "boy's gone all dyslexiac on us, everyone knows it's 98.6"...au contraire mon ami.   For normal people 98.6 is correct, but we are talkin about me here, ol, "walks stooped over"...Yup, my core temp dropped to 96.8 some years back.   

      I've asked my vet, Doc Frrraunkunschteen, (notice how I rolled my Rs? Yeah, good job ehk hoser!) anyway, I've asked my doc about it and can get no definitive answer from he or anyone, so I guess it's ok to not be normal...that would explain why I've lived this long wouldnt it.  Usually,  "not being normal"   and longevity are mutually exclusive, yet heah I am.

    Since you've brought up 98.6, that reminds me of a tune back in them good ol days called appropriately enough, "98.6".  I didnt remember whom recorded it, so I looked it up on the "DARK NET" , yeah, it's all dark to me...and a guy just called KEITH sang it.  There was talk going around that he came into a studio one day and recorded it and left.  That would have been ok ah reckon. But he returned and did a total of 9 singles of which only 5 hit the charts.

    I guess you can call 135th as being on the charts.  98.6 did make it to number 7 on the US charts, 24 and 26 in UK and Aus respectivbely, and No 6 in Canada.  Keiths real name was, James Berry Keefer, and I say was, because he changed it to Bazza Keefer and is known as "Keith". Go figgure!

    Here's some more useless information, "THE TOKENS" performed "backup vocals" on 98.6 and for the life of me I dont hear them in the background.  Well no matter.  Ahm just a wealth of information eh what!  And it all comes in handy should you be playing "Trivia pursuit", or find yourself competing on the game show "JEOPARDY".  I see myself there one day.  "Now for 100 million dollars, Mr Walks stooped over, "a box of rocks..."  "yes Mr Trebek, "what is dumber than...?

     Hey Pat, I quit putting bird seed in the feeders, we got plenty bugs for the little blaggerts to eat.  We've had as many as 5 bird feeders out, and the birds could empty them in one days time, and whatever the birds didnt get, the coons would finish em off at night.  Some of the deer feed I buy has lots of seeds in it, including sunflower seeds, which the birds like also too tambien.

    Diane tells me that some of the ladies in the CH garden club say that the deer eat their roses and they cant find away to keep em out.  We dont have that problem because there's a fence in their way which if they wanted to,they could jump easily enougjh.  However, our "killer dogs" would "bark em to death".   They dont allow any other critter in our inner compound.

     Again, another however,  I've been taking the "deadheads" that diane cuts off the roses, down the hill and depositing them and 2 or 3 cut up apples, at the two deer feeders.   Next morning, all the apples are gone as well as all the rose hips and petals.  I have a camera down there, but it is such a pain to turn it off and take the SD card out and go back up the hill and stuff it in the computer and try to figgure out how to do stuff with it, even though I've done it a zillion and a half times.

     I'm with you Pat, it's sure nice to visit with folks.  Saturdays and Sunday mornings along about daybreak, I ride my Harley to Bucees in Waller just to have a couple cups O joe and  "people watch".  Lots or weird people go in and out of Bucees...I'm not weird of course, just others!   Pat, good luck on your wildlife feeding.   You deffinately dont want fox or skunk hanging about.  With skunk, it's quite obvious an oderiferous thing, but skunk and fox are the most suceptible to rabis and can pass it on.  

     As you can tell from the  dissertation, here to fore, not much going on at "the hill", just meaningless and trivial stuff.  Oaks Presbyterian has reopened, as of yesterday, all masked up of course.  Diane made the trek and visited with her mom and dad till dusk.  They use to go to Lubys for after church lunch...but no more. Lubys is closed and Sears on North Shepherd is closed.  Might as well just close the whole whirld.

     Scotty, dont look now, but another named storm is headed your way, TS Delta dawn.  Gonna go rat up the same path as all the others that have graced your area.  Take your old computer down to the beach and chuk it in the gulf as a peace offering to the TS goddesses, maybe they'll go somewhere else, like California, which needs the rain.

    Guess I'll deplane, having nothing to say, I sure say a lot dont I !  I think of things, but when I sit down at the computer, I forget what it was I wanted to say.  

     Keep the sun at your six and "ride boldly ride..."

Your frien and resident ol indian, Cephus Walks Stooped Over esq

Wayne, glad to have you back in this neck O the woods...      

Jimmie Lee Smith (Brawner)

Beau, for the past few years, my normal temp is 97.4.  Makes it difficult to know how much above 97.4 is NOT a good temp when you're trying to determine whether you're ill or not.  

