Brian Whitaker:
CLASS OF 1966
Geneva High SchoolClass of 1966
Geneva, NY
Cornell UniversityClass of 1970
Ithaca, NY
West Street Elementary SchoolClass of 1960
Geneva, NY
North Street Elementary SchoolClass of 1956
Geneva, NY
Brian's Story
feb 18 2011 I'M STEPPING BACK A BIT TO ADD THIS AT TOP OF MY STORY; TODAY I LEARNED I CAN SEE MORE "MISSING" CLASSMATES BY SELECTING "MISSING" BEFORE DOING A SEARCH OF MEMBER LIST. I NOTICED THERE sir CHARLES "BART" BARTON II , RECENTLY DEPARTED FROM MORTAL SURROUNDINGS. THAT MEANS HE DIED. HE WAS A FUNNY, HA HA, GUY AND REMAINS SO IN THE STORY HE LEFT IN HIS PROFILE. I LEFT A "PUBLIC NOTE" IN HIS PROFILE IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED. I'LL ALSO TAKE THIS TIME TO SAY HELLO TO HELEN CHASE, LINDA WATLING, AND JOYCE AHLES..WHOM I 'VE NOT HEARD FROM IN A LONGGG TIME. ALSO I WILL RECOMMEND THE PROFILES OF TANDEE CERTO JONES AND LOU GIGLIOTTI (HI SISTER LORRAINE G).I'LL TRY TO MAKE MY PROFILE AS INTERESTING, ALSO THERE HAS RECENTLY BEEN A RUMOR (PERHAPS "GREATLY EXAGGERATED", TO QUOTE SAMUEL CLEMENS) THAT SALLY AKA SARAH GILMOUR HAS DIED. IT IS NOT DETERMINED IF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT BUT IF IT IS PERHAPS SHE AND BART ARE PARTYING SOMEWHERE AS I TYPE. 1-6-11 most mysterious question of all is who is brian whitaker? time to watch movie with wife 1-6-11 happy new year! 1-15-11 have 19000+ characters left to type.
CHILDHOOD
born in geneva first three years in house on east lake road with mom and dad and brothers don terry tom & sis roberta/birdie next 13 yrs at 124 white springs road top of st clair street (where childhood playmatea helen chase lived) wandered countryside in search of birds frogs snakes etc climbed trees a lot north st school west st school and junior high cub and boy scouts
2-8-11 windy here at hillside home in san carlos ca/live with fourth wife
childhood cont. : zion lutheran church choir and youth group and lutheran summer camp twice(agnostic now)/t-shirt league baseball/ missed little league tryouts two years in a row/boohoo/
i had crush on barbara miller in second grade and helped tony diagistino with math homework; i didn't tell bm of crush until senior yearbook; td kissed bm in second grade. my 2nd grade teacher, mrs collins, took my carton of milk away one lunchtime because she said i should eat something before drinking all of it!. in 6th grade mr davis took roll of tape away because i was using it to fish a pencil off the floor!
TEENS
teens: national honor society (not a big deal), wrestling (usually not well), bilology and conservation clubs, spanish class (i never learned to "roll" my r's; but my LITTLE bit of spanish has been nice to know) (aki has me learning some japanese now; they have two alphabets AND also use some chinese characters). moved to 100 notth main for grades 9-12. went to philmont boy scout ranch in n. mex. went to camp babcock-hovey on seneca lake..troop 4.
