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A miss-mash here...Gary I loved the Moth joke - Hutch thanks for asking about Sue; she's in complete remission and has been for a year. Long battle, miraculous win. Lot's of prayers. - Glad to hear Sharon Davis still battlin' away. Courageous lady and hubby Jerry. - You say Dale Thompson's wife having difficulty? Dale a very neat guy. Was so friendly to everyone at the 50th reunion - Who did Pete Crompton marry? He and I were on a rabbit hunt with a bunch of church kids way back when. As things went, Smoky Merrill was accidentally shot in the butt with a 22 slug and was spirited away by a Thiokol emergency vehicle. (We were hunting nearby) Pete and Smoky were neighbors I think. BTW, Smoky lived, the bullet was removed just under his belly button. 22's go nuts after entering the body. - Hey I'm planting a garden out here. Rich rocky soil. Can't wait for a Utah Tomatoe! In Texas Tomatoes are red and round but tastless (maybe they come from California) they're nothing in comparison to a succulent Utah Tomato! (we need spell-check on this BL site!)

04/11/20 11:35 AM

#778

Steve: Dale's wife doing really well . She had cancer and she has an autoimune . She beat the cancer but does extreamly well with yhe autoimmune . My wif also has an autoimmue it's called myasthenia graves .She is doing really well.. I hope you and your wife are. both doing well. I see Dale quite a bit at the golf cource. He works part time. He is a Master Gardener.

04/11/20 07:34 PM

#779

Something I ran across on KristaThompson's site (memorials for Ben Lomond_ -- Some of you may remember Arlo Felix?

04/12/20 03:17 PM

#780

Haappy Easter to everyone. Hope next year will be a bit more joyfull. Stay safe remember to wash your hands. I here that from my wife 20 times a day but she really means well. She mudt Love me or I would be kicking cans down the street

04/12/20 03:19 PM

#781

We really need spell check

04/12/20 04:49 PM

#782

Easter Egg hunts, Easter Baskets, Easter bonnets, dresses etcetera are all fun and has always been pleasant in my memory.

The huge message for us, however is to recognize the resurrection of our Lord and Savior -- terms we hear all the time, but without His agreeing to come to earth and sacrifice himself, to pay the debt for all of our sins, we would not have everlasting life. We would not have the gift of repentance, to be forgiven of our sins.

The tremendous agony Jesus endured is beyond our ability to even comprehend, yet we can take time to thank Him, and be ever mindful of what He did for us. Another thing, is to remember He is our intermediary with God the Father, and continues to love us and wishes for us to live with Him, and our Father again after we leave this mortal existence. Remember to give special thanks today.

04/12/20 11:22 PM

#783

Mary Mittelstaedt (Mittelstaedt)

Spot on Dan! Christ gave His all for us! --- Happy Easter everyone, Steve Nielsen

04/13/20 09:50 AM

#784

Hi guys......I just love to hear your thoughts on what is happening around the world and just about how you lives have changed and learned....I really enjoy ALL your comment Mary jane Herrera now i's Janie Mittelstaed

04/13/20 12:30 PM	#785
Gary Acker Well hello there! It's so nice to hear from you ladies. We have been rambling on but haven't heard from you. What do you think about what we have been talking about including old high school memories. I do believe that we sat with you and your husband at our 50th reunion.

04/13/20 02:49 PM

#786

Janie, it is so nice and refreshing to hear from you. Your comments have made my day, and certainly added a nice break, to this sequestration we're all living under.

Thank you too, Steve for the Easter wish -- I know many of our classmates, are sending out their thougt waves for all of these things -- I sense it during the holiday seasons.
.Perhaps I'm slipping into the 'old fart' stage, where thoughts and emotions are closer to the surface. I do think of you all, wonder how you are, and would dearly love to hear from all of you, even if a short note. Janie's note really uplifted me. Of course hearing now from Gary, Ferron and Steve is fantastic, now the rest of you need to join in.

Stay safe, remember to wash your hands. I've washed my hands so much, having so much soap and hand sanitizer seep into my body, everytime I go to the bathroom, my urine cleans the toilet bowl.

