San Luis Obispo Senior High

Archived Messages (201 - 300)

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Name: Alan Gin E-mail:agin@home.com Date: 06-Jun-00 07:07 PM

Thanks Hank and Leslie. Glad to see you on here. This should assuage those who are wondering about the nonparticipation of the Reunion Committee. Where's Jeff Bringle? Congratulations Walter; you're message #300. I'm afraid I don't know what you mean in message #99 though. It doesn't make sense at points. I'll say that all the people on the "Missing" list are there because the committee mailed them something and the mailing came back because of a bad address. If you've talked to them, have them send their mailing address to Chris Perello (or you could do that if you have their addresses). Nobody asked me not to list their names or put them on the missing list.

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Name: walter E-mail: Date: 06-Jun-00 06:02 PM

By the way who was Mr. Porter? I've been unable to locate my yearbook for the past few months. if the question is rather redundent just consider the age and person who is asking. hey everybody Whatsup!

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Name: walter E-mail: Date: 06-Jun-00 05:46 PM

Hey Alan just a question about the missing classmates, I know this question has been asked but I am over forty and can't remember from one day to the other," as my kids and wife will say from time to time" I know aof several names that are not posted on the missing classmates list. have you actually contacted some of them and they have asked you not to post their names for one reason or another? thats really the question. Do you know if there is a way to find some of these people that you could share with us so we as classmates could do some research ourselves and help the cause for the reunion?

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Name: ROBERT E-mail:PRFD@AOL Date: 06-Jun-00 05:37 PM

WHAT HAPPEN TO MR. POTER?

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Name: Hank Farrar E-mail:hfarrar767@aol.com Date: 06-Jun-00 04:33 PM

I think that Mr. Gin has done a good job on the web page.

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Name: Mike B E-mail: Date: 06-Jun-00 01:53 PM

Walter....Great words of wisdom. Being 40somthing sure has it's rewards. I'm still trying to knock out all those dreams I had back then, but now I am making progress. Keep pushin on! Please Lord, let me win the Lotto, I'll even buy a ticket if you want....

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Name: Marcee Houde E-mail:Hey_MEH@hotmail.com Date: 06-Jun-00 12:26 PM

Kevin-Buddy, 25 years have fogged your memory a little, me-thinks. The Senior Home-Ec group consisted of those you named, except it was Chris Pedicord (not Ben) and it also included Ron Skinner. But he did not get to share in the year-end cooking project because he was in Hawaii. I remember people kept coming in wondering why the building smelled the way it did. I have two words for what we did, and pretty much sums up a few of my escapades in school, ..Naive and stupid.

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Name: walter E-mail: Date: 06-Jun-00 08:22 AM

Candy it sounds that by being a late bloomer was what you needed. I believe that most of us didn't find ourselves until later in life. If I'm not mistaken there are a whole lot of us still looking for the brass ring and to shine in some sort of light. Unfortunitally some people never find themselves, who they are and who they should become. Its funny to think of haveing all that I now know back in high school. I don't think I would have been so shy and would have asked every girl out that I wanted to in spite of what people thought. As I get older I am finally realizing that life is too short and it goes by quicker every day, ya need to reach for that brass ring a lot sooner in life or someone else will and leave you in the dust and wondering just what you missed out on.

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Name: Candy Ryan E-mail:hotdivediva@hotmail.com Date: 06-Jun-00 06:52 AM

I'm surprised the male contingent has so much to say on the message board! Good for you guys. I have been reading messsages and profiles and just have to shake my head, did everyone have a good time in school except me? All I remember is having to work 6 days a week with my folks and staying home on Friday and Saturday nights my soph and jr years. However my sr year was somewhat better, although in retrospect I wish I had gotten around a lot more. There were a lot of great looking guys I would have liked to have gone out with but unfortunately we were all locked into the small town mentality of individual perception. I didn't get a chance to blossom until after I left SLO, too bad. I was a hell of a lot more fun than most people realized! I would love to get to the reunion, not sure if I can, just to see all the gorgeous men. Unfortunately for all of us, fear was a big part of the high school days, afraid to ask someone out, afraid of what people would say, afraid of how things looked. I regret that most of all. I could have had so much more fun. Although a lot of my fun was pretty secretive, that was when I learned to love fast cars and I still do! Whatever happened to Tom Rustin (he lived down the street from me on Caudill) and Wayne Craviero? Does anyone know where Richard Blackstone is? He was class of 1973 I think, we had a brief thing and I wasn't very nice to him at the end, I'd like to apologize for that one. regards

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Name: walter E-mail: Date: 05-Jun-00 07:33 PM

I feel really jelous of those of you who live in SLO, After I married we tried to move back and made it as far as Bakersfield. from Utah that was a big strech. unforrtunally it wasn't close enough and without much of an education to back me We decided to move back and for me to go back to school. I miss the coast and the town it was a good place to grow up. not that I did much of that there. I think I was always in trouble with my parents. As is my son now. He's a good kid just all boy, too much like me, trouble finds him wherever he goes. Does anyone look at there yearbook and see what people wrote? maybe the thought for the week ought to be to tell one of the hottest things written in your yearbook. let me know what you think

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Name: Michelle Brownie E-mail: Date: 05-Jun-00 04:49 PM

Sure, Alan, we always love to talk, but nobody wants to interrupt the flow of all these True Male Confessions!!!! Rare and revealing and entertaining indeed. More! More!

