Graduation Time by Tommy Towery Class of '64 Thinking about Dianne Hughey McClure's graduation last week, and Jim Bannister sending me the photo of his graduation class for this week, I decided to include one of my own graduation photos. When I was going through stuff for my upcoming move (Did I tell you we bought a new house?) I found the negative for the photo above. I don't remember ever getting a print made of this photo, but maybe I did and my grandmother kept it. Anyway, this is my grandmother (Ethel Roden) and me on the little front porce of our apartment at 904-C Webster Drive. My grandmother was the cook at the Rebel Inn and died in 1977, one week before my daughter was born. Also included is a scan of the graduation program for that day. I will put the whole program on the site someday. But, anyway, since this is the time for graduation ceremonies, I thought I might share this photo with you. ______________________________________________________ Last Week's Music Trivia Seems like the Class of '66 dominated the music trivia for last week. It was a great week for participants, and we had several who had not played before. Thanks for all the players, and a special thanks for the memories you shared with us. That's what it's all about...OUR memories, not just any memories. Jennifer White Bannecke, Class of '66, has her computer's music playing ability back and comes in strong again. She gave the following answers to the trivia, missing only one song. I think she has help from Craig on some of these. Again, to hear the whole song, click on the Blue Underlined name of the song below. 1. Last Date - Floyd Crammer 2. Mr. Lonely - Bobby Vinton This was one of Bobby's many hits that you will never forget. 3. One Night With You - Elvis Just a wild guess! It was really Only You by The Platters 4. Moon River - Jerry Butler An old time favorite. 5. Monster Mash - Bobby "Borris" Pickett and the Crypt Kickers Who could ever forget this one. Craig said every time he hears Monster Mash it reminds him of riding the school bus through Lakewood on the way home from school. Someone would always have a transistor radio. 6. Stand By Me - Ben E. King 7. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong - 8. Red River Rock - Johnny and The Hurricanes 9. Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Curtis Lee and The Halos 10. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison In researching these songs for last week's trivia, I came upon a site that gave an explaination to a question that I've always had about "Brown-Eyed Girl". Our radio station, WRVR, here in Memphis always plays a version of this song that says "Skipping and a jumping, behind the stadium..." instead of the verse that was always one of my favorites "makin' love in the green grass, behind the stadium". I always wondered if they were talking about Milton Frank Stadium, but I degress. Anyway I found the following information on a web site: Art Siegel comments on the two versions of the lyrics (one with, and one without the line "makin' love in the green grass"): There is a comment in the book about some radio stations having censored the song, with no further explanation. The removal of the "makin' love" line was an overdub by an engineer for censorship/airplay purposes that was done in 1967. I don't think either the original LP or single versions were censored, however, though I've seen a note that "some copies of the Blowin' Your Mind LP have the censored version. The 1973 LP T. B. Sheets, reissued from the Bang session material, contained the censored version without explanation, however. The Best Of Van Morrison CD from Mercury/Polygram in 1990 was released with the censored version - presumably a mistake by someone who didn't know there were two versions. Reports are that the remastered version of the CD has the original, uncensored version restored. As a footnote, Van fan Hope Gatto sends this account from a recent trip to Ireland: My cousin, Maurice, took me to a pub owned by his friend, Speedy Mullen, who just happens to be the husband of the "Brown-eyed Girl". As it turns out, Speedy grew up with Van in Belfast and when Speedy began dating this girl, Van was mesmorized by her eyes. She had mentioned that Van used to give her the creeps because he stared at her eyes so much. Van sent Speedy a demo of the song and asked if it was okay. Speedy, of course, said it was. Speedy's bar is called "Mullen's" and it is located in Downpatrick. Now I also find it a coincidence that Van Morrison's hangout was "Mullen's". They just spelled it differently than our hangout. Also, a memory of "Monster Mash". Does anyone else remember the cheerleaders getting Mr. Hamilton to let them play that song on the PA system one morning as a pep rally commercial for a football game that night? Again, it was one of those strange moments in life when the PA system brough a little pleasure instead of demands. ______________________________________________________ Jim Bannister, Class