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Dwight King 4/21

Dave Long 4/22

WISHING YOU BOTH

ANOTHER GREAT YEAR !

04/22/25 01:44 PM

#11615

Sandra Jeakins (Singletary Sizemore)

April 22 - - -

04/23/25 11:33 PM

#11616

04/24/25 10:15 AM

#11617

Nancy Weaver (Cupp)

TERRI could you send a link to your church's Easter Video?

If you dont know how, All you have to do is copy the link that pops up when you click on "share" in the info under the video at YouTube.

To add the link to the group, when you post your response on the Raiders site, click on the little icon that looks like a single chain link (to the left of the flag). Then paste the address into the url field. Then click ok. I know, clear as mud.

Nancy

04/25/25 10:25 AM

#11618

Terri Baxter (Whirrett)

Hi Nancy,

How about you email me at Tswhirrett@gmail.com and I'll send to you personally?

04/25/25 11:36 AM

#11619

Sandra Jeakins (Singletary Sizemore)

It's the best I could do today - - -

04/27/25 12:51 PM

#11620

04/27/25 05:36 PM

#11621

Sandy and Dave, you may have unlocked the secret to getting more of our classmates to participate on this website. HUMOR!!!

I have a big collection of it and would like to share some of it.

First is a riddle that I got many years ago from our dear departed classmate, Pat Rosenbaum:

Q. What do you call a boomerang that doesn't work?

A. A stick.

This one is a bit longer and may be even too political for Raiders64, but here it goes anyway:

Scientific Breakthrough!!

Note: To those of you who saw this prior to now, I'm self-deleting the content of this joke. Funny as it was, I've considered that it was beyond the light-humored nature of other posts. I hope everyone will continue posting their humorous ancecdotes. We sure can use them in this crazy world. For those who missed what I posted, send me an email at theobaldart@gmail.com and I'll foward it to you.

04/28/25 01:10 AM

#11622

AGREE ! ! ! The humor is great !
AMEN to the Scientific Breakthrough MEL ...... So true ! ! !

04/28/25 06:29 PM

#11623

Jim, I'm glad you found "Scientific Breakthrough!!" so humorous. Only one person has asked me to send it after I deleted it. At the risk of being the bad boy of the Class of 1964, I'm going to post something non-political that I hope those of us who are getting older can all laugh at. I'm just hoping we can get more of you to participate. Here goes:

Office Visit

An elderly couple go for their annual check ups. The man is in the examining room when the doctor checks his prostate. At that moment the doc asked, "Do you and your wife still have sex?"

The man said, "Gee doc, I'm not sure. Let me ask my wife." He goes to the waiting room and yells out, "Hey Mable, do we still have intercourse?"

In frustration she yells back, "No, no, no....we have Blue Cross/Blue Shield."

Side note: OK, now it's your turn, Dave.

04/28/25 11:04 PM

#11624

EXERCISES FOR SENIORS

You know how important exercise is, as we grow older. Here are a few suggestions. I start by standing outside behind the house and, with a five-pound potato sack in each hand, extend my arms straight out to my sides and hold them there as long as I can.

After a few weeks, I moved up to 10-pound potato sacks, then 50-pound potato sacks and finally I got to where I could lift a 100-pound potato sack in each hand and hold my arms straight out for more than a full minute!

Next, I started putting a few potatoes IN the sacks, but I would caution you not to overdo it at this level.

04/29/25 09:19 PM

#11625

Nancy Weaver (Cupp)

you had my going there Jim with the potato sacks! ha ha!

04/29/25 10:57 PM

#11626

Not a joke for the day ...BUT ... something to ponder !!!

04/30/25 07:14 AM

#11627

Sorry, its early and I don't have my glasses on and I'm using my phone instead of the MAC,and don't have much in the way of pictures. Will try to do better after I get back from PT.

04/30/25 07:26 AM

#11628

Sandra Jeakins (Singletary Sizemore)

Well DAVE ... I bet Mel couldn't have done any better !!

GOOD JOB !

04/30/25 08:22 AM

#11629

Also, understanding the English Language: don't means do not won't means wo not

04/30/25 11:55 AM

#11630

Karen Sue (Suzi) Denton (Merritt)

Taking another shot at Wednesday

OK, that's not intended to be a shot at our cheering squad! The only way I could run any faster these days is if I had a motorized walker.

04/30/25 04:48 PM

#11631

This isn't a joke but I think it's funny. My great, great, great, great and a few more greats grandfather came to America in 1630. He came with his wife and many sons. His name was Reverend Richard Denton and he founded the Presbyterian Church here in America. He's listed on the internet. Oh by the way I'm baptist.

He returned to England because he inherited an estate but his sons stayed here. The booklet says all the Dentons are related.

Suz

04/30/25 05:44 PM

#11632

Suzi, as always, it is great to see you posting. FYI, the call for jokes doesn't mean other things are excluded.

Your family history sounds amazing. I'd love to know more. What ship did your ancestors arrive on, from where, and in what settlement? This may offer another possibile topic for Raiders64. Who wants to share parts of their family lore and ancestory? Wow, 1630 would place your family among the earliest Europeans in America.

My family (which includes Marv's) didn't get to America until the 1820s and 1830s. Still, it is an interesting story, which I'll save for another time. Meanwhile, it would be fascinating to hear other classmates share the histories of their ancestors. I'll bet there are some doozies out there. Of equal interest, when, why and how did they arrive in Bloomington?

Bring it on.

05/01/25 07:51 AM

#11633

Great idea, Mel! Would be a great topic for the history buffs in our class. I've found some stuff on ancestry but will have to renew at their new High prices to dig it back out.

In the mean time:

05/01/25 02:34 PM

#11634

HAPPY MAY DAY EVERYONE!!!

AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DIANE GARDNER!!!

Does anyone else remember making May Day baskets? We used to go to a paint store on Main St. and ask for out-of-date wallpaper sample books. They were perfect for tearing out a page, rolling into a cone and attaching a matching strip as a handle. After picking flowers for the basket, we would hang them on someone's door knob, ring the door bell and run away. The whole idea was to be anonymous and make the unsuspecting recipient happy. I guess no one does that anymore. Such a loss.

05/01/25 06:50 PM

#11635

DIANE GARDNER

Wishing You a Special

and Blessed Day ! ! !

05/02/25 12:18 AM

#11636