Out of curiosity, has anyone else who uses AOL as your email account had any problems with it lately?  AOL techs have been trying to determine the reason my AOL calendar entries disappeared on the "monthly calendar pages," but all my entries synced with my iPhone still show up on the "daily version" of my AOL calendar - YAY!  They believe it has something to do with a recent update AOL did.  I'm amazed that for the $9.99/month I pay AOL they have taken my issue seriously and continue to research and keep calling me back to try different solutions.  If I didn't have so many emails saved in folders, I'd tell them to just delete my AOL and reinstall it.

Have a good week everyone.

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Glad tidings from the land of nod...egg nod that is. 
Hey Jimmie Lee, yeah, I know what you mean, if I have 96.8 as core temp, and then it registers 98.6, is it the same as 100.6 in the normal whirld?     I dont think we have AOL, but Diane is having trouble with one of our email accounts.  She has to sign in with a new password everytime she signs in, which is very aggravating, to her.  And would be to me if I were using it.  

     Hey Wayne, the package finally arrived yesterday, and I'm already to page 53.   Good book so far...what a hard life for folks back in them days, especially farming families.    Was so excited about the new book, we went to our used book store in Brenham and got a couple more.  "Cult of Glory" about the Texas Rangers, and    "Gunfights and Sites",   also about the texas rangers.  Feeling patriotic, I got   "A line in the Sand",  about the Alamo.  Got my reading cut out for me next few days eh what!

    Trekking to day to a College Station endocrinologist, seems one of my tests came out higher than normal, about 3 times higher than what average should be.  We have Baylor Scott and White hospital system, and they have their stuff together as far as electronical stuff like email where they send you the results of your tests, and it gives you full discription of everything, and compares it to your last tests etc.   .

    Of course I have to let the brains of the outfit, Diane, open the email and hep me navigate about in there, but other wise, I'm there baby...drag me kicking and screaming into the 21st century... HA..I didnt belong in the 20th century, let alone the 21st.  Well, mid century wasnt bad,  grewup in a great time for a kid, not so much for adults.

     Anyone have NETFLIX ?   Saw a couple of good/fair movies depending whatcha like to watch.   The first one is my favoritist or close to it,  "MR RIGHT".   Guess I'm sorta out of touch with todays stars and celebrities, because I  dont know who the stars are in it, but the female lead is the one that does the Hilton Hotel commercials, such a cutie she is. It's sort of an action/comedy/love story,  kind of. 

       I dont ever recommend a movie, especially if one is paying good money to see it, but I do say that "I like a movie, or dislike a movie", and I'm very hard to please in the movie watching  department .   The lead male in the movie drives a 1967 red corvette convertible, the "holy grail" of Corvettes.  The onliest (east texas for only) thing was that it had the numbers 383 on the cowling of the hood...???  I could have misread it, but watched the movie twice and saw the same thing.  Guess I'll have to watch it again, third time for charm, eh what! 

      Chevy didnt make a 383, to my knowledge, but Chrysler did for their Plymouth Fury.  I know chevy made a 283, but the 67 came with either a 327 or a 427, whichever one was available.  Of course I could be all wrong,  but I doubt it.  Thought I was wrong once, but I was wrong.  Anyway,  I always thought I wanted a 58 through a 62 Vette, but I believe I like the 67 most best.  We had an 85 red one, and it was fun back then, but today if I could ever get in one, I could never get out of it, literally.

     Another movie I liked was "Morning Glory", with Rachael McAdam,(didnt know who she was till my wife and son told me who she was)  She's really pretty, but dont recollect seeing her in anything else.  It also stars Diane Keaton and Harrison Ford, now I know who they are, they are probably my age now. There are a host of other actors in it that  I've seen before, but dont know their names.  It's a cute movie, cept Harrison Ford plays a really grumpy curmudgeon, the whole movie.  Of course he's suppose to, but I didnt like it that much.

     Just saw "WONDER WOMAN",  and loved it, which surprised me, casue I dont generally dont like movies like that, ie Superman etc.   I think it's the latest in the Wonder Woman efforts of epics.  Another couple of good movies in my opinion was, "Leap Year"  with Amy somebody and dont know whoelse, but it was funny, and "like Father"  with again Amy somebody and Kelsey Grammar.

