Frank (Mike) Browne:  

Life "Old and in the way" like an Old dog on the stray,they never care about you when your "Old and in the way" (Jerry Garcia band)1973. Anybody else feeling this way? Anyways joined the army in 1974 (judge Kramer's wish, Arl Va) did my time then spent till the end of the 70"s traveling this great country of ours, saw almost all of it. Spent lots of time in Europe and the Netherlands(great place liberal Holland) Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, N Italy,then returned to the DC area by the early 90"s,Got married and moved to the great state of pennsyltucky, got divorced in 2001 and have been tied here because of my children raising them jointly as a single dad ever since. I have two beautiful daughters sharing my life, and living in the rural boonies of the central Susquehanna valley, it has its rewards,(snore) but now just waiting for college age to get my children out of the house, and on their own. Yikes I'll be sixty when that happens!! Anyways thirty some years later I have some regrets (don"t we all) yet life has a way of coming full circle, and the good outweighs the bad by a bunch, and I'm grateful to have made it this far in this thing we call life, so if you are reading all this you must have known me at some point during the late 60's to mid 70's so this is whats been up with Old Frank(mike)Browne, and would love to here from any of you old farts if the notion moves ya, stay sane, stay healthy, and most of all dont forget the ones you grew up with ,reach out and re connect because in another 30 yrs most if not all of (our generation) will be gone and no one will be left to tell the tale, and Oh what a tale it was! Peace out to all my brothers and sisters who lived the 60's and 70's like we were all immortal, and could change the world, and in doing so, changed the lives of the people around us. Frank (mike) Browne 10/29/2007 School MY BIGGEST CRUSH (I"VE HAD LOTS). Some of you knew it, some did not, Hey Bobby Bollinger remember Joyce Markon. ha!ha! that made me strong. The list included Janet & Debbie Bell, Kenmore Jr H/S,Wash&Lee & Wakefield High, Katie Ailstock from Peyton Randolph Elementary,(my first crush in 4th grade) Cheryl Siderakis,(1st broken heart), Toni Nixon, Kitty Evans, Linda Anderson, Sherry Haynes, and Kimberly June Nutter (my first teen love) at Four Mile Run apts, Cheryl,Nancy,Patti,and Neddy (THE HIGHLAND STREET GANG) of N.Arlington,You girls were the most fun to hang out and party with! I truly miss my sisters in youth, and think of them often over the last 35 yrs. Now the stuff That got us all in trouble at some point, John Potter ,Danny(muchie)Kidwell, Scotty Haynes, and Kenny Hayes, EGGS, EGGS, EGGS at cars from under the FOUR MILE RUN bridge, "Scotty" shame on you for telling on us ! Danny Kidwell (my best friend)and his 350 Vega that kicked butt on the street, and took us to school and work at Merchant tire store #1 at Lee Hwy and Key bridge, and the Merchant firestone store at Tysons Corner. Steve Girrard and his 70 Chevelle SS, and his wife Patti's 63 Vette! and all the late night step sitting on George Mason Drive. Jackie Dwyier and the Vomit comet and the trips to Ocean city, and Danny's parents cottage on the potomac river near Colonial Beach . Anyone remember the man hole cover in the back of Wakefield we used for lots of underground parties and a place to crash, or just hide out when skipping class?,Wow lot...Expand for more