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Name: Mike B E-mail: Date: 05-Jun-00 03:15 PM

Roy T. Wanna race down Marsh on 8/5/99 say 10Pm. Just for old times. It seem's they put an end to crusing since we left town, makes us all kind of legends don't ya think. Walter, you did the right thing, I'm just jealous.

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Name: Mike Berg E-mail: Date: 05-Jun-00 03:07 PM

Ok Adam, you touch on some truth there. I freely admit word's rolled from my mouth as a child that I could never take back, I touched on that last week's QOTW. A profoundly obnoxious little brat I was,I've got the lump's to prove it. Danny Crosno made a career out of beating the crap out me just about daily. It almost got to be fun(kind of sick, but fun) So here it is class of 1975, I take back any foul thing I may have ever said to you.I finaly grew up (a little) when I hit 40.Hey, nobody was perfect! Right?Oh, by the way, thanx for remembering that Marty Henry thing. C ya

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Name: walter E-mail: Date: 05-Jun-00 02:38 PM

if you knew jeff how long I had to go around with Bozo Hair when I was in Junior high it was even scarier I didn't get to slohs until the end of my Soph year. that fro now grows on my fifteen year olds head and now I know what my Father was thinking when I had one. the problem is that it takes alot of work to keep clean and his is much thicker than mine ever was.

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Name: Alan Gin E-mail:agin@home.com Date: 05-Jun-00 02:15 PM

Don't any of you women out there want to talk about your old flames?

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Name: walter E-mail: Date: 05-Jun-00 01:35 PM

Yes I know terri was a babe but you didn't mess with another guys girlfriend, especially another friends girlfriend, Paul graduated in 1974 and was a friend. I told her that and it didn't seem to matter she wanted to go to the dance and I of course was an idiot, I never got to the dance and went out and partied too much what a way to end a day

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Name: Adam E-mail: Date: 05-Jun-00 01:31 PM

Mike, It seemed that a lot of people wanted to kill you. I remember Marty Henry wanting to kill you for calling Janine Bassi a bitch in 6th grade. I'm sure there were others.

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Name: Adam E-mail: Date: 05-Jun-00 01:26 PM

Mike, I had forgotten that you lived on Cristobal St. I think that my family moved there in 1960. Do you remember when I was in 3rd grade, and broke my arm picking a fight with a 5th grader, at the bus stop?

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Name: Mike Berg E-mail: Date: 05-Jun-00 12:53 PM

Anybody want to go to a party? This Saturday My club, the Old Mission Beach Athletic Club, is hosting the 46th Annual "Coming Out Party" (no,it's not a gay thing) It started in 1953 when one of our founders was released from POW camp in Korea.It's a concert/party on the beach here in San Diego that I get to produce (a lifelong dream) The headliner is a band call World Classic Rockers with Randy Meisner from the Eagles, Denny Lane from Wings and some guy's from Steepenwolf. Four other live bands and 200 keg's of beer. A classic here in SD. Worth the trip and anyone from SLOSH class of 75 who makes the trip I will comp your tickets and buy ya a few beers. It's from 2 pm to 10 pm June 10th. If you have a date, bring him/her. If you don't, you will find one, belive me. Check out our page at www.ombac.org. or e-mail me if you want more info. Everybody falls in love at this party. If your already in love, you'll be more in love when you leave. If your lookin for love, this is the right place.Come on down.

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Name: Roy T. E-mail: Date: 05-Jun-00 12:39 PM

Hey All, Haven't forgotten you just a little busy lately. I was just going over the messages for the last week because Monday mornings are the best time for me to play on the net without distractions, and I came across the art of T.P.ing I'll admit I did help Jeff on some of his projects and was proud of the prowness of avoiding detection, in our own minds. I also suffered the retribution or distinction of turn about being fairplay, except the young ladies involved where caught in the act by my parents and invited in for sodas and ice cream, I beleive if the story was told right because I was sleeping at the time. To all you that particapated thank you for the ego boost. We could use all the help we could get in high school. Another incident I remember well was after a " Papa Do Run Do Run"concert at the gym when a bunch of us decided to race through town afterward and there not being a policeman in sight for a good half hour. When we finaly came to our wits and slowed down, low and behold they showed up. I don't think anyone got caught that night. Well I'll try to get back sooner. Bye for now, Roy

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Name: Mike Berg E-mail:mike@aplus wireless.com Date: 05-Jun-00 12:10 PM

A couple things......1) The guy who drove up the stairs at lunch was......drum roll please...Mitch Viera class of 74, a cowboy who hung around Chrile Doorman. 2) Walter who? Oh yah I remeber you, You were hot for Teri also? She was dating that guy from the class of 1973 named Mark somthing(the singer with thick glasses) He tried to kill me in 10th grade because I was still smitten and he knew it.She asked you out and you did not go? dude! your killin me. Nice to see you on the page. You guy's are forcing me to use parts of my brain I thought was gone. 3) Adam, I think I knew you longer then anybody I went to school with. Remeber Cyrstabal Street in Atascadero? About 1962I think. I rember going to your 5th or 6th birthday party. Whow that was a long time ago. C Ya in cyberspace

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Name: Adam E-mail: Date: 05-Jun-00 11:10 AM

Walter, Teri was a Babe. You should have gone. The Fro was great.