bobo manners for homeroom, sue wertman sat in front of me, dave weller jim v and linda watling nearby. mannners had me stand in locker area one day because i was ;talking. NO i did NOT feel oppressed by teachers. i didn't do homework always for physics and mr carr send me to mr smith with note asking him to put me in study hall the rest of the year. that lasted one day and carr and i were in a photo together demonstrating some apparatus in senior yearbook! kate aldrich played tictactoe on back of my plaid shirt in my houser's english class. i was nora's jjilted fiance (i think) in senior play; i never knew the whole story (my part was small) and i spent most of the play rehearsal at gretchen's house in a backyard tree (carmi brought me a banana; i should have proposed to her then; i did take her to sr ball and dated a little bit after ghs) (the rest of cast members were inside rehearsing.. boring!) (b miller and i went to smothers brothers concert in rochester after high school) i asked l watling to jr prom but a sr had asked her already (i had a hard time getting up the nerve to call her for a date; she and i and karen c and tom mcintosh went in my parents' car, me driving. to a play near naples. i enjoyed gym,esp. dodgeball, not basketball (i got sidepains running and i didn't know the rules)
COLLEGE
regents scholarship and went to cornell's college of agriculture for wildlife science; couldn't think of anything else to major in (later quit cornell in fall of senior year; think my mom quit cornell in soph yr in 1930s)
2/11/11 i just deleted something very personal from above, so if you read it already you are either lucky or unlucky or neither. though i never thought i would be interested in fraternity life i did join KA Society (not KA Order) and lived in the house three school years and one summer. i had three different roommates, all of whom went on to graduate studies, i think one an MD and two PhDs. one is dead, knifed in turkey years ago while working or attending a conference there. i have some lasting friends from KA as i have from ghs. i was not interested enough, or a good student enough, or both to care about graduating and i was caught up a little bit by anti-war movement. I WENT TO D.C. PROTEST WITH A GROUP ONCE. i quit school fall of sr. yr. and worked for a while shelving books and mags. at cornell law library AND BEING SHORTORDER BREAKFAST COOK AT FRATERNITY; I MADE TEDDY BEAR PANCAKES . i succeeded in getting a conscientious objector classification from draft board. though i had also quit christianity while at cornell, my former minister wrote a letter of reference for me. so did ghs teacher (maria's father) travis houser. i asked helen maney and guidance counselor mr. snith, but i don't think i got letters of reference though they both may have sent their regrets to me. i believe they both were supportive of the war in vn, which isn't to condemn them. i believe margaret shaulis's dad, my ex-sunday school teacher wrote letter for me, as did an older brother who was in the airforce at the time in alaska. I WRESTLED FOR A WHILE AT CORNELL, INCLUDING FIVE VARSITY MATCHES (ALL I LOST) TO FILL IN FOR HEAVYWEIGHT WHO BROKE LEG ON XMAS BREAK. I HAD PILONIDAL CYST SURGERY IN GENEVA, WENT TO VIRGIN IS. WITH FRAT. FRIENDS, WAS IN "BOY SCOUT" SERVICE