         Just letting yall know stuff you can do at home since we cant go out and parrty anymore.  No sports to watch on the boob toob, all of em have gone bonkers.  Tried to watch NHRA drag racing, but that gets me down, cause EVERY driver I was rooting for lost.  There is a new golf course just opened up in Springfield Missouri called Payne Vally Golf course, after Payne Stewart.   

     The man that owns Bass Pro, Johnny Morris, had the course built to honor the late Payne Stewart.   It is litterally carved out of the OZARK mountains, and is absolutely beautiful, and is a PUBLIC COURSE, meaning anyone can play there...well if you pay the greens fee, which I dont know how much that is, but to play it once would be worth whatever the fee is. The course also has a 19th hole, that is on an island, ha go figure
!  

     The course is designed by Tiger Woods, or his company TGWREASDFWERR D  or whatever his company is called.  But dont take my word for anything I put on here, you can access all of it on the NET.   I watch a lot of youtube when I'm not out on the hill mowing or doing stuff or reading a good book. 

      My Grandson has fixed it so I can project the youtube from my phone onto my 82 inch TV, and that is so cool.  I do think my wife is tired of "tractor pull failures, and dragster wrecks and explosions, unassisted triple plays, great ball girl catches,  womens volleyball"   I do love their little shorts.   Well, I'm old, but not dead...yet.     

     Maybe that would explain why my testosterone levels are three times that of a normal human bean. That's why I'm going to the edocrinologist.   When my doc told me my T was too high, I just said, "hey doc, I'm a manly man, watched every John Wayne movie at least a zillion times etc...love the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders"

    Ok, time to deplane. Once again, I had nothing to say, but said it anyway, and I might add, said it well, well? 

Keep the sun at your six and "ride boldly ride..." 
Your frien and resident chatter box, Cephus Walks Stooped Over, esq

Post Scritp:  Hey Beverly, thanks for keeping this site up and good, loved the Racoon and captioning, very clever and so true.           

Jimmie Lee Smith (Brawner)

YAY!!! PTL!!! AOL just called and my AOL calendar is WORKING!!!!!

The problem was on their end - result of a calendar update they did a while back and it affected all AOL calendar users.  Belief has been restored in people doing their best to help out old ladies like me get their life back by restoring my calendar.   

Bennie Schielack

Beau.  just finished "War's End".  Written by the pilot of "The Great Artiste, one of the B29's that accoumpanied Tibbets on the first nuclear attack on Japan and then flew Bockscar with the second bomb.  Very interesting history of the 509th and what it took to make it all happen and hasten the end of the big one, WWII . . . . . FYI . . . . . there is a 383 Cheby engine, but I don't believe it was ever standard equipment in any GM product.  Watching MAVTV on Sunday mornings and The History Channel, I frequently see vehicles modified and if I'm not mistaken, crate 383 Chevy engines are installed in a lot of them.  You are right in that the Corvettes of that era were 327, 350, 390 and 427 . . . . . I had a '65 with a 327 (replaced by a 350) and a '76 with a 350.  My roommate prior to marriage had a '67  with L88, 427, 3 deuces, and GM claimed 435 hp, but in reality, I think they were closer to 500 hp.  

I believe Johnny Morris also owns Dogwood Canyon Nature Park.  Touring this place is a great way to spend an afternoon on a tram ride, or bike ride thru the canyon, or do some trout fishing.  I would love to head back up to Branson and try out that new golf course.  It looks and sounds beautiful   

Jimmie Lee, I did not know that AOL was still around.  Have not heard of it in 20 years.  

I see Scotty has a new computer all set up, just in time for another hurricane . . . . . 

Last year about this time.  Univ. of Houston was scheduled to play Tulane, and if you all remember, Houston had a terrific flood.  My brother, his son and I managed to make it to New Orleans just in time for the game.  We left Houston about 7:30 in the AM, went North, traveled across Texas on 190, once we were in LA, we headed to I10 and on into NO.  This Thursday night, Tulane is scheduled to play UH again, and again a big storm is brewing, this time in or around NO.  

Beau Wann, Jr.

      Ok, went to my entomologists appt yesterday, no big deal says the doc.  When I got home, I was feeling "fluy", fever, runny nose, sneezing and coughing and lungs thick, just knew I'd contracted THA BIG ONE, COVID-19. As the night wore on, I was sure of it and on deaths door.  All that was holding me here on oith was Little Miss, my sweet little kitty.  Only reason I didtn pass away last night was the thought of, "who would take care of my precious little kitty?",  so I decided not to die just yet,  Good idear huh!

