From: Jeanne Sewell
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 10:23:21 -0500
Subject: Re: Atlanta gathering
Thanks so much for opening your home up to all of us. We really enjoyed meeting everyone. Hope that we can get together again.
Jeannie
From: Elaine Graves
Date: 30 Jun 1997 12:29:58 EDT
Subject: Conyers
Everyone brought a large variety of foods. There was an
abundance of food, almost too, too much food, if one attempted to taste
everything. I didn't see any scrambled dogs, but someone did bring some
barbecue from Columbus. I believe Pam said it was Mecklenburg barbecue.
It was delicious...as was all the food I sampled...
We looked at the various annuals that were brought and old copies of
the Lion's Roar newspaper...We talked a lot to each other and listened
to music, but no one danced that I know of..Sunshine was not there. Don
Burns called with a crisis and couldn't come. I hope all is okay, Don?
We toured Pam's house and were awed by her huge collection of
kaliediascopes (sp) and antiques, etc. Eddie and I played several games
of pool with Jim, Pam's husband. We talked with their sons and nephew.
Later we romped with the little dog, an eight week old named, Brewster,
and the cats, Furman and Toby.
Eddie and I are probably going to be talking about the party for
quite a while. Eddie had not been able to remember a whole lot about
Baker High before the party. But, he found a pictures of himself in the
ROTC and also in the Freshmen Class in the 1962 annual. He began to
remember more as he looked through that annual.
I was pleased to meet so many people that I had never known at Baker
but knew through emailing the " Lion's List". It was really nice to
connect names with faces! We had a great time! We also want to thank
Pam and Jim for showing all of us such good old Southern hospitality!
Thank You so much Pam and Jim Williams! We enjoyed our evening of remembrances so very much!
R. Elaine Graves '67
and Julius Edgar Mull '65
From: George '72
Date: 30 Jun 1997 17:31:04 EDT
Subject: Bum's Bash...
Food was plentiful, and filling. Pam and Jim did a wonderful job at hosting it. Many thanks to them for their hospitality.
No one made it into the hot tub... clothed or otherwise (at least not before 1 A.M.) After that, who knows...
Sunshine was noticeably MISSING... as was Lynn Wyatt. You guys missed a really good time.
There was one tense moment though. Bobby Tillman was on the porch playing his guitar, and Don Burns had his girlfriend on his lap (next to Bobby)... when all of a sudden, Don starts screaming. He started hollering for someone to get some duct tape (of all things).
Seems that Bobby's cigarette landed on the leg of Don's girlfriend, and burned a deep hole. Well the poor girl seemed to take it in stride and just sat there with her mouth wide open... and didn't say a word.
Don managed to perform some simple first aid and get the burn covered. Then one of Jim's son's had to come up with a tire pump to get Don's girlfriend back up to pressure. Other than that... she seemed fine.
Nothing else major happened.
Basically... if you didn't, couldn't or wouldn't come to it... you missed out on a fun evening among some very good people. '2000 should be a really fireworks show.
Again... many thanks to Pam and Jim for all they did.
George '72
From: Carolyn Hall Tidd
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 18:50:01 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Conyers
It was MACON ROAD BARBEQUE for all you pork eaters.. Sherry Jackson and I brought it and it was very good. Served with light bread of course! We really did have a great time. There was Golden doughnuts from Columbus, too. You guys missed the boat not showing up.. Hope you make it next time.
Carolyn Hall Tidd ' 70
From: Carolyn Hall Tidd
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 18:57:40 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Conyers Social Event of the Year
My husband escorted Sherry Jackson Jenkins and I to Pam front door at about
7pm and we were followed very shortly by other Bumms looking for a party. It
was so neat to meet folks from other classes and have so much to talk about.
Don???
The delegation from N.C. wass a very happy group last nite although this
morning was a different story--I thought the folks at IHOP were going to
suffer before the coffee arrived!!!
Don?? I hope you are well today...All that talk of yours - you must be
under the weather today--I won't bore you all with the gory details of Don's
adventures--I am sure the parties involved will reveal the events in a timely
manner...
You guys that didn't show up missed a great time and Pam 's home was the
perfect setting. NEXT time you be there....
Well must unpack--am looking to see everyone check in to make sure they
arrived home safe and sound! Look for the next installment of '
Cavorting in Conyers' or
'Was that really Don Burns?'
See ya,
Carolyn Hall Tidd '70
From: Deborah T. Lowry
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 97 19:38:17 UT
Subject: Conyers Social Event of the Season !
Ya'll that didn't make it to Pam's missed a large time !
And yes, the NC contingent was a happy crowd, we always have fun when we bring our own entertainment---JoAnn Kinard 70 !
Kudos to the person who brought the "Boones Farm"---we had forgotten how sweet and fizzy it was ! Next time---it's Ripple Pagan Pink---nectar of the gods !
Hope that we can make this soiree an annual event !
Warm regards to all---
Deb Thompkins Lowry 68
Charlotte, NC
From: michael baker
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 22:23:46 -0400
Subject: Conyer's Reunion
I personally apologize for the disruption that Don Burns caused when he suggested that we all relive old times and play strip poker and that "new" twist on spin the bottle. He is really quite kinky, isn't he?
We'll just have to make sure he stays home next time....
Regards,
Teresa Thompkins Baker '71
From: Wanda Guenther Tillman
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 22:56:35 -0500
Subject: THE GATHERING
The Boones's Farm was not as good as I remember although it is still
easy access (No Cork). If any male would have been brave enough to go
first I would have joined him in the hot tub but no LION was brave
enough to get in first. (Clothed or unclothed) I do remember some
hissing noises on the porch then something about Don's girlfriend losing
air.
Pam and Jim were super to let us use their beautiful home. It really
was a fantastic party that continued at IHOP the next morning. We
should have all stayed at the same motel. Next time and hopefully there
will be a next time. If you weren't there, make plans to attend the
next. I have a feeling we will all be going to future reunions fo the
different classes to stay in touch with friends made in Conyers.
ANd yes Joann was the entertainment highlight. I look forward to
meeting her son. He must be just like her.
If ya'll are ever this way, look us up.
See ya'll next time.
Wanda Guenther Tillman CLass of 73
From: L. Lynn DeLaMare
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 20:23:14 -0700
Subject: Re: THE GATHERING
>
>Now I know who is sending the sick jokes.
- How could you? I couldn't make it to the gathering.
> I do remember some hissing noises on the porch then something about
Don's girlfriend losing air.
- You guys should lay off with the Don jokes. His girlfriend's very nice, and she never says anything mean about anybody. In fact, she never says anything. But we all have different tastes, and if Don is intellectually and emotionally challenged by this piece of work, who are we to criticize? I'm sure we've all been in relationships that were a little beneath us. Don just likes ALL of his to fall (or hiss) into that category.
Lynn (Wood)
'65/Seattle
From: Elaine Graves
Date: 1 Jul 1997 08:00:52 EDT
Subject: Macon Road Barbecue... by any other name??
>> I read with great interest the account of the gathering in Conyers. Since I
had read a previous note that Carolyn Hall-Tidd was bringing Macon Road
Barbecue, I got quite a laugh out of the final version of the name.
Remember in grade school when everyone would sit in a circle, and the teache
would whisper a phrase to the first student, who then whispered it to the
second, and so on, until the last student would repeat the phrase out loud,
and it would be nothing like the original? Carolyn, perhaps you should have
just shouted MACON ROAD BARBECUE real loud.
You got it Dan Clancey....we kids were all sitting in a circle at
Conyers on Saturday the 28th of June 1997...eating this barbecue and
some of us never saw the brand name mentioned so when the whispering got
ruff...well you know the rest....>>
Elaine Graves '67 Deeeeeeeeeeeeelishhhhhhhusssssss!
From: Burns, Rick
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 09:09:00 -0400
Subject: Don's sickness
It all started when Don saw his first "Barbie" doll. Seems he got this weird sense of anatomical detail from looking at the doll from hours on end. He could never make the jump to the real thing and he just got left behind in later years. Finally, in High School, I think it was a girl named Bonnie (or Lori) or something like that that made him see the light.
Then, word has it, that while we were at Tech together, Don went back to his old ways and started dating the PCV species again. I kept wondering why he always had a "Ronco Vinly Repair Kit" in his wallet instead of the customary dating equipment that us "real men" used to carry (note that I said used to carry). I can understand Tech making you want to do this - at the time the ratio of men to women was about 10 to 1 and the 1 represented pretty slim pickings.
Well, Don was finally (or so we thought) reformed by his ex wife, Amelia, and they lived a happy life, brought a wonderful son (Austin) into this world together and prospered.
Then, for some reason or another, they went their seperate ways. I guess Don's affection with polymers is a strong thing to overcome.
Talk about embarrasment - Don brought one of his "girlfriends" to my 40th birthday party two years ago. Her name was Vinylea. You know, I'm a pretty tolerant guy, but this was way too much. He even had the nerve to blow her up right in front of all my friends. She wasn't bad looking, but her mouth had a funny shape to it that I just could not figure out.
Man, what's a brother to do. Fellow bums, Don needs help, in a big way. Any volunteer reformers out there?
P.S. Pam - sorry I didn't make the party. I just couldn't miss watching Mike nibble on Evander's ear.
Rick Burns - 74
From: Pam Williams
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 13:13:47 -0400
Subject: Cavorting in Conyers
We really did have a great time and it's high time to let you in on who
was cool and showed up. In no particular order there were:
Phil '68 and Carol Reynolds
Teresa Thompkins Baker '71
Sherry Jackson '70
Pat (Moon) '68 and Jan (Rose) '70 Mullins
Deb Thompkins Lowry '68 and hubby Tom
JoAnn Kinard McGorry '70
Lisa Powell Pruitt '70
Rick '73 and Pam '73 Foucher
Bob Brown '65
Carolyn Hall Tidd '70 and hubby Mike
Charles F. King '73
Joe Smith '68 (found out he lives here in Conyers - is that not a small
world?)
Bill Tinker '73
Wanda Guenther Tillman '73 and Bobby TIllman '73
Anne Heape McKillips '65
Deanna "Tinker" Trotter '62
Jeanne Penny Sewell '65 and brand new hubby Wayne
Kathy Omelanuk Agar '66
Steve Thomas '67
Elaine Graves Baker '67
Julius Eddie Mull '65
George Burns '72
Debbie Simmons Kolb '68 and her Ed
Cliff Davis '76
Pam Powell Williams '68 and hubby Jim
Who did I forget?
Folks came from Kentucky, Nebraska, Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina and of course Georgia.
Phil R. had his annuals from 1st grade at Benning Hills - T.J., Lance, and others, you were so cute!! Kathy A. brought several momentos from plays and some Lion's Roar copies (Kathy, the 2 playbills are here for you and we'll get them back to you.) Bob Brown did an outstanding job with Baker lion name tags - he knows his way around computers, that's for sure.
