Rand Desrosiers:
CLASS OF 1970
Warren-Mott High SchoolClass of 1970
Warren, MI
Rand's Story
Life
ITS BEEN SOME TIME SINCE MY LAST UPDATE AS YOU CAN TELL IM OLDER, PLEASE DONT BE OFFENDED BY LARGE CASE, I LOVE IT!!!! MY PARTNER DR BOYLE MADE ME JUMP INTO THE MRI ROCK HARD BED FOR ALMOST AN HOUR UPDATING MY BODY BONE SCAN. & WHAT TO MY WONDERING EYES SHOULD APPEAR, OSTEOARTHRITIS IN EVERY JOINT IN MY BODY. NOT 90% ,100 THE YEARS OF HOCKEY, LACROSSE, FOOTBALL,& JUST PLAIN HARD HITS, HAS FINALLY TAKEN ITS TOLL. I THOUGHT I WAS SUPERMAN,BETTER YET HERCULES UNCHAINED. LEADING INTO MY STORY OF MY FATHER, GERALD EDMOND WHO MET STEVE REEVES BACK IN THE 50"S AT ARMETOS GYM IN DET, AS THEY WORKED OUT TOGETHER 4 A NUMBER OF YRS. I WAS 7 SINGING AT, STPAULS CATHEDRAL ON WOODWARD, LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING HOME ON TUES THURS TO OBSERVE MY DAD PUMPIN IRON WITH THE ACTUAL HERCULES WE SAW ON TV, TO COOL! WELL I WAS ON TV EVERY SUNDAY AS OUR MASSES WERE TELEVISED ALSO FROM THE TENDER AGE OF 7 TO 12. THESE WERE ALSO MY WONDER YRS AS I RAN TO,THROUGH, HOME FROM SCHOOL WHILE RUNNING 10 MILES A DAY FROM THE KIDS WHO USED TO BEAT THE HECK OUT OF ME WHEN THEY CAUGHT ME. THIS WAS HOW I GOT THE ATHLETIC JUCKES. MICKEY HYBA USED TO TELL THE GUYS WHEN HE WOULD COME HOME FROM U OF M DURING HIS COLLEGE FOOTBALL DAYS. HE SAID RANDY I SWEAR TO GOD, BUT YOU HAVE THE GREATEST MOVES IVE EVER SEEN ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND I CAN ATTEST TO THAT AS \BILLY TAYLOR IS GOOD , BUT YOUR BETTER. SORRY FOR JUMPIN FROM ONE STORY LINE 2 THE NEXT, BUT MICKEY PASSED AWAY LAST YR & IT TORE ME UP AS I CRIED LIKE A LITTLE BABY WHEN BOBBY CAMAIANI CALLED THAT AFTERNOON & TOLD ME. WHILE WRITTING MY GOING AWAY NOTE TO MIK, THE TEARS POURED LIKE NIAGRA! WHICH BRINGS ME BACK TO MY DAD JERRY, HE WAS TOUGH AS NAILS! HE HAD THE CHARLES ATLAS CHISLED CHEST & HAD THE DEAN MARTIN VOICE 2 GO WITH IT! SO OVER 3 YRS AGO HE COMES 2 VISIT ME IN TX AFTER HE HAS A KNEE REPLACMENT, ALONG WITH BEING DIAGNOSED WITH A MILD FORM OF DIABETEIS. JUST TAKING A PILL & A NUTRITIONAL WIZARD, HIS LIFE STYLE CONTINUED AS IF NOTHING DETRAMENTAL HAD HAPPENED! SO IN APRIL OF 06, HE ALLOWS THE ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST IN ZANESVILLE OHIO,TO PERFORM THE PROCEDURE. NOW I HAVENT SPOKEN TO MY FATHER SINCE MY BIRTHDAY IN FEB , SO I WAS UNAWARE HAD IT DONE. TWO WEEKS AFTER THE SURGERY, HE BECOMES DEATHLY ILL FIGURES HE MUST HAVE THE FLU. SO HE PROCEDES 2 THE EMERGENCY ROOM, & SURE ENOUGH THIS IS THE DIAGNOSIS THEY COME UP WITH. SO HE HEADS HOME WITH AN ANTIBIATIC, TELLING DAVID MY BROTHER THAT HE ALMOST MET HIS MAKER. THIS CONTINUED ON UNTIL AUG AS HE COULDNT TAKE THE PAIN ANY LONGER. NOW I HAVENT FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH ALL OF THE MEDICAL RECORDS AS OF YET, BUT THEY DREW A FLUID SAMPLE FROM MY FATHERS KNEE, SENT HIM HOME & SAID IT LOOKED FINE & NOT TO WORRY BUT WE WILL BE IN TOUCH. I BELIEVE IT WAS 4 DAYS LATER WHEN THEY CALLED WITH THE RESULTS STATING THE INFECTION LOOKS PREETY