    Little Miss stayed in the crook of my left arm all night, except when I had to get up and do stuff. But I'd come back, and she'd kept our chair warm and then curl up in her spot, my left arm, and she'd sleep and I'd nod off for a bit.  Finall y went to sleep at 4 AM and except for waking up a few times, I effectively slept till 9:30.   I NEVER DO THAT ! ! !

    I just knew I had the cootie 19, and I was not long for this life. Took my temp this morning and it was 95.7.  Go figgure since the normal temp is 98.6, and my normal temp is 96.8, how in the name of Fredrick Fahrenheit do I have 95.7???   I got better as the day went on, and I guess I'm gonna live, maybe.

      Diane called my vet, Doctar Frrrraunkensteen  (notice how I rolled my Rs)  this morn and he assured me that I was ok because I only had fever and cough and nunny rose.  "ONLY"??????  Hey doc I'm dyin here, at least show a little symphony, eh what!  Whatever any of yall are going through, bet your glad you dont have to live with me.   Not a pretty sight for sure. That thought probably made all youse folks feel a lot better whatever your situation. 

    I know folks must think that I'm a kleptminerac, no, that's hypo marx, no again, hypochondriac, yeah, that's the ticket, but I promise you I'm not.  However, I do get all the symptons of whatever is going round, whether I know them or not.  I get all the sideeffects of any and all meds, whether I know what they are or not.  Example, if I'm prescribed a med, and the doc lies to me and says it has no side effects, and it really does, I get them.

    Oh well, to make a long story even longer,  I have to hang around to marvel,  amaze and regale all youse youtes with my idjitry, so hang on my friens, it's gonna be a bumpy ride.   Didnt Betty Davis say somehting like that in one of her movies?   I'll have to look it up on the dark web speaking of which, how does a spider string a web in the middle of a 5 acre field with no trees and nothing taller than a blade of grass?  Hmmmm? Beats the heckj out of me.    

 Jimmie Lee, it's really hard to think of you as "old lady"...Glad your AOL problem has been corrected.  It is nice when folks that are suppose to be professional, "act professional" and are proficient, professionally speaking. 

     Hey Bennie, Lots of interesting folks and books back from WWII.  The Enola Gay rests inside the Air And Space Museum, to lighten it they sold off the redundant metal to which Harley Davidson bought some of.   The emblems on my '05 Soft Tail Deluxe are made from that metal.  Didnt know that until this year.  The '05 Deluxe was unveiled in 04 at one of my old bases, NAS North Island.  I saw that in the paper back in naught four.  Who'd a thunk it eh hoser ! 

     When we flew in and out of North Island, I was the radioman, I'd tune the R390 to THE radio station in Chula Vista, California,  WOLFMAN JACK, "hot mercy, I know youre gonna love this tune...AAAAOOOOOOOOOO".  He's long since passed away, rest his soul.

    So much for a trip down memory lane...hard to believe that was over half century ago.  Keep in touch with my old squadron mates from time to time, although there's not many of us left.  Whoever "nam" didnt claim, agent orange and old age has.

    My beloved has 3 books going at the same time, well not all three at the same moment, but you know what I mean.   I've 2 going now myownself.  "ONE RANGER"   and one of a series of books that Diane is reading. She's on the 7th and I'm just starting the first. 

    The author is Janet Evanovich, and the first novel is "ONE FOR THE MONEY".  It's about a woman, Stephanie Plum, that loses her job as a lingerie buyer, and has to go to work for her cousin Vinnie's bail bonding company.  She becomes a bounty hunter from New Jersey.

     Diane was laughing so hard whilst reading it, I just had to start reading them, and there are 20 in that series. It's on the best seller list and gets rave revues.  There are so many good books out there that I'll never get the chance to read, just too many of them.  Read all day yesterday and day before and half the night, my eyes are really hurting and very blurry, but I shall endeavor to persevere,   even on deaths door and all...

     Guess I'd better keep this short,  eh what?  Keep the sun at your six and "ride boldly ride..."

Your frien and resident harpomarx, Cephus R Ned Nebulizer, esq

Sandi Schlesinger (Stark)

Beau, that Janet Evanovich Series of books are classified as mysteries although they are hysterically funny.  I listened to most of them on CD's while driving which made my commutes seem shorter and certainly more fun as I followed the adventures of Stephanie Plum. I hope you and Dianne enjoy them as much as I did. 
 