Course, one of the kickers was the Eddie Jr. High Annual Cliff D. brought from '72 with my picture of where I taught him!!! Aaaugh!!
It was so good seeing everyone - Phil and I go back to 4th grade and it's been 29 years since we saw each other. His wife Carol is a pleasure to know. She fit right in and pitched in to help - thanks, Carol. Phil recorded an awesome tape of what the "Sandmen" used to play - - outstanding, Phil.
Debbie Simmons K., we all decided at breakfast Sun. morning that you were the one least changed. You look great and everyone from '68 was thrilled to see you. Your Ed is a keeper and I want to hear him play my piano next time.
Everyone looked good - as I said before, you've all aged well. Maybe those who didn't make it were imtimidated by your "striking" appearances.
Jim (and Chris) enjoyed the pool games with you guys. Pat M., you and Jan come back anytime to play. And we have to meet at the Hard Labor Creek observatory sometime to gaze at the stars. We may be playing in a soccer tournment in Athens in August and will get in touch if that happens. Jan, you look marvelous!!
Bob and Jeanne, we owe all this happening to you and your hard work. How would we ever have come together without this Internet thing?? It would never have happened without you. Thanks from all of us. Jeanne, we all approve of the new spouse. You done good, girl!!
George Burns, you are a hoot. Your sense of humor will give Don Burns competition any day. We want to get you two in the same room one of these days.
Steve Thomas from Dallas, you are such a gentleman and it was a pleasure to meet you. Hope you enjoyed the company.
Bill T., thanks for taking the pics - bet you can make a lot of money off some of those shots!!
Bobby and Wanda, your place in the mountains sounds like heaven - you guys are living the life!! Wanda, I don't understand why those guys wouldn't join you in the hot tub, do you?
Carolyn, Teresa, JoAnn, Sherry, and my sister Lisa, y'all are still a wild and crazy bunch!! Class of '70 rocks. Let me tell you all, those girls can talk and laugh all night long. Parents still don't know everything these gals did in their youth.
Rick and Pam, you were a delight and I wish you could have stayed longer. (Pam actually showed me her mom's picture in an old annual - talk about a BHS heritage).
People were sharing memories all night. To hear Moon '68 and Charles King '73 talk about their "adventures" out on base was classic. Years apart and they both frequented the same locales out in the boonies of post. Ask Moon about the car in the water next time you see him. We talked about the old Esquiline plantation near the Benning Hills water towers - seems a lot of us have been to that old graveyard over the years. And of course, none of us ever parked up there and made out - no, no. We've just heard stories about that.
Sunshine, we really missed you and we know you would have been here if you could. Next time, okay?
Don B., luckily for you, we have connections with the local law enforcement and got the charges dropped regarding your lewd behavior. You and your "friend" will have to stay outside of Rockdale County from now on. This county is just not ready for you and yours. The IHOP on Sunday morning was filled with church-going folks and they just didn't understand why you were feeding your "friend" that vanilla pudding so seductively. ;-) Hey, we're all just glad you didn't repeat the Sat. night fiasco. You embarassed us enough for a while. But we love you anyway - just get some therapy, okay?
Breakfast at IHOP was great - but Carolyn was right, that coffee couldn't come soon enough for some of you. We wore those peopIe out. Jim and I kept seeing people we knew and I'm sure we'll have some explaining to do in days to come regarding that wild and crazy group we were with. Who the heck were those people and why were they having such a good time?? I was wearing one of my kaleidoscope necklaces and JoAnn kept getting dizzy looking thru it while we were waiting for a table. Seems like her vision was spinning already. Right, JoAnn? You were so cool and you really do remind me and Lisa of our cousin in NC. (she's one of our favorite cousins too).
Deb T. Lowry, you and Tom are special folks. Thanks for the music and you learn fast about those newfangled stereo devices (so it's time to put away the 8-track and move up to CDs). I think you're going to have some visitors in Charlotte some where along the line, us included.
Elaine and Eddie, can't believe you two just up and drove down here from Fayetteville, NC. Thanks for coming and we all loved the stress indicator cards you gave us - funny though, nobody was feeling much stress Sat. night, were they?
Thanks to all who ventured out to Conyers - we had a ball and all you guys who said you were coming missed something special. Our boys thought you all were cool. Maybe mom and dad's friends aren't so boring after all!! The food was great and it's a given that there wasn't much left at 2:45 am. There are some special folks who went to Baker High School and though the years separate us, we all ended up in the same place on a Sat. night in GA - cool.
I think some of you got hooked on kaleidoscopes that night, right? They're not just the toys we all had as kids years ago, are they? Now you know what I collect, so what does everyone else collect?
Go Lions or how did that cheer go? - Lions, Lions, we are great... We're the ones who really rate....
Well, y'all rate high on our list and we'll do this again, okay? Don't know about you, but I could have visited much longer. This was too short.
Pam Powell Williams '68 and Jim
From: Thomas Wright
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 97 12:58:02 PDT
Subject: Help
Do nothing that you would not like to be doing WHEN JESUS COMES
Go to no place where you would not like to be found WHEN JESUS COMES
Say nothing that you would not like to be saying WHEN JESUS COMES
Cyperpreacher T.W. '68
From: Randy Achey
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 14:37:09 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Here we go again
Randy Achey
From: Thomas Wright
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 97 17:57:05 PDT
Subject: Here we go again
EasTexTom
From: George '72
Date: 1 Jul 1997 19:09:34 EDT
Subject: forwarded message...
Kathy expressed her contempt for Don Burns' behavior during the Gathering. Apparently, he refused to introduce his girlfriend to Kathy... and basically ignored her.
Kathy said she had a good time there, but was very offended at Don's lack of social graces and common rudeness. But, she figured Don was too preoccupied with his mail order girlfriend; and Don was simply being his tasteless self.
Not to worry... what goes around, comes around. Perhaps Don will be snubbed at the next Gathering.
Kathy sends her regards to everyone that was there, and said she had a really good time. Breakfast at IHOP was most interesting as well.
From: Donald Burns
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 20:29:28 -0400
Subject: Plastic women and why I'm still single.....
Pam; the Rockdale County Sherriff's department thinks I'm okay now after I showed them how interesting my "friend" can be (depending upon air pressure). And, the MAIN reason I "got" her was so I could travel in the HOV lanes to and from the office each day. And, quite frankly, she and I would have joined Wanda in the hot tub...but, remember my "babe" had recently suffered an injury and had to be patched. I didn't want anyone to think that the bubbles in the hot tub were from.....another source. And, I was afraid if she lost too much air she might drown.
And George, Terry, Debbie, Lynn, Wanda, Carolyn and Rick (now ex-brother)...thanks a hole (oops; I meant whole) hell of a lot for inventing and enhancing the story of me and my inflatable girlfriend...(I'm just glad you didn't invent some story about her being over-inflated and looking pregnant..)
You guys and gals are terrific and I'm glad you had a great time! 'Wish I'd been there.... And I would have danced and done the hot tub thing!! Shame on you for not indulging!!!!
Don '71
PS: Where can I get one of those inflatable girls and about how much do they cost? Perhaps I can find something on the net......http:\www.air.heads~inflate to 4psi.\collapses to fit in your briefcase\complete with papers, registration & passport\perfect-woman.com
From: Donald Burns
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 20:44:38 -0400
Subject: Social disgraces...
Kindly forward this message to Kathy Agar as she is currently
computer stupid...... I did introduce my "friend" to Kathy... When Kathy
tried to conduct a conversation with my shy sweetie and failed to establish
a dialogue, she started hurling insults at my babe like.... "you are SO
PLASTIC!"....and...."are those breasts real?"....and..."you are so transparent!"
I then decided to ostracize ourselves from the Kathy guest...particularly when Kathy called me a "prick". Can you imagine how my baby must have felt...?
Don
From: Donald Burns
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 1997 22:09:34 -0400
Subject: [none]
From: L. Lynn DeLaMare
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 18:17:13 -0700
Subject: Re: Here we go again
Lynn (Wood) '65/Seattle
From: L. Lynn DeLaMare
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 18:35:23 -0700
Subject: Re: Social disgraces...
Lynn (Wood)
'65/Seattle
From: George '72
Date: 1 Jul 1997 22:02:24 EDT
Subject: SAY "I"
All those opposed... SAY "NEAH"
All those who don't give a damn... hit delete
George '72
just following the animals...
From: Wanda Guenther Tillman
Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 22:33:47 -0500
Subject: hot tub
From: Donald Burns
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 06:50:18 -0400
Subject: [none]
"Huh?"
From: Donald Burns
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 07:01:21 -0400
Subject: [none]
PERSONAL HYGIENE
- While ears need to be cleaned regularly, this is a job that should be
done in private using one's OWN truck keys.
- Proper use of toiletries can forestall bathing for several days. However, if you live alone, deodorant is a waste of good money.
- Dirt and grease under the fingernails is a social no-no, as they tend to detract from a woman's jewelry and alter the tastes of finger foods.
DINING OUT
- When decanting wine, make sure that you tilt the paper cup, and pour slowly so as not to "bruise" the fruit of the vine.
- If drinking directly from the bottle, always hold it with your fingers covering the label.
ENTERTAINING IN YOUR HOME
- A centerpiece for the table should never be anything prepared by a taxidermist.
- Do not allow the dog to eat at the table...no matter how good his manners are.
DATING (Outside the Family)
- Always offer to bait your date's hook, especially on the first date. Be aggressive. Let her know you are interested: "I've been wanting to go out with you since I read that stuff on the men's bathroom wall two years ago."
- Establish with her parents what time she is expected back. Some will say 10:00 PM; Others might say "Monday." If the latter is the answer, it is the boy's responsibility to get her to school on time.
THEATER ETIQUETTE
- Crying babies should be taken to the lobby and picked up immediately after the movie has ended.
- Refrain from talking to characters on the screen. Tests have proven they can't hear you.
WEDDINGS
- Livestock, usually, is a poor choice for a wedding gift.
- Kissing the bride for more than 5 seconds may get you shot.
- For the groom, at least, rent a tux. A leisure suit with a cummerbund and a clean bowling shirt can create a tacky appearance.
- Though uncomfortable, say "yes" to socks and shoes for this special occasion.
DRIVING ETIQUETTE
- Dim your headlights for approaching vehicles; Even if the gun is loaded, and the deer is in sight.
- When approaching a four-way stop, the vehicle with the largest tires always has the right of way.
- Never tow another car using pantyhose and duct tape.
- When sending your wife down the road with a gas can, it is impolite to ask her to bring back beer.
- Never relieve yourself from a moving vehicle, especially when driving.
- Do not lay rubber while traveling in a funeral procession.
