Alumni Sandstorm ~ 12/01/19
Sunday. Whatever makes you happy, DO THAT!
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7 Bombers sent stuff:
Pat UPSON ('49), Mike CLOWES ('54)
Steve CARSON ('58), Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Susie DILL ('64), Tedd CADD ('66)
Gary TURNER ('71)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shirley PITTMAN ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Pat NORDMAN ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Homer BLACKBURN ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Lynn JOHNSON ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chris WILLIAMSON ('65)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Steve PANTHER ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Randy MARSHALL ('73)
12/01 ~ 24 days till Christmas
CINNAMON BEAR- Listen to
"Crazy Quilt Dragon" (Episode #3)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWWx26ng7sc
Richland Bombers on Facebook
MAREN's MALARKEY:
Get ahead of yourself. Send Sandstorm Stuff early.
Please put the "save for" date in the subject line...
My address for the first of the month issue:
Maren Smyth
161 Briant Street
Gretna, LA 70056
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Pat UPSON Tervooren ('49)
Dear dear Maren! Rolls down 5 steps, head over heels! and
STILL GETS THE SANDSTORM OUT!!!! What a woman!! But Maren,
wasn't it worth the roll over down the steps to get SIXTEEN
Bombers to write in to the Sandstorm the next day??!! Even I
was getting a little weary of the early info on the Alaska
Iditarod and you have really turned me into a fan to it!
Sincerely Maren, prayers for fast healing and needed rest.
-Pat UPSON Tervooren ('49)
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Sorry Coug fans, but it just ain't meant to be; winning the
Apple Cup. If you like lost causes, you can hope for the
Beavers to beat the Ducks, but it don't look likely.
By the way, "Happy Birthday!" to Pat NORDMAN ('54).
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Re: Tumble update
Still taking ibuprofen, resting and taking it easy. Back is
still pretty sore -- from my shoulder blades to the bottom
of my butt... got that extra pillow under my butt while I'm
doing the Sandstorm.
Thanks for all the well-wishes... I'm doing better and better
with each passing hour. Heating pad still feels good.
Re: College Football Saturday Stuff
CSM (College of San Mateo): My nephew, Tim Tulloch, Sr. - my
sister, Tere's ('65) son - was named Bay 6 2019 Coach of the
Year. His Bulldogs took the Northern California title when
they beat Modesto 41-0. AND for the first time in CSM's
history they have a 12-0 record. THINK they play for the
state title in two weeks. "ON TO STATE, BULLDOgS!"
#5 Alabama LOST to #15 Auburn Tigers in the Iron Bowl 48-45
YIPPIE SKIPPIE!!!
#2 LSU beat unranked Texas A&M 50-7
#1 Ohio State beat #13 Michigan 56-27.
#16 Notre Dame beat unranked Stanford 45-24
#4 Georgia beat unranked Georgia Tech 52-7.
Gators beat the 'Noles in the Florida Bowl 40-17
#3 Clemson beat unranked South Carolina 38-3
Oregon beat Oregon State in the Civil War 24-10
Bomber cheers,
-Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) ~ Gretna, LA ~ 74° at midnight
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>>From: Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
Maren, sorry to learn of your fall. Judging by the response
it's pretty clear that my generation is sharing this problem.
I have had two falls which changed my face. Scars show
character?
Phil GROFF ('58), cat poop cure for Moles? I didn't know
that. [five different happy faces]
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
Re: Maren's Tumble
To: Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64)
Oh my goodness! I just now read about your tumble. It's such
good news that you didn't get seriously hurt. Hopefully, by
today you're not as sore as you were yesterday. Your fall
serves as a good reminder to all of us to be more careful.
None of us are "spring chickens" any more. The older I get,
the worse my balance gets; and falling is a real worry for
me. Winter can be very treacherous for us old farts with
slipping on snow or ice being a real possibility. Let's hope
for no more falling calamities for any of us!
-Susie DILL Atlee ('64)
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
Re: Yep, we are grateful to be alive
RE: Falls
With the litany of fall descriptions prompted by Maren's fall
(and I'm grateful that most of them are doing OK at least),
I'm reminded of falls I've had.
One of the dumbest was following three days in a coma after
a seizure. I needed to use the restroom, my patent sitter
(my wife, Pam ['66)) was snoozing. I didn't know I wasn't
supposed to get out of bed by myself. I only made it about
halfway from the hospital bed to the toilet and was roundly
remonstrated by both Pam and the nursing staff.
Another of the dumbest (perhaps the dumbest of all of mine):
I was trying to move a 2,000 pound pallet towards the back of
the delivery truck so I could get the forklift to reach it. I
landed on using a hand truck to get under a corner and kinda
twisting the pallet a couple of inches. I had to put all
available force to lift even a little. Back and forth, back
and forth... I was near the end of the truck's bed when the
hand truck popped out of the corner and I went flying
backwards head first. There must have been an angel there.
Somehow I landed on my hands and knees.
But we're all getting OLDER but how do we know when we have
arrived at OLD?
Well, there is an easy test: PRETEND to fall down. If
bystanders just laugh, you haven't arrived yet. If they come
running, you're there.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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>>From: Gary TURNER ('71)
Re: Apple Cup
Well... that happened... AGAIN! Last year I compared we
Cougs to Charlie Brown for our endless faith that this would
definitely be the year that we kick that football and yet,
Lucy got us again. Time to do some rationalizing...
Upon further review, I'm not so sure being Charlie Brown is
such a bad thing. Despite the obvious self-esteem issues and
the occasional nickel spent for psychiatric care, Charlie did
pretty well. He had lots of close friends who cared about
him, a loyal dog, caring teachers, and generally a very good
life that he didn't (or couldn't) always acknowledge.
Charlie no doubt grew up to have a successful career,
probably a middle manager at a multinational corporation,
and is now happily retired with a loving wife and kids plus
a large, supportive network of friends who can be counted on
to support him during tough times.
So, yeah, being Charlie Brown isn't so bad... now please
excuse me while I curl up with my Butch T Cougar stuffed toy
and continue weeping softly to myself...
-Gary TURNER ('71)
Sent from my iPad
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That's it for today. Please send more.
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