BAD. SO YOU BETTER GET IN TOMMORROW SO WE CAN REMOVE THE REPLACMENT. SO HE WAITS UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY BEFORE HES ADMITTED. NOW PLEASE UNDERSTAND HOW TOUGH THIS FRENCH CANADIAN HOCKEY PLAYER WAS, AS HE WENT FROM APRIL THROUGH MID AUG WITH PAIN THAT WOULD KILL THE AVERAGE MAN, & WITHOUT COMPLAINING, IS STILL RIPPING ME APART. SO HE WENT HOME AFTER THE REPLACEMENT WAS REMOVED & SEEMED TO BE DOING BETTER 4 A FEW DAYS. THEN ALL HELL BROKE LOSE AS HE HAD A PROBLEM BREATHING, LOSING CONTROL OF HIS BOWELS & IMBARRESED AS HELL , 2 BE CAUSING MY STEP MOTHERS CLEANING UP AFTER HIM MUST HAVE BEEN DEVISTATING &DE BELITTLING 2 A MAN OF HIS STATURE! SHE THEN TOOK HIM INTO EMERGENCY AGAIN , BUT THIS TIME WITHIN 3 HOURS HE WAS PLACED ON ASSITED OXEGEN, HIS BLADDER SHUT DOWN, HIS BLOOD PRESURE ALMOST FLATLINED AT 20 OVER 50 AS THEY PUMPED HIM UP WITH 3 DIFFERENT MEDS 4 THE BLOOD PRESURE. SO 8 HOURS AFTER BEING ADMITTED HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 3:36AM. 2 WEEKS LATER THE ENVIORNMENTALIST CAME INTO INSPECT THE HOSIPTAL TO FIND THE OPERATING ROOM WAS INFECTED CAUSING MY FATHER TO GO INTO TOXIC SHOCK! JESUS WOULD HAVE HAD TO SAVE HIS LIFE FROM THAT POINT. HERE WE ARE 2011 , AS I WISH EVERYONE A GRAND HAPPENING NEWYEAR. MAKE THAT DINERO, KEEP THE FAMILY HEALTHY, AND MAY ALL YOUR WISHES COME TRUE!! IM STILL SIZZELING OVER GW'S GAS PRICE INCREASE OVER 2 YRS AGO. YOU REALISE, BY ALLOWING THE PRICES TO GO WELL ABOVE 4.00 A GAL , HE TURNED HIS MILLIONAIRE BUDDIES INTO BILLIONAIRES! ,OVER NITE! THE STOCK MARKET REVIELED ALL THE CROOKED BROKERS WEVE COME TO KNOW AND LOVE DEARLY! I'VE BEEN INTO HARD ASSETS SINCE THE LATE 7...Expand for more
0"S. WHEN THE RATES HEADED INTO THE HIGH TEENS. AS THE WORLD IS ALL ABOUT WHO YOU KNOW, NOT WHAT YOU KNOW, I WAS INTRODUCED TO HARVEY HARRIS. HE OWNED THE FIRST DIAMOND INVESTMENT FIRM IN THE US ,GIVEN THE SEAL OF APPROVAL FROM THE SEC TO SELL INVESTMENT GRADE GEM STONES TO RETIREMENT PROGRAMS AND PENSION FUNDS! I BECAME A BROKER IN 77. I SOLD TO PRO ATHLETE'S, DOCTORS ,LAWYERS, AND A FEW INDIAN CHIEFS'. SO WHEN THOSE GAS PRICES WENT UP, THE GOLD AND SILVER CAME DOWN ALONG WITH ALL THE MAJOR FIRMS AROUND FOR YEARS! MY SILVER STOCK(SLW ) SILVER WHEATON WAS AT 2.45, AS FORDS WAS AT .97 CENTS. WOW THIS IS THE KIND OF PRICING TOO ALWAYS BE LOOKING FOR!! ...........STILL WORKING ON MY HIGH ENERGY HOME. 2X6 STUDS, INCREASED INSULATION, STABILITY,ROCK & CEDAR TOUNG & GROVE SIDING, AS NOW IT HAS ME READY TO BEGIN BUILDING MY HOME BUILT SOLAR & WIND TURBINES. MY LORD I WILL SAVE 50,000 ALONE ON THE COST OF PURCHASING FINISHED PRODUCTS! JUST INSIDE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LAND, AS THE STAINED MARINE VARNISHED CEDAR FENCE STANDS TALL, .A SAND TRAP WILL OUTLINE THE PUTTING GREEN WITH A FEW SLOPE'S,AS
THE FAIRWAY, 20 TO 30 FT WIDE, WILL HEAD BACK 900 FT TO ANOTHER TEE BOX & GREEN . ALL BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED ,THE ARTFICIAL GRASS NOT ONLY LOOKS WONDERFUL, BUT I'TS TOTALLY MAINTENANCE FREE!