TIPS FOR ALL OCCASIONS
- Never take a beer to a job interview.
- Always identify people in your yard before shooting at them.
- It's considered tacky to take a cooler to church.
- If you have to vacuum the bed, it is time to change the sheets.
- Even if you're certain that you are included in the will, it is still considered tacky to drive a U-Haul to the funeral home.
From: Pam Williams
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 10:33:16 -0400
Subject: Vickie's coming to Atlanta
Who besides me wants to go see her?
I spoke with her on the phone about 3 months ago and she was most gracious. She said next time she was in town that we BHS alums were to send her a note backstage and she'd be thrilled to meet with us after the show.
Here I go planning things again, but wouldn't it be great to meet someplace for dinner and then go to the show together? Or we could go out for coffee and dessert after the show - either works for us.
Y'all be looking for the exact dates and post it ASAP. I'll do the same.
Don, we don't care if you hate musicals - you have to join the group this time. If you insist on bringing "the" girlfriend, I have some cocktail dresses for her attire ;-), but you must do something about that bleached mohawk haircut with the green spikes. (I mean hers, not yours). Yours was very tasteful.
Steve T. in Dallas, what was the verdict on Vickie's appearance in Dallas? Didn't you say something about someone going to catch her show?
BTW you Conyers party-goers, Chris hasn't called once from soccer camp while the neighbor child has called repeatedly for his dad to come get him. I've been reassuring this kid's parents that he's okay and not to worry. Man oh man, these kids! We were all perfect children, weren't we?
Just following the animals,
Pam
From: steve thomas
Date: Wed, 02 Jul 1997 12:08:03 -0600
Subject: The Music Lady
Pam, responding to your question about the " Music Man ", yes, my wife and family went to see it last Sunday ( while I was driving back from Mecca, Georgia ). They thought that it was great! My wife said that Vickie did a wonderful job. She definitely would recommend seeing it. I never have seen Vickie on any stage, but I am hopeful that I will be able to see her before she leaves. It seems that I have a recollection of an appearance by her in the late 60's or early 70's on Merv Griffin. I think that maybe Richard Rodgers was there with her, but my memory may be faulty. Anyway, that is the extent of my experience of her talent.
Thanks for asking.
Sixty-sevenly,
Steve Thomas.
From: Elaine Graves
Date: 2 Jul 1997 16:35:46 EDT
Subject: I like this story...
By Francie Baltazar-Schwartz
Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, Jerry, you have two choices, today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood". I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."
"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.
"Yes it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life."
I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but often I thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: He left the back door open one night and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him.
Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still his body.
I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?"
I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied.
"Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live.
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.
Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, 'He's a dead man.' I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply...
I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them, I said, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."
Jerry lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.
From: Donald Burns
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 18:46:09 -0400
Subject: [none]
PS: My plastic friend and I broke up yesterday. I discovered she wasn't virgin vinyl.
From: Carolyn Hall Tidd
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 13:10:34 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Happy 4th of July
<< To all of our friends and relatives out there - have a great 4th of July weekend. May it be happy, safe and sunburn free!
We are going to catch the fireworks at Ft Benning tonite then head to Lake Martin for a couple of days and sun and fun. Piggin' out on barbeque and hotdogs while drinking a cool one - ahh the perfect picture. Add a splash in the lake to cool off and you have the perfect 4th of July.
Hope yours will be great!
Love, Carolyn & Mike & Matt & Hillary >>
From: George '72
Date: 4 Jul 1997 09:27:24 EDT
Subject: happy 4th...
How ever you do it... enjoy it.
George '72
just following the animals...
From: Donald Burns
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 1997 11:15:40 -0400
Subject: Safe & Happy Fourth!!
Q. Do I have to be married to have safe fax?
A. Although married people fax quite often, there are many single
people who fax complete strangers every day.
Q. My parents say they never had fax when they were young and were
only allowed to write memos to each other until they were twenty one.
How old do you think someone should be before they can fax?
A. Faxing can be performed at any age once you have learned the
correct procedure.
Q. If I fax to myself, will I go blind?
A. Certainly not, as far as we can see.
Q. There is a place on my street where you can go and pay to fax
someone. Is this legal?
A. YES! Many people have no other outlet for their fax drives and
must pay a PROFESSIONAL when their need to fax becomes too great.
Q. I fax quite often...Should I use a cover?
A. Unless you are really sure of the one you're faxing, a cover
should always be used.
Q. What happens when I incorrectly fax and fax prematurely?
A. Don't panic. Many people fax prematurely when they haven't faxed
for a long time. Just start over. Most fax partners won't mind if you
try again.
Q. I have a business and a personal fax. Can transmissions become
mixed up?
A. Being bi-faxual can be confusing, but as long as you use a cover
each time you fax, you won't transmit anything you're not supposed to.
From: DAVID H KNOPF
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 1997 11:53:12, -0500
Subject: Time for "The Animals" to hibernate??
Maybe it's time for the "Animals" to take a break. I'd rather have the chit-chat.
Dave Knopf Class of 65
From: Jim Davis
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 1997 15:11:26 -0400
Subject: Re: Time for "The Animals" to hibernate??
I haven't seen anything on this list that comes close to the "Dennis
Rodman Shock Writer" style. Have you seen his web site? It's disgusting!
The man has photos of himself doing things with real people most of us
wouldn't think of doing with Don Burn's ex?-girlfriend.
I like the ribald humor and want to read more of it. That's all most of
us have in common any more. I don't care if someone's daughter got their
braces off last week. Hell, we're LIONS!... Kings and Queens of the
jungle, wild savannah and Victory Drive! What do you expect?
My $.02,
Jungle Jim '66
From: George '72
Date: 4 Jul 1997 18:51:04 EDT
Subject: Sunshine's address
I just tried to send him something and it was returned as undeliverable. What happened?
George 72'
From: L. Lynn DeLaMare
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 1997 15:01:50 -0700
Subject: Re: Time for "The Animals" to hibernate??
Lynn (Wood) '65 Seattle
P.S. Visited the Moving (Vietnam Memorial) Wall today. Quite moving indeed.
From: Donald Burns
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 1997 19:11:53 -0400
Subject: [none]
From: Deborah T. Lowry
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 97 07:19:22 UT
Subject: Sunshine !
Deb Thompkins Lowry 68
Charlotte, NC
From: Pam Williams
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 1997 19:28:11 -0400
Subject: Green Berets on TBS
After you watch the Braves tonight play the Expos, you can watch Columbus's own "The Green Berets" with John Wayne and cast of Columbus thousands ;-) Who can you pick out from those extras that you know? Now why couldn't this have been on last when when we gathered in Conyers?
Hope all had a safe 4th. The Allman Bros. here in Conyers went over big. Sons James and Doug said it was a great concert.
Are you making plans to be one of the BHS alums at "The Music Man" at the Fox with Vickie Morales?
Pam '68
From: George '72
Date: 6 Jul 1997 10:31:44 EDT
Subject: Sunshine's address
I seem to remember he mentioned he was looking for another provider and may have found one. And maybe that's why I can't reach him.
If anyone's got his number, please call him and ask him for it. Not being able to find someone to sell his wienies, is not a good enough excuse to miss out on the party.
But thanks for the help anyway.
George '72
From: George '72
Date: 6 Jul 1997 17:35:18 EDT
Subject: Thanks
Seems like AOL is still up to their same old problems of allowing customers to get on line. So far... I've not had too many problems with my provider.
George '72
From: John Novikoff
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 20:47:01 -0400
Subject: RE: Thanks- FYI->AOL Connection Problems
Of course, you don't have to be on AOL to take advantage of TCP/IP connections. It's cheaper for me to pay a local ISP the $30 for sixty hours and AOL $6/montb unlimited that log on to an AOL number that is long distance.
John Novikoff
'72
(Still figuring out how to get away for the reunion)
From: Carolyn Hall Tidd
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 09:35:28 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Sunshine's e-mail address
<< Sunshine here. I haven't been able to connect to AOL lately and have not
got the skinny on the party at Pam's. I understand that you attended and
had quite a large time. Oh, by the way my new email is
shine1@mindspring.com.
>>
Sunshine dropped me a line with his new e-mail address (see above)
Lighting hit my yard last week and fried my modem (not to mention our alarm system and garage door) so I am left to check e-mail at work only until I can get it replaced. Hope your 4th was great! Ft. Benning fireaorks were super as usual!
Carolyn Hall Tidd '70
From: Carolyn Hall Tidd
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 09:44:07 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Sunshine needs Conyers update
Carolyn .70
From: Elaine Graves
Date: 7 Jul 1997 11:50:24 EDT
Subject: Roy???
I haven't heard from him in some time...
He was supposed to come to Pam's also...but no one had heard from him
then...do you reckon we need an APB?
Hope everyone had a really great 4th of July...we did!!!
And lets keep talking the talk (!!!) while we follow the animals... Elaine (Graves) Baker '67 PS... We saw the Georgia Guide stones on the way back to Fayetteville....(they are located on hwy 77 between Elberton and Hartwell) we were a little lost,taking a scenic route and accidentally found a sign that said, "to Georgia Guide stones". ..they are so neat...at the bottom of the slab of Granite written in English in the Guide stone's "message to the world", it says...Leave room for Nature and then again...Leave room for Nature.
From: Jim Davis
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 1997 20:15:59 -0400
Subject: Political Humor
From: Donald Burns
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 20:19:30 -0400
Subject: [none]
Don (not in hibernation) '71
From: Bob Brown
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 97 23:40:22 EDT
Subject: Aestivation
It's *just amazing* the things we remember from <harrumnph>-ty years
ago. I still have a fond place in my heart for Renate. It was from
the mailing for our tenth reunion that I found out she had died. I
still don't know how, but I miss her.
--Bob '65
From: Wanda Guenther Tillman
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 07:44:45 -0500
Subject: Well?????
Wanda Class of 73
From: Debbie Stanford
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 10:43:23 -0400
Subject: Well?????
We're always looking for for places to go, with or without our kids. Send more info on the cabin.
Debbie '74
From: RANDY Achey
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 12:37:26 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Totally tasteless
Fry Tim McVeigh
-- sung to the tune of YMCA
----------------------------------------------------------
Trials -- there's one every day
I said trials -- spent 2 years with OJ
With these trials -- no we're on to Tim McVeigh
And there's one thing we want to say
chorus:
We want the jury to
FRY Tim McVeigh
We want the jury to
FRY Tim McVeigh!
We don't want no parole
We don't want no appeal
We don't want no big bargain deal
We want the jury to
FRY Tim McVeigh
WE want the jury to
FRY Tim McVeigh
Send him straight to the chair
Shave his crewcut -- dork hair
And don't stop till he's medium rare.
We know -- he's a murdering scum
We think -- he should be strung up by his thumbs.