04/13/20 03:44 PM

#787

Did you know....
1. Your shoes are the first thing people subconsciously notice about you. Wear nice shoes.
2. If you sit for more than 11 hours a day, there's a 50% chance you'll die within the next 3 years.
3. There are at least 6 people in the world who look exactly like you. There's a 9% chance that you'll meet one of them in your lifetime.
4. Sleeping without a pillow reduces back pain and keeps your spine stronger.
5. A person’s height is determined by their father, and their weight is determined by their mother.
6. If a part of your body "falls asleep", You can almost always "wake it up" by shaking your head.
7. There are three things the human brain cannot resist noticing - food, attractive people and danger.
8. Right-handed people tend to chew food on their right side.
9. Putting dry tea bags in gym bags or smelly shoes will absorb the unpleasant odor.
10. According to Albert Einstein, if honey bees were to disappear from earth, humans would be dead within 4 years.
11. There are so many kinds of apples, that if you ate a new one every day, it would take over 20 years to try them all.
12. You can survive without eating for weeks, but you will only live 11 days without sleeping.
13. People who laugh a lot are healthier than those who don’t.
14. Laziness and inactivity kills just as many people as smoking.
15. A human brain has a capacity to store 5 times as much information as Wikipedia.
16. Our brain uses the same amount of power as a 10-watt light bulb!!
17. Our body gives enough heat in 30 minutes to boil 1.5 liters of water!!
18. The Ovum egg is the largest cell and the sperm is the smallest cell!!
19. Stomach acid (conc. HCl) is strong enough to dissolve razor blades!!
20. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day & while you walk, SMILE. It is the ultimate antidepressant.
21. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
22. When you wake up in the morning, pray to ask God's guidance for your purpose, today.
23. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
24. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, broccoli, and almonds.
25. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
26. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts and things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
27. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.
28. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
29. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Forgive them for everything.
30. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
31. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
32. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
33. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
34. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
35. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: 'In five years, will this matter?'
36. Help the needy, Be generous! Be a 'Giver' not a 'Taker'
37. What other people think of you is none of your business.
38. Time heals everything.
39. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
40. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. Each night before you go to bed, pray to God and be thankful for what you accomplished, today. What if you woke up this morning and only had what you thanked God for yesterday? DON’T FORGET TO THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING.
43. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.

04/14/20 09:38 PM

#788

Gary Acker

Caution Class Mates, - I've been walking and thinking a dangerous endeavor. (Ask Dan). I only heard it once on the tele-screen a few days ago and haven't heard it since. A guy said that we are on the honeymoon part of this virus! The schools are closed for the rest of the year,people I talk to as I walk in my neighborhood, restaurants, shops, saloons, movies sports it goes on and on. The deaths and families torn. Relief of rent and mortgage payments has to come to an end. The burglaries in New York are up 400&,it ain't open and nobody is there so bust in at your leisure. I don't think that you can hook up the jumper cables or press a button to get this World economy back up and running. The honeymoon thing almost sounds more sane. Right now everyone is friendly and obeying the rules HERE in River City but not everywhere. We really are teetering on the edge of anarchy. Some have already pulled the race card, Magic Johnson and Oprah for starters. Ok,enough from a troubled mind. Regards, Gary. Comments?

04/14/20 11:25 PM

#789

I really enjoy your comments, Gary. I know you do a lot of walking and thinking. I do my best thinking in the shower in the morning! lol That is, I don't shower as long as you walk, so that must mean, I'm not thinking as much. You're a good man Gary Acker. Keep participating, and stimulating our thought. I have some thoughts on your comments, this Corona-19 virus, but want to wait to see if some of our other classmtes might weigh in.

04/15/20 11:07 AM

#790

Gary Acker

Thank you Dan that's why we throw these ideas out there my friend. One thing that I skipped over because my typing doesn't keep up with my brain is the fact that most of the folks I talk to are out of work and only a few can work from home. My daughter works for the IRS and she was one of the last to be sent home. I guess that we will see what shakes out. By the way, I used to do most of my thinking in the shower in the morning.

04/15/20 02:03 PM

#791

Well said Gary,So what do you think Opra want's, to outlaw COVID 19 to only 30 % could get thevirouse for peopal of color.I'm really tired of the race card. Enouph of that .

04/15/20 02:07 PM

#792

By the way as you can tell I CAN'T SPELL and my fingers can't keep up with my brain

04/15/20 04:02 PM	#793
Gary Acker Hey Ferron, I'm like you except my fingers can't keep up with my brain so I go real slow because my mind is even slower, also I'm really tiered of the race card. I haven't seen you at Macys hope to see you again.

