Jimmy Willis

Happy Birthday Dick! And may you be blessed with many many more!

Have a great day Mate!

Connie Morgan (White)

Happy birthday Dick!!!!!!

I received a note today to OCHS Class of '68:

"The family of Inez Rogers acknowledges with grateful appreciation your kind expression of sympathy"

Donald Chandler

Good Day, Mates…

Welcome to Spring!  It was GREAT to hear from PeeWee again... Our prayers are with you.  Hang in there and let us know if there is anything we can do for you.  Time heals all wounds.  And thanks, Connie for sharing the note from Inez's family.

Dick... I hope that you and Diane are having a nice honeymoon.  

Hope you all had a great weekend.  My HOOPS DAWGS lost.  :-(    And Liz’s Saturday day trip with her choir friends was cancelled too.  :-(    The friend with the place in the mountains had an urgent family matter that came up.  By the way… Liz's choir group of seven friends is affectionately called the “RAISINETTES”…  something like the OCHS “Sexy Seven” I guess (and you know who you are).  Anyway, the “Raisinettes” got their name at a gathering at our house years ago when they were all having too much fun and were coincidently eating too many raisins.  That’s all I know… I wasn’t there because I wasn’t invited.  :-)

I see in the news that the BARRY BONDS PERJURY TRIAL begins today in San Francisco.  Even though I love baseball, I was NO fan of Barry Bonds.  I think Bonds and all those steroid users were cheaters and smeared the great game of baseball.  Anyway… about five years ago when Bonds was on the verge of breaking Hank Aaron’s all-time homerun record, and his steroid scandal was in the news, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution had an interesting promotion.  Their political cartoonist, Mike Luckovich was on vacation and the AJC invited its readers to create their own cartoons on any subject, political or otherwise, and send them in.  They would select one each day to publish on their editorial page.  I decided to take the challenge, although I knew that my conservative views would be too “politically incorrect” for their biased liberal propaganda rag (they kissed Bill Clinton's butt for years).  But I still decided to enter and came up with the idea of a cartoon combining two of my favorite subjects, baseball and politics.  I chose to illustrate an imaginary phone call between two of America’s most famous liars…Bill Clinton and Barry Bonds.  I would show Bill coaching Barry on how to perjure himself…  I’m sure you all remember, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.”  Anyway, the results of my very brief “career” as an editorial cartoonist are shown below for you to judge.  And NO, the AJC did NOT publish my work… but at least I got a chance to vent.  :-)

Gary Grice

Don - TOO FUNNY!!!!  You are now published further that the AJC ever reached!  Diane, what a hoot!  Use the wedding cake for a birthday cake!!!!! Why not have the band play Happy Birthday instead of Here Comes the Bride!!!!  TOO FUNNY!!!   Wait a minute - that sounds like my wedding!?!?!  I almost forgot .... (not really) .....  I got married on my birthday!!!  Best present I ever got was my beautiful bride!!!!  Trust everyone had a good weekend albeit disappointing with interrupted plans. I worked in the yard and recovered.  Can't work as hard or long as I used too, but I still gotta get'er done! Got the front yard about back in shape and ready for spring.  The backyard will take a lot more work.  Maybe I can do a little more this evening.  This cartoon made me laugh and I thought you all might enjoy a little mindless humor as well. 

I hope you all have a very blessed week.  Later.

Gary Grice

Its a pensive day here in the Classic City.  Everyone is on edge as they await the capture of a man who shot two police officers yesterday.  I know the officer who was wounded.  I frequently worked with him at the Jail when he was a deputy.  I don't recall ever encountering the officer who was killed.  Last night I learned that Erin and JJ know the individual that did the shooting and ran into him last week at Walmart. He told them he had gotten his life straighten out and was doing well.  Looks like he was wrong.  We really need to pray for this situation and the fallen officer's family.  If I hear any inside scoop, I'll post it here.  Hope everyone is having a very blessed week.  Oh, I almost forgot.  If you hadn't noticed, Jimmy Tiller finally joined our numbers yesterday so everyone say, "Hello, Jimmy".  We look forward to you posting on the forum in the future.  Until then .... Later.   

Donald Chandler

Gary... I saw the report of the shooting on the news last night.  Just to add to what you have said, I saw a posting on Facebook last night from Kathy and understand that the officer who was killed is Rabun's cousin.  Please keep the family in your prayers and pray that the murderer is brought to justice very soon.

Welcome, Jimmy Tiller!!!  We would love to hear from you here on the Forum.

Jimmy Willis

Hello Foots! Great to hear from you! Retired! One day I hope to

do the same! Call me, maybe we could wet a hook!