For what he did -- with his rented truck bomb
And now that the trial has begun
Connections -- there's a new one each week
They've been published -- by some internet geek
And by Playboy -- we know they'd never lie
It's all there right by Miss July.
Repeat chorus:
Lawyers -- we won't let this one go
So reserve him -- the best room on death row
In the meantime -- while he waits in the pen
Let's hope some hulk makes Tim his girlfriend!
Repeat churus:
Hope this helps.
Randy Achey '70'
From: Debbie Stanford
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 13:19:55 -0400
Subject: Re: Totally tasteless
Debbie '74
From: George '72
Date: 9 Jul 1997 15:47:10 EDT
Subject: proof of presence....
Even though you're not on the net, thanks for the pictures Billy. You did a really good job at capturing those Kodak moments. Now send me the "rest of the story".
George '72
From: Deborah T. Lowry
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 97 16:18:29 UT
Subject: Proof of presence...
Deb 68
Charlotte, NC
From: George '72
Date: 9 Jul 1997 17:21:20 EDT
Subject: ordering
Deleted
or call:
deleted (work)
George '72
From: Donald Burns
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 20:39:45 -0400
Subject: Re: proof of presence....
Thanks,
Don
From: Wanda Guenther Tillman
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 22:32:45 -0500
Subject: pictures
At least there was something to read tonight. Pam sure is being quiet/
Hope everything is all right with her. Maybe she is just following the
animals. Which is where I am going now. Have a good night guys.
Wanda 73
From: Pam Williams
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 16:56:29 -0400
Subject: Pam's proof of presence and Fox update and DC alert
Yes, the pictures do exist and some reside now at my house. Mr. Billy T. sent some yesterday via snail mail. There are some great shots of folks and as he writes, "I'm saving the bad ones for blackmail". I need mailing addresses for Joann Kinard and Sherry Jackson - Billy sent y'all some special - you're going to love them.
Now if I just knew how to use the scanner I have, these pics could live on in BHS archives. I'll get out the book to the scanner and see what I'm supposed to do to get going. Bob B., I may need your expert advice on this one. This is the same person who can't get her computer to recognize it has an external tape back-up attached to it!!! And the same one who switched from Quickbooks DOS to Quickbook Windows and lost the info on Jim's pay records during the conversion. Luckily the DOS version is still on the old computer and we haven't really lost anything - the IRS will certainly be appreciative, right? Ah, the wonderful world of computers - I really want to be looking at the Mars pics, but haven't had the time!!!
Wanda, I have been a little quiet, haven't I? Yes, I'm following the animals to the pool, soccer practice, friends' houses, etc. Chris's swim team is undefeated and we (our neighborhood Irwin Place) is hosting the county swim meet Sat. Any other budding Mark Spitzs out there? Too bad BHS didn't have a swim team - sounds like some of you (Moon included) knew a lot about swimming, albeit in the creeks and lakes at Ft. Benning and not the pool. I loved going to the pool at the Officer's Club and what was that one called on the right as you passed the MP station on Main Post? Also remember a small pool in Custer Terrace when we lived there for a while.
RE: VICKIE M. IN MUSIC MAN Jim and I are leaning toward going Sat. night , July 26 to the Fabulous Fox and see Vickie. 2nd choice would be Friday night, July 25. How about it - to everyone who wants to go? I'll check on tickets when I'm out and about. What places are in the running for possible eateries where we can meet either before or after the show? (No Don, I don't mean the Varsity , sorry guy). Let folks know what you'd like to do. We're up for either scenario, dinner before would be great as would dessert and coffee afterwards. "Talk amongst yourselves cause Vickie's like buttah and we've got to go backstage afterwards and "discuss".
You alums in DC - I want to see you guys when we come up there in August. Let's plan something, even it's just dinner at the hotel. Charles and Vince, I got your e-mails, thanks.
Will leave for now with the following "smilies"
Tribble math: * + * =3D *******************************************
Vultures only fly with carrion luggage.
Regards to all,
Pam '68
From: George '72
Date: 10 Jul 1997 17:54:38 EDT
Subject: blackmail...
Give em up Billy....
George '72
From: Randy Achey
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 21:29:14 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Public Service Announcement
Nike Condoms: Just do it
Toyota Condoms: Oh what a feeling.
Diet Pepsi Condoms: You got the right one baby.
Pringles Condoms: Once you pop, you can't stop
Mentos Condoms: The freshmaker
Flintstones Vitamins Condoms - Ten million strong and growing
Secret Condoms: Strong enough for a man, but PH balanced for a woman.
Macintosh Condoms: It does more, it costs less, it's that simple.
Ford Condoms: The best never rest
Chevy Condoms: Like a rock
Dial Condoms: Aren't you glad you use it? Don't you wish everybody did?
New York Lotto Condoms: Cause hey -- you never know.
California Lotto Condoms: Who's next?
Avis Condoms - Trying harder than ever
KFC Condoms: Finger licking Good
Coca Cola Condoms: Always the Real thing
Lays Condoms: Betcha you can't have just one.
Campbell Soup Condoms: Mmm, mmm, good
General Electric Condoms: We bring good things to life!
AT&T Condoms: Reach out and touch someone
Bounty Condoms: The quicker picker upper
Microsoft Condoms: Where do you want to go today?
Energizer Condoms: It keeps going and going and going and......
M&M Condoms: They melt in your mouth not in your hand.
Taco Bell Condoms: Get some; make a run for the border
MCI Condoms: For friends and family
Doublemint Condoms: Double your pleasure, double your fun
The Sears Latex Condoms: One coat is good for the entire winter.
Delta Airlines Condom pack: Delta is ready when you are.
United Airlines travel pack condoms: Fly United
The Star Trek Condoms: To boldly go where no man has gone before
Dr. Pepper Condoms: I want more, more, more
This cannot be sung to YMCA
Randy Achey '70'
From: George '72
Date: 10 Jul 1997 22:00:56 EDT
Subject: Public Service Announcement
RA>Delta Airlines Condom pack: Delta is ready when you are.
They never let me down...
George '72
From: Donald Burns
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 18:41:24 -0400
Subject: [none]
Mars Pathfinder Mission - red rover, red rover, send Sojourner
over. Latest images and data from the Martian landscape.
<http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov>
<http://www.spacezone.com/marscov.htm>
Really, really worth your time!
Don '71
From: Donald Burns
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 18:43:15 -0400
Subject: [none]
http://www.james-taylor.com/
From: Donald Burns
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 07:48:42 -0400
Subject: [none]
Thanks!! Don '71
From: Mike Omelanuk
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 08:14:25 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Kathy
Mike '64
From: Donald Burns
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 20:45:22 -0400
Subject: It's just too quiet here...so.....
"What's the problem, Adam?", God replies.
Lord, I know you created me and have provided for me with this beautiful garden and all of these wonderful animals, but I'm just not happy.
"Why is that Adam?", comes the reply from the heavens.
Lord, I know you created this place for me , with all this lovely food and all of the beautiful animals, but I am lonely.
"Well Adam, in that case I have the perfect solution. I shall create a woman for you."
"What's a woman, Lord?"
"This woman will be the most intelligent, sensitive, caring and beautiful creature I have ever created. She will be so intelligent that she can figure out what you want before you want it. She will be so sensitive and caring that she will know your every mood and how to make you happy. Her beauty will rival that of the heavens and earth. She will unquestioningly care for your every need and desire. She will be the perfect companion for you", replies the heavenly voice.
"Sounds great."
"She will be, but this is going to cost you, Adam."
"How much will this woman cost me Lord?", Adam replies.
"She'll cost you your right arm, your right leg, an eye, an ear and your left testicle."
Adam ponders this for some time, with a look of deep thought and concern on his face. Finally, Adam says to God, "Hmmm, what can I get for a rib?"
AND, the rest, as they say, is history.
From: Wanda Guenther Tillman
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 20:03:00 -0500
Subject: More Talk
just wanted to thank you for at least keeping this mailing list alive. Where are all the tasteless jokes when you need them. Got our pictures from Billy Tinker yesterday. Ours are great. Would love to see everyone else's. Can't we meet for dinner or something. Even IHOP sounds good. I certainly look like I was having a good time. Even our employees want to come next time. They think we are crazy. We are still lonely here in Tenn. So come on up (Or down) and see us. Hope to hear from some of you soon.
Wanda 73
From: Donald Burns
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 22:19:53 -0400
Subject: This week's "What's Kewl on the Net"
1. <http://www.memex-press.com/cc/index.html> If you are shopping for colleges, Critical Comparisons will help. Here you'll find thoughtful, comprehensive reports analyzing how any one institution of higher education in America compares with its peers and tells you in words, with numbers and interactive graphs, exactly how that institution compares peers with respect to cost, scholarly reputation, campus crime, student services, library services, scholarships, student body, majors, and institutional finances. It's exactly what you need to know in order to make an informed choice.
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3. <http://HOMEdoctor.net> The Home Doctor E-zine is provided to
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and major appliances. The weekly newsletter, the HOME-LIST, keeps
subscribers informed and allows readers to submit their
questions, answers, and comments. To subscribe send email to:
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5. <http://www.hotwired.com> This essential reading, now in a new dynamic HTML version, is more than just a tease for the dead tree newsstand issue.
6. <http://www.newsworks.com> Imagine having a private personal news assistant who reads every word published every day in more than 125 of the best newspapers in America, and then gives you exactly the news and information you need and want whether it's about politics, crime, your favorite baseball team, fashion, grunge music or all of the above.
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8. <http://opendoor.com/webfooted/humoranonymous> Folks in recovery know that a little humor helps in the healing process and that is where Humor Anonymous uses its 13 steps in a healthy and happy spiritual awakening. "There is pain in recovery. Misery is optional."
From: Mike Omelanuk
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 07:59:44 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Kathy Update
She is doing fine. Rachel is still in the hospital (Athens Regional), but is expected to be out soon. For those requsting a place to send cards, doubt snail mail will be fast enough (thank God!). Sarah was ok, and flew on (as planned) to spend some time with her aunt in New York.
Will keep you posted. We all appreciate your thoughts, concerns and prayers.
Mike
From: George Thornton
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 97 09:42:23
Subject: Re: Lions Digest V1 #425
It's my expeience that when a problem like this occurs; there is a major disconnect between the seat of your chair & the keyboard. Let me know if I can be of further assistance.
GCT'67
From: Deborah T. Lowry
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 97 09:37:26 UT
Subject: Class of 68 Discussion List !
We now have our very own discussion list. (This is intended primarily for the Class of 68, but spouses and friends of the class are also welcome.)
To subscribe to the list, a "subscribe" command should be sent in the body of the message (not on the subject line). Send the word subscribe (no quotation marks).
Send your subscribe request to the following address:
BHS68-L-Request@Baker.hs.org
If you have any questions, you can contact me personally at: debandtom@msn.com or at the address below.
