Classmate Pets

BB.
Christmas eve of 2010 this cat showed up at our house. Took several weeks before we could get close to her, but now she is one of the family as long as it is just Tannis and I. She takes off if anyone else is around so we will not see her during the mini. She is known by a number of names: Scardy Cat, Dooree, Underfoot, and Cat. Doesn't respond to any of them. When we took her to the vet the first time he told us that she had already been fixed which we suspected since she had a notch in her ear. I still think one of our kids had a hand in her showing up.
Bill Parker

Hm-m-m-m,
Could ET have already coordinated kitty air drop with Victoria in Victorialand?
Maybe you should keep an eye out for a stray Afghan goat sometime around February 11.
Wish Linda & I could make NGM - but must work February 12.
Heads up!
Steve Holcomb

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I've already decided that we will parachute the goat in.
Landing a C-130 in Oak Grove will be impossible.
We will drop him about THREEEEEEEEE the day of the no gnat.
Ernie Tuten

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Actually Tori was home that Christmas, she did happen to be here early on Christmas Eve and the cat showed up shortly after she left, hmm!
Bill Parker

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Look Who Found Us!

Cynthia Kay Tedeschi ~ 1967

While we were getting set to meet at Bill and Tannis’ house last Saturday for the No Gnat Mini, one of our missing classmates poked her head out of a hole and saw her shadow!

No, not really. It’s a whole lot better than that, and all the credit goes to Steve Holcomb and our Class of ‘67 website for attracting the attention of ... Cindy Tedeschi Klinowski. Look at her message below. See how she wants to reconnect with some of our “old” friends. (We don’t have any of those, do we?)

I’m adding Cindy to our active email list now so please make her feel welcome as she climbs on board the E-Train and finds her seat. Contact me now for Cindy's email address. I know she will be so happy to hear from YOU!

Send us a recent picture, Cindy. Like the rest of us, we know you haven’t changed a bit.
Billy B ‘67

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Hi Billy,
In searching for some email addresses I came across the Glynn Academy website. I would love to reconnect with some of our old friends. I live in Golden, Colorado, we have been here since 1999. We are up in the Rocky Mt. foothills above the city of Denver. Is there some form or how can I get on the mailing list to keep up with everyone’s information?

Hope to hear from you. Thank you.
Cindy Tedeschi Klinowski

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Health Updates

Classmate Updates

February 4, 2012

I am now in my new FOB . I cannot give the name. I am about 10 or so clicks from Pakistan at an elevation of 8500'. It took about eleven days to get hear from my old FOB. Weather is a big player from January through mid March. I arrived by Black Hawk at 3:00PM today. It is cold in this place and was snowing when I got here. They received about 6" of snow last night and 15" five days ago. This is quite a shock to the system after being in the desert for 15 months. Highs are 40 during the day and zero and below at night. The higher mountains in this area are 12,000 to 14,000 feet, about the height of the Tetons near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This is a beautiful area of the World and I never thought I would say that about any part of Afghanistan. The summers here are much milder than in the desert. Highs of about 90-95 in the day and 60 at night. I am with an Army unit and we also have Romanians and Afghan troops. The Romanians are really a friendly group of troops and I hear they are very good cooks. I will let you know how good soon. The Afghans, well they are Afghans and as you have probably heard cannot be trusted. I try to keep my distance. An Army Special Forces group left here about Christmas. They were instrumental in training the Afghans. We are about 40 or 45 miles from the nearest friendly unit, suffice it to say that I am in a very remote area. As soon as I download the pictures I took on the way out here and will email them to everyone.

Hope everyone is well. Sandra, hope you are doing OK with the wrist. I been following your progress on face book.

Semper Fidelis,
Ernie Tuten

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This is a cold place. Lows 10 below at night, highs 35 F during the day. 10 clicks from our good friends in Pakistan. Elevation 8500 '. The Army is here and seem like pretty nice guys from what I have seen. Looking forward to R & R starting March 3rd.
Take care and see you soon.
Semper Fi, Ernie Tuten

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ET
Glad to hear you are settled near the ski slopes of Afghanistan. It sounds as if you are closer to where we don't want you to be. Along with keeping your head down, how about adding a thick, steel bucket to that big ass head of yours. Stay safe!
KT (Ken Tollison)

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Billy,
You are the leader of the Class of 67 and I cry foul to Ken's unkind references to my hat size. Can you levy a fine on him or something? If I were a sensitive person his comments would hurt my feelings.
ET

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Ernie, in reference to the insults aimed at you pertaining to the size of your head, I wish I could help you there, but I am not a surgeon and as a regular citizen with a normal sized head, I have never been in a conversation with anyone who claimed to know if there is such a thing as a “head transplant” for people such as you. Maybe others in our class who have this same condition could offer you some options. The only other advice I can give you is the possibility of some professional counseling to help you learn how to cope with it.