Great game last nite for the UGA girls, Don! "Sweet Sixteen again!

Later

Diane Harris (Moore)

Here we are enroute to Georgia! Yay! We left Ohio this AM just behind the arriving snow flurries. It has been cold all the way so far, but we expect to hit warm temps when we cross the border into my Peach State tomorrow. We got a late start, so we decided to take our time driving down. We are holed up in Chattanooga.

We got here early enough for me to go to the mall across the street and track down a pedicure. My feet have been enclosed in eskimo boots for months, and it occurred to me that I might get to Georgia and need to bare my feet in sandals. Yikes! So, I let some nice little Asian fellow who did not deserve such a sight, disrobe my feet and do give them a makeover. I could not understand a thing he said, and vice versa, but he kept talking to the other Asian guy working at the chair next to me, and I can only wonder what he was saying. I'm pretty sure it was, "This woman must plow behind a mule all day---hahahaha."

Wish we could see any or all of you, but it will no doubt be our typical mad dashes between houses of various relatives. None of them can stand us for very long, so we have to keep moving.

Gary, please keep well, friend. Hope your recent infusion has helped you feel better. Don, your cartoon was great! You are so talented. Jim, hope you've started enjoying your spring golfing. Jimmy, it was ultra good to see your profile update. I hope you and Jimmy get to go fishing soon.  

Love to all my gal pals. I love you all!

Probably won't bump into you in GA, but if I do, please compliment my toenails!

Kathy Carter (Campbell)

Hi mates,

Welcome Jimmy. We would love to hear from you.

Dick & Diane, hope you have a good visit here in Ga.

I am in Elberton for a few days visit w/my sister.

The police officer that was killed in Athens is a cousin of Rabun's.Praying for his family & that he will be apprehended soon.

Still praying for Inez's and Roy's families that God will be their comfort and stay.

Hope all of you will have a blessed week.

Kathy

Donald Chandler

Good Evening, Mates…

I’m spending Friday night on the sofa watching Kentucky play Ohio State in the Sweet Sixteen.  My Friday night date has gone upstairs to bed.  It’s not often that Kentucky is the underdog in basketball, but they are the underdog to Ohio State tonight.  Everyone is picking OSU to win it all.  I’m rooting for “Big Blue” since Liz is from Kentucky… sorry Diane and Dick, if you are rooting for the Buckeyes… I know you live in Ohio.  It’s all tied up 30 to 30 at halftime.  Go Wildcats!

I understand that the GBI has located the man that killed the Athens Police Officer (Rabun’s cousin) earlier in the week, and he has been holding 8 hostages today.  They interrupted the game to report that he had released 4 of the hostages.  I pray that they can take him into custody without any other innocent people being harmed.  

Jim… I missed the Lady Dawgs big win to get them into the Sweet Sixteen.  Andy Landers always does a great job with the UGA women’s  team.  I hope to see them reach the Final Four, but it seems that either Tennessee or UConn always end up on top in the women’s tournament.  By the way Jim… I thought about you the other day.  I probably shouldn’t even bring the subject up, but I was at Kroger, innocently checking out the fruits and vegetables, and what to my wondering eyes should appear but a young woman in a little black dress…  a very, very, VERY little black dress.  Wish you could have been here to appreciate her Jim, but you will be happy to know that I appreciated her for you… what are friends for?  :-)   I guess Gary is right about spring… the days getting longer and the skirts getting shorter…

Dick and Diane… hope you have a great trip back home here to God’s country.  And, Kathy... hope you enjoy your time with your sister.

Have a great weekend, mates... I understand it might be a bit on the wet side.  Stay safe if you're out and about.

Jimmy Willis

Morning Mates!

You know Don, I been in "Hog Heaven" of late with all

this beautiful weather. I swear the older I get the better

it gets. I always figured my heart would just wear out. But

Man! If this keeps up there want be a chance it will wear

out! I going to have the "Big One" before it gets a chance.

Lord I pray you will save me from Dumb refs and "little

black dresses". I just know I'm going to sin!!!

Later I'm headed to the Mall of Georgia to check out

the new Spring clothes line. Believe me guys, that's

much better than deer hunting!!!

After-A-While.