I look forward to hearing from all my class-members on-line !
Deb Thompkins Lowry 68
Owner-BHS68-L@Baker.hs.org
From: George '72
Date: 14 Jul 1997 19:19:20 EDT
Subject: mindspring...
George '72
From: George '72
Date: 14 Jul 1997 22:13:44 EDT
Subject: thanks...
My problem was simple. Getting on... and staying on.
Once I got on and got a hold of MindSpring... they don't have local access for He Haw ville yet (Radcliff, KY). And I don't love any of you enough to pay long distance fees yet. Well... maybe one or two of you.
I guess its Murphy's Law...
Thanks any ways.
George '72
From: katherine.stroup
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 97 07:41:47 CST
Subject: Southern fun
1.Their #1 product would be Microsoft Winders
2.Instead of an hourglass icon you'd get an empty beer bottle
3.Occasionally you'd bring up a window that was covered with a Hefty bag
4.Dialog boxes would give you the choice of "Ahh-ight" or "Naw"
5.Instead
of "Ta-Da!", the opening sound would be Dueling Banjos
6.The "Recycle Bin" in Winders '95 would be an outhouse
7.Whenever you pulled up the Sound Player you'd hear a digitized drunk
redneck yelling "Freebird!"
8.Instead of "Start Me Up", the Winders '95 theme song would be
Achy-Breaky Heart
9.Winders 95 logo would incorporate Confederate Flag
10.New Shutdown WAV: "Y'all come back now!"
11.Hardware could be repaired using parts from an old Trans Am
12.Flight Simulator replaced by Tractor pull Simulator
From: katherine stroup
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 97 07:42:47 CST
Subject: [Fwd: [Fwd: FW: Barbie's revenge!!!]] (fwd)
c/o Mattel, Inc.
El Segundo, CA 90245
December 23, 1996
Dear Santa:
Listen you fat little troll, I've been helping you out every year, playing at being the perfect Christmas present, wearing skimpy bathing suits in frigid weather, and drowning in fake tea from one too many tea parties, and I hate to break it to ya Santa, but IT'S DEFINITELY PAYBACK TIME] There had better be some changes around here this Christmas, or I'm gonna call for a nationwide meltdown (and trust me, you won't wanna be around to smell it).
So, here's my holiday wish list, Santa:
1. A nice, comfy pair of sweat pants and a frumpy, oversized sweatshirt. I'm sick of looking like a hooker. How much smaller are these bathing suits gonna get? Do you have any idea what it feels like to have nylon and velcro crawling up your butt?
2. Real underwear that can be pulled on and off. Preferably white. What bonehead at Mattel decided to cheap out and MOLD imitation underwear to my skin? [It looks like cellulite]
3. A REAL man...maybe GI Joe. Hell, I'd take Tickle-Me Elmo over that wimped-out excuse for a boyfriend Ken. And what's with that earring anyway? If I'm gonna have to suffer with him, at least make him (and me) anatomically correct.
4. Arms that actually bend so I can push the aforementioned Ken-wimp away once he is anatomically correct.
5. Breast reduction surgery. I don't care whose arm you have to twist, just get it done.
6. A jogbra. To wear until I get the surgery.
7. A new career. Pet doctor and school teacher just don't cut it. How about a systems analyst? Or better yet, an advertising account exec. Or even an Accountant for goodness sake
8. A new, more 90s persona. Maybe "PMS Barbie", complete with a miniature container of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream and a bag of chips; "Animal Rights Barbie", with my very own pain gun, outfitted with a fake fur coat and handcuffs; or "Stop Smoking Barbie", sporting a removable Nicotrol patch and equipped with several packs of gum. 9. No more McDonald's endorsements. The grease is wrecking my vinyl.
10. Mattel stock options. It's been 37 years--I think I deserve it.
Ok, Santa, that's it. Considering my valuable contribution to society, I don't think these requests are out of line. If you disagree, then you can find yourself a new bimbo doll for next Christmas. It's that simple.
Yours truly, Barbie
From: katherine.stroup
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 97 07:40:44 CST
Subject: fwd: Aussie Troubleshooting Chart
SYMPTOM: Beer unusually pale and tasteless.
FAULT: Glass empty.
ACTION: Get someone to buy you another beer.
SYMPTOM: Beer tasteless, front of your shirt is wet.
FAULT: Mouth not open, or glass applied to wrong part of face.
ACTION: Retire to gent's room, practice in mirror.
SYMPTOM: Feet cold and wet.
FAULT: Glass being held at incorrect angle.
ACTION: Rotate glass so that open end points toward ceiling.
SYMPTOM: Feet warm and wet.
FAULT: Improper bladder control.
ACTION: Stand next to nearest dog, complain about its house training.
Demand beer.
SYMPTOM: Floor blurred.
FAULT: You are looking through bottom of empty glass.
ACTION: Get someone to buy you another beer.
SYMPTOM: Floor moving.
FAULT: You are being carried out.
ACTION: Find out if you are being taken to another bar.
SYMPTOM: Opposite wall covered with fluorescent lights.
FAULT: You have fallen over backward.
ACTION: Have yourself leashed to bar.
SYMPTOM: Mouth contains cigarette butts.
FAULT: You have fallen forward.
ACTION: See above.
SYMPTOM: Room seems unusually dark.
FAULT: Bar has closed.
ACTION: Confirm home address with bartender.
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Modern Quotes/Terms
ON METAPHYSICS
Deja Fu: The feeling that somehow, somewhere, you've been
kicked in the head like this before.
ON DEEP THOUGHTS
A day without sunshine is like night.
ON HIGHER EDUCATION
College is the fountain of knowledge ... and the students are there to drink
ON MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMS
A polar bear is a rectangular bear after a coordinate transform.
ON PROBLEM SOLVING
When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a
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ON MATERIALISM
He who dies with the most toys, is, nonetheless, still dead.
ON RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
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ON INFINITY
If you had everything, where would you keep it?
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The cost of living hasn't affected its popularity.
ON PUBLISHING OR PERISHING
I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because
someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name on the top.
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What was sliced bread the greatest thing since?
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When aiming for the common denominator, be prepared for the
occasional division by zero.
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When you're swimmin' in the creek
And an eel bites your cheek
That's a moray!
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To err is human, to moo bovine.
ON EXPLANATION OF THE END
...one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that,
lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of
their C programs.
ON PROPHECY
The meek shall inherit the earth -- they are too weak to refuse.
ON NUMBERS
Grabel's Law: 2 is not equal to 3 -- not even for large values of 2.
ON WORLD POLITICS
Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" until you can find a rock.
AND FINALLY, ON DRUGS AND DEVELOPMENT
There are two major products to come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX.
We don't believe this to be a coincidence.
Taking a whack w/ a different email. If you get it, let me know. Enjoy.
From: katherine.stroup
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 97 08:04:19 CST
Subject: Nov her is a god ide
The European Union commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, rather than German, which was the other possibility.
As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a five-year phased plan for what will be known as EuroEnglish (Euro for short).
In the first year, "s" will be used instead of the soft "c". Sertainly, sivil servants will resieve this news with joy.
Also, the hard "c" will be replaced with "k". Not only will this klear up konfusion, but typewriters kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik emthusiasm in the sekond year, when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced by "f". This will make words like "fotograf" 20 per sent shorter.
In the third year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkorage the removal of double letters, which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horible mes of silent "e"s in the languag is disgrasful, and they would go.
By the fourth year, peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" by z" and "w" by v. During ze fifz year, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou", and similar changes vud of kors be aplid to ozer kombinations of leters.
After zis fifz yer, ve vil hav a reli sensibl riten styl. Zer vil be no mor trubls or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech ozer.
Ze drem vil finali kum tru.
From: katherine.stroup
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 97 16:27:23 CST
Subject: new e-mail address
Haven't heard from anyone today, except Sunshine! Need to find out if my new e-mail address is for everywhere or just on campus. Somebody send me an e-mail to my new address, please.
Thanks
Tiny Tinker Stroup '75
From: C. Rolf Milton
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 97 08:27:03 UT
Subject: in Atlanta
I'm in town from the wilds of Alaska and would be willing to lift a brew with any '67 bums in the area, or anyone else that has an interest. I'll be driving up to Nashville after that.
BTW since so many of us are members of so many schoolsl. Are any of you attending the LAs Vegas reunion of Augsburg American High School? I am flying there after Nashville - look forward to meeting any and all.
Rolf '67
Chugiak, Alaska
From: MOmelanuk
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 08:10:53 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Stuff
Talked to Kathy at my folks in Augusta last night. She and Rachel are there, tired but ok. Rachel sore but up and around and improving every day.
Bob, this may be of interest to others, so I'll ask here. (Only one Bob on @Baker? THE Bob?) Anyway, I used to get my Lion's digest with a 4:30 am download. Now it seems that it doesn't get here until later, and my auto download misses it. Has something changed on your end? Do I need to set the DL for later in the morning? Could you spit out the summary a little earlier?
Hope you all have a great week. I'll probably be able to read mail once in a while, but no reply until I get back. You folks mean a lot to me, hang in there.
Mike '64
From: Mike Omelanuk
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 08:55:37 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Humor
Mike '64
From: steve thomas
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 11:12:51 +0000
Subject: "Male Failed "
I can't get through to your e-mail address. Did you change something?
Steve.
From: katherine.stroup
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 97 15:32:54 CST
Subject: The Paws that Refreshes
My boss sent this to me and thought I would share!!
Top 20 Reasons Dogs Don't Use Computers
20. Can't stick their heads out of Windows '95.
19. Fetch command not available on all platforms.
18. Hard to read the monitor with your head cocked to one side.
17. Too difficult to "mark" every website they visit.
16. Can't help attacking the screen when they hear "you've got mail".
15. Fire hydrant icon simply frustrating.
14. Involuntary tail wagging is dead giveaway they're browsing "www.pethouse.com" instead of working.
13. Keep bruising noses trying to catch that MPEG frisbee.
12. Not at all fooled by Chuckwagon screen saver.
11. Still trying to come up with an "emoticon" that signifies tail-wagging.
10. Oh, but they WILL... with the introduction of the Microsoft OpposableThumb.
9. Three words: Carpal Paw Syndrome.
8. 'Cause dogs ain't GEEKS! Now, cats, on the other hand...
7. Barking in next cube keeps activating YOUR voice recognition software.
6. SmellU-SmellME still in beta test.
5. SIT and STAY were hard enough, GREP and AWK are out of the question!
4. Saliva-coated mouse gets mighty difficult to maneuver.
3. Annoyed by lack of newsgroup, alt.pictures.master's.leg.
2. Butt-sniffing more direct and less deceiving than online chat rooms.
AND THE NUMBER 1 REASON DOGS DON'T USE COMPUTERS...
