Jeffrey Arendt:  

GREETINGS CLASSMATES........... I'VE BEEN SO BUSY CATCHING UP ON EVERYONE ELSES WHEREABOUTS, I FORGOT TO UPDATE MY OWN PROFILE. I'M WRITING FROM GOLD HILL, OREGON, WHERE I'VE LIVED FOR THE LAST 20 YRS. I BOUGHT 40 ACRES OF NICE FOREST LAND, CLEARED ENOUGH TO GET MY MOTORHOME ON IT, AND BEGAN THE MOST REWARDING VENTURE OF MY LIFE. FOR 2 YRS I WORKED ON CARVING OUT A PLACE To CALL HOME, STARTING WITH A LONG DRIVEWAY TO THE TOP OF THE PROPERTY. ONCE THERE, ALL I NEEDED WAS A PLACE WITH A ROOF(IT RAINS A WEE BIT HERE, AND MY LIFE WAS COVERED IN PLASTIC), SOME ELECTRICITY(INTERESTING LIVING W/O IT FOR YRS), A SEPTIC SYSTEM(NOT JUST A HOLE IN THE GROUND), AND SOME WATER(I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT JUST CAME FROM THE FAUCETT)......DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN DRILL A HOLE STRAIGHT DOWN AND AT ONE POINT, WATER WILL COME UP? IT WAS ALL FOREIGN TO ME, BEING A CITY DUDE, BUT YOU LEARN QUICK. EXHAUSTED EVERY NIGHT, AND PAINFULLY SORE EVERY MORNING, YET SO EXCITED ABOUT MY QWEST, I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET BACK TO IT EVERY DAY. IT WAS THE BEST ADVENTURE I EVER HAD AND WAS IN BETTER SHAPE THAN THOSE YOUTHFUL DAYS OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PRACTICE! BEING SHORT ON CASH BY NOW, IT WAS TIME TO RE-ENGAGE WITH REALITY, AND GET A JOB. I HAD A DENTURE LAB IN REDLANDS FOR 13 YRS, PROVIDING DENTISTS WITH WHATEVER THEY NEEDED FOR THEIR PATIENTS. WELL HERE IN OREGON, DENTURISM IS LEGAL(I CAN HAVE MY ...Expand for more