Gary Grice

Splish Splash!!!  Good thing my Ark is almost finished, but oh those wet animals!!! And its MONDAY too!!! I hope everyone had a good weekend and will have a BLESSED albeit wet week.  I some how managed to stay busy all weekend but accomplished very little - the story of my life.  The good news is the Hood gave himself up.  The bad news, one of his "hostages" says he is really a good guy and should be released.  He only killed a cop as a payback for his brother.  So why did he try to kill another one?  Why did he kidnap that other man?  And now it turns out he may have killed another man, why?  "Drugs suspected!  Details at 11:00!"  I'm sorry, I should have more of a "Christian" attitude, but the world would be a much better place is a sniper had taken him out!  Some people shouldn't be allowed to continue to exist.

Well time to lighten the mood.  After a few less than flattering Blond Jokes, its payback time.  Diane I hope you enjoy!  Guys, not so much.  Later.

*****

A couple of sharp businessmen in New York were dicussing women and one of them, Sheldon, remarked about how dumb blondes are. His friend, David, disagreed, so they devised a test to see if blondes were really as dumb as everyone thinks. They went to an antique shop with a pretty blonde salesperson and proceeded to browse at tea sets. After awhile, they said to the blonde, “We’ve been looking & looking, but we can’t find any left-handed tea sets. Can you help us?”

Being quite well-dressed & well-groomed, she sizes them up as having money, so she asks them to wait a moment as she thinks she may have something in the back store room. Sheldon almost breaks out laughing as he imagines this poor girl searching through everything for a left-handed tea set. The blonde goes in the back, immediately finds their most expensive sterling silver tea set, turns all the handles around to the left side, remarks the set to double its original price and brings it out.

Smiling, she says, “There you are gentlemen, a left handed tea set!” The men are somewhat taken aback but under the circumstances they are forced to pay the exhorbitant price and leave with the tea set.

As they’re walking down 5th Avenue with their purchase, David, laughing, says to Sheldon, “See, I told you they’re not so dumb!”

“What does that prove?" says Sheldon, “She just happened to have one!”

******

A seafood restaurant had a sign in the window that read, "Big Lobster Tales, $5 each."

Amazed at the great value, a man stopped in and asked the blonde waitress, "Five dollars each for lobster tails. Is that correct"?

"Yes," she said. "It's our special just for today."

"Well," he said, "They must be little lobster tails."

"No," she replied, "It's the really big lobster."

"Big red lobster tails, $5 each"? he said, amazed. "They must be old lobster tails!"

"No, they're definitely today's."

"Today's big red lobster tails, $5 each"? he repeated, astounded.

"Yes," she insisted.

"Well, here's my five dollars," he said. "I'll take one."

She took the money and led him to a table where she invited him to sit down. She then sat down next to him, put her hand on his shoulder, leaned over close to him and said,

"Once upon a time, there was a really big, red lobster..."

Connie Morgan (White)

Sure hope everyone is doing well.   Did anyone have any storm damage?

Diane and Dick - enjoy your time in Georgia.   I know your family here is so glad to see you.   I like just knowing you are closer!

kathy, I know that you enjoyed time with your sisters.    Family time is precious.

Jim, I haven't heard anything from you about the flowers for Roy's funeral.   I will be glad to send you some money on them.    Thank you for doing that for us.

Everyone take care and have a good week!

Jimmy Willis

Morning Mates!

    I'm sorry Connie,  I sent a floral arrangement from the Class

of 1968! We received a thank you note from the family.

Everything was taken care of. Please don't send any of the

money left for Inez's flower fund. If you want, send it to Gary

to help maintain this site.

I hope all you guy's are ok after the storms. Please let me

know if I can be of assistance.

Later

Jim

Gary Grice

Good Day everyone!  Contrary to what Jim says, PLEASE DO NOT send me money!  The only cost for this site is the domain name (www.ochs1968.com) and that has been paid for.  Nothing to share today other than a severe case of Summer/Winter/Fall/Spring Fever.  Just don't want to work.  Must be time to retire.  Must have something to do with age which is my segway to today's funny.  I hope you are all having a very blessed week.  Later.

Q: Where can single men over the age of 50 find younger women who are interested in them?

A: Try a bookstore, under Fiction.

Q: What can a man do while his wife is going through menopause?

A: Keep busy. If you're handy with tools, you can finish the basement. When you're done, you will have a place to live.

Q: How can you increase the heart rate of your over-50 year-old husband?

A: Tell him you're pregnant.

Q: How can you avoid that terrible curse of the elderly wrinkles?

A: Take off your glasses.

Q: Seriously! What can I do for these crow's feet and all those wrinkles on my face?

A: Go braless. It will usually pull them out..

Q: Why should 50-plus year old people use valet parking?

A: Valets don't forget where they park your car.

Q: Is it common for 50-plus year olds to have problems with short term memory storage?

A: Storing memory is not a problem. Retrieving it is the problem.

