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Sandra Spieker (Ringo)

To Steve,

My leg definately felt pulled, it was good, thank you.  My ego is also on a much higher level with the compliment you passed to me about the web site.  I hate to burst your bubble Steve, but the engine, that is the programming of the code, that makes this baby tick, is not mine, but Class Creator.  I just helped David load the database of his collection of names, addresses and emails, and wrangled with the header graphic (David was a bit picky and as a result I think it looks spiffy).  I will also take credit for the flip book, and the cutie animated gif on the front page.  Working this web site is a bit like using Word Press, or if you are into higher level do-it-yourself web sites, Joomla.  I can do them from scratch, but not will all this sizzle - Database Management, Forums, message boards etc.  Class Creator has a dandy content management system and for what you get it is pretty cheap.  I am a geek, no doubt about it.  I have created numerous web sites from scratch with html and Flash, but not this one.  My son's web site uses Joomla, that is a serious content management platform.  I little more complex to use than this one.  I get to work that one too from time to time and I enjoy it very much.   I don't want to advertise him here, if you are interested PM me and I will send you a link to it.

You are also so right about things not being all just black and white.  Not much in this world is absolute, much of what life is all about is definately in shades of gray.  I continue to read these posts with a smile and a grain of salt.  Write on!

Anyone remember, "Who Do You Love", by Quicksilver Messenger Service?  Danny had it on his IPod yesterday, the long version.  The ride from Fort Worth to Weatherford lasted the whole song.  It was glorious!

Lowell Tuttle

47 miles of barbed wire...

Theberge and I spent several weekends below Laredo...He was a great friend and UT party enthusiast with a lot of my friends (including brothers Jack Aulick, Mike Ferguson, Sam Usselton, and Tom Wells/Reuten...He found a fortune as a switcher with AT&T and moved to Houston.  In 78 we hooked up and he made it clear the past was the past and forget reliving it.   Those Bro's may not have gone below the border with us....

Keene, my checkbook looked like $5.00 out...10 out  15 out...Raymonds...Nau's  I cannot remember what the nsf charge was...There were a lot of them.

My parents gave me 300.00 for graduation in a Citizens State Bank checking account.  The bank then sent me, a 17 year old, a Master charge or Bank Americard, or a Presto charge...can't remember what it was then.  There was a record store down stais in Jester...I remember running it up all theway there several thime...

Tommy Wells/Reuten and I were roomates at Jester in 69 and we both had cars with no permits.  There were parking meter spots downstairs on the street.  It was 5 cents for 30 minutes.  You could put in 5 nickels  but they started giving tickets at 7:30 a.m.  We had our windows blocked up with a thick tapestry and towels on the floor under the door, so no light could get in.  We slept past 7:30 many times...My fines were over 800 and I think Tom, whose mom had political connections, got Percey Foreman to get him out of his fines...

Oh well...memories....

Lowell Tuttle

So, as a contrast, for the TU game at College Station, I hook up with Steve Healy, in 69.  I head over to visit him and go to the game onThanksgiving, I think.  Somehow I find him.  He's inthe Corps.  I visit him in his dorm.  There are four spots on the floor by his desk.  Those are the spots he had to keep his desk chair on when he was studying for, I don't know, four hours? each night.  There were garbage cans in the dorm hallway and freshman had to square off those cans while walking down the hallway.  They also had to stop and salute each upper classman as they approached in the hall.  It sort of intimidated me...I stayed for the bonfire...It was totally awesome, although SFASU has a great one too...So instead of staying with Steve the night before the game I drove back to Austin, and then got up the next day and went to the game.  A&M football was/is so cool...So is UT's...

Lowell Tuttle

That;....was a funny utube video...I got tears from laughin

David Cordell

Sandra, you have been far too modest about the website, and I wish you would just accept the compliments!

Sandra researched different engines for this site, and the possibility of starting from scratch. We spent a good deal of time on the analysis, but she did most of it. She had excellent insights that were beyond my (non)expertise, and we decided that Class Creator provided the best combination of a professional look, flexibility and ease of maintenance and editing. She was exceptionally patient as we went back-and-forth about the banner, with me doing the talking and her doing the real work. We spent a great deal of time on the flipbook of the annual, using scans that Jean Ward provided, then scans that I provided, and ultimately Sandra's own scans. We bought some good flipbook software, but she is the one who made it work. If you haven't looked at the flipbook of the annual, click on the "1969 Eagle Yearbook" item on the left-side menu. 

When I put out the call for someone to spearhead the website, she returned a lengthy and thoughtful response. I couldn't believe my good fortune. Ever since then, Sandra has been a joy to work with, always with a great attitude, and I trust her judgment on all website issues as well as on other matters. Although I tweak items on the site regularly, I always know that Sandra can fix whatever I screw up. 

Again, Sandra, just accept the compliments. I know better than anyone that you deserve them.

Steve Keene

Lowell

It was Raymonds and Nau charges the previous year that got me thinking of the grand scheme.  Thanks for the memory"

Tommy

I  think you have taken great Leaps concerning my Bounds.

Your no count Native American brother.

Sandra Spieker (Ringo)

David,

Be careful, if you blow too much sunshine up my #$%, I might have to send you a bill.  Thank you, compliment accepted and appreciated.

Lowell Tuttle

Also, Sandra, the only thing I see testosterone is good for these days is ear and nose hair.

Sandra Spieker (Ringo)

Steve,

I almost forgot, send me your photo and I will make a custom silhouette for you, including any new features you have acquired since I last remember what you looked like.  Lowell might appreciate some nose and ear hair too!

David Cordell

Does this guy remind you of an actor on a well-known, but goofy, sit-com from our era. Answer below. Sorry about the lame quality, but it's a photo of a TV screen.