FRATERNITY, DID A LITTLE VOLUNTEER WORK, A LITTLE DATING AND DRANK BEER AND LIQUER IN small QUANTITIES FOR THE FIRST TIME. I WORKED ONE SUMMER FOR NYS CONSERVATION DEPT DRIVING A TRACTOR ETC. DOING HABITAT MANAGEMENT TO PROMOTE WILD TURKEY POPULATIONS I MET FIRST WIFE WHO HAD JUST STARTED DATING A KA FRIEND (SHE AND I MARRIED AFTER SHE AND HE GOT A DIVORCE ABOUT SEVEN YEARS LATER..NO HANKY PANKY). I STRUGGLED WRITING CLASS PAPERS AND WAS REALLY NOT A GOOD STUDENT; NOT SO EASY AS HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WASN'T SUPER EASY FOR ME.
SOME CURRENT INFO
[2-14 happy valentines day ; did i say i now live in san carlo ca? WELL I GUESS I'LL GO WITH CAPITALS TO MAKE READING THIS EASIER FOR ALL you OLD PEOPLE. I'M NURSING A SLIGHT COLD ON A RAINY WINTER DAY WITH TEMPS IN 60s I'M EMBARRASSED TO SAY SINCE GENEVA HAS HAD VERY LOW TEMPS RECENTLY...AND SNOW; WHAT IS SNOW?? I TOSSED SEEDS OUT FOR BIRDS AND HAVE STUDIED A LITTLE JAPANESE THIS MORNING. IF ANYBODY HAS 1965 OR1966 YEARBOOKS, PERHAPS YOU COULD OFFER THEM TO CLASSMATES TO COPY...BUT THEN WE COULD ALL SEE THE PERSONAL NOTES YOU'VE BEEN HIDING ALL THESE YEARS..WHICH WE WANT TO SEE! MY BROTHERS DON TERRY AND TOM ARE ALL LIVING MARRIED AND DOING WELL AS IS MY SISTER BIRDIE (ROBERTA). PARENTS DEAD. I HAVE A MARRIED DAUGHTER JUST STARTING FIRST GIG IN DR OFFICE AS A FAMILY DR IN PITTSBURGH PA. I AM ON GOOD TERMS AND SOMEWHAT IN TOUCH WITH ALL 3 EXWIVES AND A COUPLE OF XGIRLFRIENDS. FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS AND TO SHARE STUFF WITH ME. I AM SOMETIMES IN TOUCH WITH K MARCHENESE J CURRIE C "PALERMO" J FINLEY D HALL B BOWDEN K LEVEY C ALLISON DID I MISS ANYBODY? ]
AGE 22 TO 29:
MOVED TO ROCHESTER TO WORK AS CO IN ROCHESTER GEN HOSP AD SURGICAL ORDERLY (BEDPAN PUSHER) RENTED ROOM IN NEARBY HOUSE OF OLD LADY. CARED FOR PRE AND POST OP PATIENTS FOR 26 MONTHS, HELPED OLD LADY, DIDN'T DATE, NO CAR, BIKE UNTIL STOLEN, "GERTRUDE" OFTEN SHARED SUPPERS WITH ME. LOST TOUCH WITH HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS. MOVED INTO APT. WITH BROTHER DON, GOT VW LOVEBUG BEETLE AND WORKED EVENINGS FOR 11 MONTHS AS MAILHANDLER IN USPS SORTING FACILITY NEARBY. BORED AND DIDN'T NEED MUCH $ SO I DID 0N-THE-JOB TRAINING AT GENESEE HOSP AND DID 17 MONTHS AS OPERATING ROOM TECH (SETTING UP TABLE AND STAND WITH INSTRUMENTS, SUTURES, ETC AND SUPPLYING SURGEIONS WITH THEIR STERILE NEEDS; STARTED AS A RETRACTOR-HOLDER, USING TOOLS TO HOLD INCISION EDGES OPEN FOR SURGEON TO WORK INSIDE BODIES. INTERESTING BUT I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE SATISFIED. I DID SEE A HEART BEATING AND LEARNED TO TURN OFF WATER FAUCETS USING MY ELBOWS AFTER SCRUBBING UP BEFORE GOWNING AND GLOVING. I TOOK TRUCK DRIVING COURSE (not TRACTOR TRAILER) AND WORKED TWO YEARS DRIVING DELIVERY TRUCK FOR KITCHENS AND BATHS BY DONOHUE, MY FAVORITE JOB. TRUCK WAS ABOUT 24 FT LONG IN BACK OF CAB AND I DID HAVE SOME "MISHAPS" BUT DIDN'T KILL ANYBODY. USUALLY WORKED ALONE DEL. CABINETS AND COUNTERTOPS, A FEW APPLIANCES TO GARAGES OF HOME BEING BUILT OR REMODELED. TWICE I WIGGLED THROUGH "MILK BOTTLE DOORS" INTO LOCKED GARAGES TO MAKE DELIVERY. ONCE I DELIVERED A LOT OF STUFF TO WRONG HOUSE. I NEVER GOT IN TROUBLE WITH BOSS.