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Name: Jeff B. E-mail:slclaven@pacbell.net Date: 05-Jun-00 09:43 AM

K. James- please email me your info. according to the registration form & I'll set up the book & tickets to be mailed to you.

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Name: Jeff B. E-mail: Date: 04-Jun-00 09:48 PM

Wally- I still have nightmares about that 'fro you had! You're not alone in feeling like you didn't fit in, I don't think there were many of us who actually felt like we belonged until the last month of Senior year-

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Name: walter E-mail: Date: 04-Jun-00 06:00 PM

I can't believe some of you guys and gals remembering all those teachers names. and the girls that you had crushes on. I sang in the carosels with Terri Burket everyday and was even asked to a backwards dance by her. But for the life of me could not tremember her name until someome said it on the message board. She was dating Paul Phillips at the time and I didn't want to get in trouble with a friend for dating his girlfriend, I also was somehow hoping that Joey Fowble would ask me to the dance as I had a Super bad crush on her all the way through school. I really don't think she knew that I was even alive. but I felt like I didn't fit in anywhere and was somewhat shy. I also chased Mary Lewis. She probably had nightmares about me. keep the board going and I second Matts words thanks Alan for the time and the chance to visit with old friends

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Name: Earl Towle E-mail:ET5700@AOL.com Date: 03-Jun-00 08:46 PM

Regarding those bucolic high school days... ...what comes to mind is hanging around Avila Beach in the summer, going to Poly Royal in the spring, and walking to Ed's Takeout for lunch (two cheeseburgers, fries, and a medium orange drink: 80 cents!). Wierd counseling sessions with Mr. Morrow, who told me I would have to stop living with my head in the clouds. Going to the "Moor" coffee shop on Osos St. with Mr. Johnson and the French class. And, of course, all the teenage angst that served as a constant undertone for everything else. The years have gone by, the angst has faded, and only the residue, filtered through nostalgia for my youth, remains.

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Name: Jill L. E-mail:jlegge@earthlink.net Date: 03-Jun-00 07:15 PM

I remember Nuss Pool! I thought it was pretty cool to pay that quarter and go for a "night swim". I think that was the Thursday Night Special.

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Name: K. James E-mail:rcq1@jps.net Date: 03-Jun-00 01:25 PM

Matt, I would love to have those tickets and the memory book. I can not say for sure that I was the 1975th visitor. Like most of us I did not check the counter when I signed on. Maybe we should just give them to "Runto" just to find out who the heck it is. (p.s. still working on the Rusch Park info. for you) K.

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Name: K. James E-mail:rcq1@jps.net Date: 03-Jun-00 01:18 PM

Alan Gin (he asked): #2 message was from.......... Matt Morris.....04-12-2000 8:07 P.M. Hello everyone. Just wanted to thank Alan Gin for getting all this started. We are all busy and for him to take his time and update this site as much as he has and will do. We should all take a few moments and say Thanks!!! Matt Morris

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Name: Matt E-mail: Date: 02-Jun-00 11:26 PM

Wow...lots of new posts. I love it...keep it up. Anyone remember swimming at Nuss pool in the summer. When i lived on Palm St., we were there everyday. I think it was .25 cents to swim. Diving off the high dive was always a highlite! I remember i once did a back flop. I was sore for a week, it knocked the wind right out of me. In fact i learned to swim there, my teachers were Uncle Phil and Maura Hogan's Mom. Uncle Phil wasnt very keen on little 7 year old babies afarid of the water. I remember him throwing me into the deep water. I learned very fast that summer. Mike Berg.....the TP King? Who would have known. My ninth grade crush goes to Joanne Dowty (76). Sat as close to her as i could on the bus every morning. I remember Tim Woodman laughing at me that I would never say hello to her.

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Name: Pam Cilk (Frasier) E-mail:HiitsmeP@aol.com Date: 02-Jun-00 08:09 PM

My years at SLOSH were the only consecutive years I spent in any school until college. The only part I would have changed is some of the classes I took and I wouldn't have been so afraid of what other people thought of me. I more than likely would have made my changes in the 3 years after. By the way I don't remember a truck driving up the steps, it was a Toyota Land Cruiser driven by Corey Hilberg, he was not a student but a good friend of Ron McDonald. If I remember right after he conquered the steps he took some giant chunks out of the PE fields as he jumped the different levels of the fields. That is the only step driving trick that I can remember.

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Name: Tommy G. E-mail: Date: 02-Jun-00 06:24 PM

If you're down in the L.A. area tomorrow, head on over to Dodger Stadium around 1 p.m. San Luis High baseball team will be there playing for a C.I.F. championship. I know Val (Bass) Harrigan will be there, her son is playing. Jim "Rocky" Thompson (74) is the head coach.

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Name: Tommy G. E-mail: Date: 02-Jun-00 05:17 PM

Hey, I'm #1998. Who's 2000. Adam, I just got in under the wire. I posted on May 17th and 18th.

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Name: Jeff B. E-mail: Date: 02-Jun-00 04:55 PM

Tommy Gin lives!! Tommy's right Adam,since apathy's the name of the game , you blew it by actually making an effort and responding with your message. K. James- please email me & we'll set it up.

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Name: Adam Corob E-mail: Date: 02-Jun-00 04:35 PM

Hey Tom, How are you? Is this your first entry? Looks like you didn't read the rules before posting. Rule #42 Section 12d: Participants may not act in any manner that might cause controversy until 2 prior entries have been posted. Entry privileges may be revoked for rule violations.

