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09/17/08 07:24 PM #310     Roger McCown Mike: getting better every day. If these stitches that are supposed to disolve will hurry up and dissolve it will be great. Right now they are driving me crazy feeling them. OOH! My daughter was laughing this weekend as I was checking the forum. She told her Mom, "Look, Dad's on the Everett site again. It's like Facebook for 'old people'"! I told her that her time would be here before she knew it. Children, whatcha going to do with them?!

09/17/08 07:29 PM #311     Teresa Williams Hey everyone! Just got a note from Linda B. saying my CD was ready and that she had posted it on the forum. I had said I'd been so busy lately that I hadn't read much lately...so I figured I better. Let me respond to a couple of things: FIRST---I love this forum...what fun!! Yes, as someone mentioned, I'm a PK...and us PK's & DK's have to stick together! My Dad was a United Methodist pastor for 35+ years before his death in 1990. My younger sister, Jonna, married a guy, who became a pastor a few years later....and I'm carrying on the tradition a bit with my job at Church Street UMC in Knoxville. As for 9-11....I was at the church and was so glad I was with the folks I was with. We were getting ready for our regular Tuesday morning meeting when the world changed. As hard as it was for me to grasp what was happening, it became so clear so fast that folks needed the church for support. Folks (some members, some not) just started flocking to the church...just to be there with others who were hurting and as confused as they were. In the midst of that terrible, terrible time, it felt good to be needed...even if it was just to listen to other folks say and cry about the same things I was thinking too. My life these days is good---I'm recovered fully from knee surgery last year...and am dealing with that occasion bout of arthritis. My Mom is living with me due to some of her own medical stuff and that's actually going okay. My 2 sisters and their families live in Kentucky and Virgnia, respectively....so I'm my Mom's somewhat caretaker...even though I've got to admit sometimes it's the other way around. Well, I could go on and on and write a novel, but figured I won't bore you too much. Again, I enjoy this forum and hearing old and new stories of what folks are up too. Take care everyone ...and remember to count your blessings!! -Teresa

09/17/08 08:53 PM #312     Mike Thomas Roger, I can relate to your wanting to get rid those things I cannot relate to raising kids because Kathy and I didn't have any,but we have plenty of niecesand nephews. Even got a fewgreat out there. I tell them they will be paying for my retirement someday that shuts them up real quick. I hope I did'nt offend you about our dads knowing each other. Your dad was one of the most Christ-like man I knew. Call me or email me if you need anything.

09/17/08 11:17 PM #313     Pat Wheeler (Poole) Roger ...I've got some important information about manure... when living in Denver, my ex husband was dead set on having a green yard--even though it doesn't rain much & the humidity is zip. He researched the the issue thoroughly & left absolutely no stone unturned. Sheep poop is the best manure (per his research)--we had a huge truck load of sheep poop delivered to our house for our acre lot---needless to say, we were the most popular homeowners on the street & several miles around--now, if you didn't get the "correct" poop, you'll repeat the task later .... My dad always used chicken poop, each summer he would fertilize the yard--this was before we had air conditioning ...ugh

09/18/08 07:59 AM #314     Cindy Gibson (Mason) Hey -- Linda.... I have been away from my computer for several days, I was catching up on my reading, and I saw that you lived here in Middle Tennessee. My heart belongs in East Tennessee, but I agree with you that Middle Tennessee is grand as well. We live in Robertson County. This is a farm county, the largest in the state. It is beautiful here. Right now all the barns are smoking. The farmers are dark firin' the tobacco. Y'all it smells wonderful here. O.K. I have fought to educate young folks on the dangers of tobacco. Worked with a man that was Mr. Health care and preached on the dangers of smokin'. Now I live in the middle of 3 tabacco patches. Oh it is hard being a radical sometimes! Y'all have a great day, Off to LaVergne -- that's another story! "C"

09/18/08 12:51 PM #315     Linda Braden (Albert) Hey back at ya, Cindy! Now, just take the advice of a former president when the tobacco is being dark fired - don't inhale! Ya'll take care out there. Isn't this forum just so much fun?

