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11/14/08 04:45 PM #106     Nancy Raetzloff (Groth) Wow! The things I learn on this website forum. The next thing you know they will be contracting with Roto Rooter........

11/15/08 09:15 AM #107     John MacLeod Cost of Living in 1968..... Average annual income...$7,850.00 Average cost of a new house...$14,950.00 Average monthly rent...$130.00 Movie ticket...$1.50 One gallon of gasoline...34 cents Average cost of a new car...$2,850.00

11/15/08 09:21 AM #108     John MacLeod Nancy....Now you have me concerned about my low cost health care plan. I may have to reconsider my thrifty ways. Thrifty, not cheap......John

11/15/08 03:45 PM #109     Nancy Raetzloff (Groth) Hey John: Thrift is a great quality that the Scots are known for. Some of us got more of it than others. No way I would suggest that you are anything other than thrifty. I personally like the term frugal, and given our current ecomomic climate I am happy to be called thrifty or frugal. I once read something about the difference between being thrifty and being cheap. Unfortunately I can't remember the exact words but it had to do with whether or not you cared enough about other people to expend time money and effort on them. You obviously care about others so I definitely call you thrifty.

11/26/08 09:45 PM #110     Susan Niven I would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving. It's a day I fondly remember, now being so far away in Australia.

11/27/08 08:13 AM #111     Sandra Smith (Hanson) I wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. Even though the State of the Nation is in turmoil at this time, I believe that we all have a lot to be thankful for. Please take a moment to pray and give thanks to our Armed Forces for their sacrifices for our country.

12/01/08 09:12 PM #112     Arne Vicklund A moment of silence for Kathy Menashe. She had an wonderful smile and she made all of of laugh. -AV

12/04/08 09:27 PM #113     Dorothy Rodes Tony, I can't make it this time. Dadgumit! Rain check. Have fun and a peaceful season to all y'all. Dorothy

12/08/08 07:39 AM #114     John MacLeod Tony, Thanks for the invite to your performance, sorry we weren't able to make it this time. I hope we get a review from those who did. My real question here is "Does Tony still have the Tom Jones affect on women?" Are they still throwing their room keys?

12/08/08 08:05 AM #115     John MacLeod It would seem that somewhere along the line I've moved and wasn't aware of it. According to the government, state, local, and federal I reside in the state of Washington. However, according to friends, state, local and federal I live in the state of confusion. I am expecting a visit from Homeland Security any day now for not reporting this change of address. I suppose I better get down to the Post Office to get the process started. Any ideas on how to go about this? I am not sure when this move took place. Maybe I can put it down to continental drift.

12/09/08 08:22 PM #116     John MacLeod Tony... Sounds like we missed a good time. Victoria voted to see you in tight pants and a blouse, however you could call it a pirate shirt. As for chest hair you could wear a heavy gold chain with a large medallion. Hey wasn't there a Key Club at Franklin. I remember the club, but not what it was for. I am fairly sure that it didn't have anything to do with Tom Jones. Hey, Jerry Lee Lewis wore tight pants and gyrated at the piano. We know it can be done but it might leave you in traction. John

12/13/08 08:48 PM #117     Virg Descargar (Sd-Alfonzo) HEY, WHERE IS EVERYBODY? I CHECKED OUT THIS SITE YESTERDAY, AND WRITING ON MSG BOAR TODAY. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THE NEXT SET OF GIGS FOR OUR WORKING MUSICIANS AND THESPIANS, WILL BE. SORRY TO HAVE MISSED THE ONES THUS FAR. WEREN'T THERE MORE PHOTOS OF OUR REUNION SOMEWHERE? KNOW MORE PEOPLE TOOK PHOTOS, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD SHARE ON THIS SITE. HOPE THIS CAN BE MADE POSSIBLE, AND APPRECIATE THE WORK DONE TO MAINTAIN OUR CLASS WEBSITE. THANK YOU TOO FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER SO OUR CLASS CAN BE IN CONTACT WITH FELLOW BUDDIES OF LONG AGO, AND ENJOYED READING THE MESSAGE ENTRIES. HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAY EVERYONE. ENJOYED SEEING THOSE THAT COULD MAKE IT. MISSED THOSE WHO COULD NOT. CONTINUE TO BE A BLESSING AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS DURING THE HOLIEST OF OUR SEASONS. LOVE VIRG

12/16/08 02:37 PM #118     John MacLeod Once again I find myself confused, not too uncommon. Was there someone in our class named Lee Vitra?? Anyway this Lee Vitra told me I should hop in my VeeAgra and go See Aiice. I let them know that I drive a Prius and have no idea what a VeeAgra is. Further more the one time I made mention of going to See Alice I was informed by her older brothers that it would be the last thing I ever did. In fact I have to get their permission to attend the reunion every ten years. Ronnie and Ken have informed me that it is a lifetime no contact order. Muddling along........John

12/16/08 02:47 PM #119     John MacLeod Phil Anderson......... Congratulations go out to Phil on his promotion to Director of the Washington State Dept. of Fisheries. At this time Phil is the Interim Director. I am assuming that is until the legislature reconvenes on January 9th and hopfully is confirmed during the next session. Phil I hope I haven't hurt your chances by letting my state legislator know that I know you. Hook, line and sinker........John

12/17/08 10:52 AM #120     John MacLeod Tony.... Quick wit as always......