of '66, actually outdid the Banneckes this time, since he got number three correct, but his entry came in after I had already linked the songs to Jennifer's e-mail, so I left her entry in. Jim is correct - It was the Platters. He added these comments to his e-mail: Well here we go again....I probably won't stand a chance now that the Bannecke's have their music player working again but I will give it my best shot anyway..... Only You - The Platters....Saw them in Yokohama , Japan 1973 and they were outstanding!! Stand By Me - Ben E King (also a great movie with River Phoenix) What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong....on the soundtrack of Good Morning Vietnam. Liked the movie but the real Adrian Cronauer was better. Brown-Eyed Girl Van Morrison....but I like Jimmy Buffett's version better. ______________________________________________________ Judy "Fedrowisch" Kincaid, Class of '66, also had all the songs correct this week, but missed one artist. But we forgot to remind you to name the artist so that's okay. Judy writes: You had some real "tuffies" this time. Isn't it amazing how we can remember songs from 30-40 years ago, but couldn't seem to remember the answers on a test we had studied for just the night before (30-40 years ago)? As they say, "youth is wasted on the young". Our generation enjoyed such a wide variety of music, as reflected in the above selections, while later generations only seem to relate to a specific type - disco, heavy metal, rap...... Long live the "Oldies"!!!!! ______________________________________________________ Cherri Polly Massey,Class of '66, sends us these memories Mr. Lonely -Bobby Vinton (My husband and I went to Branson and to his show. He sure has gotten old! If you want to feel young again, go to Branson. We were among the youngest prople there.) Stand by Me - Ben E. King, Timon and Pumbaa (think I've seen "The Lion King" too many times?) Red River Valley (how could a Texan miss that?) ______________________________________________________ From Linda Beal Walker, Class of '66 Once again I will make a feeble attempt to name a few of your "songs" -- Last Date - the late, great Floyd Cramer. I also have the 45 by Skeeter Davis with the words. I had many first and Last Dates on the same night, so I loved this song. Moon River - who didn't have a version of this song. Personal opinion, great to slow dance to. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong did the version that I like best. I tried and tried to remember the name of this one, it's right out there just beyond my reach and I can not get it. I can't wait to find out the answer. I watched the ACM awards last night to support Jimmy, he was in there with some big competition. Congratulations on the nomination, Jimmy. (Editor's Note: It seemed to me that any song going against a patriotic song for last year had a hard time winning. Guess it's the luck of the draw. But, like Linda, I want to congratulate Jim for even having a song nominated.) ______________________________________________________ From Robert (Sonny) & Winona Brown Turner, for the Class of '65. This was fun and Winona and I had a great time doing it. Winona is from the class of 1965. Ok lets begin with Number 1 It was " Last Date" and was released in 1960 by The Late and Great Floyd Cramer, if I remember right it took a whole two week allowances to buy it at Slim Lays Record Ranch on Andrew Jackson Way or as it was called then 5th Street. Did you know that Mr. Cramer past away on Dec. 31, 1997? Second song is "MR Lonely" by Bobby Vinton 1964 I remember this most because I had just broken up with a girl lets just call her (CP) and I was very Mr. Lonely. Third song is "Only you" by the Platters on Mercury Records I still have it From 1955. Sonny Turner became the lead singer for the group in 1960 . " Sorry not me.LOL" . Winona and I went to see them at the Diplomat Inn in 1967. I remember skating to it at The Rocket City Roller Rink on South Parkway just below Governors Drive. Forth song is "Moon River" How can anyone forget this great hit by Andy Williams. Fifth song is "Monster Mash" by Bobby Pickett from 1962 I now had a learners permit to driver and Dad would let me take the 55 Pontiac to date. WOW!!!!!!!! Sixth song is " Stand By Me " by Ben E.