Happy Birthday Betty Hackman Schmidt (68): Mesa, AZ
From her brother Larry Hackman (66): Bismarck, ND
Happy Birthday
God, you are getting OLD ?
Betty’s reply:
Thanks for the Birthday wishes-but you know I was trying to catch up with you.
Larry’s Reply
Betty
That’s not a good thing to do. Get old I mean.
We should be trying to reverse the process
Remember how much mom hated getting old?
It’s to bad Ponce Deleon didn’t find that damn fountain.
We probably wouldn’t be able to afford to drink from it anyway.
Have a Happy Birthday Betty
Larry
Joy Bashara
Message from Allen Richard (65): Midland, MI
Joy– You were a “joy” to work with!!! Best wishes!!!
Allen
Ms. Bashara
Message from Diane Fugere (75): Minot, ND
Gary:
Wanted to pass along this message from Ms. Bashara to all who were students of hers.
joybaing@new.rr.com
Diane Fugere
Diane,
Thanks for the lowdown on so many former students. I do remember a good number of students from that first year of teaching. We are in the midst of a blizzard today inGreen Bay. Please greet fellow students who may remember their senior English teacher those many years ago. Best to you and your family.
Joy Bashara
ND Video
From Bob Hosmer (56): Lynnwood, WA
Gary here are some reasons why those of us who don’t live in North Dakota have North Dakota living in them. Its a good video. I think you and everyone wlse will like it.
The Gauntlet – Car Memories
Reply from Allen Richard (65): Midland, MI
I enjoyed Dave Wurgler’s comments on car things. They gave me pause. There were some legendary cars back in our days. Some because of their speed, some because of their durability and some because they simply seemed to have hearts and souls.
And yes GM made some good ones. I’ve been associated with 4 great Buicks, 2 great Oldsmobiles and one phenomenal GMC. HOWEVER— I learned from the age of 12 or so that I shouldn’t get in a Chevy unless I was wearing great walking shoes.
My first legend was the old bronze ’59 Buick that Dad drove from Dunseith to Wallace, Idaho (1140 miles in 14 hours and 15 minutes–including gas stops) — in 1962. Do the math.
My second was my ’59 Ford. A 6 banger that had a better top end than a 283 Chevy — and I drove flat out from Munich ND to Bottineau. Depending on if i was going up hill or down I was running between 100 and 115–That was in ’66 and it won the ’70 demo derby after being owned by several people including Greg Hill. Gary Pigeon won the derby that year.
So car guys–do cars have a part of the souls of the people that built them? I think so.
Oh– and Dave Wurgler was with me in what became the only face to face encounter I ever had with Dick Bercier. After that he faced my tail lights– Fellow hellions– join in!!!!
We are all lucky to be alive!!!
Allen
Cebu Philippines
Folks,
I thought I’d throw this map in again today. It’s a good representation of where we live in the world. The RED STAR in the middle is us. We are sitting on the 10 degree Latitude line. That puts us approximately 600 miles north of the equator. We only have about an hour variance (half hour on each end) of the length of days from December to June. We have no noticeable seasonal changes. Manila does but we do not. Our year around temps are in the 80’s with the daily highs near 90F and the lows near 80F. 75F is pretty cold for these parts. I truly enjoy never ever having to put on long sleeves to keep warm.
Gary