On the other hand, I must admit, in agreements with you, that Ken Tollison’s continuous pounding of this issue would be enough to cause permanent mental damage to anyone who otherwise could have lived a normal life. Some people feel the need to belittle others in order to elevate themselves (in their own minds) over others. Such is the case with our brother, Ken, it seems. Personally, I have never been the target of his relentless efforts to place himself on his ego pedestal, and I hope that I never will be.

It is a responsibility of the greatest magnitude that rest on the shoulders of an Email Operator, and though it seems to you, ET, that I am in a position of authority, I must relinquish the decision to place a levy on a fellow classmate to a more democratic process. I suggest that several in our email reconnection who fully understand the situation and can remove themselves completely from any road blocks caused by personal relationships or personal involvement in this matter be appointed.

I suggest that you as the plaintiff (victim), and Ken T as the defendant (assailant) , come up with a panel of those in our class who have displayed the ability to be fair and conclusive in their judgments. I further suggest that each of you present the names of three classmates who have been following this fester on the posterior of our usual smooth E-Train ride who will be quick in their considerations and decisions. Three plus three is six, an even number, so we will need a tie breaker, if necessary. I suggest that we not place this responsibility on any one classmate, but if in the end of this case we have three in favor of the plaintiff and three in favor of the defendant that both plaintiff and defendant have imposed on them a levy, as previously suggested, in the amount of $500.00 which will be paid prior to August 15 to Jan Gardner Sala, our class treasurer, to be earmarked for the payment of 45th Class Reunion registration fees for two couples, namely Steve and Linda Holcomb, our web site creator and maintainer, and yours truly and wife, Guilford, for having to put up with such childish and unnecessary matters.

In my honest opinion and unfailing judgment, as displayed meritoriously over the past six plus years as your Class of ‘67 email operator, this is the best course to take, and I am sure I can get an “Amen” not only from my cohort, Steve Holcomb, but from a majority of the reconnected classmates.

Okay, the “ball is in your court”, so please advance to the next stage by appointing three classmates, understanding that no one classmate can be selected twice. Otherwise, you can settle this case immediately by writing a check to the Class of ‘67 in the amount of $250 (each), and earmark it for the aforementioned Class of ‘67 couples.

Your Class of ‘67 Servant,
Billy Brewer ~ Email Operator (Hoping for a tie)

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Sir,
I appoint Gil, Billy and Linda Sue to prosecute Mr Tollison for his insults.
With your permission I would like to add a fourth. I select Bane.
Tollison, you are in the fight of your life.
ET

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Ernie, since I may be in a position to gain from this I respectfully decline your appointment of me. I have already looked ahead at your next email and I think you have a good third person. Sorry you cannot have four. BB

P.S. Woops! I guess you were talking about Billy Watson. Two of the these you have chosen could be considered “eye witnesses”. The third is on a quieter list that may not be aware of all that has been going on, and it may be necessary for you to bring him up to speed with the rest of us. Would you like to “rethink your thoughts”?
BB ‘67

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I will be glad to help ET with his defense against KT. I just need to know which of his big heads are we defending.
Linda Sue Seymour Carr

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February 7, 2012

Linda Sue, we are talking about physical size of the cranium, not what opinion I may or may not have of myself. Any more cracks like that and I may rethink the selections I made on my prosecution team. ET

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So sorry- I think I was a little crazy when I sent that question. I do not drink or take blue pills. I was just joking around. Sorry. I will be a serious defender of your large cranium.
Linda Sue Seymour Carr

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Linda the banter back and forth is what makes the process fun. We will bring the weight of the law down on Mr. Tollison's "Friar Tuck" looking head.
ET

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I am doing the needed research at this moment. A lot of pride is at stake- so I will plan to plead your case in the best way possible. I will need your head measurements so that I can compare them to Einstein's, General Patton's and other noteworthy people for comparisons.
Linda Sue Seymour Carr

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February 8, 2012

Linda,
My hat and cap size is a 7 7/8. Sometimes a 7 3/4 will work.
ET

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Wow... I just found out that King Tut wore the same size hat as you do.
King Tuten-kamun ---- you may be a famous relative of his. I will continue my research.
Linda Sue Seymour Carr

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Greetings,
'Found this photo of boy-King Tut's mask and compared it with our school photo of Ernie Tuten.
Linda Sue might be on to something. Does anyone else see a resemblance to Ernie and King Tuten-khamen?
Spiel