(arl) King 1961 Seventh song " What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong. ( Satchmo ) from 1968 Eighth song is " Red River Rock" by Johnny and the Hurricanes or sometimes just the Hurricanes, it hit number 7 in 1960. What a remake of a old country hit!!!! Ninth song is "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" by Curtis Lee If my memory is right the guy only had maybe one more hit. It too hit number 7 in 1961. Tenth song is "My Little Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison it was in 1967 and how can I ever forget this song as my Grand daughter (Kayla) who has Brown Eyes. Used to call it in each week on the request line every Saturday night on 99.1 WAHR FM and dance to it. ______________________________________________________ Linda (Lynn) Isbell Creek - Class of '64 had nine of the the songs answers right, and shares her memories of two of them. (Thanks Lynn.) I have hesitated to enter the previous contests due to many "senior moments" when I can't seem to remember anything, but this week I thought I'd give it a try. Here goes: Last Date - Brings back a sad memory Monster Mash - My grandkids and I sing this one frequently! ______________________________________________________ Barbara Wilkerson Donnelly, Class of '64 also had nine of the ten almost correct. (Red River Rock, not Red River Valley!). I loved her commentary, since it seems to go along with my own memory mentioned above. Barbara writes: Had to do the trivia really quickly, so these may be off-base. Had another problem with them opening. Actually, 1-7 played immediately, but 8-10 wouldn't. So I called Ed in to help me (2 days later) and they played right away! Go figure. Here are my guesses and my "commentary" on one of them. I have stories about all of them, but the one which just made me chuckle was "Monster Mash." I wonder if anyone remembers this (besides Francena McClendon)? She and I wrote a song to the tune of "Monster Mash" re: the football players and she read it one Friday morning over the P.A. The only verse I remember was probably my favorite: "The Bopper was boppin' down the field The crowd arose to see our Bill." Of course, that was Billy Byrom. Wonder where all the other verses went in my head? Thanks again for the trivia. Hope I got a few correct. ______________________________________________________ |
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Graduation Time by Tommy Towery Class of '64 Thinking about Dianne Hughey McClure's graduation last week, and Jim Bannister sending me the photo of his graduation class for this week, I decided to include one of my own graduation photos. When I was going through stuff for my upcoming move (Did I tell you we bought a new house?) I found the negative for the photo above. I don't remember ever getting a print made of this photo, but maybe I did and my grandmother kept it. Anyway, this is my grandmother (Ethel Roden) and me on the little front porce of our apartment at 904-C Webster Drive. My grandmother was the cook at the Rebel Inn and died in 1977, one week before my daughter was born. Also included is a scan of the graduation program for that day. I will put the whole program on the site someday. But, anyway, since this is the time for graduation ceremonies, I thought I might share this photo with you. ______________________________________________________ Last Week's Music Trivia Seems like the Class of '66 dominated the music trivia for last week. It was a great week for participants, and we had several who had not played before. Thanks for all the players, and a special thanks for the memories you shared with us. That's what it's all about...OUR memories, not just any memories. Jennifer White Bannecke, Class of '66, has her computer's music playing ability back and comes in strong again. She gave the following answers to the trivia, missing only one song. I think she has help from Craig on some of these. Again, to hear the whole song, click on the Blue Underlined name of the song below. 1. Last Date - Floyd Crammer 2. Mr. Lonely - Bobby Vinton This was one of Bobby's many hits that you will never forget. 3. One Night With You - Elvis Just a wild guess! It was really Only You by The Platters 4. Moon River - Jerry Butler An old time favorite. 5. Monster Mash - Bobby "Borris" Pickett and the Crypt Kickers Who could ever forget this one. Craig said every time he hears Monster Mash it reminds him of riding the school bus through Lakewood on the way home from school. Someone would always have a transistor radio. 6. Stand By Me - Ben E. King 7. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong - 8. Red River Rock - Johnny and The Hurricanes 9. Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Curtis Lee and The Halos 10. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison In researching these songs for last week's trivia, I came upon a site that gave an explaination to a question that I've always had about "Brown-Eyed Girl". Our radio station, WRVR, here in Memphis always plays a version of this song that says "Skipping and a jumping, behind the stadium..." instead of the verse that was always one of my favorites "makin' love in the green grass, behind the stadium". I always wondered if they were talking about Milton Frank Stadium, but I degress. Anyway I found the following information on a web site: Art Siegel comments on the two versions of the lyrics (one with, and one without the line "makin' love in the green grass"): There is a comment in the book about some radio stations having censored the song, with no further explanation. The removal of the "makin' love" line was an overdub by an engineer for censorship/airplay purposes that