1. Tr0{g0 DsA [M,bN HyAqR4tDc Tgr0o TgYPmE WeIjTyH P;AzWqs,.
(Too Damn Hard To Type With Paws)
From: Donald Burns
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 21:19:58 -0400
Subject: [none]
While he was walking he happened upon a pit bull attacking a small
child. His instincts took over, and he ran to the child's aid. He grabbed the
dog, pulled him from the child, and choked the dog until he was dead.
As the dead animal lay at his feet, a man came running over from the other side of the street. He announced that he was a reporter for the Atlanta
newspaper, and he would make the rescuer famous.
"ATLANTA MAN SAVES
CHILD FROM GRUESOME DEATH,"
the headlines would proclaim.
The would-be savior explained that it was very nice, but he was from
Boston - not Atlanta. The next day the headlines of the Atlanta paper read:
"YANKEE BASTARD KILLS FAMILY PET."
From: Donald Burns
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 21:27:18 -0400
Subject: Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.
Don
From: Pam Williams
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 21:20:46 -0400
Subject: Vickie's coming - are you going?
Well, Jim and I ended up being able to go see Vickie in "The Music Man" at the Fabulous Fox on Saturday evening, July 26. Anybody else making those same plans?
We're sitting in the right loge Section FF . Tickets were definitely going, so get yours soon.
Don, tell us a little more about Dailey's. Is it within walking distance of the Fox? It would be great if we could all park once and walk to the Fox from the restaurant. If we meet beginning about 6:00 or 6:30, we ought to have plenty of time to eat and talk prior to 8:00 curtain
I can even bring our very own BHS lion logo name tags that Bob B. so lovingly created. When we send the note backstage to Vickie, we'll have to include one for her to wear - I mean, hey, we might not be able to recognize her without it, right?
From: Donald Burns
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 21:41:50 -0400
Subject: [none]
Don
From: Pam Williams
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 23:57:27 -0400
Subject: Vickie's coming - Part II
Thanks to Don I know you didn't get my whole e-mail. Here's the rest.
What about Pleasant Peasant? (Don also recommended this when he e-mailed back a little bit ago. It's near the Fox and the food has been great when we've gone to other restaurants in the chain)
Ideas for eateries?
Don, if you insist, we could probably be forced to go to the Varsity afterwards.
Hey, for the 14 Sunday brunchers (and you know who you are), there's another IHOP near the Fox ;-)
Bonnie B, Don, and others let us know.
If some of you Columbus alums are coming, you MIGHT have a chance of some of us putting you up <g>
Joe Celko, maybe another group wants to go Friday night. Debbie Thompkins L. might be coaxed into coming down. Deb, you and Tom are welcome here Friday night and drive back to Panther country Sat. am.
Glad Kathy and kin are doing better. Mike O. and Milt, hope the vacations are going well.
Regards to all,
Pam '68
From: George '72
Date: 18 Jul 1997 15:46:20 EDT
Subject: choices in hell...
Little devil asks him to choose his personal version of hell, and shows him three doors.
First door opens up and three guys are standing on their heads on a plank with nails sticking up. Fella says "Don't think so".
Second door opens up and three guys are standing on their heads on hot rocks (naturally). Fella says "Don't think so".
Third door opens up and thirty guys are standing knee deep in raw sewage, drinking coffee. Fella looks at the little devil and says "Think I can deal with this","I'll take this one."
Little devil say "Fine, get a cup of coffee; I'll be back in a few." A few minutes later, little devil opens the door and yells "Okay !!!! Coffee break's over... everyone back on their heads."
From: Donald Burns
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 09:10:44 -0400
Subject: [none]
From: Donald Burns
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 09:19:12 -0400
Subject: [none]
Don
From: Donald Burns
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 11:17:29 -0400
Subject: [none]
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From: Carolyn Hall Tidd
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 09:46:08 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Where have I been?
Did anyone elseread the article in the Columbus Ledger about the Class of '47
having a 50 year reunion? Very nice article--Not a large class but after 50
years they had lost less than 20 members and had a pretty good turn out!
Hope those of you in S. Alabama don't get/haven't been washed away by
Hurricane Danny. Please send us only a couple of inches of rain!.
I accidently erased all my mail concerning the pictures taken at the Conyers
get together. I do want to get copies of the pics-Does Billy Tinker have
them? Who do I see about reprints? Sherry Jackson would like copies as
well- Please let know.
You guys have a great Sunday-my last day of vacation--I am blue!
Later.
Carolyn Hall Tidd ' 70
From: L. Lynn DeLaMare
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 13:11:19 -0700
Subject: The Mona Lisa Thing
Lynn
From: Randy Achey
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 18:22:23 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Victoria's Secret
10. The Miracle What???This is better than world peace!!!
9. No thanks, Just sniffing.
8. I'll be in the dressing room going blind.
7. Mom will love this.
6. Do you have this with a Dallas Cowboy logo on it?
5. No need to wrap it up. I'll eat it here.
4. Will you model this for me?
3. Oh honey, you'll never squeeze your fat ass into that!
2. 45 bucks? You're just gonna end up naked anyway!
And the NUMBER ONE thing that a man should never, ever say out loud in the store.
1. Does this come in children's sizes?
Made me think of Don, I don't know why.
Randy Achey '70'
From: steve thomas
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 00:56:56 +0000
Subject: Welcome
There seems to be something wrong with your e-mail address, as I tried twice to send you a " welcome " and both times " failed ". So, welcome from a fellow '67er. Hope you enjoy @Baker.
Steve Thomas, '67.
From: Pam Williams
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 11:36:13 -0400
Subject: Eating at Mick's on Peachtree?
You can delete this if the Fox theatre isn't on your agenda for this Sat. night OR you aren't interested in "dining" with us Baker bums before the 8:00 performance of "the Music Man".
BTW, Vickie's 11 year old daughter is in the cast,....... kewl!!
For those of you going to see Vickie Morales and daughter at the Fox on Sat. night, Sunshine and I have been discussing where to consume the mass quantities of food before the show.
Mick's at Peachtree and Linden is a good possibility. It's inexpensive and the food is wonderful. It's right down from the Fox.
I have a call in to them to see if we can get reservations for about 6:00pm Sat. night. I've told them about 10-12 would be coming. I'm anticipating the following fellow diners, but let me know if you want to be included (or excluded) . Pam & spouse; Sunshine (Roy Cook) and spouse; Joe Celko and spouse(?) Bonnie Blanton and guest (?); and the ever social bon vivant Don Burns and whoever/whatever (just kidding, guy).
Who else wants to eat Sat. dinner with some Baker bums? You don't have to be going to the musical - you could just join in for dinner.
So...... take at look at the menuonsline .com for Atlanta's Mick's Downtown and make plans to join us.
I'll be back on to let you know what the reservation person at Mick's says when they call back this afternoon.
Regards,
Pam '68
From: katherine.stroup
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 97 11:00:47 CST
Subject: Food for thought
And now, the question I'm sure is on everybody's mind:
IS JESUS UPSET ABOUT HEALTH CARE FOR GAYS? by Beverly Bartlett, Columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal
The Southern Baptist Convention voted to boycott Disney.
Well, good for the Baptists. It's about time someone stood up to Disney's shameless propaganda, their insistent promotion of their own perverted sense of a family, the sorry and sickening spectacle of each of their movie plots.
I'm sick and tired of the way Disney solves every woman's problem -- be it her career as a hooker ("Pretty Woman"), her beleaguered civilization ("Pocahontas") or her miserable stepmother ("Snow White," "Cinderella") -- by having her marry well.
And I'm still steamed about the way they gave the prepubescent American Indian princess such big breasts.
Yeah, boy, the Southern Baptists have really taken a brave stand... Wait a minute. What's that?
The Baptists aren't upset about the role Disney has played in rearing a generation of girls to look upon themselves as pretty little future wives, just waiting for a prince to rescue them? Nope.
They're upset that the company is giving out health insurance too freely. Too many gays and lesbians, in the minds of these Baptists, are getting the likes of annual teeth cleanings and Pap smears. And they also don't like "Ellen" or "Pulp Fiction." So the convention voted to banish Mickey from their homes, Snow White from their VCRs and Peter Jennings, who works for ABC, which is owned by Disney, from their living rooms.
Well, no doubt their kids will be better off. I'm not a big fan of any of that stuff anyway. And it's absolutely, 100 percent, their business. No one has to watch something they find objectionable, whatever their reasons.
This is America, by golly. Boycotts are our right. And the First Amendment grants all of us the opportunity to make our own spiritual way. That is apparently what one delegate was trying to do when she proclaimed that the boycott "will change us. It will affirm to us and the world that we love Jesus more than we love our entertainment."
Fine.
But in case she or any of the other convention delegates ever wonder why conservative Christians are sometimes seen as hateful and bigoted and judgmental, look at how this appears from the outside. The Baptist Convention is boycotting not because it believes Disney treats some group or individual badly, but because they think the company treats a group of individuals too well.
Singling out Disney's health-care policy as "anti-family," when so many companies don't provide employees with health care at all, makes Baptists seem as if they don't care about helping struggling families as much as they care about hurting the families they don't like. The boycott is not about easing miserable conditions at overseas factories. It's not about shaming highly profitable companies for laying off loyal employees. It's not about shunning a movie that spreads hateful stereotypes or ugly untruths. In a world of sin and suffering, they're upset that one group of people isn't suffering enough.
It seems awfully strange to make a moral judgment that puts everything that touches Disney off limits -- from the seemingly ancient, sweet sentiment of "It's A Small World" to a "20/20" interview with Billy Graham--but that excuses the production of crass productions like "Beavis and Butt-Head," skin TV like "Baywatch" and often-crude comedies like "Seinfeld."
Baptists pick their battles like everyone else. But the individuals pushing this agenda should at least admit that their biases are their biases.
They are boycotting ABC not just because they love Jesus more than entertainment, but because they love the parts of the Bible that preach against homosexuality more than they love the parts that preach against hate, or gluttony, or gossip, or working on Sunday, or women cutting their hair.
They are not, after all, boycotting NBC for providing health benefits to Katie Couric, with her sinful bob, or Willard Scott, with his shameless gut.
They are not boycotting Wal-Mart for doing business on Sunday, in direct violation of one of the Ten Commandments. Does anyone really think that Jesus is worried that too many people are getting health-care coverage?
From: Randy Achey
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 16:27:17 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Food for thought
One other note about Disney. A few years ago, a 5 year old from our church was dying from brain tumors. When the Lion King came out, he wanted to see it badly. The mother arranged a time that he could go alone because of the frequent and loud seizures that dominated his life.