12/17/08 10:58 AM #121     John MacLeod Brenda Riddock......... Nice photos of all the future JD's on your profile update. Juris Doctorates is what I meant, I don't know what the rest of you were thinking. So are you still sailing the Colombia during the winter months? Brrrrrrr. Crusin for a bruisin.....John

12/18/08 09:28 PM #122     Debbie Kashino Despite being snowbound, the holidays are here! Donna Amira and I have been organizing a get together for December 27th at 7 p.m. at Salute of Bellevue to hear Tony Mamon play. So far Teri Escobar, June Eguchi, Virginia Descargar, Shirley Kaiser, Jeanette Lucrisia, Friendly Mitchell, Dorothy Rodes, John MacLeod, Donna and I are planning to be there. For those of you who haven’t heard Tony, he is so talented and entertaining, and should make all of us in the class of 68 proud! He plays at Salute every Friday and Saturday night, so in case you can’t make this date, try to catch him another time. I have made a tentative reservation, so let me know if I can add you to our list! Warm wishes for the holidays! Debbie Salute of Bellevue 10134 Main St. Bellevue, Wa. 98004 (425)688-7613

12/21/08 04:20 AM #123     Barry Meyers Okay, time to pipe in. Thanks to all of you (not that I remember everyone) for the vicarous visits back to John Muir, Asa Mercer, Franklin and many other of the stops since then. Yes it would be a hoot to join the crew at Salutes, or any of the other venues where you've been gathering. Unfortunately, not to be in the sort term, as we're smack in the middle of a total home remodel. Maybe sometime after February. This is what kept me from the reunion. Seeing the pictures of the reunion brought back many a memory of the old neighborhood, and specifically the Mt. Baker area, and the Community Club Hall. Hey Mark, Jerry, Pat, Susie, Shelly, Mike, Bill, June, Steve, Katie, Judy, Cindy and so many others of you, remember after school dance lessons in 5th grade at the community club hall? Head home after school, change into clean cloths and put on a tie, then off to dance lessons where the girls lined up on one side, and the boys on the other side. Wow, was that a clumsy time when we were forced to walk to the other side of the room and ask one of the girls for a dance! Then there was the traditional Thanksgiving Day Mud Bowl across the street in Mt. Baker Park. As usual, it already rained, or would be raining Thanksgiving morning, making the area in front of the #10 bus stop a literal mud bowl. A bunch of us would meet there in the morning for a bit of touch football, then adjourn home to get cleaned up for the big meal. I for one, got in trouble more than once for all the mud tracked into the house. Oh yes, then were the adventures back in junior high school when we started to sneak out of the house at night. One of these involved several of us meeting up on the Mt. Baker Park path behind the tennis courts to try our hands at a bit of smoke and drink. Well, as it would happen a pair of cops patrolling the path spotted us, and we all scattered running in different directions. I ended up at Ritchie Bialock's house up on 34th, where he let me hide for an hour or so before I snuck back home. Fortunately the rest of the bunch fared just as well. By the way, this was back in the days when 34th used to run non-stop from McClellan to Rainer Ave. So, there are many many more adventures to tell, and times to relive, but not now. Hopefully I will have the opportunity to remember some of these these with you. Again, thanks to each of you for the contributions you have made to keep the memories alive. Barry Meyers

12/22/08 09:00 PM #124     Susan Niven Best Wishes to One and All for a very Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with peace, prosperity, health and happiness. Susan

12/22/08 11:01 PM #125     Lyn McKinney (McGraw) Help, I’m stuck at work and can’t get home. I’ve been at work for 3 days now because of the snow. I tried calling 9-1-1 but kept getting myself. I finally got a hotel across the street after many of my staff kept inquiring about an extremely odiferous smell drifting throughout the center. Memo to self – toss deodorant into backpack next time. How bad is it you ask? Well, 4 of our 5 sand trucks are stuck in a ditch. The 5th one can’t break long enough to get to their location and quite frankly is terrified of the killer hill that just wiped out 4 of his buddies. Stay tuned… Lyn

12/23/08 01:21 AM #126     Lyn McKinney (McGraw) 1 o’clock and all is well … Good News. Hotel is close to work – short drive in snow Bad News. The entrance is at a major intersection to a large mall. Good News. Am right next to a large mall. No parking Bad News. I shop online because I am terrified of large crowds. Good News. I just got paid. Bad News. The vending machine at work now takes correct change only. I think that is because I put in a $20 for a 50 cent orange juice. It was like winning a jackpot at a casino - clink..clink.. clink..clink..clink..or so I've heard. Lyn