was done in 1967. I don't think either the original LP or single versions were censored, however, though I've seen a note that "some copies of the Blowin' Your Mind LP have the censored version. The 1973 LP T. B. Sheets, reissued from the Bang session material, contained the censored version without explanation, however. The Best Of Van Morrison CD from Mercury/Polygram in 1990 was released with the censored version - presumably a mistake by someone who didn't know there were two versions. Reports are that the remastered version of the CD has the original, uncensored version restored. As a footnote, Van fan Hope Gatto sends this account from a recent trip to Ireland: My cousin, Maurice, took me to a pub owned by his friend, Speedy Mullen, who just happens to be the husband of the "Brown-eyed Girl". As it turns out, Speedy grew up with Van in Belfast and when Speedy began dating this girl, Van was mesmorized by her eyes. She had mentioned that Van used to give her the creeps because he stared at her eyes so much. Van sent Speedy a demo of the song and asked if it was okay. Speedy, of course, said it was. Speedy's bar is called "Mullen's" and it is located in Downpatrick. Now I also find it a coincidence that Van Morrison's hangout was "Mullen's". They just spelled it differently than our hangout. Also, a memory of "Monster Mash". Does anyone else remember the cheerleaders getting Mr. Hamilton to let them play that song on the PA system one morning as a pep rally commercial for a football game that night? Again, it was one of those strange moments in life when the PA system brough a little pleasure instead of demands. ______________________________________________________ Jim Bannister, Class of '66, actually outdid the Banneckes this time, since he got number three correct, but his entry came in after I had already linked the songs to Jennifer's e-mail, so I left her entry in. Jim is correct - It was the Platters. He added these comments to his e-mail: Well here we go again....I probably won't stand a chance now that the Bannecke's have their music player working again but I will give it my best shot anyway..... Only You - The Platters....Saw them in Yokohama , Japan 1973 and they were outstanding!! Stand By Me - Ben E King (also a great movie with River Phoenix) What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong....on the soundtrack of Good Morning Vietnam. Liked the movie but the real Adrian Cronauer was better. Brown-Eyed Girl Van Morrison....but I like Jimmy Buffett's version better. ______________________________________________________ Judy "Fedrowisch" Kincaid, Class of '66, also had all the songs correct this week, but missed one artist. But we forgot to remind you to name the artist so that's okay. Judy writes: You had some real "tuffies" this time. Isn't it amazing how we can remember songs from 30-40 years ago, but couldn't seem to remember the answers on a test we had studied for just the night before (30-40 years ago)? As they say, "youth is wasted on the young". Our generation enjoyed such a wide variety of music, as reflected in the above selections, while later generations only seem to relate to a specific type - disco, heavy metal, rap...... Long live the "Oldies"!!!!! ______________________________________________________ Cherri Polly Massey,Class of '66, sends us these memories Mr. Lonely -Bobby Vinton (My husband and I went to Branson and to his show. He sure has gotten old! If you want to feel young again, go to Branson. We were among the youngest prople there.) Stand by Me - Ben E. King, Timon and Pumbaa (think I've seen "The Lion King" too many times?) Red River Valley (how could a Texan miss that?) ______________________________________________________ From Linda Beal Walker, Class of '66 Once again I will make a feeble attempt to name a few of your "songs" -- Last Date - the late, great Floyd Cramer. I also have the 45 by Skeeter Davis with the words. I had many first and Last Dates on the same night, so I loved this song. Moon River - who didn't have a version of this song. Personal opinion, great to slow dance to. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong did the version that I like best. I tried and tried to remember the name of this one, it's right out there just beyond my reach and I can not get it. I can't wait to find out the answer. I watched the ACM awards last night to support Jimmy, he was in there with some big competition. Congratulations on the nomination, Jimmy. (Editor's Note: It seemed to me that any song going against a patriotic song for last year had a hard time winning. Guess it's the luck of the draw. But, like Linda, I want to congratulate Jim for even having a song nominated.) ______________________________________________________ From Robert (Sonny) & Winona Brown Turner, for the Class of '65. This was fun and Winona and I had a great time doing it. Winona is from the class of 1965. Ok lets begin with Number 1 It was " Last Date" and was released in 1960 by