However, he was unable to sit through the movie due to the numerous seizures. The theatre contacted Disney. Disney sent an employee here to Birmingham with a video copy of the Lion King. The only stipulations would be the employee must stay with the copy of the movie, no longer how long it took, and that the media would not be contacted with the story. The employee stayed in Birmingham with the movie for 6 days until the child completely got to see the movie.
Just thought you'd be interested in that bound for hell Disney company.
Randy Achey '70'
From: Jim Davis
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 19:44:22 -0400
Subject: Re: Food for thought
From: Jim Davis
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 19:44:49 -0400
Subject: Re: Food for thought
From: George '72
Date: 21 Jul 1997 20:11:50 EDT
Subject: homophobia...
But ya know something... Just like Jim Davis just said. there's good and bad in all that walks, crawls and slithers on their bellies.
Look at Jim and Tammy Faye Baker. They were good God fearing people. What they did... in the name of religion was okay.
Look at Jimmy Swaggart. Who he did, under the guise of the cloth was okay.
Oral Roberts just wanted money, so he wouldn't die.
Sam Kennison was right up front with his escapades... and made no bones about it... but he was a hell bound sinner.
I just wonder who really has the right to point a finger at someone, when they do the same thing... and then go to church and condemn.
I guess the bottom line from my viewpoint. Unless its causing you direct harm or taking advantage of someone else... mind your own damn business. People are, what people are. Learn to live with it. It might make you a little more compassionate towards your fellow man.
George '72 (a heterosexual with a very dear friend who's a lesbian)(and damn proud to admit I associate with "GAYS") And let us not forget... we are all children of the big one upstairs, who loves us for what we are.
From: LynnWyat
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 21:48:34 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: Food for thought
During a community breakfast attended by a number of the clergy from the metro area, I asked of the most outspoke Baptist minister if he had made plans to tell those members of his congregation that worked for Disney to withhold their tainted money from the contribution and to tell those 90% of the rest of his congregation that drived their income from businesses that had income generated by or indirectly from Disney to withhold the portion of their contribution that could be traced back to Disney. He quickly explained to me that I had stopped 'preaching and was medeling now' and said that they would not go that far! That shows you just how far the all mighty dollar controls our beliefs.
Lynn '72
From: L. Lynn DeLaMare
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 21:21:05 -0700
Subject: Re: Food for thought
-- Lynn (Wood) DeLaMare/'65/Seattle
From: Elaine Graves
Date: 22 Jul 1997 10:41:32 EDT
Subject: Food for Thought...discussion
IS JESUS UPSET ABOUT HEALTH CARE FOR GAYS
My own comments concerning the article written by Beverly Bartlett
follow:
IMHO,
A rose is a rose is a rose.
Censure is censure is censure.
Certainly, I am sure, all are aware of the number of artists,
in the past, who were found to have odd habits behind (or in
front of closed doors).
Does that change their artistic endeavor? Does it mean you have to buy their artistic endeavor? Are only artists guilty of odd habits?
Do Gays produce other than art? Is art only produced by Gays? Is it only Gays who need Health Care?
Is it only Baptists who believe in Jesus? Or, does Jesus care only about Baptists?
Does Jesus really care about Health Care?
Did He ever need to care about Health Care?
Is it only Baptists who boycott?
Actually, anyone can boycott anything, including, good ol' Disney Studios. To boycott is a right.... ...right along with the First Amendment.
I, for one, will always love and stand in awe of Walt Disney, the man. His magnificent artistic endeavors contributed much to the quality of my life. For the most part, I believe his spirit lives on in the artistic endeavors in Disney enterprises today.
Also, I will be forever grateful to the original draftsmen and signers of the Constitution, (another magnificent work)!
Now...on the subject of Health Care, I think all "significant others", married or not, should be allowed health care benefits if they are willing to pay a Family Health Care policy premium as part of a group package. There are many people in this country today who live together as productive members of a family unit. If they are both contributing to the family situation and are willing to pay the Family Health Care Policy Premium, why should they not be allowed to do so?
In My Humble Opinion, I do believe, Jesus, himself, would think that
fair to all concerned.
Elaine Graves Baker 67
From: Johnny Joiner
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 12:24:05 -0400
Subject: Emory
My six year old Grandson will be going into Emory ( Egelston Hospital ) Monday, for heart surgery. This is his second time in his short life, but the first at Emory.
We have been told, that Emory Inn has the most convenient accommodations to Egelston. We would appreciate any information about the Inn and the area ( restaurants, do's and don'ts, etc ).
Maybe some of you folks around Atlanta can lend some information, that will help make this trip a little more bearable.
Thanks,
Johnny Joiner ' 65
From: Bill Dawson
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 14:36:21 -0700
Subject: Emory
Prayer works wonders.
Bill Dawson '52
From: Thomas Wright
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 97 15:07:07 PDT
Subject: Re: Emory
EasTexTom
Tom Wright'68
From: Ballenga
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 18:29:57 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Lions Digest V1 #433
Anne Achey Ballengee `66
From: Pam Williams
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 12:15:59 -0400
Subject: Mick's it is for Saturday
Hey to the rest of you,
Mick's on Peachtree is expecting us this Sat. evening. The closer we can be there to 6:00 the better because Ralph at Mick's knows we are going on to the Fox at 8:00 and says it's gets busy after 6:30 with folks doing what we're doing. We ought to have plenty of time to talk and visit and not rush to the theatre.
So....... 6:00 at Mick's and reservation name is under Pam Williams.
If you need driving directions use that MapQuest and again the menu for Mick's Downtown is on the Menusonline web site. Check it out.
See you there and we're looking forward to this Sat.
Pam '68
From: Carolyn Hall Tidd
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 18:40:29 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Emory
Carolyn Hall Tidd ' 70
From: Carolyn Hall Tidd
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 18:53:21 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Food for thought-Disney
I can't tell you
that I would plan my family vacation for the week the gays come to Disney but
it has never occurred to me to ask anyone when or if they were going to be
there while I was. I know several gay men and lesbians and like them all for
the reasons we like anyone. And anyone who would promote what the Baptist
Conference has come up with for sure doesn't need to come to Disney while I'm
there. Keep your grumpy butts at home and leave the rest of us alone.
If you can't be happy at Disney World, you can't be happy anywhere and there
is plenty of room for everyone!
There's my $.02.
Carolyn Hall Tidd ' 70
From: Donald Burns
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 19:43:46 -0400
Subject: [none]
From: Mike Omelanuk
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 00:56:10 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Vickie Morales
<< It appears that Vickie Morales is traveling all around the country ---
does anyone know if she'll be in the Richmond or DC area??????
>>
How about Chicago?
From: Ron Johnson
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 05:47:35 -0400
Subject: Vicky Morales (Victoria Mallory)
After
the show closes Sunday, Vicky is off to St. Louis to begin rehearsal for a
new show, but I don't know where that show will go. I know she has
appeared in Richmond in several shows (Mike's parents live there). The
show was fun -- wholesome and with beautiful music. Vicky's voice only
gets better with age, Barry Williams (who was Greg on the Brady Bunch and
plays the Music Man here) sings wonderfully, and there is a barbershop
quartet in the show that makes heavenly harmony. Enjoy it tonight!
Ron Johnson '65
From: Ballenga
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 06:45:16 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Lions Digest V1 #436
Can You check out future engagements???? Particularly in Richmond, DC or Chicago????
From: George '72
Date: 28 Jul 1997 05:35:54 EDT
Subject: Nude Reunion...
Well it seems that the Class of '72 has had a slow response to the reunion plans. I talked to Alice Howell, and she recommended that we spice up the reunion a little... by turning it into a clothing optional reunion. And since the weather is so darn hot and humid lately... sounds good to me.
There will be a few interesting activities planned, to make it more fun. And any of you who've been to motorcycle rallies, you've seen some of the games we've come up with. There's... the barrel roll, bite the wienie and the best chest test. And since there probably won't be any bikes there... it should be a real eye opener.
So any of you that had doubts about going to a boring reunion, by a bunch of old geezers... show up and have a good time. I'm glad to see that Alice still has a knack for good ideas to keep these things going. Thanks Alice... you're a real trooper.
George '72
From: katherine.stroup
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 97 07:04:56 CST
Subject: Re: Nude Reunion...
You accused ME of being one to stir things up!! OH BOY!!!
Catch you on the flip flop.
Tiny Tinker Stroup '75
From: Bruce Emerson
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 10:15:44 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: 67 Reunion
The 1967 Reunion will take place on the 9th of August at 7pm at "The Estate" located on Macon Road. At 8pm there will be a dinner, and at 9pm the band Daddy O's begins the evenings entertainment. Cost is $58 per person in advance and includes dinner. A cash bar will be available. Be sure to practice the PC, the Shag, and Line dancing - we intend to do a lot of it.
The Friday before many of us are getting together for a morning golf game.
Call Ron Roth at deleted (work) or deleted (home) to get on a
team, form a team, and get tee time information. You can also send him an
email at deleted.
Hope to see you ya'll there.
Bruce Emerson 67
From: Pam Williams
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 18:04:13 -0400
Subject: Vickie was great!
Joe Celko, his family and I got to speak to her after the show and she was so gracious. She's flattered we all remember her and come to see her - she flatters us by spending time talking to us.
Alas for you guys asking about a VA visit. She's on her way to St. Louis to do another play. Whoever's out that way look out for the dates and go see her. You'll not regret it.
Jim and I had dinner with Sunshine, his wife and Joe Celko before the play and talked 90 miles an hour about old times.
Bonnie Blanton '70 phoned to tell us she suffered an ankle injury and wouldn't be joining us. I called her yesterday evening and she's better. We talked for a good while and she says she's the 2nd BHS alumni to be her children's elem. school PTA Pres. here in Atlanta. Told her I've been there, done that with my kids, but it got me thinking that I bet we BHS bums have assumed a lot of leadership roles throughout our adult lives.
Baker prepared us well, didn't it? Bonnie and I discussed Miss Linda Skinner and her efforts to get us "tuned in" to current events - she certainly didn't let us get by with anything, did she? Told students right quick to quit the b.s. and get to work. I know I never went in her class without my homework <g>.
Hope all are well - Atlanta continues to suffer with the heat, but what else is new? Our 10 year old is attending another soccer camp this week here from 9-3 and you wonder how kids can work so hard in the heat. Course all you past band kids and football players did it too, didn't you? And you didn't even have those "Squeeze Breeze" bottles either ;-).
Let's keep the Joiner family in our prayers this week.
The '72 Nude Reunion sounds like great fun. Make sure you scan in those pics for the rest of us.
Pam '68
From: katherine.stroup
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 97 15:48:53 CST
Subject: more nonsense
Antigravity, The Feline Butterology Theory: This question was posed to the Usenet Oracle:
If you drop a buttered piece of bread, it will fall on the floor butter-side down. If a cat is dropped from a window or other high and towering place, it will land on its feet.