09/18/08 03:22 PM #316     Roger McCown Okay. Here is the Cliff notes version. Graduated from Carson-Newman in 1978. My grandfather paid my tuition and I paid for everything else...rent, utilities, groceries, gas, etc. I babysat for a couple who had some night classes. I got to do my laundry there plus they gave me a good home cooked meal once a week! The economy was in such turmoil from the Carter administration that I could not get a job. I majored in Forest Recreation (to work in the national park system). The year I graduated, there were 22,000 applicants for 200 jobs! Ended up working for my grandfather as a dock foreman. A couple of years and jobs later I was working as an assistant manager for Kmart in Georgia. In 1980 my Dad died and I moved back home to be close to Mom. Went to work for Curtis Mathis as an "assistant store manager"/rental manager. Laid off in 1986 and thought there had to be a better route to take. I was married and had a 4 year old and a 3 year old. Began classes at Pellissippi State in 1986 with a double major in mechanical engineering and computer integrated design (that's designing things with the use of a computer). Completed both degrees in two years by averaging 24 hours/quarter. I actually had classes in each degree program at the same time. My teachers would let me attend half of a class in say structural engineering and then leave class to catch the last half of manufacturing processes. In my "free" time, I mowed yards, worked at Pellissippi State (this paid for tuition), and worked at Airborne Express. Slept about 4 hours a day for two years. Man, talking about TIRED! Was offered an "assistant manager" job with Airborne in Atlanta and worked there until I was offered a job as a mechanical designer with Robertshaw in Knoxville. Worked there until I got an offer from A.E. Staley in Loudon. Have been at Rohm and Haas since 1998. It's not always been easy, but I am too blessed to be stressed!

09/19/08 10:36 AM #317     Debbie Pickel (Harper) Wow...I have been so impressed by some of these messages & love hearing about how everyone came into their career of choice!! Also, I think Debbie M. is correct in that we all would have always been such good friends had we been able to keep up. But, now we can via this website!! I enjoy this website so much & already feel a special connection to everyone. Okay, I will put my two cents in on how I came to work in the Human Resources field! Well, as some of you know, I have always been a 'chatty' mouth (no, that's not potty mouth!) :-) So, HR always appealed to me because it was a way that I could get to know various people from all walks of life...white collar & blue collar. It was also a way that I could help people. I have always had a heart for 'blue' collar folks, and HR manufacturing is right where I belong. They seem to have a tougher road sometimes, and as I have always told them in our company orientations, THEY are the heart of any company...without them, I (and many others) would not even have a job. So, I have been in HR for several years but a few years ago, I realized that I wasn't in a position to be able to actually make some decisons that could help make their everyday work life a little easier. I also had become divorced after 24 years of marriage & needed to make more money to support myself. I tried for a good looking single VERY RICH man, but alas, there were none to be found!ha! So, I went the decent route & set out to get my BS degree so that I actually could (hopefully) make a little more money & to also be in a better position to help employees...to be on 'their' side so to speak. It also was very scary for me to be single & on my own at the age of 43. I did not know how I was going to make it, but God made a way. At the time I was getting my degree, I was traveling a lot throughout upper East TN, southern KY, Georgia, & Mississippi. On 'class' days, I stayed in TN or southern KY & would drive like a crazy lady to get back to Knoxville to go to class at night. Anyway, I finally graduated at the very ripe old age of 48. The best thing about the day that I graduated was the tears in my daughter's eyes while she held my 2 month old grandbaby & telling me how proud she was of me. I will never forget that picture of love. Anyway, I now enjoy a better opportunity to help my blue collar friends that work out in the factory. I know God has given me a heart for them. I love going out & putting my arm around them & asking about their kids, etc. Well, that' my "job" story...! Love to all of you!!

09/19/08 12:35 PM #318     Sandy Whaley (Baker) Hi Guys, Reading the stories, love them. Been out of pocket lately. I have a pinched nerve in my neck and my whole left arm and hand is numb. This has been going on for a week now. I have an appt. with orthopedics today. Please pray that they help me or at least gnaw my arm off! Anything would be better than being in pain constantly. One of my students took his pencil and kept sticking it into my hand yesterday asking me if I felt that! Second graders, where do they come up with this stuff! As far as my career. We were living in England when my twins started British school (reception - we call it kindergarten). I was there so much as a parent volunteer that one day the Headmaster informed me that he was going to start paying me for working so hard. I worked that year as a paraprofessional (glorified Teachers Aide) and the bug hit me! I worked in the British school system for 2 years while getting my teaching credentials and the rest is history! I did Special Ed for 8 years and 2nd for 3 years! Once I know how my boys are going to do at college, I may just make that transition back to good old Maryville! That is and always will be my home! Keep those stories coming! Hello Trina Thomas! Hey Pokey! Mike, I probably do need to give you a good tongue lashing! When I come up with a reason, I will get back to you on that! Have a Blessed Day Everyone!

