A. S. S. ~ Alumni Sandstorm ~ 03/04/23
YIPPIE! SKIPPIE!! It's Saturday!!!
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5 Bombers sent stuff:
Rex HUNT ('53)
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Ed WOOD ('62)
Helen CROSS ('62)
Tedd CADD ('66)
Next A.S.S. will be published when we have an entry from 5 Bombers
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NEW HOME ADDRESS:
Maren Smyth
144 Briant Street
Gretna, LA 70056
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>>From: Rex HUNT ('53)
SENT: 2/28/23
Ah! To Helen CROSS ('62). I am most pleased that the wife of a minister
enjoyed my "Black Eyes in Church" story, that it was worthy of a chuckle!
But hang on to your fruit of the looms, cause look at what comes next!
As an aside I thought I would toss in one of my poems just to see if it
rattles your cage! just something I wrote when courting my wife.
Your loving charm, your flowing grace:
Beautiful hair like silken lace!
Sparkling eyes, a waist so slim:
Your dreams of love, is it I or him?
Your melodious voice, your bell like laughter!
What do you want, what are you after?
Be it fun or love, perhaps joyous sex
Let me be king, let me be Rex!
I know not your wants, much less your needs!
But you know the fire your teasing feeds.
Tease me, taunt me, play me on a string!
Then open your arms: let it be spring!
Search out my lips with a hunger of your own,
Then I shall be king, your lips my throne!
That I should want you, so much that I ask?
For you to want me, too big a task?
Ah but to hold you in a tight embrace;
To gaze into your lovely face!
To feel the touch of your soft warm hand!
To know you as my woman, and I your man!
-Rex HUNT ('53wb) ~ Hanford, CA
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
sent: 3/2/23
For 3/2: Here's a "Happy Birthday!" to Debbie HOLDEN ('54). Hope your home
on the shore is not buried in snow.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Silverton, OR where there is snow in
them thar hills.
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>>From: Ed WOOD ('62)
SENT: 2/27/23
I was amused by Dennis HAMMER's ('64) photo showing him using an antique
(1992) IBM portable computer. It was slightly smaller than a similar aged
Compaq luggable computer I used back in the dark ages.
Our first home computer was an Apple II+ that served us well until Janice
needed something more powerful to manage her home business as the North
American distributor for needlework from the Danish Handcraft Guild. That's
when we migrated to our first Wintel computer (Windows and Intel) an Acer,
later replaced with a Gateway and other models. We struggled keeping
Microsoft's ever-changing operating systems compatible with the ever-
changing software updates. I had desktop support for my computer at work,
and between hired expertise, my youngest son and my own feeble attempts, was
able to keep the home computers working. When Windows Vista came out I gave
up after just a few months. I was convinced that Microsoft no longer wanted
me as a customer, so I complied. I replaced the home computer (a Dell at
that time) with a Macintosh and I haven't gone back. Macs just work, and I
haven't needed desktop support in over 15 years. I must say it's nice having
technology working for me instead of me working for it. Nothing against
Microsoft, I've used their Office suite on my Mac since day one.
We've seen a similar transition in automobiles. New cars are so high tech
that few people can work on them anymore. Fortunately, they are so reliable,
that few need to. The same can be said for many other technologies, from TVs
and stereos to appliances.
The unfortunate part is that new features create a demand for new hardware
which means we discard many items long before their designed end-of-life.
But that's the world in which we live.
-Ed WOOD ('62) ~ Littleton, CO and Marana, AZ
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
SENT: 2/27/23
I love getting the Sandstorm and hearing about people's lives.
Some I remember, some I know, some I don't (didn't is more accurate.
I always laugh at Rex HUNT's ('53) antics. and I admire your wit and
dedication to finding humor in this life that gets more difficult as we get
older.
I admire Dennis HAMMER's ('64) job. I wouldn't mind a day of work now and
then, but doubt I would like an all day, every day job anymore.
And to Ted CADD ('66) I do pray that you have been granted guardianship for
your granddaughter.
I worked in Child Welfare in the '60s and it sounds like the problems are
the same. The state is always extending too much leeway to natural parents,
in my opinion, and often upsetting a stable relationship, in their effort to
reunite a child with his/her natural parents.
I always thought a parent should be given a year to get their act together,
and after that their rights should be terminated, as a child needs a stable
environment in which to to grow up,,, not several part-time ones. And
natural parents who can't get it together( I worked with several) can always
visit the child, either supervised or whatever the court allows.
I enjoyed hearing (indirectly) from fellow '62 classmate, Ed WOOD when he
wrote in. I had written an email to David DOUGLAS ('62) to express my
sympathy to him on the loss of his wife this past December.
I also heard from another fellow '62 classmate, Henry PARKER, when I wrote
him at the last address I had in Florida to inform him about Margi LEWIS
Hellberg's ('62-RIP) passing last fall. He has been in Bonita Springs since
his retirement about 20 years ago, and said his wife had passed about 7
years ago with Alzheimer's.
Hope things are going well with you, Maren. I have also heard from your
brother Tim SMYTH ('62) briefly about trying to identify some people in
photos from our class of '62 55 year reunion last September.
Bomber Cheers,
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ from the house by the little lake in SE Indiana.
We've had a very mild winter back here. We had some very cold days at
Christmas, but little snow since then, and now everything is blooming
a month early since it's been so warm.
Sent from my iPhone
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>>From: Tedd CADD ('66)
SENT: 3/3/23
My brother Bob CADD ('70) spent some time in Nepal this last week. That
included a helicopter tour to Mt. Everest base camp at 17,509' elevation.
He said they only spent 10 minutes there and it was hard to breathe. For
perspective, that is 3,000' higher than Mt. Rainier's summit. And that is
just the base camp.
-Tedd CADD ('66)
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