But what if you attach a buttered piece of bread, butter-side up to a cat's back and toss them both out the window? Will the cat land on its feet? Or will the butter splat on the ground?
And in response, thus spoke the Oracle:
Even if you are too lazy to do the experiment yourself you should be able to deduce the obvious result. The laws of butterology demand that the butter must hit the ground, and the equally strict laws of feline aerodynamics demand that the cat can not smash its furry back. If the combined construct were to land, nature would have no way to resolve this paradox. Therefore it simply does not fall.
That's right, you clever mortal (well, as clever as a mortal can get), you have discovered the secret of antigravity! A buttered cat will, when released, quickly move to a height where the forces of cat-twisting and butter repulsion are in equilibrium. This equilibrium point can be modified By scraping off some of the butter, providing lift, or removing some of the cat's limbs, allowing descent.
Most of the civilized species of the Universe already use this principle to drive their ships while within a planetary system. The loud humming heard by most sighters of UFOs is, in fact, the purring of several hundred tabbies. The one obvious danger is, of course, if the cats manage to eat the bread off their backs they will instantly plummet. Of course the cats will land on their feet, but this usually doesn't do them much good, since right after they make their graceful landing several tons of red-hot starship and pissed-off aliens crash on top of them.
Flaws In the Flying Cat Theory: A Response
Special to the Coastal Beacon
A logical analysis of the BFAD (Buttered Feline Antigravity Drive) propulsion theory clearly demonstrates the impossibility of such a system. Let us begin with a simple analysis.
1) Buttered bread must fall butter side down.
2) A cat always lands on its feet.
While both theorems are indisputable, the oracle offers no proof of the construct. The oracle implies that anyone who 'would' test this construct would immediately find the secret of BFAD.This is clearly nonsense.
Let us assume a normal Einsteinian universe (although a Euclidean universe would serve our purposes just as well, the Einsteinian is both cheaper and drinks are readily available.)
To test BFAD, one must procure:
Bread
Butter (margarine, for some reason, will not work)
A cat
A strapping device.
Let us assume that all of these are readily available.
Now, attach the strapping device to the cat.
See? No cat.
what has happened? We have run up against an a priori universal law. By a priori, we mean that it takes priority over either the Buttered Bread Principle or the Law of Feline Landings.
What happens is that the instant a strapping device and a cat occupy the same four dimensional space, the cat disappears.Now, this can easily be tested, and has been repeatedly. There are two schools of thought about this phenomenon.
The first holds that a cat and a strapping device are constituted out of different fundamental building blocks. According to this theory, a cat is constituted primarily of superquarks, (called meows by current theorists.) These superquarks demonstrate qualities that are both atomic (constituted as they are of groupings of normal quark particles) and feline (because these quarks exhibit characteristic of "charmed" or "lucky" particles.) Again, according to this theory, strapping materials are fashioned out of non-charmed particles. Bringing the two together causes one or the other to cancel out. One aspect of this theory that has not been sufficiently explained to date is the fact that it is always the cat, not the strapping device, that disappears.
The second school of thought, and it is one that appears to be gaining ground in academic circles today, holds that cats are, in fact, super-intelligent pan-dimensional beings who exist in our four dimensional universe only because there is plenty of good food and a lot of creatures stupid enough to provide the food, along with plenty of attention. Whenever a strapping device appears, the cat simply opens a door to a different series of dimensions, and goes on an extended tour.
According to this theory, purring is a cat's way of maintaining a constant balance cycling across multiple dimensions. This school holds that antigravity is impossible, but that theoretically, a REALLY good grip on a cat, while reaching for a strapping device, could result in our ability to cross dimensions with ease (barring scratches, that is.) Pessimists argue That if there was anything really interesting in those other dimensions, cats wouldn't spend so much time here, so why ask for a good scratching?
From: Tom Kirkland
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 22:27:09 +0900
Subject: '72 Reunion
Tom Kirkland
APO AP 96266
From: katherine.stroup
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 97 09:08:55 CST
Subject: New OER System
From this October, the Army goes to a new OER system. Don't know if the following comments, supposedly actual lines out of OER (Officer Efficiency Report ), will be appropriate. (I suspect the British for these comments).
- Not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
- Got into the gene pool while the lifeguard wasn't watching.
- A room temperature IQ.
- Got a full 6-pack, but lacks the plastic thingy to hold it all
together.
- A gross ignoramus -- 144 times worse than an ordinary ignoramus.
- A photographic memory but with the lens cover glued on.
- A prime candidate for natural deselection.
- Bright as Alaska in December.
- One-celled organisms out score him in IQ tests.
- Donated his body to science before he was done using it.
- Fell out of the family tree.
- Gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn't
coming.
- Has two brains; one is lost and the other is out looking for it.
- He's so dense, light bends around him.
- If brains were taxed, he'd get a rebate.
- If he were any more stupid, he'd have to be watered twice a
week.
- If you give him a penny for his thoughts, you'd get change.
- If you stand close enough to him, you can hear the ocean.
- It's hard to believe that he beat out 1,000,000 other sperm.
- One neuron short of a synapse.
- Some drink from the fountain of knowledge; he only gargled.
- Takes him 1 1/2 hours to watch 60 minutes.
- Was left on the Tilt-A-Whirl a bit too long as a baby.
- Wheel is turning, but the hamster is dead.
From: katherine.stroup
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 97 09:28:47 CST
Subject: JOKES
On Project Managers
If you get in my way, I'll kill you!
- ideal project manager
If you get in my way, you'll kill me!
- somewhat less than ideal project manager
If I get in my way, I'll kill you!
- somewhat misguided project manager
If I get in your way, I'll kill you!
- A tough m. f. project manager (eats glass, live cats, etc.)
If get kill in will way I you.
-dyslexic, functionally illiterate project manager
I am the way! Kill me if you can!
-messianic project manager
Get away, I'll kill us all!
-suicidal project manager
If you kill me, I'll get in your way.
-thoughtful but ineffective project manager
If I kill you I'll get in your way.
-project manager who has trouble dealing with the obvious
If a you getta ina my way, I gonna breaka you arm.
-project manager from New York
I am quite confident that there is nothing in the way, so no one will
get killed.
-project manager who is about to get in big trouble
If you kill me, so what? If you get in my way, who cares?
-weak, uninspired, lackluster project manager
If I kill me, you'll get your way.
-pragmatic project manager
Kill me, it's the only way.
-every project manager to date.
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From: katherine.stroup
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 97 09:32:13 CST
Subject: [none]
15> A little too much joie de vivre while demonstrating the erector set, if you know what I mean.
14> Every time you're passed over for a promotion, you stick your head in an Easy Bake Oven and threaten to "end it all."
13> You got caught adding a garage to your house using embezzled Lego bricks.
12> Numerous parental complaints about your "Tickle Me Carl The Stockboy" display.
11> You went overboard with your GI Joe Militia display by adding the Tonka truck full of fertilizer.
10> Cross-dressing the Ken and Barbie dolls and telling kids they're the new "Jerry Springer" edition.
9> The "My Little Taxidermy Kit" (with starter squirrel) is not selling.
8> Impromptu demonstrations of why Malibu Ken is not anatomically correct.
7> Got caught doing your Dolly Parton impression with basketballs again.
6> Source of reefer smoke finally traced to "nostrils" of Geoffrey the Giraffe.
5> Jaws of life needed to pull your knees out of your chest after you jackknifed a Big Wheel.
4> Caught hocking phlegm into tykes' hands and telling them it was "homemade Gack."
3> Your sales display, "Barbie's Struggle for Survival in Post- Nuclear Holocaust Malibu" was not exactly an overwhelming success.
2> Too many reports from people who swear they saw Geoffrey the Giraffe in a leather bar.
and the Number 1 Reason For Being Fired From Toys 'R' Us...
1> Regardless of the question, you answer, "Bite me, kid -- I R on break."
From: katherine.stroup
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 97 09:33:48 CST
Subject: laughs!!!!
Sorry, Officer, I didn't realize my radar detector wasn't plugged
in.
That hooker I met at the AIDS clinic said you were a nice guy.
Hey, you must've been doin' about 125mph to keep up with me! Good
job!
That uniform makes your ass look really big.
Excuse me. Is stick up hyphenated?
I thought you had to be in relatively good physical condition to be
a
Police Officer.
You don't happen to have any beer in your car?
I was going to be cop, but I decided to finish high school instead.
Your not gonna check the trunk, are you?
Gee, that gut sure doesn't inspire confidence.
Lets do it different this time... I will give you the breathalyzer
test, now stick this in your mouth and blow
Did you happen to attend the Barney Fife Police Academy?
Didn't I see you get your ass kicked on Cops?
I can't reach my license unless you hold my beer.
Wow, You look just like the guy in the picture on my girlfriend 's
nightstand.
When you smack the crap outta me, make sure you smile pretty for the
camcorder.
I bet I could grab that gun before you finish writing my ticket.
Is it true that people become cops because they are too dumb to work
at McDonalds?
I pay your salary!
So, uh, you on the take, or what?
Those sirens are hurting my ears, turn them off or I am not speaking
to you.
So what if I was speeding, whatcha gonna do about it Mr. Hotshot?
Gee, officer! That's terrific. The last officer only gave me a
warning, too!
Aren't you the guy from the village people?
Do you know why you pulled me over? Okay just so one of us does.
I was trying to keep up with traffic.
Yes I know there is no other car around, that's how far they are
ahead of me.
So, are you still crabby because your mamma didn't let you play with
your gun when you were little?
Sorry I can't hear you over the radio. No I am not turning it down,
I
love this song. Either speak up or just leave me alone.
What do you mean have I been drinking? You're the trained specialist.
Well, when I reached down to pick up my bag of crack, my gun fell off
my lap and got lodged between the brake pedal and gas pedal,
forcing me to speed out of control.
Hey, man, you want a hit?
Hey is that a 9 mm? That's nothing compared to this .44 magnum.
Hey, can you give me another one of those full cavity searches?
From: Katherine Agar
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 11:24:49 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: I'm back
Cheers!
Kathy (Omelanuk) Agar Chadron, Nebraska
From: TheHubber
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 16:10:44 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Class of 56
Thanks to all that had anything to do with this project. Great Job.
Bill Ward
From: George '72
Date: 30 Jul 1997 18:32:48 EDT
Subject: Don's babe...
Seems like Alice invited Don and his babe to the Class of '72 Reunion.
Question is... will he stand "us " up too, like he did at the Gathering.
Alice did ask one question of me though. She's gone ahead and done up both name tags for Don and his babe, and isn't sure how to spell his balloon babe's name.
Is it Vinylisha or Vinylesha? We don't want to off end... I mean, offend her by misspelling her name. Someone please let us know.
George '72
From: Katherine Agar
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 17:12:54 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Re: Don's babe...
Kathy (