I grew up at the San and worked there one summer…What a special place it was and special people..I would go to the Powerhouse for help with my motorcycles and cars or just listen to the stories..One always comes to mind… Martin Belgrade drove an old white pickup and said it was so fast it could overdrive the headlights…yep, it would all go dark until he slowed down enough to let the light catch up!!
And I remember trying to get stripped screws out of a side cover on an old motorcycle….Lum Azure took the screwdriver and with one hand he took them out….He just quietly said “there you go” as I stood there with my mouth open and thinking-I never want this guy mad at me!!
daughter in Williston and received this reply. We thought it would be of
interest to you. Wayne & Rosemary Smith
Laurali Smith Sime’s reply
I would say most of it is true with just a few exaggerations: It probably
takes an hour to get a table at a sit down restaurant like Applebee’s on a
Friday night but not all the time. Although, Leon did stand in line at
Subway at lunch time for a half hour last week. Not sure if the Babe Buses
are in operation yet but the owner is trying to get a permit to operate.
The City is trying to find any loophole to deny him a permit. Can’t confirm
or deny the large sum of bail money in a Walmart sack but wouldn’t surprise
me. Was told by a police officer, whom I know, that all they do is run from
one call the next and have to prioritize the calls. It is not unusual to
wait 1-2 hours for a cop to show up if it is not an emergency. The traffic
study was only 33% trucks, not 60%. The rest is pretty much true from what
I have seen.Laurali
Note from Wayne & Rosemary
Gary,
Our daughter Laurali Sime took this picture on January 26th in Williston, ND. The car is a BMW convertible. Yes, it was that nice out — about 50 degrees! She is married to Leon Sime, son of Larry & Connie Sime of Dunseith.
Also the ND “Joke of the Day” concerns the many geese around Garrison and Lake Sakajkawea. The geese are so confused with all the nice weather, and their normal V shaped flight pattern is now a ? (question mark) flight pattern.
Wayne (’61) & Rosemary Smith
I already asked Bernard about the “ridge” of lights 1/3 of the way from Minot (just over the “e” in Bakken) and Winnipeg (if I am looking at Fargo, GF and Winnipeg as the 3 bright lights east of Bismark)
The “Ridge” is straight above the “B” in Bismark and looks like it should be about Rugby. What would be so bright there or is it the South side of the Turtle Mts?? I have been over lapping a map and the light just above the “ridge” looks like it is Brandon.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2061833/Bakken-oil-field-North-Dakota-mystery-city-lit-time-lapse-video-space.html
Two medical students were walking along the street when they saw an old man walking with his legs spread apart.
He was stiff-legged and walking slowly.
One student said to his friend: “I’m sure that poor old man has Peltry Syndrome. Those people walk just like that.”
The other student says: “No, I don’t think so.
The old man surely has Zovitzki Syndrome.
He walks slowly and his legs are apart, just as we learned in class.”
Since they couldn’t agree they decided to ask the old man.
They approached him and one of the students said to him, “We’re medical students and couldn’t help but notice the way you
walk, but we couldn’t agree on the syndrome you might have. Could you tell us what it is?”
The old man said, “I’ll tell you, but first you tell me what you two fine medical students think.”
The first student said, “I think it’s Peltry Syndrome.”
The old man said, “You thought – but you are wrong.”
The other student said, “I think you have Zovitzki Syndrome.”
The old man said, “You thought – but you are wrong.”
So they asked him, “Well, old timer, what do you have?”
The old man said,
“I thought it was GAS – but I was wrong, too!