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Hey Sandi, thanks for the input.  I never thought about AUDIO BOOKS...Hmmmm, gonna have to give that iddear some serious thought.  Hmmmm, maybe not, I'm close to being plumb deef. Now, I'm just peach deef. I guess it would depend on who's reading it. I saw some audio books many many years ago that were read by David Ogden Stires (sp), loved his diction and enunciation. 

     Diane loves mysteries, and our house is literally awash in mystery novels from Evanovich to Paterson, to conan doyle, to even, believe it or not, Richard Castle.  Nora Roberts, Margaret Truman, and the author that lettered his or her mysteries, A is for...then the next was B is for...I think she passed away before she got to Z. I'll have to ask the expert, my beloved about that.

    Dorthy Gillman did the Mrs Pollifax mysteries.  They tried to make a tv movie about it, but miss cast it and muddied it up.   Rita Mae Brown did a series of about 20 kbooks or so that we just loved, till she changed everything up.  Again someone tried to make a TV movie about the series and just butchered it.  Bad casting, etc.  Lillian Jackson Braun did about 30 of the "Cat Who"  mysteries and we loved those. Going to start on my 3rd reading one of these days.

     Well, I had fever again last night and this morning!  Yup woulda kilt an ordinary man. 96.9,   oh the humanity!  Of course last nights fever coulda been due to the fact that I had two dogs and a cat sleeping on top of me.  Guess maybe I'll live, here's hopin, eh what!

     Ok, get the snow blowers and snowshoes out, cause winters on the way...THE HUMDINKINBOIDS have flown south, left last week, thank goodness.  Their feeding and being catered to put me way down the list of importance, even after the cat and dogs.  There were a few stragglers getting in their last taste of a decent meal, then swoosh, they disappeared.

     I'm getting ready to bring all the Christmas decorations in from the container, one cant get too early of a jumpstart on Christmas, can one.  After every Christmas and the decorations are put a way, I always say, "I'm not doing that again, anymore..."  yeah yeah yeah, until next year.   I remember Coopers last Christmas in '15, he was so beautiful...never gonna forget him...

     Got a busy day today, so guess I'd better wrap this up!    Already had to take the batt out of the mule and it's recharging as I type.   So, I decided to wash the mule and did a half----- job.  Seems perfection has taken a back seat to old age. There was a time it would look like it was just off the showroom floor, but no more.

     If any of youse youtes are out and about and want to stop in, we have hand sanitizer and lots O masks and plenty to eat and drink and lots O chairs 6 ft apart, so stop on by.  

Keep the sun at your six and "ride boldly ride..."

Your frien and resident Christmas Cookie, Cephus R Me

Bennie Schielack

This has been a week of frustrations . . . . . testing my patience . . . . . I once was known as Job, but the last few years have really changed my attitude . . . . . 

Short explanation . . . . . this is my third attempt to post a message.  The first one disappeard when I accidentally hit something on my keyboard and the brouser shut down.  When I reopened my brouser, the open items reverted to pages open 3 or 4 months back.   Hence, I had to begin again.  After getting about 1/2 way thru attempt 2, I hit something that took me to "source" and it was basically unreadable and unpostable.  Now I'm on attempt three.  Tuesday afternoon, I went over to my SO's mothers place to work on my zero turn mower.  It is dead right now.  I have changed two parts that should have solved the problem (it's an electrical problem) and so far, the two parts I have throw at it have zero results.  Guess I'll  have to get my meter back out and do some electrical tracing.  Battery is good, cables are good, starter is good, auto braking system is good, solinoid is good, ignition switch appears to be good, kill switch for blades appears to be good.  I'm stumped . . . . . 

Earlier this week, I was trying to download our tickets for UH vs Tulane football game to my iphone wallet app.  Something happened Friday a week ago, and I could not open my e-mail account on my phone.  Went to my computer to see if the appropriate e-mails were there and both e-mails came to my account.  I had to change my password on my e-mail and while trying to do so, AT&T net service dropped out.  After a few minutes, service resumed and I managed to change the password and log onto my e-mail.  As I said, both e-mails were there.  I immediately went to my phone and AT&T was no longer working.  Waited a short while, and got back on the WWW.  Opened my phone and changed the password and I could finally open my e-mail.  Just then, AT&T dropped service again.  After another short wait, I opened my e-mail and only had one of the two e-mails requried to download the tickets.  AT&T dropped out again, and after a short while, I was back online but still no e-mail.  Finally service came back on and I found the necessary e-mail and was instructed to download the ticket info to the "wallet".  When I tried to open my "Wallet", Apple or MS or whoever controls our lives wanted a credit card number and an icloud account.  FRUSTRATION . . . . . 