09/19/08 03:12 PM #319     Kay Cooper (Carpenter) FYI I received two notices from my supervisior in the Great Smoky Mts National Park. Tomorrow: Sept. 20 Beginning @ 10:00a - 4:00p Oconoluftee Visitors Center (Mt. museum) all activities are free - sorghum syrup horse-powered cane mill and wood-fired cooker Other activities during the day will include hearth cooking, hominy making, apple butter, apple cider, soap making, and traditional toys. Tools, farm implements, and historic photographs from the national park's archives and artifact collection will also be on display. Music will be provided by Marshall Crowe and the Bluegrass Singers. The Mountain Farm Museum is located adjacent to the Park’s Oconaluftee Visitor Center on Newfound Gap Road (US 441), two miles north of Cherokee.

09/19/08 03:31 PM #320     Kay Cooper (Carpenter) FYI admission is free Sept. 27, 2008 Sugarland Visitors Center - 10:00a - c.4:00p NATIONAL PARK ANNOUNCED CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS PROGRAM COMMEMORATING 75th ANNIVERSARY There will be a variety of presentations and talks throughout the day. The CCC was established in 1933 as a federal work project during the Great Depression, employing young men in conservation work on federal and state lands. The program provided gainful employment and education to the enrollees from all over the country while also providing much-needed work on public lands throughout the nation. In Great Smoky Mountains National Park, as many as 4,000 enrollees were assigned to 22 CCC camps at various times from 1933-1942, building roads, trails, fire towers, and structures. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is proud to honor and remember the members of the CCC and their legacy.

09/19/08 04:44 PM #321     Jonathan Denton Debbie P sure wish you were back at denso could use some good hr people

09/19/08 10:40 PM #322     Joyce Rowland Roger - Loved your daughter's remark! I lucky to even know what Facebook is. Sandy - Most of the time I was in school and once after that my dad pastored Pleasant View in Alcoa across from the stone house. When I was little he pastored Trinity, some church in Monroe county, and in the late 70's we was in Wear's Valley. I think that's all the pastorships. He assisted at a couple more and he helped start a few churches/missions. His name in in the Chilhowee Baptist history book.

09/20/08 11:14 AM #323     Cindy Gibson (Mason) FACEBOOK?????

09/20/08 02:04 PM #324     Susan DeLozier Cindy, lol! Yes, Facebook and My Space!!!! The only reason I know abot these are because of my nieces and they made them for me too! I'm still trying to figure out how to access them because I fear what they have put one it!!!!! lol!

09/20/08 02:29 PM #325     Roger McCown Cindy: "young people", mostly, have their own site on Facebook and MySpace. Kids will have hundreds of pictures of themselves and their friends. They email and instant message through this website. Erin and Joey are on it all the time. Anyone ever had the pleasure of mowing over a yellow jackets nest? I did for the second time in my life last night. Got stung on my legs about a dozen times. P***ed me off so bad I about had a stroke. Killed 'em all. Man, those things hurt. Watch for holes in the ground as you mow.

09/21/08 08:35 AM #326     Jonathan Denton Roger i can feel your pain those things are ruthless had that happen to me before and this summer my teenage neighbor was mowing my yard and got in a nest

09/21/08 05:43 PM #327     Sandy Smith (Dockery) Ouch! those stings hurt. Thankfully you aren't allergic to them. When my son was about 8 years old he thought he would catch a ride on the tractor with my husband. My husband didn't see him and had just run over a yellowjacket nest. Poor little fellow, I can still see him running to the house crying in pain. He had slipped his rubber boots on and the yellowjackets got down in his boots. It was no time before he started breaking out in hives and by the time we got him to the hospital (45 min. later) his eyelids, ears and lips were swollen. He saw himself in the rearview mirror and cried because he thought he looked like "Yoda" from Starwars.

