David Danaher:  

Life Since I've sent so many e-mails about the class reunion suppose I should supply the general personal info. After 33 years with Huntington Woods I retired to the U.P. with my wife (Denise) and our dogs, currently three. We've been here since 1998 and have elected to become true Yoopers. Not in the true sense like Donna and Howard Soli, but more so than Snowbirds like Andrea and Jerry Huff, currently wintering in the South West. About this time of year I envy the Huffs'. Den is a Nurse Practitioner working with a four county health department, soas to support my recreactional activities. My responsibility is homemaker-sans: no cooking, laundry, finance, or shopping. Mostly I'm in the woods with the dogs, two Irish Wolfhounds and a Great Dane. Ocassionally I dust and have even been known to run a vacuum cleaner. I remember doing the ironing once, mine not hers. I offered but was sternly told to keep my hands off. Basicly, I have it made. We have thousands of acres to roam and therein lies the problem. I have reached the point of being a "a man of my age", how I hate that phrase. Being a man, etc., "Everyone" requires that I carry a 50 pound survival pack including: telecommunications, GPS, compass, first aid supplies, bedding, food, water, weapons, plus dog supplies. If I'm so fragile why do I have to carry so much weight that it might cause me to stroke out? I use to have a snowmobile but after three major accidents(h...Expand for more