WE JUST COMPLETED THE 450 WELL. GOING THROUGH THE AQUIFER, WE HIT WATER AT 300FT. 20GRAND! NOW I NEED TO RUN THE WATERLINE AND ELECTRIC 110 FT TO THE HOUSE. WITH A 12FT HIGH, AND 8FT ROUND STORAGE TANK, IT WILL BE EASIER ON THE PUMP WITH A 35% PITCH ALONG WITH THE DOWN FLOW COMING FROM THE TANK. "SVE POWER"
IM WAITING ON PRICING FOR BEST WIRE AVAILABLE. I HAVE A FEW CANDLES LIT MOM! THE INTERIOR IS CUSTOM TRIMED TO THE MAX.I EVEN CUSTOM BUILT MY CABINETS THROUGH OUT! THE WALLS DOWN ARE 11 AND A HALF THICK, UP I WENT 11. LAST SUMMER I INSTALLED A SOLAR EXHAUST FAN. HEAT INDEX WAS 110. IN 45 MIN, IT DROPPED 43 DEGREES IN MY ATTIC. WUNDAABAH HARDWOOD FLOORS, CERAMIC TILE, MARBLE SINKS, WITH SHELVES GALORE! THE COVERED DECK UP STAIRS IS WELL SHELTERED BY THE 29INCH OVER HANG SURROUNDING THE ENTIRE HOME. JUST PURCHASED THE INSECT SOLAR SCREEN WITCH WILL KEEP US FREE FROM SUN & PESKY INSECTS. THE ONLY PETS THAT ARE INSECT BY NATURE, ARE THE STICK BOYS! IM TELLING YOU THEY FOLLOW ME AROUND. I SPEAK, SING, AND EVEN COMPLAIN TO THEM WHILE I WORK. THEY LOOK AT YOU WITH THOSE BIG BUG EYES, WELL THEY KEEP ME AMUSED!....IN 2012 WE PURCHASED A 1280 SQ FT MODULAR, ALSO CONSTRUCTED WITH 2X6'S. AFTER INSTALLING THE HVAC SYSTEM. DURING THE WINTER MONTHS, NO HEATER WAS USED! JUST PUT ON ANOTHER SWEAT SHIRT WHILE WORKING. BEST PART OF SUMMER HOT MONTHS, THE AC DURING THE DAY, I SET THE TEMP AT 75, EVENINGS AT 78. .....USING MY WIRELESS LAPTOP, I'M ABLE TO PICK UP OVER 200O STATIONS ON MY 82 INCH MITZUBITI 3D LED BAD AZZZ BIG SCREEN TV! READY FOR FOOTBALL SEASON. I BELIEVE REGGIE BUSH WILL ONLY HELP STAFFORD WITH A SAFTEY VALVE OUT OF THE BACKFIELD, AS CALVIN JOHNSON SHOULD BETTER HIS RECORD SETTING RECEPTIONS, AS HE BROKE JERRY RICE'S LONG STANDING NFL RECORD! LIONS SHOULD OUT SCORE ALL OPONENTS ON THERE WAY BACK TO 2010 PLAYOFF SEASON. NOW I'M HEADED BACK TO THE OPERATING TABLE. MY KNEE REPLACEMNT HAS FAILD! AFTER 17 YEARS, IT'S COME LOOSE! PAIN IS REDICULOUS! BOTH KNEES WILL BE TITANIUM. WHEN I REHAB AND GET BACK TO MUSELF, I WILL TIE BOOTH HOMES TOGETHER. THE NEW MODULAR IS 32X40....THE 2 STORY IS 30X28......SPACE BETWEEN BOTH WILL BE 24X50. A LOFT BETWEEN THE 2 WILL ADD TO A TOTAL OF.....5BD......4.5 BATHS........WORKOUT ROOM.....2 LIVING ROOMS....2 FAMILY ROOMS......COVERED AND SCREENED DECK OF 182 FT. UPSTAIR DECK ALSO SCREENED AND COVERED OF 100FT. WHEN I SOLD HOMES IN HOUSTON, I WORKED FOR KAYAK POOLS. I SOLD QUITE A FEW POOLS AND HOT TUB PACKAGES. WHEN I OPENED THE HEALTH CLUB, MEDICAL CENTER, I PURCHASED ANOTHER POOL AND SPA COMBINATION, NOW I WILL BUILD A SOLID 4 WALL STRUCTUE WITH 8X8X18 FT CINDER BLOCKS. PUT DOWN 6 INCHES OF BEACH SAND, THEN COMPLETE IT WITH A FABULOUS 30 YR LINER. A BOTTOM DRAIN WILL TIE INTO 2 SCIMMERS IN THE WALL.HIS WILL MAKE SURE MY POOL STAYS CLEAN AND STAYS LOOKING GREAT! A HUGE HOT TUB ALL SURROUNDED BY A 80X50 FT DECK....TODAY IS JULY 22, 2013. MY MOM WAS BORN JULY 25 1934....SHE LEFT US ON MAY 3 1994....GONE AT 60.......HER MOM, MY GRANDMOTHER PASSED ON AT 108....DEC 26 1997.....ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS...BOB CAMAIANI, PASSED ON LAST MONTH! NOW THIS RIPPED ME APART, JUST AS MY MOTHER AND FATHER, GRANDPARENTS, INLAWS........
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