Ernie Tuten ~ 1965 and Pharoah Tuten-khamen

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Good job again, Steve! You are too much. Yes, the family resemblance really shows. Now Ernie probably wants to know what happened to all his gold.
Janice Newbern Downie

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Spiel - I had to scroll all the way down to the bottom of all our case work to find your pictures. I do see that they could be related. Excellent detective work on your part. I have used ET's input that he thinks he may be of German decent. Albert Einstein had a very large cranium and he was from Germany. He might also be in ET's family tree. Ernie Eins- Tuten could have been shortened to Ernie Tuten through time. Maybe some old family photos of the Eins-Tuten family we give us a clue. Research will continue until we can plead his case.
Linda Sue Seymour Carr

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I think you need to look further to the North to find my ancestors. The backwoods of Germany and Austria are my origin. My uncle was into genealogy and he said that the name Tuten was spelled Teuton when in England in the early 1700's. Teuton comes from Teutonic as in tribesmen. Better known as barbarians. My ancestors became paid warriors and went to England in 1066 with the Normans and conquered England. We came to the colonies in 1730 as indentured servants, meaning for boat fare from England to America paid by a land owner in the colonies. We were required to work from 2 to 4 years for the land owner to pay off the debt of our transportation. The above is a long-winded way of saying, I ain't no Egyptian.
ET

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L. Gerald James Today

Gerald doesn't have a home computer, and he had to get a friend to take this picture with a cell phone. Thanks to Nancy Fowler Rivers for letting me text the picture to her, and then emailing it back to me.

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If we don't have a recent picture of YOU, would you do what you can to get one to us? If you don't have a digital camera, then use your cell phone if it can take pictures. Send it to us. I am sure that Steve would like to fill in a few blanks in the photo section.

See you soon!
Billy Brewer ~ Class of '67

Home On the Range

February 3, 2012

Lynette....

Enjoyed your note ... thanks for taking time to share it with me. Speaking of horses ... La Jolla Sioux, the mare we’ve been watching, our first expecting mare of this season, delivered a nice strong bay colt this evening at around 8PM. We’ve been on foal watch with her since about day 330. She passed 335, her average gestation period for fillies 10 or so days ago ... delivering tonight ... because of her longer gestation period, we knew it would be a colt. We watch the first mare of the year with great anticipation and excitement .... and are not as intense with those that follow as we settle in. Sioux is an easy keeper and a pro at it ... She’s consistent and easy to predict. Sally called me this afternoon at work and said the mare was waxing ... mild crystals forming up on her. I got home about 6 and she was hot, pacing and in a worked up mood. This mare rarely waxes ... but this year she did ... noticed just today, so we knew she was close ... thinking tonight would be the night. Sally and I helped this delivery a tad as it was an easy delivery. Soiux did all the work. Just thought I would let you know. I have some video, but not sure how to send it. I watched it back and it’s pretty fragmented ... I know camera work is not in my future ... But I’ll try to get you something to see.

I agree with you about Nancy Fowler’s singing ability ... She was/is really special. Unfortunately, we wore her voice out. I don’t know how I got involved with a band. Nancy and I were sophomores and everyone else was seniors: Richard Robinson was our lead/rhythm guitar, George Roberts on Drums, Jimmy Warren on Bass ... Jimmy Ellis on Sax and Reece Duesenberry on Trombone. We called ourselves something different every month. Constellations, Friday and The Weekends ... The Seven Seas ... just couldn’t find a name to stick .... I can’t remember how it got started, but I was the weak link. I finally announced I wanted to focus on sports and the band was growing into a big time commitment ... I finally made the commitment to bow out and focus on sports the summer of ’66, I think.

The band was better off for it ... and it didn’t hurt me either ... football provided me a way to pay for my education at the Citadel ... which turned out to be one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. It didn’t hurt being surrounded by a group of great players at Glynn Academy. WE really jelled our senior year. Meanwhile, Nancy stayed on with Richard Jimmy and George, I think ... but it was difficult as they shifted to Atlanta, playing while at in college ... About that time, Nancy started singing with the Swinging Medallions (may have been the Pieces of Eight...remnants of the swinging Medallions-Double Shot of My Baby’s Love) out of South Carolina ... I’m not really sure how long, etc. I think they really wanted her to continue, but it ended ... not sure how or why. Playing in a band is not as easy at it may appear. We should get Nancy to share her story of her bands/singing career ... I would really like to hear from her on that.