12/23/08 02:43 AM #127     Lyn McKinney (McGraw) Going on three A. M. … Another thing I discovered on this impromptu vacation away from home was that ATM machines refuse to dispense twenty dollar withdrawls in small change, you know dimes and nickels. Go to the teller you say? They work banking hours. The evil time when that bright orb is in the sky. I prowl the night hours when all should be sleeping… standing watch over the county, waiting to sound the alarm when something goes awry. Hold that thought…I sense a container of chocolate milk calling me from the vending machine. Ah, yes, I confess..I am a chocoholic. Do you know what the 12 step chocoholics program motto is?? “Never be more that 12 steps away from Chocolate!” John – Don’t you know of some Scottish toast I can use with chocolate milk? Lyn

12/23/08 02:50 AM #128     Lyn McKinney (McGraw) I have a Christmas challenge for y’all: Guess the name of these Christmas Songs using the alias… 1. Oh, member of the round table with missing areas 2. Bounder of the tinkling metal spheres 3. Vehicular homicide was committed by Dad’s mom upon a precipitous darling 4. Wanted in December; top forward incisors 5. The lad is the diminutive percussionist 6. Sir Lancelot with laryngitis 7. Decorate the entryways 8. Oh small Israeli urban center 9. Far off in a hay trough 10. We are Kong, Lear, and Midas 11. Leave and broadcast from an elevation 12. A female parent was observed osculating a red-coated unshaven teamster

12/23/08 06:29 AM #129     Lyn McKinney (McGraw) With Christmas Day fast approaching I wanted to say Happy Birthday Jesus. Well, here’s some stories from the latest winter storm. There were several buddies that decided to go up 4-wheeling in the mountains and got stuck. One guy calls his wife and tells her they won’t be home tonight as they were stuck but they were alright. She in turn calls 9-1-1 to relay his story. So we get a hold of this guy on the phone (yep…I can hear you now). He’s mad because his wife called 9-1-1, says they are fine, they are building an igloo to sleep in for the night (I swear it’s true, I can’t make these things up) and they will dig themselves out at first daylight. So, okay call us back if you need us. And we ask ourselves, why didn’t they just all stay in the vehicle? We decided that if they did that it wouldn’t be as great of a tale to tell when they get back down as the one where they braved the desolate unknown wild, built an igloo, started a fire and sat around eating mre’s. Well as it were, we got a call back from his wife a couple hours later and the guys grew tired of life in the igloo, dug themselves out and were on their way home….so much for the latest applicants for Survivor. We had a major residential fire. Incident Command is established with the Command Post set up nearby. They set up safety, water supply, and the divisions, along with rehab. They start with an offensive attack but the fire spreads swiftly and with the freezing temperatures and snow causing those manning a hose line to slip and slide all over the place, so they soon switch to defensive. I hate house fires, especially this time of year. They are so devastating. Lyn

12/24/08 12:07 AM #130     Lyn McKinney (McGraw) Oh my goodness Tony. I so needed that. It looked more like a Christmas fruitcake when it was done. My final distress log for winter of ’09. There was a traffic jam trying to get out of my hotel parking lot in the middle of the night. It seems that the legend of ‘last minute shoppers’ is true. What I witnessed was not a pretty sight. In the mall next door it looked like a demolition derby with people sliding through the lot trying to beat the next person out for the only available parking space. There are actually two malls across the street from one another. So I watched the faces of the people behind the wheel of their car, stiff armed, glassy-eyed, face planted up against the windshield trying to see out of the 5” circle they scraped from the ice. The usual driving courtesy’s a thing of the past this time of year. I also learned that it is not wise for snow plows to push the snow up so high on the side of the roadway blocking the entrances to Les Schwab so people can’t get in to have their snow tires mounted. Makes for extremely annoyed people. I finally made it to the safety of the police parking lot. The trauma of the short drive totally removed by Tony’s video. So to end my ranting this last week I want to say Merry Christmas to all. Thanks for letting me vent. I hate snow. Well not really, it is quite beautiful, if only there was a way to only snow in the mountains, back yards, just areas people don’t drive on. Susan, what’s the weather like ‘down under’ (why do they say ‘down under’ just what are you under?) Do they have snow there? I want to say a special thanks to the PUD, City Light, natural gas, propane, 24 hour appliance repairpersons, road departments, police and fire departments, hospital staff and all those people that when Murphy’s Law takes it’s course are there when desperately needed. Tony…once again I am unable to come enjoy you play this Saturday as I have to work. I hope people will plan a Friday get-together in the near future. That’s the only ‘normal people’ day I have off. Please don’t give up on me. And very good you got #12 right…osculate means to kiss or come in close contact. Okay. That all said let me end with may the Lord keep you and your families safe, healthy, happy, warm and secure throughout the holidays. Lyn

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