Q: As people age, do they sleep more soundly?

A: Yes, but usually in the afternoon.

Q: Where should 50-plus year olds look for eye glasses?

A: On their foreheads.

Q: What is the most common remark made by 50-plus year olds when they enter antique stores?

A:"Gosh, I remember these!"

SMILE, You've still got your sense of humor!

 

Jimmy Willis

Time to play ball Don!

Going to try to go to the game tonite!

Later

Donald Chandler

Yes, Jim!... PLAY BALL!!!  Hope you enjoyed the game last night if you went.  I watched some of it on TV and looks like you had your choice of seats... too cool for most I guess.  Did you stick around until the end of the game?  The Braves' young bucks tied it up in the 9th and won it in the 10th inning.  Today's exhibition game may be rained out, but I'm looking forward to the games that really count... OPENING DAY tomorrow!... one of my favorite days during the year.  I always sing "Hallelujah" on the first day of baseball season and Liz sings "Hallelujah" on the last day of the season.  :-)  GO BRAVES! 

Well, mates... I welcomed everyone to Spring last week, and I guess I should welcome you back to Winter this week.  Sure has been cold and damp.  We got 3.5" rain over the weekend in our rain gauge, and an additional half inch with the storm this morning, with more to come.  Our "April showers" are early.  But we did miss the hail, and to answer your question, Connie, no damage here.  Now if we can just get a little sunshine on all these beautiful dogwoods and azaleas that are starting to bloom.

Gary... it is scary sometimes how much you and I think alike.  We the taxpayers will be taking care of that Athens cop killer for the next 20 years or so and paying thousands of dollars to feed him and pay for his legal expenses.  And I heard that someone set up a "fan" page for this Hood on Facebook!  How sick is that!!!  And our justice system is a joke!  I think that for people like that murderer, we should have a trial the week after the crime and then execute the guilty the following week.  And if need be we could use "electric bleachers" instead of an electric chair... and televise it.  Maybe it would deter some of these thugs who have no respect for the law or for human life.  That's my opinion, folks... I welcome yours.

Medical report... I went to my Dermatologist last week, and she decided to do a biopsy on one of my moles.  I have lots of moles, and with my older sister dying young of melanoma, I have to be extra careful.  My Dermatologist was a bit concerned with a small black mole on my left "cheek"... and I'm not talking about my face.  :-)   Anyway, I'm ok... the biopsy came back yesterday "benign".  I guess we all have to be more careful the older we get.  By the way Gary... I liked your list of questions and answers on aging.  I heard the other day about a news reporter that was interviewing a 104-year-old woman and asked her, "What do you think is the best thing about being 104?", to which she simply replied, "No peer pressure."  :-)

Enjoy your Wednesday, mates.  Reporting live from "Lake" Marietta... this is Don.

Connie Morgan (White)

Teresa, have a wonderful birthday tomorrow!!!

Jim, I will send you a check to go toward the flowers for Roy.  

Don, I am glad the mole on your "cheek" checked out o.k.!

Yesterday I went out to walk for a few minutes (for my health).   Twisted my ankle and fell.   Thankfully nothing is really hurt other than a sprained ankle and my pride.  :)    Just gives more proof to my belief that exercise, once you are past middle-age, will kill you.

Stay safe and healthy.   Love y'all.

Kathy Carter (Campbell)

Today is a very special day, the birthday of a very dear friend. Happy birthday, Teresa!

Gary, loved the Q & A about aging.

Don, I'm glad your biopsy was all right. Rabun has lots of moles & also has to go to dermatologist for check ups.

Hope Dick & Diane have been enjoying trip to Ga. Beth & family are going to Ohio Sat. to visit Tom's family for a few days.

Connie, dear, so sorry about your fall; glad you were not hurt seriously. You be careful. I know from experience that falls for people who have lived as long as we have can be quiet painful.

I have been seeing chiropractor for a few weeks now & am beginning to feel less pain when I walk now. He did tell me yesterday that I should no longer do any gardening, which I hated to hear. I am going to have to get Rabun to take up edging around flower beds and let them become part of lawn.

Very thankful for the rain we have been receiving. Hope all have a good week.

Gary Grice

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Teresa!! May your day be filled with much joyful celebration, surrounded by friends and family!  Connie I hope your ankle is going to be okay.  I'm afraid that at OUR AGE ...... well being a nurse you know what they say better than I!  And Scar Face, uh, I mean Don, I'm glad you got a good report following your medical procedure.