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Name: runto E-mail:not Date: 02-Jun-00 04:33 PM

AC- Tyner had a million of those. Nationalism, Yellow Peril, Manifest Destiny... on and on. If you didn't spit out his canned answer, verbatim, you were wrong. Programmed learning at it's most subtle. I can still recite all of them. BTW, Runto was 1975th lurker.

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Name: Tommy G. E-mail: Date: 02-Jun-00 04:00 PM

Adam, we know you're not a greedy person, let's be fair about Jeff's prize. If Jeff was #1977. Let's count back two messages. I think Jeff should give the prize to K. James (Robert Quinlan's wife).

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Name: Mike B E-mail: Date: 02-Jun-00 01:25 PM

Matt, You are the gossip King. Congragulations to Abbey and Duane. For all you lonly hearts.......you never know what will happen at a reunion. So come all you people hiding out there....as I always say, "You can't fight,if you don't climb in the ring....Have a great weekend everybody....

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Name: Mike Berg E-mail: Date: 02-Jun-00 01:34 PM

Teeeeeeeeeeeeping! In Junior High I was head over heals for Teri Burkett(SP?) Bob Critchlow was hot for Alice Wagner. The only way we knew how to express our unwavering devotion was to terrorize their homes with TP. Now you guy's and gal's are all struting around with this king tp thing but I am here to tell ya we were the bomb. When we left, every Saturday night those girls fathers knew that they had been hit.The clean up was done just in time for the next attach. We were legends(in our minds) on the north side of town. 10 to 15 rolls a house. To this day,the bounty is on our heads from the 76 station on foothill for all the missing TP. Not the good stuff Jeff was slinging but we were po kid's. Currently my next door neighbor get's hit every Saturday night and I can still feel the teenage love in the air.By the way, Teri and Alice never did come around. Where is the love?

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Name: Jeff B. E-mail: Date: 02-Jun-00 12:32 PM

It figures......... Since Das Committee didn't pick up on my bitchin' idea, I'll pop for your tickets and a memory book if you're planning to go. Or, I'll just put the $$ towards the Class of 75's gift to SLOSH. Your choice...

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Name: Adam Corob E-mail: Date: 02-Jun-00 11:48 AM

Jeff, It was probably me. I didnt check the counter, but I was at the site. It should have burst with extravagant colors, like I was the millionth shopper or something. What do I win??

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Name: Jeff B. E-mail: Date: 02-Jun-00 11:35 AM

I'm visitor 1977 - who was 1975?

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Name: Adam Corob E-mail: Date: 02-Jun-00 08:53 AM

Regarding the question of the week, I would challenge some of the stupid things that some of the teachers said. Remember Mr. Tyner. He would have a quiz every week. Every quiz would include the same question: If you had a choice of two jobs, both the same, and one paid more, which would you choose? His answer was: It depends upon the value of the dollar. If you didn't give this answer, you were wrong no matter what your reasoning. I would like to have a word or two about that things like that now. Like many of you, I would like to become more involved in activities with the other students. I didn't go to any of the dances either. I didn't want to go. Didn't know what I was missing.

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Name: K. James E-mail:rcq1@jps.net Date: 02-Jun-00 08:32 AM

O.K. O.K. so I have been printing out all the messages. Thought that it would be kinda fun to have a cyber book to view at the reunion, but I must admit that it looks kinda crude since I have no editing capibilities. After I saw the page for the first 100 entries I thought that I might wait and print that out, it is compact, without all of the ads and things.

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Name: K. James E-mail:rcq1@jps.net Date: 02-Jun-00 08:26 AM

Drum roll please!!!!!!!!!!!! Person #3 was Susanne (May) Kelley: I received my reunion postcard and couldn't resist looking up the web site. Thanks to those who provided this. In looking through the songs, movies, and events of 74-75, I can't believe that it has been 25 years! I am doing great, still married after 24 years, and love being a Hoosier in Indiana. I'm working at Perdue University and have been there since 1988. I hope everyone else is well. Thanks Susanne

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Name: Alan Gin E-mail:agin@home.com Date: 02-Jun-00 01:39 AM

This may be our best question of the week so far, at least as far as focusing people's replies. I'm going along with what most of you have said: I would have gotten involved in more things and gotten to know more people. I spent a lot of time studying and trying to get good grades, but now I realize there is more to life. I recently was on a committee evaluating scholarship applications, and I'm amazed at all the things high school students are involved in these days (and still are able to get good grades). And Jill, don't feel bad about bailing out after a dance or so. I never even tried it once.

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Name: Alan Gin E-mail:agin@home.com Date: 02-Jun-00 01:09 AM

Greetings, all. You may have noticed (or not) that I haven't updated things in a couple of days. Those of you who have read my information sheet know that I my wife and daughter live in Hong Kong. My wife was working a Hong Kong-L.A. flight and I was up there the last couple of days.

I don't know if you noticed this either, but the message counter seems to be stuck at 250. Apparently, that's the maximum number of messages that our message board can hold. After that, each additional message knocks out one of the older ones, starting with the oldest. To prevent the loss of some of these older messages, I've started to archive the messages. I've done the first hundred so far (it's kind of tedious), but I'm afraid the first three are lost in cyberspace. I know that I was first and Matt Morris was second, but I'm not sure who was third. Does anybody remember who that was?

