Karen Sue (Suzi) Denton (Merritt)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELVIN. HAVE A FUN DAY!!

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Janet (Jan) Hitzner (Fries)

Thank you for the Birthday Wishes, the years seem to be passing by rather fast these days.

Jan

David Long

Linda - way to go!  Any leftover candy can be sent to Kansas.

We always watch Groundhog Day on Groundhog Day and I watch Caddyshack just before the Masters and Tin Cup just before the US Open.  Puts one in the right frame of mind for 24 hours of televised golf for each tournament.

Is it just me, or is everyone not getting birthday reminders from the website?

David Long

Ed - wishing you the best in recovering from your health issues.  Getting old is not for sissies!

As far as bourbon is concerned, do you have a COSTCO nearby?  Their Kirkland brand bourbon is a seven year old and reported to be distilled by Buffalo Trace, 51.5 proof and a lot less expensive than Knob Creek @ 50 proof.  If you're a Canadian drinker, Kirkland brand is Crown Royal and even the bottles are almost identical.. Hope that will help you get back on your feet and up to your favorited bar stool.

Linda Bristow (Elias)

Hey Ed:

Get well soon.  I'll put you on my prayer list for tonight!

Blessings to you!

Linda

Larry Cotton

Good morning everyone,

     WOW! We are all over 70 now. It seems like is was not that long ago that the "new" BHS opened and we all went to the old BHS for Jr. High and meet so many new friends from all of the satlelite junior high schools. Then it was on to the new High School. It is nice to read all of the stories of how our lives have evolved over the years. I will finally retire this year from Yosemite National Park, a place I truely love. I will continue the fight to keep our National Parks for the people as they were meant to be. Jeri and I plan to visit as many of the parks that we can. It is nice that we are both in great shape so we can still hike and enjoy the out of doors. A little thing like stage 4 cancer has slowed me down some, but I am now a 6 year survivor waiting for the day they find a cure. Good luck to all of you who are fighting health related battles. Positive thoughts when they are hard to come by, smiles as often as you can, exercise when it seems impossible, and love all of the special family and friends you have. 

          Happy Valentines Day.......Larry, Jeri,  Teri,Larry,Nick,Melisa,Julius,Felicity,Wil,Rylin,Steve,Toya,Gil,Laticia,Kayla,Cody,Conner,Madison,Ben, Sky,Faith,Joe,Elizabeth,Brian,Tim,Ryder,Juliana and the rest of our kids/grandkids/great grandkids.

Linda Bristow (Elias)

Larry:

Yesterday, in Yahoo, there was a follow-up to Nanotechnology to cure cancer.  It is working.

Give me your email and I can attach the article.  I saved it!

Linda

David Long

Larry - great to hear from you!  Our favorite oldest daughter spent a summer in the Teacher - Ranger program at Grand Teton and loved it.  Our priest has been undergoing an experimental treatment for his cancer which started out as kidney cancer and metasticized to his lung.  The treatment is conducted in the Caymans as it's not approved in the US, but it involves taking a needle to remove part of the tumor from his lung and doing some magic and then reintroducing it into the tumor and the body then fights it as a foreign body.  It has been working so far as his tumor hasn't grown and has started to shrink somewhat.  Don't know if any of that information is of interest, but I can get the specifics if you're interested.  All the best - you're in our prayers.

David Long

Mike - looking at your reading list which pretty well coincides with mine, have you read any of the Daniel Silva books?  Ace Atkins (writes for Robert B Parker  - Spenser series and has some great westerns under his own name)?  Mark Greney (Grey Man series & a couple for the Tom Clancy series)?  Patrick Robinson (big into the Navy Seals and submarine warfare)?  Clive Cussler ( especially the Isaac Bell detective series)?  John Sandford (Virgil Flowers ; Lucas Davenport; Joe Kidd)?

Here's a couple you might like that you've probably never heard of - Troon McAllister (he's written 4 books on golf and one on baseball - all hillarous); Grisham's Playing for Pizza (not his usual lawyer stuff);  Stephen Cannell (the Shane Scully series); and of course anything by Dan Jenkins but especially "You Gotta Play Hurt" which covers all four major sports.

EVERYONE - I think I'll try to restart the:

Book Reading List (that Mel started)

The Movie / Video List with categories

and try to think of other lists that we can use - I find I have a lot of time on my hands right now and until I get carpal tunnel will be spending time in front of the computer.

David Long

How about this one to start - 

Name 5 Comedic Movies that You've Seen More than Once and Could Watch Again and Still Laugh

1. The In-Laws (Michael Douglas version)
2. The Blues Brothers
3. Animal House
4. Caddyshack
5. Meet the Fockers

Michael (Mike) Franks

David, always good to hear from you. I hope that your health is getting better. It sounds like you're staying positive and looking forward to Spring. I appreciate the books/authors suggestions. Some, I'm familiar with I'll check out the others soon. Right now, I'm reading "Two Kinds of Truth", which is a Harry Bosch novel by Michael Connelly. Seems to be a good book.