Now on a more somber note - the witching hour (April 15th/18th this year) is fast approaching.  I found a good tax man so this year I should break even - AFTER I PAY HIM!!!  Just can't win.  I am a BIG FAN of the Fair Tax for MANY reasons.  Anywho, with that in mind, here is today's funny.  I hope you all have a very blessed day.  Later.

The local bar was so sure that its bartender was the strongest man around that they offered a standing $1000 bet. The bartender would squeeze a lemon until all the juice ran into a glass, and hand the lemon to a patron. Anyone who could squeeze one more drop of juice out would win the money. Many people had tried over time (weight-lifters, longshoremen, etc.) but nobody could do it.

One day this scrawny little man came into the bar, wearing thick glasses and a polyester suit, and said in a tiny squeaky voice "I'd like to try the bet." After the laughter had died down, the bartender said OK, grabbed a lemon, and squeezed away. Then he handed the wrinkled remains of the rind to the little man.

But the crowd's laughter turned to total silence as the man clenched his fist around the lemon and six drops fell into the glass. As the crowd cheered, the bartender paid the $1000, and asked the little man "what do you do for a living? Are you a lumberjack, a weight-lifter, or what?"

The man replied "I work for the IRS."

Donald Chandler

Greetings, Mates...

I see on our Home Page that big BIRTHDAY WISHES are in order for... Al Gore!  (How's the weather, Al?)  And, oh yes, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Teresa as well.  Hope you have a great day of many blessings up there in the mountains.

Connie... sorry to hear about your fall.  The next time Liz tries to get me to exercise, I'm gonna tell her that you have warned me against the dangers of exercise.  And glad to hear that the chiropractor is helping you Kathy.  Thanks everyone for the comments on my good biopsy report... I'm glad to get that all BEHIND me, if you know what I mean.

Gary... I too just got all my tax information to our accountant a few days ago.  What a pain in the biopsy that is... getting all that stuff together takes forever just so our accountant can do the return and send us a big bill.  Ouch!  By the way... I too like the Fair Tax.

Well, folks, I have GOOD NEWS from our Nation's Capitol!  No, Obama didn't resign... the Braves won their Opening Day game against the Washington Nationals, 2-0!  I took a bit of a long lunch and watched some of the game on TV.  Good game, Jim.  Derek Lowe and the bullpen pitched a shutout, Chipper and McCann each had a couple of hits, and Jason hit another opening day homer.  Good start to the season!  GO BRAVES!

Gary Grice

Let me apologize before I begin, but I couldn't let this go by unnoticed.  (I know that at least Don will appreciate.)  I was just listening at how we are attacking other countries to "eliminate an oppressive regime."  Seems high unemployment, high taxes, etc., caused the citizens to rebel.  And what is the U.S. interest?  None really, just don't like some leaders putting down a revolt.  And by what authority is this action being taken?  Oh, because the President wanted to conduct a "kinetic military operation."  I've never heard of that type of military action before nor can I find it on the internet.  I've concluded that its PC for "act of war."  I was just wondering, if we revolt, what country would come to our aid to replace OUR oppressive regime!  I'll shut up now.  Later.

Donald Chandler

Well, mates... I got a call from the Marketing Director of the Atlanta Braves and they want me to travel with the team, to all the games, home and away, and take photos on and off the field.  April Fools!

Here's praying that all of you have a great weekend!... especially our friend Gary who will be celebrating another birthday on Sunday... number 61.  Gosh, it seems like only a year ago that you celebrated your 60th.  :-)  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GARY!  May you have a wonderful weekend filled with an abundance of God's Blessings.  Have a great one! 

Gary Grice

HAPPY FRIDAY one and all!!!  Thank you Don for the Birthday wishes.  I'm taking off a few days and going up to "Helen wait" for that magic moment when I will be within one year of drawing SS.  It never felt so good, feeling so old!  I hope you all have a very blessed weekend.  Here's a little funny to get it started right.  Later.

A teacher is explaining biology to her 3rd grade students. She says, “Human beings are the only animals that stutter.”

A little girl raises her hand. saying, “I had a kitty-cat who stuttered.”

The teacher, knowing how precious some of these stories could become, asked the girl to describe the incident.

“Well,” she began, “I was in the back yard with my kitty and the Rottweiler that lives next door got a running start and before we knew it, he jumped over the fence into our yard!”

The teacher exclaimed, “That must’ve been scary,”

The little girl said, “It sure was. My kitty raised her back, went ‘ Sssss, Sssss, Sssss ‘ and before she could say ‘ Shit, ‘ the Rottweiler ate her!”

The teacher had to leave the room.

Diane Harris (Moore)