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Name: Jeff B. E-mail: Date: 01-Jun-00 10:49 PM

Oh, Matt, Matt, Matt. You'll never learn. Donatelli was worthless and weak at tossin' the Charmin! He just couldn't get out of his 'white phase'. Over on our side o' town, we were using colors and mixing brand names with arrogant impunity! My posse was so untouchable, we'd color co-ordinate with the house paint-(ask Leslie Scherer's mom) The victim....errrrrr......recipients wouldn't make a move to stop us because they didn't want to interrupt true art in the making. Donatelli Schmonatelli-

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Name: Jill L. E-mail:jlegge@earthlink.net Date: 01-Jun-00 06:44 PM

About that question of the week. I've enjoyed reading our message board so I thought I'd share also... Better than those guys reading and laughing and are afraid to even let us know their occupations.(Heck, I assist Doctors looking inside your guts) Whats up with that? I guess I should have participated in more activities besides just sports. I think after a dance or so of just standing around I decided to be a "nonparticipant". Had I practiced dancing abit and gotten more coordinated then maybe I would have done better in my left/right marching coordination in the Army. I did at least a "million" push-ups because I just didn't get that left right business. I was forever 1/2 step behind. Anybody in the military would know how much abuse that would cause. The fun thing that came out of it, was I broke the Record 2for doing the most ever push-ups in a 2 minute time period. The adrenaline was pumping and I did 86. So I didn't go the the dances or proms, but at least I got to hang out at the pool with a bunch of guys in Speedos! Please... no Laughing! especially from you cowards that won't even post a hello on the message board. If anybody bites, just bite back and smile!

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Name: Matt E-mail: Date: 01-Jun-00 05:14 PM

Hey Mike....you are right. Abbey Bell and Duane Beaulieu got married 4 years ago. I remember them dancing quite a bit at the 20 year reunion. I sent Alan Gin Abbey's email that she sent me. Hopefully Alan will put that info up for both of them. They live in Atascadero now and are very happy!.....Suzanne May...TPing....no way? I would have paid money to see you climb that wall. (Laughing) Considering I would have had trouble doing it myself. Suzanne, Steve Donatelli was the king of TPing....i need to get him in here. He will have many stories.

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Name: Mike Berg E-mail: Date: 01-Jun-00 04:05 PM

MIA update!!!!!! I have spoken to a few people missing from these list's. I heard from a reliable sorce that after getting together at the last reunion, two people on the missing list just got married. I will let you try to guess! I talked to Bob Critchlow and John Pillow and urged them both to get involved. I also tried to get Rod VanArtsdalen to register but he can't get his beautiful daughters off the internet long enough to hit the sight. C YA!

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Name: Mike Berg E-mail: Date: 01-Jun-00 03:57 PM

Hi Jeff! Yah Coach Bourrow's, what a punk. I did get to play that one game also now that you remind me. He was the worst coach ever.( I heard he was a good teacher in all fairness)I was trying to remember, did you go to 6th grade with me? I think so.I had Larry Peterson, what a great guy.I liked him so much I did 6th grade twice!

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Name: susanne kelley E-mail:skelley@tech.purdue.edu Date: 01-Jun-00 02:53 PM

I thought of a high school story I hadn't thought of in years. Since I didn't really do anything else to cause or get into trouble, I did do a lot of TPing. We were TPing a friends house, when the police came up their street. I ran around to the back of the house and somehow, scaled a 6 foot concrete block wall. Those few that remember me in HS might remember that I was NOT the type to ever go over a high wall. I don't know how I did it. But I didn't get caught! It was a miracle escape. I used to LOVE to go TPing. Now I'd be afraid of getting shot or something.

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Name: Jeff B. E-mail: Date: 01-Jun-00 01:36 PM

Hi, Mikey! Coach Burrows, right? What a freak- You never got an "Atta boy!" when you did something right, you only heard from him when you screwed up. Half the time he wouldn't tell you how to avoid the same mistake the next time. Yeah there were a lot of us that never got dirty. It was a little confusing after starting most of my 9th grade games. I remember a few of us getting in a game once- of course, we were whuppin' up on Atascadero 62-0 when the call came. I don't know what made me want to play in 11th grade. Good to hear from you-

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Name: Mike Berg E-mail:mike@apluswireless.com Date: 01-Jun-00 11:27 AM

On the subject of the QOTW, this is a good one. Very scary stuff! I wish I had stuck with football all three years. I had a terible coach in tenth grade who would play the same 11 guy's both way's. We lost all 10 games so I got pissy and quit.The last game after I made my statement, everyone got to play. Also ditto on all the other coments you guy's made. High school was really tough. 9th grade was just perfect. I got fair grades, lot's of good friends then we all splinterd off in High School. The bottom line is I wish I had gotten to know all of you better and been a better friend to those who reached out to me. Last I wish I had spent more time in class learning the easy way instead of the degree I now hold from the school of "Hard Knocks". Today I am very active in two clubs with a lot of parallel's to High School Politics and I love it. So I wish I had been involved back then even though it was precived to be un-cool at the time by some.

