Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/16/17 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 Bombers sent stuff: Mike CLOWES ('54) Ed WOOD ('62) David RIVERS ('65) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jerry PURKHISER ('54) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Judith PORTER ('61) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dave HANTHORN ('63) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Sheila ZANGAR ('63) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Phyllis CUNNINGHAM ('64) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Carol & Claire REDISKE ('69) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chuck FELDER ('70) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Brian BELLISTON ('81) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Erica THOMAS ('97) BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar Click the event you want to know more about. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) Well, just goes ta show ya that it can't go on forever. Not only did the Cougs get whupped on Friday, the Dawgs lost to an Arizona State team. On the brighter side of things the Beavs almost won and the Utes gave the Trojans a scare. And the Tide continues to roll. [...and my unranked LSU Tigers beat the 10th ranked Auburn Tigers in the Tiger Bowl! -Maren] On a more important note, today is the birthday of a Bomber I knew from way back when. We occasionally held out with SWAIN ('54-RIP) and RITNOUR ('54) at the Fission Chips joint in Uptown. Mostly in the back room shelling shrimps and listening to the juke box. Not too sure if we were good for business, but the owner didn't complain. A tip of the ol' propeller beanie and a hearty "Happy Birthday!" to Jerry PURKHISER ('54). If the traffic ain't too bad, you could truck on down to Bob's Burgers and Brew on Saturday and meet with some of the guys of '54 (mostly). -Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where the next round of monsoons is due to start tomorrow. ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: Ed WOOD ('62) Re: Philco radio A couple years ago I refurbished the old Philco radio that my father bought back in the dark ages. It's a magnificent piece of furniture and now it works as it once did. Of course, to refurbish it I couldn't just pop down to Densow's to buy the new vacuum tubes it needed. I relied upon Vacuum Tube Supplies, LLC in Denver, run by my good friends Peter and Ellen (the valve lady). They scout the blogosphere for used vacuum tubes and pick up some new ones from China. The Philco can't pick up XEAK that I used to listen to from Tijuana, since that closed down in 1961, and the stations it does pick up sound pretty scratchy. And it required a refurbishing cost that dwarfs the cost of a decent radio today. Still, the past is worth preserving for its wonderful memories, if not for its intrinsic value sometimes. http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Woo/171016-Philco_Radio.jpg -Ed WOOD ('62) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: My Hero I knew Dan HAGGARD ('57) impressed me as a guy to take notice of and boy was I right... 4 marriages later and I'm still trying rid my mouth of the instant response that ends with "you" and begins with a 4 letter word starting with F... In fact I think I'll carry yesterday's post in my wallet... "yes dear"... yes dear... not really that hard... I've always managed to say it to Mary Lou WATKINS ('63) and Ellen WEIHERMILLER ('63) but I'm thinking that doesn't really count (yes dear not the other one)... Oh well, I noticed the other day that the class of '63 has Jim WODEHOUSE (thunk he wuz '62)... as missing he is still good friends with Dave SOWDEN ('62 WB)... I really don't like the WB moniker to me Dave is one of the best Bombers and Marines around) and they are face book friends... I've got some fond memories of Jim from about my last couple of years in Richland... we had some really great times with Jim COX ('64)... so I think there was a reason for this... Oh yes... Thailand... now how's that for a lead in... the B-day Bomber spends a great deal of time in that country... I'm pretty sure I caught a ride in there one time but the memory is very fuzzy... I remember the co-pilot almost leaving the pilot there because he was so drunk we couldn't haul him back to the plane... another guy did get left there and had a hell of a time getting back to Nam cuz he had no ID... ahhh Yutes ya gotta love em... anyway, this guy seems to have missed Thailand so much he just opened a Thai restaurant... from his reports I think it's turning out very well... so HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my good buddy and "discussion" friend David HANTHORN ('63) on your special Day, October 16, 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) ************************************************************* ************************************************************* That's it for today. Please send more. *************************************************************