******************************************** Additional Text for the 08/05/04 Alumni Sandstorm ******************************************** >>From: Denny Johnson ('62) Well, that oughta just about do it for "discussions" regarding Pappy's regular missives. As I read it, it's Grumps: ZERO....Pappy's Pond Pals: 94 This particular thread has generated a veritable plethora of behind-the-scenes ancillary e-mails. Supporters are rallying around Pappy and propogating the propoganda with the standard "reply to all" to the point where my current business e-mail address has more "Sandstorm" entries than anything else. I would posit that we have about run the gamut of who can and can't contribute and how much they're allowed to say, and what the subject should be....much better wordsmiths than myself have stated it succinctly - the curmudgeons should back off...get a life...chill out...skip the letters that they deem unworthy of their perusal. I believe that Maren has a good handle on what should be included (or not), and I think that the irascible scoundrels that only want to discuss how GOOD life was, laying in the grade school hallways with one arm under your head, and the other over it...while those air raid sirens wailed during the alert practices should be encouraged to continue to discuss the more mundane memories of their meaningful past, and spend less time in consternation over what other individuals choose to discuss. If you don't have anything nice to say...... Thank you Dennis Johnson ('62WB) ps: I also wish to extend a Happy Birthday to Mr James Heidlebaugh ('65) - an old friend and all-around swell feller. We shared an awful lot of KFC and Schmidt together ********************************************