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Name: Matt M E-mail:mm985@aol.com Date: 01-Jun-00 08:14 AM

Jeff....ditto for me too for not knowing about your glasses. As for the question of the week(s), while i think i pretty much knew almost everyone. Not really getting know more of my friends deep down has sometimes bothered me. Jeff we knew each other from baseball...but not anything else. Carol we knew each other from church, but not much more than that. I guess having a serious conversation at that age was limited at best.(GRIN) I know that i tried to fit into a few groups, but like Carol, i felt inferior. I guess thats why i tried making some many friends. Being the newpaper photographer helped, having that camera around my neck made it ez to meet people. Funny to think after all these years the feelings we all harbored. But on the other hand, sure is nice being able to speak to friends about them all now!! See ya soon.

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Name: Jeff B. E-mail: Date: 31-May-00 11:59 PM

Carol, nobody but Rex Fritz & I knew, and only because we'd had our eyes checked at the same time. The selection of "fashion frames" back then was hideous(especially when they were chosen for you), so we looked at each other & said "yeah, right!" and never wore them. Stupid teenage male vanity strikes again. I started wearing them at Cal Poly because I hardly ever ran into anyone from school when I was there. Besides, they had suddenly become "intelligent " looking. These 'character lines' I have around my eyes are from squinting to see the board in Frick's class because the light was so poor upstairs.

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Name: Carol K. E-mail: Date: 31-May-00 10:42 PM

I too, might have gotten to know more people in High School, but it was not unusual to be intimidated by kids who were not in your "clique", especially the jocks, cheerleaders and "socies". I have conversations with some of them now and wonder why I thought I was so inferior to them 25 years ago. I also wish I had not dropped out of orchestra and quit playing the violin when I entered high schoool. Jeff, I never knew about the glasses...

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Name: Jeff B. E-mail: Date: 31-May-00 02:00 PM

Ditto, Susanne- I think I missed a lot by not contributing more and involving myself in more school activities. I'd have liked to have spent more time having actual conversations with some of the teachers, too. Studying? I was too busy wrestling with the daily dramas of a typical teenager. One thing I would have done for sure is wear those stupid glasses I'd had in my pocket since 7th grade! I wouldn't have had to sit up front- plus, I probably would have hit more baseballs and had a different career by now.

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Name: Susanne May E-mail:skelley@tech.purdue.edu Date: 31-May-00 12:28 PM

Answer to QOTW. I would be less shy and more outgoing and involved in school activities and clubs. There were a lot of great people I didn't get to know very well. I was very busy with Church activities, but I could have made more friends. It wasn't like I was spending a lot of my time on homework! Well, come to think of it, I would prepare better for college and put more effort into my grades. They were good, but they could have been a LOT better. But, oh well, I was having fun.

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Name: Adam Corob E-mail: Date: 30-May-00 08:36 AM

Michelle, glad that you are still around.

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Name: K. James E-mail:rcq1@jps.net Date: 30-May-00 08:25 AM

Matt Morris: It sounds like you have been doing the team thing with your kids for a long time and I was wondering if you have any suggestions for fund raisers. Our 6 year old is on the swim team (Sunrise Sharks) and we need a way to raise some more funds. We live in Citrus Heights and I believe that my husband works with Nannette Miners Husband, if he still works at Folsom Prison. Had a great weekend. Thanks for asking!!!

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Name: Matt Morris E-mail:mm985@aol.com Date: 29-May-00 08:07 PM

Hello all, hope everyone had a great 3 day weekend. Mine was super if you throw out the fact I passed a kidney stone, lets just say its not fun. But we had friends over for a excellent BBQ tonight and a swim party for the kids. I also taught my daughter about Capitalism this weekend. We sold T- Shirts and other Soccer related items at a large soccer event in Davis. She made $500 and cant wait till we do another event. Not bad for a 14 year old!! Jeff...as far as the QOTW...i will have to ponder that one.

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Name: Alan Gin E-mail:agin@home.com Date: 29-May-00 07:57 PM

David Menefee: You must have moved. Will you give us your new e-mail address when you get one?

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Name: Pam "Chanda Lear of '75" Tuson E-mail:ni4dsign@usa.com Date: 29-May-00 07:36 AM

Hi All, OK, OK I'm of the class of '78, but do you think that some of your organizers could pass some of this orgainizing skill and web page design onto some brothers and sisters in my class for our class reunion? I have been checking here to see some of the peoples I remember, and wish I could 'crash' your party, but alas I'm in Missouri and its too far to run away for a weekend this year, but sure would like it if we could get a better get together for our class going. I know alot of your siblings were in my class, why not 'enlighten' them. Thanks. And and BIG HELLO to all my favorite TIGERS! You know who you are. Hugs, Pam PS. my answer to Jeff B.s QOTW...I wouldn't let my secret crush go unknown.

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Name: Jeff B. E-mail: Date: 28-May-00 12:48 AM

Alan- I check this site each time I go online, just in case a Committee Member has posted Bio information. As for the question, I'll answer by Monday- I'm still thinking on it.

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Name: Alan Gin E-mail:agin@home.com Date: 27-May-00 10:50 PM

Okay, Jeff, you got it. But are you going to answer it? Also, thanks for keeping our string of daily posts going (we now have 21 straight days with at least one message). I expected activity to be slow during this holiday weekend, and I didn't know if anyone was going to post today. Also because of the holiday, I'll start your question of the week on Monday.

