Cobby, Charles Ellis:  

This whole Classmate thing thrust me into memory lane. Not a good thing. I remember walking into Ms. Brands' Spanish class totally unprepared for a test. Conjugate verbs? I had no idea what conjugate ment and as far as a verb? Expressing action. That was what was going to happen when my dad got my report card. Action was going to be noted. There was no way my dad was going to see an "F" as doing "fine". Most of my high school scholastic endeavors were in the "C" category which was cause for (C)elebration. During my senior year I remember a lot of the kids knew exactly what they were going to do/study when they graduated; doctors, lawyers, biologists, etc.. I was clueless and scared. Oh ya. I will go to college and I did. Now there is some good news. At the close of my first year (Pallomar J.C.) I was respectfully asked not to return the following year. It seems that the distribution and consumption of homemade beer from the trunk of your car was unacceptable/frowned on. I had always dreamed of traveling..... see the world. The Navy. I'll join the Navy and see the world; Japan (Geisha girls), Europe, Hawaii...... a girl in every port. See where this is going? Yes, it is all coming together. I joined the Navy and was stationed in San Diego, on a submarine tender, for four years. The USS Never Sail. Alas, even in the darkest hour there is hope. Southern Calif. beaches are blessed with treasures that rival the great pyramids and so my caravan rested. Just before my discharge I got married and my first civilian job was with Singer Kearfott in San Marcos. Six years later I went to work for the IVAC Corp in Serrento Valley, San Diego. Three years later I had the oportunity to leave the Manufacturing industry and work in the Medical field. Thus began my twelve years with Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation. In 1985 I began running private medical group and dental group practices and did so until I retired from 1999. Somewhere in here I was blessed w...Expand for more