09/21/08 07:58 PM #328     Roger McCown AAAH! The sting pains are gone, except for one on the front of my left knee and one on the back of my right knee. The good news is, seems the stitches in my mouth have dissolved! I can dip again! Sorry Cindy. I have smoked, chewed, and dipped since I was 5. Comes from growing up on a farm in Loudon county I guess. Actually, haven't smoked since probably 1983. Just can't give up the dipping and chewing. Something funny. I used to sing in the choir at Broadway Bapt. in Eagleton. We would go to the choir room to warm up before church and as we were making our way up to the choir loft, I would load up a dip. A good friend of mine in the choir would just look at me and say how can you do that? He was always amazed. Last thing. I'm not trying to "one up" Mike, because I certainly don't have the "singing credentials" that he has, but I did sing with a group at Biltmore during the Christmas season for two years in a row during the 80's. Bet y'all never would have thought that!

09/21/08 09:33 PM #329     Susan Jane Loftis (Gracia) Roger - I'm glad you're feeling better! I am amazed that you sang at Biltmore! How did you get to do that? That's so cool! I just love Biltmore. I've always wanted to go there at Christmas, but never did. I've always gone in the other seasons. Also - to everyone about the yellow jackets! I was camping with my brother and our neighbors in the mountains in my childhood days. One of the guys that I was with, you probably know too, Chris Copeland. Well, he got in a nest walking through the woods to the store at the camping area. They told us to put toothpaste on the stings. It must have helped, but to be honest, I can't really remember way back then. I don't know if you know what Chris does now, but he is an Anesthesiologist (head of the department) at ParkWest. I've been out of town last week and sick the week before that, but I've been reading up when I can on the forum. I've loved all the messages that all of you are writing! I've also noticed that we are getting more and more classmates to update their profiles. One of them, I thought had passed away. Imagine how I felt! I am so, so glad that she's fine though! Got to go........ Have a great week you guys! Love, Jane

09/22/08 01:18 PM #330     Linda Braden (Albert) My ex-husband and my brother-in-law used to mow and weedeat Mama's property after Daddy died, and ran into yellow jackets numerous times. You should have seen them doing the "weedeater toss" across the ditch at the back of the house when the yellow jackets started swarming. Daddy chewed tobacco and when someone got stung, he'd put a big ol' wad of that on the sting. I can't remember if it helped or not. But I do remember cleaning out a fence row around the pig pen at Mama's and pulling up a bumblebee. He wasn't happy. Nailed me right on the upper lip and chased me all the way to the house, with my ex chasing the bee and trying to knock it away with his cap. Stubborn little thing! (the bee, that is.) I was so glad the kids weren't with us. My lip swelled up so that I looked just like Donald Duck.

09/22/08 02:03 PM #331     Mike Thomas Hey gals and guys, Just to let you know I will be off linefor a while. My computer is being repaired. So Don't everybody cheer At once .I 'll be back as soon as I can You all be good.

09/22/08 07:04 PM #332     Cindy Gibson (Mason) Susan -- not only do I not know about Facebook. I was the last person in the universe to get a cell phone. A couple of months ago, I went into my yoga class with the silly thing, and I had to ask this 20 nothing young person how to turn it off. The 21 century I am a comin' (slowly but surely) "C"

09/22/08 08:45 PM #333     Debbie Pickel (Harper) Cindy G....you are so funny about your 'non' techy ways...I love it! I have to use the blame junk, but I don't enjoy any of it. The 20 somethings that I work with sit around all day, hiding their cell phones, & you can hear them texting all day long ...'beep...beep...beep'...Augh!!! :-) I wouldn't mind going back to the days of having to find a phone booth & making sure you had a dime to use it, 37 cents per gallon gas, and actually getting a real WRITTEN letter in the mail!ha! When I tell my kids that we didn't have air conditioning in our house until I was a junior in high school, they look at me like I'm crazy. I just hope the nursing home beds aren't 'computerized' when I get there! :-)

09/22/08 09:17 PM #334     Susan Jane Loftis (Gracia) All of you girls are such a hoot! I enjoy so much listening to your chit chat! I have to stare at a computer all day long. I know what I know and I'm always trying to learn more. The cell phone is another story just like you guys! I'll be playing with the phone and get some kind of icon on it and don't know how to get it off. I have to ask my daughter to fix it for me. I don't have texting on my phone. It's just another added expense I don't need! Everybody is so engrossed in it all the time. It's very annoying when you try to talk to someone and they are looking at their phone and ignore you. Do you all know what I mean? Jane

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