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Name: Jeff B. E-mail: Date: 27-May-00 09:07 PM

Alan, I have a nomination for Question o' the Week: If we had a chance, knowing what we know now, to go back and do a "retake" of those three years in High School, what would we do differently, and what would we still do the same?

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Name: Michelle B. E-mail: Date: 26-May-00 05:47 PM

Hi Adam and everyone. It's nice to be missed. Remember--" How Can I Miss You if You Won't Go Away?" No, I did not join The Committee, I've just been too tired lately to dredge up enough wit to keep up with you wags! Not too tired to read and laugh and shake my head at some of it though. Actually, I'm feeling guilty for never officially answering MY QOTW. Alan, please don't tell my dad that I'm not doing my homework! I'll have to ask for an extention on my due date, please. I have to get ready to go to work and spend all night with crying babies. Nurse Michelle will try to make it all better...

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Name: Matt E-mail: Date: 26-May-00 04:30 PM

Have a great holiday weekend everyone!! If your in Davis, CA this weekend, look for me at community park. I'll be at the Davis World Cup Soccer Tournament. Drive safe and have fun!!

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Name: Jill L E-mail:jlegge@earthlink.net Date: 26-May-00 03:36 PM

Hey Kevin, I didn't want to give the names up on the brownies, not that I even remembered. Now I think they must have had some ingredient that gave you a great memory. How the heck did you remember all the names? Its nice to remember the fun stuff from high school!

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Name: Nora O'Donnell E-mail:Nodon5@aol.com Date: 26-May-00 11:26 AM

Hi All! This message area was a great idea. It's been fun reading all the things others did for fun in high school. Boy, where was I? My life now is busy, but not terribly exciting. Working with 50 to 60 children between the ages of 5 and 9. Love it! Hope to see you all at the Reunion. Should be great! I just watched STYX and REO on the Today show this morning. It cracks me up that 70's music and fashion is making a return appearance. STYX is playing at the Mid-State Fair this year, also! Take care.

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Name: Alan Gin E-mail:agin@home.com Date: 26-May-00 10:45 AM

Does anyone want to submit the next question of the week? Remember, if you do, you have to be the first to answer the question.

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Name: Adam Corob E-mail: Date: 26-May-00 08:46 AM

Hey Michelle, We have not heard anything from you in a while. Are you now a member of the reunion committee, and therefore forbidden to participate in the "message area"? Hope to hear from you soon.

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Name: Matt Morris E-mail:mm985@aol.com Date: 25-May-00 05:55 PM

Hey Cliff....good to see ya. Anyone ever tell you, that you have a great last name?

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Name: Cliff M. Morris E-mail:clifto@gte.net Date: 25-May-00 04:31 PM

I'm not missing, just lounging under a palm tree! Shaka Brah's!

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Name: Kahuna E-mail: Date: 25-May-00 02:32 PM

The great mudbowl game I remeber was in 1971 after football pratice. 3 inches of water on the field and just killing each other.Duane Caligary was being dragged up and down the field by a couple of lineman with little rooster tails flying off of his cleats. Note:Alan, Thanks for the page, it's great to see into the minds of our old class mates. Most of you are "still crazy after all these years".This thing will grow every day like you said and soon we will find all the MIA's

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Name: Mr Creosote E-mail: Date: 25-May-00 01:34 PM

Perhaps Erik would like an after dinner snack. It's wafer thin.

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Name: Dennison Wellingham, Admiral, HMS Blancmange, HMRN, (Ret.)

E-mail:LJGumby@Poofdah.com Date: 25-May-00 12:10 PM

All right, then! Stop that! It is my duty to inform all of you that these little bits of messages regarding the 1975th visitor are becoming much, much too silly. Please cease from continuing said chatter as my pet cat, Eric, has begun to shed from the stress of it all! Thank you- now, don't make me have to come over there.........

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Name: Elian Gonzalez E-mail: Date: 25-May-00 11:39 AM

Gringos! Yo estoy el 1975!

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Name: Susanne May E-mail:skelley@tech.purdue.edu Date: 25-May-00 11:06 AM

I had a great time at Laguna. Anyone remember the mud ball game we had? Now I don't remember if it was volleyball or a big free-for-all (or both.) I really enjoyed Mr. Cook as well. Since I always liked writing and english, I took him for any class that I could. I'm glad to hear he is still around and doing well.

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Name: Kahuna E-mail: Date: 25-May-00 10:31 AM

Laguna Jr.Hi. ruled

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Name: Fred Garvin "Male Prostitute" E-mail: Date: 25-May-00 10:31 AM

Hey Morgan, baby, we had some good times ay!

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Name: Elvis E-mail:EP@graceland.com Date: 25-May-00 10:17 AM

No, really..I was visitor 1975, thanku, thanku verymuch.

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Name: Morgan Fairchild E-mail: Date: 25-May-00 09:14 AM

I was the 1975th visitor.

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Name: Kevin Watkins E-mail:kwatkins99@hotmail.com Date: 25-May-00 08:47 AM

Alan & Carol K.: We thought we were so clever and slick. Were we really that obvious? How did you know? By the way, Mr Cook enters our ocean swimming race every year down at Avila. He is a truly great guy, and I know that he would love to catch up with our class.

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Name: runto E-mail:acorob@corob.dork Date: 25-May-00 08:53 AM

JB- Must you make prejudicial characterizations concerning the criminals in our class? Some might have STOLEN a computer...? Runto cranky too.