Had a "T" time in about 20 minutes, so I had to give up for awhile.  Once I got back home, things worked out and moved ahead smoothly.  Downloaded the tickets (still prefer paper tickets but that option is frownded upon by modern man) . . . . .  Sorry for the rant.  I'm just getting old and cranky.  I always enjoy watching "Grumpy Old Men" and use it as a training film . . . . . 

Now onto my original reason for logging in . . . . . I have found it extremely difficult to understand "written" commedy.  That is, until I ran across Janet E.  Her stories are hysterical.  Love the interaction between Plum and "Ranger", the man in black, clothes and vehicles. 

Also found a couple of books written by a commedy writer for "The Tonight Show" before J. Carson took over.  He wrote "Never Trust A Naked Bus Driver" and "My Brother Was An Only Child".  Both books were easy to find humorous . . . . . 

A Question to my fellow readers . . . . . Some many years ago, I began to read a book (I either misplaced or totally lost the book and have no recollation of author nor title) about a female English 19th or 20th century Doctor who somehow discovered a portal into which she could travel back to the 17th or 18th century Carolinas . . . . . She had lovers in both places and could move back and forth . . . . . This is about all my memory recalls from 30+ year ago.  Anyone encountered this character ? ? ? ? ? I think this was one in a series but I'm not sure. 

Beau, the Enola Gay was left to rot away, because the Smithsonian wanted to put up a display claiming the Japanese were victims of the war, instead of all of the destruction they caused . . . . . Finally decided to put up a more tasteful display.  I have seen it twice.  It has been restored, at least on the outside.  Bock's Car, the plane that dropped the second nuke, was put in a static display and was well taken care of, not having to be "restored" as was the Enola Gay.  

Kay Watters '65 (Greene)

Hi.....I'M BACK!   Couldn't remember which passwod oe email I put in here, so I've been reading, instead of talking...

Beau, we may actually have something in comman.....the Doc at S&W, young girl, initials M.B.?  I really like her.

Also everytime I read about your weather, and lack of rain, it sounds like mine....I swear, since Covid, I've actually had enough time to keep up with my mowing.  When I'm bored, I just get on my mower and take off.

Covid has been a real life-changer, for all of us, my fur babies have really become my best friends and confidents.  Since I've been on here, I lost a terrific old "real country" dog they don't make em like her anymore.  She was cagey smart and could survive off the land if she had to.  I know she lived next to me and when the owner left her for days, I wondered how she survived, but she did and when he left, I begrudging adoped her and she turned out to be the smartest dog I ever had.  When she finally decided to lay at the foot of my bed, she would place her body next to mine and keep me special warm...Tears welling, still miss her.  I might have told ya'll about her....then I decided to go to Navasota Animal Shelter and see if I could get Buddy a new female buddy and Angel was brought home.  They told me she had a problem with her foot and I told them, sh'll fit right in, since I still have Sciatica and limp around when I've done too much, that we're a bunch of old timers around here.  Angel thinks she had entered Heaven, has 10+ acres to run on, dig up, hunt on and a seimming pool, i.e. pond to swim in, plus indoor and outdoor facilites and comfy dog .

Kay Watters '65 (Greene)

pillow (had a phone call)

Like most old folk, I've been missing church and even lost one of my church members due to Covid.  Janice was Grimes County Treasurer.  Real heartbreaker, she was progressive, knew her job and everyone loved her.  She helped me a lot.  Her son, after losing her, took her job as interium, is running for election at this time.

Hoping that we get a vaccine in a couple of mos.  There is the Fugi  (film) corporation here in T A&M that is reporting good results and want to perhaps passing out to  front line, etc and "old, vulnerable" people, and since they are close, I hope they start with us....lol.

Sounds as though everyone is doing well, glad to read of it.

Jimmie Lee Smith (Brawner)

Kay, it's so good to hear from you again.  Glad you are doing well with your critter family.  I have a 12-1/2 year old Bichon - Taffy - and each morning as I'm crushing up her pills for her hip and knee arthritis, I tell her we're fortunate I can still take care of her and we'll get through this together.  All she cares about is the dried apricot the pills are in, but I truly believe she understands me.

