3/14/2013 (1740)

     Happy birthday Jeff Skjelver (Dave Shelver’s Son): Rugby, ND
                                      
 
Dunseith Customs office
Reply from Rich Campbell (’68):  Minot, ND

Gary,

In the second picture posted on the Dakota Hotel, behind the gas pumps is a building that housed additional rooms and the end unit was the US Customs office.  A sign out front stated “If you are coming from Canada please stop and register” or something like that.  Imagine that today!

Rich Campbell

Rich,
 
I remember well the customs office being in Dunseith. That was what you call the honor system. Coming from Canada, how would anyone have ever known if you didn’t stop at the Dunseith Customs.
 
Gary
 
 
 
Happy St. Patrick’s day
From Evie Gottbreht Pilkington:  Irvine, CA
 
 
 
Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe:  Bottineau & Minot, ND
 
 
Joke of the day
Posted by Mel Kuhn (’70:  St. John, ND
 
A cowboy, who just moved to Wyoming from Oklahoma, , walks into a bar and orders three mugs of Bud. He sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.

 

The bartender approaches and tells the cowboy, “You know, a mug goes flat after I draw it. It would taste better if you bought one at a time.”

 

The cowboy replies, “Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in Arizona , the other is in Colorado . When we all left our home in Oklahoma , we promised that we’d drink this way to remember the days when we drank together. So I’m drinking one beer for each of my brothers and one for myself.”

The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there.

 

The cowboy becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way. He orders three mugs and drinks them in turn.

One day, he comes in and only orders two mugs. All the regulars take notice and fall silent. When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, “I don’t want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your loss.”

 

The cowboy looks quite puzzled for a moment, then a light dawns in his eyes and he laughs.

“Oh, no, everybody’s just fine,” he explains, “It’s just that my wife and I joined the Baptist Church and I had to quit drinking.”

 

“Hasn’t affected my brothers though.”