ABOUT AGE 26 I DECIDED I WANTED A WIFE (SKIPPED HAVING GIRLFRIENDS) SO I STARTED LOOKING, FIRST WITH "COMPUTER DATING" WHICH DID NOT INVOLVE ME USING A COMPUTER BACK THEN; I DIDN'T HAVE SUCCESS THOUGH I DID MEET A WOMAN WHO SEDUCED ME..H'M; I HAD TO ASK HER WHAT SHE MEANT WHEN SHE SAID "I WANT YOU" ..really
FIRST MARRIAGE:
I WAS FRIENDS WITH PAM AND DAVE; THEY BROKE UP JUST AS I WAS LOOKING FOR A WIFE; FRIENDS CAN MAKE GOOD WIVES; RIGHT? PAM MOVED IN WITH ME AND BROTHER DON MOVED OUT (I THINK I FORGOT TO ASK HIM IF IT WAS OK): I MARRIED PAM 1977; I TOOK EXAM TO REENTER USPS, LIVED A FEW MONTHS BACK IN GENEVA FOR WIFE TO TRY A JOB THERE WHILE I COMMUTED TO DRIVING JOB. GOT HIRED AS A MANUAL CLERK TO WORK AT MAIN POST OFFICE SORTING MAIL. I WORKED NIGHTS OR EVENINGS;MOVED TO APT, IN RIUSH; A YEAR LATER MOVED TO TINY HOUSE NEAR U OF ROCHESTE...Expand for more
R NEAR KARL M's FIRST HOUSE. GOT DOG, THEN BABY, SHANNON; GETTING DOG WAS EASIER. PAM DECIDED TO STOP AT ONE KID AND I HAD VASECTOMY BY DR STOPP A FEW MONTHS LATER. HAD MY LARGE VEG GARDEN AND LIFE WAS GOOD. MOVED TO 2ND HOUSE BEHIND BRIGHTON TOWN HALL TO GET BRIGHTON SCHOOLS FOR THEN 1 YR OLD. WIFE SAID I WAS BORING; HAD COUNSELING; SEPARATED 1986 AFTER 9 YRS TOGETHER (WIFE SAID I HAD TO "CHANGE"!). WIFE HAD DEPRESSION FOR YEARS, BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER MARRIAGE. DIVORCED 1988 GAVE HOUSE (INCLUDING MORTGAGE) CAR AND LOTS OF ALIMONY/CHILD SUPPORT AND FURNITURE TO PAM. AFTER ALMOST 20 YEARS OF COOLNESS BETWEEN PAM AND ME, WE ARE NOW FRIENDS AGAIN, LONG DISTANCE.
I MOVED
INTO STORAGE UNIT FOR A FEW MONTHS (LOVED IT THERE. WALKED TO WORK) MOM SENT A LITTLE MONEY TO HELP ME RENT A "REAL ROOM" AND PUT MONEY DOWN ON A NEW YUGO (CAR COST ABOUT $6000 NEW...AND WAS WORTH ABOUT THAT MUCH BUT I LIKED IT. I IGNORED OIL WARNING LIGHT ON DASHBOARD (HAD GOOD REASON TO BUT SHOULD HAVE CHECKED OIL LEVEL) AND ENGINE "BLEW" ON EXPRESSWAY LATE ONE NIGHT AS I AND MY RIDER WERE ON WAY TO WORK. HAD "UGLY DUCKLING" RENTAL CAR FOR 7 WEEKS WAITING FOR NEW ENGINE FROM YUGOSLAVIA!
MOVING ON:
MOVED TO STUDIO IN OLD HOUSE SHARING BATH DOWN THE HALL. ANOTHER OLD LADY RAN THE HOUSE FOR LANDLORD AND OF COURSE I BEFRIENDED AND HELPED HER AND SHE WAS NICE TO ME (NOT IN that WAY!) I ONLY STAYED THERE A YEAR I THINK;HAD 5 YR OLD SHANNON OVERNIGHT ONCE EACH WEEK ALSO HAD HER SUNDAY AFTERNOONS (A LOT OF VISITS TO CHUCK-E-CHEESE AND PUTT PUTT GOLF) THOUGH I WORKED NIGHTS AND FOR A FEW MONTHS HAD A WINTER PARTTIME JOB DRIVING A COURIER CAR MAKING PICKUPS AND DEL IN FINGER LAKES AREA FROM ROCHESTER ABOUT 25 HOURS A WEEK. FIRED FROM JOB WHEN I REFUSED TO DRIVE #13 VEHICLE WITH LOW TREAD TIRES (I HAD SLID OFF ROADS TWICE NEAR PENNYAN).
2-16 MOVED TO PROBABLY-ILLEGAL BASEMENT APARTMENT FOR A YEAR; TURNED 40; MET GIRLFRIEND CAROLE THRU NEWSPAPER PERSONALS; ABOUT A YEAR LATER MOVED IN WITH HER AND TWO DAUGHTERS; MOVED OUT ABOUT TWO MONTHS LATER DUE TO GIRLS' ATTITUDES AND MOM'S FAILURE TO ADDRESS THEM TO MY SATISFACTION; CAROLE NOW SAYS I WAS NOT RIGHT FOR HER. I SAY MAYBENOT. WE ARE FRIENDS LONG DISTANCE NOW. STAYED WITH BROTHER TOM FOR A WEEK OR SO; MOVED TO STUDIO IN OLD HOUSE, BUT HAD OWN BATHROOM; HAD AFFAIR WITH USPS COWORKER WHO WAS NOT HAPPY WITH HER HUSBAND (WAS I bad?) BUT "COULDN'T LEAVE HIM"; I QUIT THAT AFTER A WHILE; DIDN'T WANT TO KEEP SNEAKING AROUND.