I had missed church, too, but have been watching online services since Easter.  I tried going back to my home church in Melissa 3 weeks ago only to find they are not wearing masks or practicing social distancing as the chruches I've been watching.  So, I've started attending First Baptist in McKinney - they rope off every other pew and enforce sitting 6' apart and wearing masks.  They santize before, between and after each morning service and also in the Life Group classes, so I feel comfortable attending and so far, they've not reported any Covid cases from church attendance.  My Melissa home church women's Bible Studies have been done via Zoom for us seniors (because the younger gals won't wear masks) as have our monthly community group gathering.  ADJUSTMENT is the key word for all of us and I'm grateful I've always prepared my own meals, so having WITHDRAWAL from not getting to eat in restaurants hasn't been an issue for me as it has for the younger generation.  

Hoping the possibility of having a Spring Fling will get us all together again.  Sheffield is chomping at the bit to set a date when we can feel safe to gather.

Beau Wann, Jr.

     HEY KAY !   MY, IT'S BEEN A LONG LONG TIME, "aint it funny how time slips away..."  Seems like there could be a song in there somewhere.  I've been worried about you, been a couple of years.    So glad you decided to get on the forum.

    Angel sounds like the perfect friend, of course all dogs are perfect friends if you take the time go get to know one.  What was your other pups name?  Dont recollect seeing it in your post.  What breed?  Heinz 57?   

    The first dog I rescued and kept, was Rocky!  Really a strange looking dog, black with grey, or grey with black, large body and head, but short legs.  Someone made the mistake of making fun of him...they didnt do it again!

       Most loyal dog on the planet, duh, they all are arent they.  Found him back at the turn of the century across the street from my moms on DeMilo and Costa Rica.  The people there didnt want him and were going to take him to the pound.  NO NO NO AND NO, THAT AINT GONNA HAPPEN!

   Went to the pet store, got a leash and harness and pup food and bowls and beds and treats and went back to pick him up, if he was still there, and as GOOD LUCK wwould have it, HE WAS! ! !  The lady across the street saw me put him in my truck, and came over and said, "we all knew you would adopt him, had a pool going as to when..."

    Poor boy only lived till naught 6, only 6 years old was he.  Got some kind of blood disorder that we fougt with blood transfusions and money, but he never turnde the corner.  We brought him home from the hospital, got him settled, we all layed down for a nap, and he never woke up.  At least he died in a warm familiar place, in front of the fireplace that he loved,  with the folks that he loved and that loved him.

     At night, he would sit out by the cement pond and raise his nose to high heaven and do his "wolf howl" and man it was eriee.  First time I heard him howling,  it raised what little hair I had on my head and neck.   It wasnt an obnoxious sound like the "yip" and chopped howl of coyotes, or the higher pitched menacing  sound of a wolf, but still  a primal one,  that started out low and seemed to go up the scale and gather strength as it rose.  Still miss that sound, as well as the one that made it.

    We were going to wait a spell before we rescued another one, or decided to actually GET another one, then I found Cooper.  Since all yall have heard "the Cooper" story a zillion times here on the forum, I wont go into detail about him.  My eyes get just a tad misty from the good memories of our critters passed.

    Our Catahoula, Jack is still with us. although struggling from the effects of "seizures" and the meds to prevent it, plus he has a "turkey leg"  cancer of the left rear leg that is inoperable.     Jimmie Lee, we use peanut butter to administer pills.  You have to be quick, or Jack will take your fingers off.  Jack gets 11 pills a day, we use a lot of peanut butter.  Both Dixie and Izzy have to have a taste of the PB, as well as I.  Amazing how right Mr Pavlov was.

      There was a time when Jack was young and agile and very very smart.  When I found him, or he found me, he would follow me while I was on the tractor.    I was always worried about running over him, but even though he was behind me,  he was way ahead of me.  

    He would follow behind me, and before I turned right or left, he was on the opposite side of the tractor.  How he knew which way I was going to turn I dont know, but he knew which way I was going to turn even before I seemed to know.  Jack was such a smart dog and very protective of all of us, especially his very close friend Cooper.  He's taken on several packs of dogs at different times, protecting me and Cooper, and Jack always came out the winner.

     He's 14 now, old like me,  still runs, with a noticeable limp, like me,  and barks and grins, like me, but the youte has surely left this trusting and loyal friend, like me.     But he will be forever young in my mind, like me,  as will  all the rest of our critters past..."aint it funny how time slips away..."