Take care of yourself. I always look forward to reading the things that you post on the site.           Mike

David Long

Since the 5 Comedy Movies was so well received, let's try another one:

5 ROMANTIC COMEDY MOVIES (That DON'T Include Hallmark Movies)

1. The Wedding Crashers
2. Trainwreck
3. When Harry Met Sally (I'll have what she's having.)
4. Love Actually
5. The Holiday - and those listed below as ties...
   1. Amelie (in French with subtitles)
   2. Pretty Woman
   3. Bridesmaids
   4. Bridget Jones (1-2-3)

Melvin (Mel) Theobald

Geez Dave, I don't want to disappoint you. Fact is, I almost never go to movies, even though TCM is my most watched TV station. As with many other things, I guess I'm too stuck in the past. Special effects have taken over almost every aspect of recent films. As much as I love the visuals, I'm often disappointed in the story. For example, I just saw "The Shape of Water" and left the theater thinking, "OMG, this is like the dumbest story I've ever seen." Then it gets 13 Academy Award nominations. So, here are my lists in the categories you listed. There would be more, but I simply can't remember everything I've seen, nor did I want to duplicate the ones you listed. LOL What's next?

Comedy

W.C. Fields “Never Give a Sucker an Even Break”

Mel Brooks “Blazing Saddles”

Jean Shepherd “A Christmas Story”

Mel Brooks “Young Frankenstein”

Marx Brothers “A Night at the Opera”

Romantic Comedy

“Being There” Peter Sellers at his best

“Bringing Up Baby” Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn are classic

“The Graduate” Not the funniest ever, but Dustin Hoffman had some great lines

“Midnight in Paris” OK, so it's all about art history, I loved every minute of it

“Splash” Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah were perfect

Michael (Mike) Franks

Mel, I see that you are familiar with W.C.Fields. Great comedy! Did you ever see the short, where the salesman was looking for Carl LaFong? Classic.

Melvin (Mel) Theobald

Mike, I confess, I was a W.C. Fields fanatic. He was a genius. The salesman looking for Carl LaFong was a bit scene in "It's a Gift".  There was a bar in Chicago called John Barleycorn's that used to play his films non-stop. My favorites were "The Bank Dick", "My Little Chickadee", "The Dentist", "The Fatal Glass of Beer", and, above all others, "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man" and "Never Give a Sucker and Even Break".

I'd love to see all of them again. Maybe when Dave's in town, we can arrange to get a group of Raiders together and make that happen. Almost all of them are available on the Internet.

David Long

Mel, that sounds like a great plan.  I'll buy the pizza!  As long as it's not on a Friday during Lent.  Our favorite youngest daughter and family are coming in to KC today for the long weekend.  They are inviting some of their friends from HS over (with their kids) and we're ordering pizza.  Today, Dorothy reminded me that it's Friday so no meat.  My mouth was salivating for my typical spicy Italian Sausage, Pepperoni, Banana Pepper, and Black Olive on a thin crust.  Now I'm not so inthused about the food - I mean really, if I wanted spinach and mushroom I'd dump the ingredients into a casserole dish with some cream cheese and sour cream and bake it.  There'd be no need to waste a good crust.

As William Claude Dunkenfield once said:

Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say.  It's more important that appearance, giftedness, or skill.

Guess I need an attitude adjustment.

Karen Sue (Suzi) Denton (Merritt)

Boo, HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂🎉🎈🎁🎊! 

ENJOY YOUR DAY AND HAVE FUN!

ARE YOU GUYS GETTING THE BAD 

WEATHER?

WE REALLY HAD A LOT OF RAIN. 🌧

Linda Bristow (Elias)

Boo:  Happy Birthday!  Seems like yesterday that you received your driver's license before the rest of us!

It was a fun time running around town with you and your green Corvair!  Let's see now...........how many paople were the most that you were actually able to cram into that car?

Have a beautiful day!    Oh...........and eat some PIE!

Love ya, Linda

Terri Baxter (Whirrett)

Weather here is warm, sunny and pine pollen starting it’s bloom!

Never have had such a warm birthday!

Linda, as for the car, probably 6!!

David Long

Terri and all those others I've missed - - BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY ! ! !

Mike Franks - do you read with the book in your hand or on an e-reader (Kindle, iBooks, etc)?  If you use an ereader, there's a series by David Archer you might enjoy.  It's only available in electronic format either from Apple or Amazon.  Our library doesn't have it in any format.

Karen Sue (Suzi) Denton (Merritt)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY AND RICHARD!!

HAVE A FUN AND WONDERFUL DAY!!!

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Michael (Mike) Franks

Thanks for the heads up David. I enjoy reading new authors and finding those diamonds in the rough. I have a Kindle, but I do like to hold a book. The only down side is that I can read books a lot faster than authors can write/publish them, so I'm always looking for a new book. I'm not a book collector. If I have to break-down and buy one, I love to pass it on.

I hope that your health continues to improve. I know that you have great spirit and that you have a lot of love to give to your children and grandchildren, in the years to come.

                    Mike

Karen Sue (Suzi) Denton (Merritt)

This is a friendly reminder to put your birthday in your profile,  Thank you. 

Suzi 

Linda Bristow (Elias)

Suzi:

How are you and Dave doing now after treatment?  You had mentioned that Dave was going to an appointment in St. Louis.

Hope all is well!

Love ya, Linda

Karen Sue (Suzi) Denton (Merritt)

Linda so far so good.  When you have had cancer you have go to dr. appointments once or twice a year.  Plus other doctor appointments.  We’re going to California in April weather flu permitting.  If you hear of a doctor that needs to transplant some fat tell him to contact me because I have plenty to get rid of!!!  LOL 😝 

Love ya

Suzi