MARRIAGE #2
MET 2ND WIFE DEBBIE 1992 THRU NEWSPAPER PERSONALS; MOVED INTO HER HOUSE AND MARRIED AND SWITCHED TO WINDOW CLERK JOB TO GET ONTO DAY SHIFT AFTER 16 YEARS SORTING MAIL NIGHTS OR EVENINGS; SHE WAS GOOFY, SOMETIMES, AND IRRESPONSIBLE WITH $$; SEPARATED FOR 5 MONTHS; MOVED BACK WITH SEPARATE, THIS TIME, CHECKING ACCOUNTS; THINGS DETERIORATED AND I MOVED OUT 1997; GOT NICE 2 BR APT TWO BLOCKS FROM WARING ROAD POST OFFICE WHERE I WORKED ABOUT 8 YEARS. DEBBIE AND I HAVE BEEN FRIENDLY AND IN AND OUT OF TOUCH SINCE THEN.
MARRIAGE # 3
(2-25-11)WITHIN TWO YEARS I AGAIN MET A WOMAN FROM A NEWSPAPER PERSONALS AD (HER EXHUSBAND WROTE FOR HER). DONNA WAS SWEET BUT, TO QUOTE HER SHE WAS "NEVER SATISFIED WITH HER LIFE". AS WITH MY OTHER MARRIAGES AND ETC. I'M NOT SORRY FOR THE EXPERIENCE WITH DONNA. WE HAD MY USUAL SHORT ROMANCE, MOVING IN PERIOD, PROPOSAL, AND MARRIAGE. WE LASTED FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS AND SHE DIVORCED ME. WE NEVER STOPPED BEING FRIENDS AND WE EVEN SHARED AN APARTMENT FOR A WHILE A YEAR LATER THOUGH SHE SPENT MOST NIGHTS AT HER BOYFRIEND'S HOUSE.
RETIREMENT
THE POST OFFICE HAD GIVEN ME SOME TROUBLE AND VICE VERSA THOUGH I LIKED BEING A WINDOW CLERK AND DIDN'T DISLIKE MOST OF MY CUSTOMERS. BY 2003 I WAS AGAIN SINGLE AND CHILD SUPPORT AND ALIMONY FROM FIRST MARRIAGE HAD ENDED. I HAD NO OTHER ALIMONY PAYMENTS, THANK GOODNESS! I HAD MOVED TO SENIOR HOUSING AND THOUGH I HAD LITTLE SAVINGS I HAD A GOOD RETIREMENT PLAN AND MY BUDGET WAS IN GOOD SHAPE. I'D RATHER GIVE EXTRA DOLLARS TO CHARITY THAN SPEND MUCH ON MYSELF. USPS OFFERED EARLY RETIREMENT AND I TOOK IT EARLY 2004. I DID VOLUNTEER WORK WITH NEEDY PEOPLE AND HAD A ONEMAN KAYAK FOR A SHORT TIME WHICH I USED A LITTLE TO LOOK FOR BIRDS NEAR WATER...AND TO FOOL AROUND. MY PARENTS BOTH DIED AND I HAD NO GOOD REASON TO STAY IN ROCHESTER SO I MOVED BACK TO GENEVA. FIRST I STAYED AT COUSIN CONNIE ALLISON'S (GHS66) APT.BUT SHE PREFERRED CATS AND I GOT STUDIO NEXT TO COLLEGE FIELDHOUSE WHERE I WALKED INDOOR TRACK. I MET A GOOD FRIEND ANGEL GONZALEZ NEAR LAKESIDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHEN HE STOPPED TO HELP ME SALVAGE A HEAVY PICNIC TABLE I THINK VANDALS PUSHED OVER STORM WALL INTO WATER. I FOUND THE LOVELY LITTLE "FLOUR PETAL CAFE" RUN BY "JUDY" ON LINDEN ST NEAR POST OFFICE. I SPENT MANY HOURS THERE READING, WRITING, RESTING, EATING, DRINKING, TALKING, AND EVENTUALLY PLAYING EUCHRE WITH AN INFORMAL CARD GROUP WHICH STILL MEETS THERE SATURADAY AFTERNOONS. GOOD MACARONI AND CHEESE AND DESSERTS THERE, AND A LOT MORE AND JUDY IS SO PLEASANT (USUALLY). I ENJOYED WATCHING GIRLS' FIELD HOCKEY AND BASKETBALL AT COLLEGES. I DID SOME VOLUNTEER WORK FOR ONTARIO CO LITERACY VOLUNTEERS AND FOR THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME SO FAR READ ONE OF MY POEMS TO A GROUP AT A RECOGNITION LUNCHEON FOR TUTORS AND TUTEES ETC.