The Late and Great Floyd Cramer, if I remember right it took a whole two week allowances to buy it at Slim Lays Record Ranch on Andrew Jackson Way or as it was called then 5th Street. Did you know that Mr. Cramer past away on Dec. 31, 1997? Second song is "MR Lonely" by Bobby Vinton 1964 I remember this most because I had just broken up with a girl lets just call her (CP) and I was very Mr. Lonely. Third song is "Only you" by the Platters on Mercury Records I still have it From 1955. Sonny Turner became the lead singer for the group in 1960 . " Sorry not me.LOL" . Winona and I went to see them at the Diplomat Inn in 1967. I remember skating to it at The Rocket City Roller Rink on South Parkway just below Governors Drive. Forth song is "Moon River" How can anyone forget this great hit by Andy Williams. Fifth song is "Monster Mash" by Bobby Pickett from 1962 I now had a learners permit to driver and Dad would let me take the 55 Pontiac to date. WOW!!!!!!!! Sixth song is " Stand By Me " by Ben E.(arl) King 1961 Seventh song " What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong. ( Satchmo ) from 1968 Eighth song is " Red River Rock" by Johnny and the Hurricanes or sometimes just the Hurricanes, it hit number 7 in 1960. What a remake of a old country hit!!!! Ninth song is "Pretty Little Angel Eyes" by Curtis Lee If my memory is right the guy only had maybe one more hit. It too hit number 7 in 1961. Tenth song is "My Little Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison it was in 1967 and how can I ever forget this song as my Grand daughter (Kayla) who has Brown Eyes. Used to call it in each week on the request line every Saturday night on 99.1 WAHR FM and dance to it. ______________________________________________________ Linda (Lynn) Isbell Creek - Class of '64 had nine of the the songs answers right, and shares her memories of two of them. (Thanks Lynn.) I have hesitated to enter the previous contests due to many "senior moments" when I can't seem to remember anything, but this week I thought I'd give it a try. Here goes: Last Date - Brings back a sad memory Monster Mash - My grandkids and I sing this one frequently! ______________________________________________________ Barbara Wilkerson Donnelly, Class of '64 also had nine of the ten almost correct. (Red River Rock, not Red River Valley!). I loved her commentary, since it seems to go along with my own memory mentioned above. Barbara writes: Had to do the trivia really quickly, so these may be off-base. Had another problem with them opening. Actually, 1-7 played immediately, but 8-10 wouldn't. So I called Ed in to help me (2 days later) and they played right away! Go figure. Here are my guesses and my "commentary" on one of them. I have stories about all of them, but the one which just made me chuckle was "Monster Mash." I wonder if anyone remembers this (besides Francena McClendon)? She and I wrote a song to the tune of "Monster Mash" re: the football players and she read it one Friday morning over the P.A. The only verse I remember was probably my favorite: "The Bopper was boppin' down the field The crowd arose to see our Bill." Of course, that was Billy Byrom. Wonder where all the other verses went in my head? Thanks again for the trivia. Hope I got a few correct. ______________________________________________________ |
Class of '66 Graduation Photo (Click on Photo for larger image) by Jim Bannister I found this in the cedar chest with old news- paper. I just had to share this stuff with our classmates. Jim __________________________________ Generals Do California Speedway by Terry 'Moses' Preston Class of '64 Take a sun-splashed California morning, add 115,000 racing fans, and make one simple announcement: "Drivers Start you engines!" The loud rumbling and cheering that follows vibrates your rib cage and sends a rush of adrenaline through your veins, accelerating your pulse rate and sending chills up and down your spine! That's pretty exciting stuff. You are there with the Lee High class of 1964's wittiest and wildest guy, Lehman Williams. Now you've got fun! Yes, our favorite funny guy and resident basket case is alive and well in sunny southern California (It's the only place where he is considered almost normal). He has survived 5 car crashes, including going through the windshield, and is still around to laugh about it. He still drinks beer (about Delaware's annual share), plays the drums, comes up with clever things to say, and gets a big kick out of saying things to impress and astonish you. He is also a genuinely nice guy. Lehman now prefers his first name, George, and is a respected financial officer in a company that owns several dozen Jiffy Lube franchises. He has a wonderful wife (remember his bride at the 10-year class reunion? - same chick) who probably deserves either the Medal of Honor or a psychiatric exam for sticking with him for 27 years! They live east of Pasadena in a community called Covina, in a house they bought in the seventies for a