04/16/20 02:03 PM

#794

First off, Mary Jane, you know I was in love with at one time. We even went on a date as I remember, or was it a dance? My brain is so jammed up with info. that I have to forget something before I can learn anything new! LOL Anyway, your Husband is a Lucky guy! It's great to hear your comments. - Acker, one piece of advice from your radical friend here...follow the money. Health professionals, hospitals, doctors and the media are making a fortune off of Cocid19. Testing, testing, testing and selling ads and copy while they profit, profit, profit from the hysteria. (I DIDN'T SAY THE VIRUS ISN'T SERIOUS) (FAR FROM IT) But I've read where there were zero deaths from common A B type flu during March. Also no deaths from Pnumonia! Really? Come on people. And then things like a 109 year old woman in a resthome died From Covid 19, as if being 109 didn't have a thing to do with it. Or the guy who forgot his parachute before jumping out ot a plane and his death was reported to be caused by Covid19. Meanwhile millions of Americans have been forced into unemployment and our economy is being wrecked. Plus the 2 trillion stimulous package is extremely inflationary! Nothing's free and we'll pay dearly for the package. Higher prices on everything! Sorry, but I simply don't trust the numbers or their sources, but do believe that certain sectors of our economy are making bundles of $ due to the scare. - We are going to get thru this stuff. Lots of wonderful things lay ahead for God's children! Have faith brother. - Dan, it's great to see emotion in your posts! Put it out there guy! And Ferron, we definately need spell check! But please guys, just see things my way and don't criticize me... I'm very sensitive. And I'm right most of the time anyway!

04/16/20 03:59 PM

#795

Yes, Steve it's hard to improve upon perfection! I agree totally with your corona-19/political comments. The deaths from "About 647,000 Americans die from heart disease each year—that’s 1 in every 4 deaths."

There are tons of charts giving percentages of various death rates --right now the percentage of Corona-19 is about 1/10th of one percent of the population, far less than dying from a heart attack.

Coronary heart disease is by far the highest rate of mortality in the country. Even auto accidents, Diabetes etc. are very high rates, but these people who are (as you say Steve) are making a killing on this Corona-19. Yes, it is serious but playing in traffic is risky also. Seriously, they are hyping this up far beyond actual threat. Serious yes, but we need to keep calm and look at the facts, not be victims of the hype.

What scares me more than the virus is absolute control government is exercising over our freedoms. When a man can't even drive to his summer cabin in the mountains, away from everyone, to enjoy nature and row on a lake, by himself, it's way out of line Constitutionally.. When a grocery store is told they can't sell seeds to plant a vegetable garden, what does that say about trampling on our freedom? This virus has given an excuse to exercise this type of control, now that it is precedent, it will be easier next time to curtail our freedoms. That my friends it more scary than the virus.

04/16/20 05:07 PM

#796

You guys need to look at this one -- paste the link to your brouser and listen to GolfBrooks 'Senior Moments'. It's clean and funny.

https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?

04/16/20 05:36 PM

#797

Gary Acker

We have it all wrong girls and boys, it's global warming that's causing all of this! As far as civil rights are concerned I said that when he declared a national emergency who needs that old constitution anyway it was written so long ago. This is the best way around it. (Global warming , I read it on the interweb so you know that its true. I'm pretty sure that you can still go to your cabin or hiking, I go for walks every day and people that I see always say hello. My biggest concern is still anarchy but you guys are right about the inflation and depression that is sure to follow. As you can tell my tongue is stuck in my cheek on some of this. Good to hear from all of you!

04/17/20 09:38 AM

#798

Hutch, You're spot on again...A law (edict) here in Utah just came in that you can't go fishing outside of your county. I haven't fact checked this, just heard it from my brother who is currently forbidden to go to his spot in East Canyon, near Morgan and go fishing! - Texas Governor Greg Abbot recently announced that enough is enough and Texas is going back to work come May 1st! If this BS in Utah continues, I may be joining Dan in Texas! It's gotta' start somewhere guys, and Texas (and Utah) and Oklahoma btw are among the most Christian and most conservative states in the union. I SINCERELY BELIEVE IN STATES RIGHTS but wonder out loud here: Can Greg Abbot get away with his decree? I certainly hope so. -- Acker it was great speaking with you over the phone. Sorry about my ears, one is 76 this birthday and the other one is already 82! But I caught most of our conversation. -- Ferron, give us a little more info. Where did/do you work? What's a hobby you like? etc. I've been out of pocket (working) and have much to catch up on.

04/17/20 12:06 PM	#799
Gary Acker Dang, there goes my fishing trip to Antelope Island! Seriously that fishing think has been in affect for a while. My son in law is none too happy with that he tries to go on days off. It's probably not your ears Steve as much as me trying to walk and talk. One more thing Steve, don't completely retier, work buddy, it makes you feel better honestly!

04/17/20 12:26 PM	#800
Gary Acker Ferron, when Miss Hendrickson coached your swim team did she wear a kind of blue green swimsuit? I have a mental picture of her wearing one, not too hard to look at either.

04/17/20 01:31 PM

#801