This is Alan Hale in the 1938 flick, The Adventures of Robin Hood, with Errol Flynn. He is the father of Alan Hale, Jr., who was the Skipper on Gilligan's Island.

David Cordell

Watching the closing ceremony of the Olympics. Enjoy the emphasis on the arts. 

I was badly misinformed during the Cold War. I thought all Russian and Eastern European women looked like the women shot putters in the Summer Olympics. What propoganda THAT was. In 1992 I visited Poland on an exchange and stayed with families in three different cities. The women were beautiful. One of the Russian Olympians looks like Barbie Benton used to look. Actually, most of the women winter Olympians are very nice looking. Not sure about the men. Haven't noticed. Don't care.

Don Chester

David, did you enjoy the Olympics?  I watched maybe 5 minutes of them in  2 weeks.  Just not much interest.

i did watch the WGC Matchplay final today, well on DVR and watched the last 2 hrs of it and the playoff in about 20 minutes.  That was some great drama in the last  few holes and in the playoff.

The  DVR is a marvelous invention and sure allows for better time management.

David Cordell

Don, yes, I enjoyed all of the Olympics. Some of the ski events were outrageous. Flips and twists high in the air with two skis that could easily get crossed on the landing?? No, thank you. To tell you the truth, I particularly liked the ice dancing, even though I'm pretty sure that I'm not gay. I mean, although I'm certainly not gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that. (Suddenly I feel an urge to see if there is a Groupon for a mani-pedi.)

'Scuse me for a minute whilst I spit out some of this tobacco juice.

Went to the Fort Worth Rodeo a few weeks ago. The bull riders are amazing. I'd like to see the meanest linebacker in the NFL get on the back of a bull. Then we'd see how tough they really are.

And, yes, Don, I enjoyed the WGC as well, rooting for local boy Spieth. 'Twas not to be. Are you playing much?

Don Chester

Yeah, Speith had a bad day against Ernie, but the finals yesterday were mesmerizing.

I haven't been playing for several months I have been trying to get some wounds on my feet to heal, almost there and I'll be back playing in a month or so.

Frankly I was hoping this was a time in my life when I would have more time and less stress but the changes in medicine have made it just the opposite.  More work, less free time and definitely a lot less compensation. At times I wish I had stuck with plumbing.

Steve Baxter

Does anyone remember who else was in the car with Rusty McBride when he mooned a little old lady driving on Spring Valley Road near Central Expressway? My brother Scotty was and he said Rusty got arrested soon thereafter.

David Cordell

Don, I think your branch of medicine does involve plumbing in its own way, and the pipes are more interesting.

Faye Mallow (Price)

My Grandmother was born on an Indian Reservation in Heavner, OK. I may be like 1/264th Choctaw.  Does that count?

Bruce Anderson

Bruce Anderson

David Cordell

OK. So we have a lot of Indians and Indian wannabes. I don't think I heard anyone boast of 50% Indian blood, though. I, on the other hand, can claim 50% Sicilian blood, and I am posting my Italian passport, rather, passaporto, below. Ummm, please don't steal my identity. At least not until I figure out what it is.

Lowell Tuttle

Mom Canadian, Macleod.  Paternal's English.  Macleod was supposedly the first Clan.  So, I am mostly Scotch andcestry.  And I trying to drink the English out.  That's a hoot mon

Lowell Tuttle

A golfing buddy of mine and I were texting.  Apparently on his recent trip to Vegas, via New Zealand he decided to put a large wager on Jason Day...It paid 18 to 1, so he flew to Vegas Monday to pick up his 19,000.  That playoff was gripping (for golf) and even more so if you had 1000 riding...He put the same wager on Day for the Masters...Those were the two most amazing up and down's i have ever seen, and he just walked up and hit the shots.  If that was Niclaus or Woods, they would have had all the marshalls overthere beggin for a free drop.  We would have had to sit thru 10 minutes of commercials.  Instead, that Frenchman just walked up and wedged it up and made the putts...  Don, I don't think I watched 3 minutes of the olympics...Don't know why...I used to like it...

Don Chester

Tommy

My wife  is 1/4 Creek, grew up near Tulsa.  So you two have a voting block

Lowell

I don't think Tiger would have been calling for a free drop, just would have been in a foul mood about the bad " luck"    Those were two very remarkable up and in's.  On the first one, I remarked to my wife, I was playing in the Trans Miss in Scottsdale about 20 yrs ago, and I put it into a cactus with a similar situation,  I was able to hit it out onto the green from 130 yrds, and 2 putt for par.   You just have to committ to the shot and try if you think you can get the club through it. So I had memories watching Victor hit that shot.

Jason Day is a stud, I suspect he will win several majors in his career.

David Cordell

Tommy, my favorite line from that song is "twenty years of schoolin' and they put you on the day shift." Relevant for a lot of PhDs. I like your ID card.  I also like the statue in the photo. Not sure about the guy with the headdress, though.

Don and Lowell, I followed Day at the Colonial practice round. I like him, too, but was disappointed that he moved from the Metroplex to Ohio so his wife could be closer to her family. I like to root for the locals, even if they are imports.

David Cordell

Tommy, the meeting went well. I will send a summary in a couple of days. Rather than a traditional golf outing, sentiment favored an event at Top Golf. (Not sure that they are mutually exclusive.) Top Golf is a double-decker, covered driving range with target games. You take turns, and anyone can play, golfer or not,  It is a bit like a bowling alley in that there are seating areas associated with the various tee boxes, and you can order food and drinks. It is very social. (Actually, I think a bowling outing would be good, too.) We have had a couple of student groups schedule events at Top Golf in Allen. The one in Dallas may have more stuff--Lance has been there. There is also one in The Colony, near Frisco. Have you been to the one in Austin?

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