(SOME OTHERS READ THEIR POEMS ALSO). I DID NOT DATE. I WENT TO 2006 REUNION AND JOHN FINLEY SLEPT ON MY FLOOR ONE NIGHT. (HE PAID ME BACK AND MORE WHEN HE LET NEWEST WIFE AND I SLEEP IN A BED AND SHARE A MEAL HE COOKED AT HIS HOME IN OHIO A FEW YEARS LATER ON OUR WAY TO DAUGHTER'S WEDDING IN PA)
GETTING MARRIED again
A MALE FRIEND IN HIS 90s SUGGESTED I LEARN TO EMAIL AND SEEK WOMEN SEEKING MEN ON YAHOO PERSONALS. CONNIE SET ME UP ON YAHOO AND BEFORE LONG I MET A WOMAN IN ITHACA (THOUGH I WANTED TO FIND SOMEONE "WITHIN 5 MILES OF GENEVA":. WE VISITED A FEW TIMES AND I DISCOVERED HER PERMANENT HOME WAS IN SAN CARLOS CALIFONIA! I WAS INVITED OUT TO CA TO TRY THINGS OUT AND ONLY RETURNED A WHILE LATER TO CLOSE OUT MY APT. THERE. SHE IS A PRIVATE PERSON SO I WON'T SAY MUCH EXCEPT THAT WE['VE BEEN MARRIED THREE YEARS AND THINGS ARE GENERALLY GOOD OUT HERE
MY PRESENT ROUTINES
. I CONTINUE TO DO TELEPHONE VOLUNTEER VISITING WITH TWO MEN IN ROCHESTER THROUGH THE
COMPEER PROGRAM. I HAVE DONE SOME TUTORING IN LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. I ENJOY THE LOCAL BIRDLIFE SOMETIMES WALKING A FEW MILES TO SF BAY AND BACK TO SEE WATER BIRDS AT LARGE PONDS ETC. I'VE BEEN TO TWO STANFORD BASEBALL GAMES (MEN) WITH CLASSMATE BOB BOWDEN WHO LIVES 15 MILES FROM US. I HAVEN'T FOUND A CAFE AS NICE AS JUDY OR A FRIEND AS NICE AS ANGEL, BUT I DON'T HAVE TO WEAR BOOTS IN THE WINTER AND THERE ARE A FEW PALM AND CITRUS TREES DOTTING THE COMMUNITY. I COLLECT A FEW GRAPEFRUITS FROM THE GROUND UNDER AN NICE OLDER LADY'S TREE. I GAVE UP MY 15 YR OLD HONDA IN 2005 SINCE I DIDN'T NEED A CAR. WE HAVE A PRIUS WHICH I SELDOM DRIVE. I STILL WRITE A LITTLE POETRY BUT MOST OF MINE WAS WRITTEN WHILE A SINGLE RETIREE IN GENEVA. I READ MYSTERY NOVELS TO WIFE AS SHE PREPARES SUPPER; A GREAT COOK. OF COURSE I'LL EAT ANYTHING. I'M NOT MUCH OF A HANDYMAN BUT I DO DO SOME STUFF AROUND HERE AND SOMETIMES I GET ACCUSED OF ABUSING MY AGING BODY. WIFE (AND SURGEON) TALKED ME INTO HAVE very LARGE, BUT NOT BOTHERSOME, VARICOSE VEINS REMOVED OR CLOSED DOWN IN MY LEGS THREE YEARS AGO. NOW I HAVE ALMOST BEAUTIFUL LEGS..IF YOU LIKE HAIR. I WEAR A MASK OVER NOSE WHILE ASLEEP ATTACHED TO SLEEP APNEA MACHINE. MY HAIR IS PRETTY GREY AND I HAVE A FEW BACK TEETH MISSING THAT BROKE AND I