     Speaking of songs, I have a couple of new ones for you. f Notice the smooth transition from pets to music, hardly a seam atall, eh!  Anyway, I was watiching PRETTY WOMAN, again, and heard the music for the first time, or actually saw the music with CC.  Looked it up on the internet, and VOILA, thar she was ! ! !  (hard to believe that Pretty Woman came out 30 years ago)

    "IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE" by Roxette, a swedish group, lead singer and keboards,  being Marie Fredrikson now deceased, actually she died last december of a brain tumor, she was 61.  They put that song out in 86, and then re-released it in 90 when Pretty Woman was in the Theaters.  Should have seen or heard it then, but then when the Garden oaks Theater  closed, I hardly ever saw a "first run" movie.  Generally waited couple of years to see one. My loss for sure.

    I cannot get that tune and words out of my head, just love it!  It is such a poignant song, so sad, haunting...wish I had a decent voice with a decent range, I'd learn to play that on the guitar and or piano and sing it.  I like the key of C,  but my key is D and doesnt much vary from there.

     The other tune is by AM/FM,  no, that's not right...hmmm...AC/DC yeah, that's the ticket..."SHOOT TO THRILL"...dont know when that came out, but I like it, guess it's the driving beat, kind of like Jerry Lees "Whole lotta shakin".  Oh and PARADISE CITY by Guns and Roses... I've always been a "late bloomer", very late as it turns out. I am usually  centuries behind everyone else for sooth and for sure.  

     Guess I'd better sing off and make this short...TOO LATE for that eh hoser! It is a nice dark dreary cool day, guess I'll go outside, again, and make the best of it.  We actually got one quarter inch of rain with this last cool front, yea.  Need all we can get fo sho!

Oh yeah, I was signing off wasnt I...keep the sun at your six and "ride boldly ride..."

Your frien and resident retard,  Cephus R Behind As Usual, esq  

John Philip Adams

Beau our babies are waiting for us in Heaven. As Twain said if they aren't there i want to go where they are. 

Teddie Jordan

Cephus, what does the Lizard dine on and do you supply it? I'm thinking he probably likes high protein insects etc , snakes also dine on Lizards. Down in S. Texas our Horned Lizards (Horney Toads) dined exclusively on the large red planters ants. The food chain.

Oh, and what does it monitor? The Room? I remember in school there being hall monitors. 

 

Bennie Schielack

Lynn Howden, class of '66 (maybe) played basketball for Waltrip '63 to '66 has passed away.  

Sharon Froehner '65 (Mueller)

Teddie Jordan

Beaucephus, back in the early 70's we lived in our first house out off of N. Houston Roslynn Road in Woodland Trails. We had a neighbor who never took down his Christmas lights, and I predicted correctly that he would be the first on our block to plug them in the following year! 😜

Bennie Schielack

Back many years ago, Beau, I ran into one of the ladies from our years @ Waltrip, but I cannot remember who she was.  Ran into her at the bar in The Rose on Richmond.  Once upon a time, it was a "hot" spot and a very active social scene . . . . . It happened during my

d i v o r c e

days.  That word might make a good song someday . . . . . I spent a few years during those days, and it was, as I recall, more fun than high school, but similar.  Lots of friends gathering, enjoying similar activities (mostly dancing).  I began teaching C & W after just a few months of beginning lessons.  After a few years, I graduated to ballroom dancing and I have loved it ever since.  Well, at least the smooth dances, and three of the latin dances.  I miss those days, but looking forward to getting back out on the dance floor as soon as 19 permits . . . . .During that same time period, I spent some time dealing with some sales folks in New York.  They had a difficult time understanding my name and kept changing the B to a V.  Instead of spending so much time trying to explain, I just began to use Ben, and all the problems seem to go away.  

On my zero turn, I've checked several switches for continuity and several of the wires for same.  Replaced solenoid (I remembered from back in school days how the old Chebby's would have solenoid problems and click instead of turning the starter over.  Hit it with a hammer and everything was good for a few days, then repeat or change out the starter solenoid) and brake controller.  I've also been trying to trace the voltage but I'll need to make up some special tools to help make connections with my voltmeter . . . . .  

I did get the mower moved from the back yard to a covered carport.  May have to bring it home so I can spend more time figuring the problem out. Hope I've not bored you good folks too much.   

One question . . . . . Has everyone voted.  Vote at least once.  Hopefully, my Mom and Dad did not vote, since they have been dead for several years now. 

Looking forward to a good cold front, so I can put my dutch over to work making a big pot of chili . . . . . Also need some flavorful tomatos to cook up some picante sauce.  Folks at a cafe down the road remember me because I bring my own sauce . . . . . Not time to "tee" it up yet, but a good nights sleep will be appreciated. 

Night, all . . . . .