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Name: Adam Corob E-mail: Date: 25-May-00 08:29 AM

Me and Alan Gin and Marty Henry were the 1975th website visitors. And uh.....runto......yeah. Now I remember, we were all the 1975th visitors. All of us..... yeah, thats the ticket

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Name: Jeff B. E-mail: Date: 25-May-00 07:40 AM

Alan- Touche' / My apologies. I'm a bit cranky as I'm stuck working this weekend, but that's not your fault.

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Name: Susanne May E-mail:skelley@tech.purdue.edu Date: 25-May-00 07:38 AM

I'm with Carol and LeAnne. I missed all the fun! But I think my brother had "fun" enough for the both of us. He was the trouble maker and I was the "good one". Ha...

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Name: Alan Gin E-mail:agin@home.com Date: 25-May-00 12:02 AM

Jeff. . . Unclench. . . I was trying to be funny. . . Even brought in 1970s imagery. . . and one reason I put up with the low pay of academia is that I don't have to wear a tie to work.

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Name: Alan Gin E-mail:agin@home.com Date: 24-May-00 11:46 PM

For those of you who are complaining about not enough participation on this message board, let me point out some statistics:

-It took us 37 days to get the first 100 messages, and 7 days to get the second 100.

-This is the 24th message for today alone; it took the first 12 days of this message board to reach message #24.

-We've had posts by 26 identified members of the Class of 1975, the wife of one, and Runto.

-We had three new people post for the first time today (Robert McQuillen, Mike Berg, and Lee Anne Meinhold).

We're getting there, and we still have 72 days to go until the Reunion. Like you, I'd like even more people to get involved. Where are our class leaders, like Conan and Rene Schanberger (Likely to Succeed), Robbie Sorenson (Likely to Become President), and Vernon Vincent and Gina Snyder (School Spirit)? I'd also like to have some of the people who have already posted become regulars. For example, Karen Shevlin posted message #5, way back on April 17, but we haven't heard from her since. Still, though, I think things are going pretty well so far, and I think they'll get even better as the Reunion approaches.

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Name: Jeff B. E-mail: Date: 24-May-00 11:10 PM

Alan- "Drawn to the dark side"? Isn't that a bit melodramatic? I have to take issue with your prejudicial characterizations of members of this class. It's 25 years later, this isn't John Q. Public- these are people you and I went to school with. Have you actually read their bio's? The people who visit this site don't deserve to be distrusted. If you recall, we had plenty of criminals in our class- but I severely doubt that they even own a computer, much less that they would visit this site with any frequency. Alan, it's a brunch, not a Beatles concert! They're a couple of cheap tickets to a nice, relaxed get-together as a function of our reunion. I may be wrong on this, but I don't think there's much chance of an angry mob with flaming sticks protesting the outcome of this one. We have eleven perfectly capable, trustworthy committee members who are also classmates- if it even happens that they choose to entertain this idea, then they will also be able to act as a jury of our peers in making a final determination. It ain't rocket science- With all due respect, try to loosen your tie once in awhile and get out and mingle with the world outside the classroom walls.

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Name: Carol K. E-mail: Date: 24-May-00 10:28 PM

Yea, where was I when all this fun stuff was happening? I can say for sure that it wasn't me who put out the fire ring at Taco Bell, in case you were all wondering. Alan, I thought the same as you about the brownies...Matt, a size medium will work for me, please just don't put "Most Apathetic Class" and that dumb looking tiger on the shirts.

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Name: Matt E-mail: Date: 24-May-00 09:52 PM

Lee Anne....tell Fred that he has to do it because if he doesnt, ill tell old baseball stories about him. Now that will "really" scare him. :o)

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Name: Alan Gin E-mail:agin@home.com Date: 24-May-00 09:43 PM

Jeff, I'm afraid there's no way to verify who visitor 1975 is. We would have to accept the person's word on it. With two brunches and a Memory Book at stake, I'm afraid that someone will be drawn to the dark side and make a false claim. Do we want to be responsible for that?

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Name: Jeff B. E-mail: Date: 24-May-00 09:00 PM

Chris P. & Nora- can you ask those of the Committee that aren't posted yet if the Committee can give 2 Brunch tickets and a Memory Book as a gift to the 1975th visitor to our site? Seems to me that our Millenium Reunion Site could use a little extra touch like that to get a few more people to visit. What do you think?

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Name: Lee Anne E-mail:lmeinhold@thegrid.net Date: 24-May-00 08:37 PM

I've enjoyed reading all the banter, however I'm not sure I went to the same High School as the rest of you. By the way, Fred Andrews and I work in the same office and I have threatened him that if he doesn't post something very soon that I will post it for him. I don't think my threat scared him.

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Name: Alan Gin E-mail:agin@home.com Date: 24-May-00 08:30 PM

My apologies, Kevin. When Jil said that surfers made green brownies with a "special recipe," I stereotypically assumed that you put a green substance in them. A leafy green substance, which is why I thought you had to eat them so fast.

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Name: Alan Gin E-mail:agin@home.com Date: 24-May-00 07:45 PM

Congratulations on being #200, Matt. Actually, the statistics that I have access to shows that, while there have been 200 messages posted, there have been over 2,400 visits to the message board itself. If you've visited the message area to read the messages but haven't posted anything, why don't you just say hello to let us know that you've stopped by.