DECIDED TO NOT REPLACE. WE'VE BOTH HAD MINOR SHOULDER AND KNEE PROBLEMS AND MY BACK IS IN LOUSY SHAPE BUT USUALLY DOESN'T HURT AT ALL..NO SURGERIES FOR US HERE. I LOVE TO GET STUCK WITH A NEEDLE AND GIVE BLOOD THOUGH WIFE RESTRICTS ME TO THREE TIMES A YEAR. I FIX TOSSED SALAD AND CHEESE TOAST MORNINGS FOR WIFE. I NIBBLE SOME SALAD STUFF AND EAT OATMEAL WITH RAISINS AND WALNUTS. I SNACK ON COLD CEREAL AND HONEY 'N OATS GRANOLA BARS. I ONLY STARTED DRINKING COFFEE ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO AND HAVE A FEW CUPS A DAY THAT I DRAIN QUICKLY. WIFE IS TEA DRINKER. I STILL WEAR GLASSES SINCE RIGHT AFTER HIGH SCHOOL AND USUALLY HAVE NO BEARD THOUGH I NOW ONLY SHAVE EVERY FEW DAYS. I'VE BEEN TO JAPAN AND THAILAND WITH THE WIFE AND DRIVEN TO NYS AND BACK. WE TOOK TOUR OF ALCATRAZ AND HAVE DRIVEN TO SAN DIEGO AND BACK TWICE. WE RARELY EAT OUT BUT USUALLY WATCH A LIBRARY DVD MOVIE IN THE EVENING. NO TV VIEWING.
BIRDS
I JUST CAME IN FROM PATIO AFTER PUTTING OUT SEEDS. SINCE YOUTH I'VE loved BIRDS AND SOMETIMES SAY HELLO TO THEM. MY 3RD GRADE TEACHER AND NEIGHBOR MRS HAUBNER GAVE ME A BIG BOOK OF BIRDS. I USED TO CLIMB SPRUCE TREES TO LOOK INTO GRACKLE NESTS NEAR OUR HOUSE EVERY SRING.I'LL ADMIT I ONCE KILLED A SPARROW WITH AN ARROW AND TWICE INJURED BIRDS WITH A BB GUN. HOW DID I KNOW I WAS GOING TO HIT THEM! I'VE WATCHE AND ADMIRED AND ENVIED BIRDS SINCE THEM (NOT OBSESSIVELY); WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO FLY LIKE AN EAGLE OR SING LIKE A WOOD THRUSH?? OUR 1/3 ACRE WOODED HILLSIDE PROPERTY HAS LOTS OF BIRDLIFE (ESP IF I PUT OUT SEEDS AND WATER). I HAVE MADE AT LEAST THREE BIRDFEEDERS HERE (TWO HANGING ONES FOR SUNFLOWER AND NYJER/NIGER ? SEEDS, AND ONE PLATFORM FOR MILLET MIX) AND THREE BIRD HOUSES (ONE WITH TWO APARTMENTS AND ONE FOR SCREECH OWLS) A WREN STARTED A NEST ONE YEAR AND CHICKADEE AND TITMOUSE HAVE SHOWN INTEREST. WIFE LIKES TO TAKE PHOTOS OF BIRDS.
RELIGION
RAISED A LUTHERAN I LOST MY FAITH LATE TEENS EARLY TWENTIES AND NEVER GOT IT BACK. DON'T REGRET IT BUT CONSIDER MYSELF AN AGNOSTIC MORE THAN ATHEIST. I RESPECT RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF OTHERS PRETTY WELL. I DID HAVE ONE CHURCH MARRIAGE. RELIGION CAN BE A BLESSING AND A CURSE.
POLITICSDEMOCRAT
PROABORTION
PROGAYRIGHTS
PROENDOFLIFECOUNSELING'
ANTIWAR..BUT THINK MILITARY MAY BE JUSTIFIED
DON'T BELIEVE IN 911 CONSPIRACY THEORY..BUT?
DON'T SMOKE
A LITTLE WINE
NEVER USED ILLEGAL DRUGS..BUT NOT SURE MJ SHOULD BE ILLEGAL
NO DESIRE FOR GRANDKIDS
ANTIOLDAGE
BE GOOD
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