song but that is now worth a mint. George Lehman was able to score tickets to both the Las Vegas 400 and the California 500 (at Fontana) for us. For the California 500 he also scored tickets to the Hospitality Chalet, where we were able to cool our heels before the race, eat chicken and BBQ, drink all of the Bud & Bud Light that we wanted, meet a NASCAR driver in person, and receive lots of nifty (like that word?) gifts, all of which had "Pennzoil" or "Quaker State" on them. Just before race time we packed a "few" Budweisers and some extra food into our bags and went up to our seats (in the tri-oval near turn one), where we enjoyed a nearly perfect view of the entire track. What a sight! A two-mile tri-oval track, an infield full of Motor Homes and Campers, a huge grandstand, and more than 115,000 fans. Colorful flags, banners, and balloons swayed in the breeze along with dozens of palm trees, beneath the picturesque and inspiring San Bernardino Mountains. George Lehman was his usual entertaining self, and the race itself was thrilling and competitive right up to the end, when rookie Jimmie Johnson (who hails from El Cajon, about 70 miles south of Fontana) took the checkered flag. It was a great and wonderful day for two Lee Generals from Huntsville, Alabama. George captured the moment when, gazing out across the magnificent racing edifice in a setting that approaches Paradise, he asked: "Terry, did you ever think back then, that someday we would be sitting in a place like this?" No. Not like this. Not in my wildest dreams. Thanks for the tickets, George Lehman Williams. Thanks for the golden moments. Thanks too for the friendship. And thank you for still being our wittiest classmate! ______________________________________ Click on photo to hear the song!!!! |
From Our Mailbox Subject: Class of '66 Unofficial Song Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 01:40:11 -0500 From: "Linda Walker<lbwalker@usit.net> In reply to Jim Bannister's message, Double Shot was the song of the Class of '66 according to my class memory book that I located, along with Sin, Sex, Booze, Kicks, We're the Class of '66 as the unofficial slogan. Thanks, Jim, for reminding me of this. Linda Beal Walker Class of '66 ______________________________________ Subject: Class Song - 1966 Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 20:18:27 -0400 From: "GRIFFITH,MIKE (HP-USA,ex1)"<m_griffith@hp.com> Jim is most definitely correct, the class song for 1966 is "Double Shot" by the Swinging Medallions.... all 53 of them! Louie, Louie was always great and we ended the year with "Hey there, Little Red Riding Hood" (Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs) ... AAAHOOOOO!, but "Double Shot" had to be "the one." Best ... Mike Griffith Class of '66 ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Subject: Ed's Dad Date: Sat, 25 May 2002 11:47:44 EDT From: Barbdonn13@aol.com Haven't been negligent -- we've been spending a lot of time in Huntsville. Ed's dad passed away 2 weeks ago today and I've barely had time to read the web-site entries each week. Jim was an absolutely wonderful man and will be missed so much by all of us who loved him and whose lives he touched so profoundly. Things are getting back to normal. Let me know if you need anything. Any neat topics coming up? Barbara Wilkerson Donnelly Class of '64 ______________________________________ Subject: Alabama Survivor Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 14:52:11 -0400 From: "Bannecke, Craig A." <banneckc@gordon.army.mil> I never apologized to anyone for being from Alabama. Alabamians may not be "politically correct" but they've always known what they stood for and as they say in regard to a breach of southern etiquette..."they'll kick your ass" A major network is planning the show "Survivor 2" this winter. In response, Alabama is planning "Survivor, Alabama Style". The contestants will start in Huntsville, travel South through Arab, down to Jasper and Birmingham, south through Montgomery and Maxwell AFB. on south to Dothan and Headland. They will then proceed up North to Troy, Phoenix City, Auburn, Sylacagua,Talladega, and via Anniston and Gadsden back to Huntsville all by way of the secondary roads. Each will be driving a pink Volvo, with a bumper sticker that reads "I'm gay, I voted for Al Gore, and I'm here to confiscate your guns." The first one to make it back to Huntsville wins. ______________________________________ GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD submitted by Dwight Jones Class of '64 1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. 2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get. 3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there. 4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster. 5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions. 6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician. 7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone. |
Still Crazy After All These Years |