Interestingly, my brother Bobby started playing in a band at that time and still plays ... I think his band is OSKAR (Old South Kick Ass Rock) Rockhammer .... Of course, Sally’s brother, Skipper is a talented guitar player and the whole Hagey family can sing like birds. I still have a baby grand and can play pieces of stuff from years ago for a while ... don’t do any practicing and I only play for me ... Dixon asked me to play at the last reunion ... but I’m not polished and made the right decision to let others handle it ... Everyone did a great job. Maybe on our 50th, I‘ll accompany Nancy with some of our old numbers ... You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me, by Dusty Springfield ... my personal favorite for Nancy ... I’m willing if she is ...

Need to hit the rack ... I’ve been up literally every night checking Sioux at 12 and again at 3 for the last 10-12 days ... Tonight I sleep and plan to get there 10 seconds after I hit the send key ..... can’t depend on my cat, like Linda Sue!

Enjoy talking. Will send picks or movie bits of the delivery. Adios. Billy Watson

PS: working in Chris LeDoux’s Western Skies ... maybe I should learn a couple of those songs for the reunion, eh? BW

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Well, I just got home from enjoying a Wild Game Dinner for the men and boys of the church. We ate Bambi, the Little Pig who built his home out of straw, and the junior varsity basketball team of the Charter Fish School (fish school, get it?). We also had some Cole slaw, and some non-Twin Oaks fries. Bob White and some other members of the Quail family were there. Green beans, and some kind of black bean and rice (very colorful) concoction that was very tasty. I had vanilla ice cream with my piece of yellow cake with chocolate icing. No possum on the half-shell (armadillo) this time. Bummer. I will probably wake up in the middle of the night with all of these creatures trying to make a break back to nature. I hope I can sleep and just let nature take its course in the morning. Okay, enough said about the Wild Game Dinner.

I missed “American Idol” for the second night in a row, but that won’t cause me to lose any sleep. What’s going on with everybody else?

I think it is Sally’s night to sit up with the horse mom to be. Billy, I’m rattling your cage. Are you awake?
BB ‘67

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Mercy BB!
What was in your drink ... White Horse? Old Crow?
or the really great stuff, Wild Turkey?
Steve Holcomb

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I’m with our Webservant ... what were you drinking/smoking last night? Sounds like my daughter-in-law describing the food she’s trying to get my granddaughter to eat ... I don’t feel so bad ... there are two of us now ... running loose with out a halter on the etrain ... Heee!!!. Catch us if you can! BW

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My husband, "Harry", is not an adventuresome eater. He says they have wild game dinner's when they want to clean out their freezers. He sticks mostly to the biscuits and gravy.
Wanda Day Hallman

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Our Wild Game Dinner plans are determined by the amount of fog we have in the area.
Lots of “road kill” when the wild game can’t see you coming.
Not really, BB ‘67

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February 4, 2012

All is well, thanks for asking ... the last week has been focused on getting this baby on the ground. The mare has been a good mare and thrown nice babies that have done something at the track ... this should be a nice baby ... She successfully took on foal heat this time last year ... she carried to term and did everything right last night. It’s pure mother nature luck that the foals come presented properly ... one front hoof, then the other followed by the nose at the knee ... if that what’s coming ... all should be OK ...I t’s when it starts out another way that you have problems and a large number of them do not end with a good result .... That’s why we are there ... We can push the baby back, sometimes, turn the baby and a few other things, but generally, if there’s a problem we call a vet or haul them to the nearest vet hospital 1 hour away ... and the latter is the safest with the best result ... Get them to where they can hoist the mare up by he hind legs so the baby can fall back into the womb ... then hope to restart the process successfully ... or c-section is mostly done if you don’t immediately succeed with the retry ..... either way, it’s a harrowing experience and not fun. If we miss the delivery by not being there and there’s a major problem, it’s likely we loose the foal and the mare.

So, having been up so much has given me time to write and catch up ... literally all hours of the night and day. Fatigue leads to loose writing and I jump from topic to topic, regardless of what I write, it’s all in jest .... in a weird way.

I have been up so much lately, I’m feeling the need to hit the rack early ... I wrote past midnight last night, recounting the birth night ... tonight, all is well, baby up and nursing and Mom is in charge .... Time to let them bond and rest ... Another mare is 20 days out ... so it starts over in a week or so ... I’ll hang for a while, so keep them coming.

Getting pumped for the Super Bowl ... don’ really care who wins ... Would like to see the Giants, although I like Brady and the Pats because they are a team that makes the fewest mistakes and usually wins ... you have to respect that .... The Pats are the likely winner Sunday. But, it’s why they play the game. The team that executes and has the ability to adjust the quickest to game plan changes is usually the winner, absent a turnover deficit ... truly like playing chess...BW

Note: Final Score Super Bowl XLVI: NY Giants - 21 : NE Patriots - 17

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