John Twist:  

CLASS OF 1966
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Marshall, MI
Kalamazoo CollegeClass of 1970
Kalamazoo, MI

John's Story

John is from Marshall, Michigan. John's schools include Kalamazoo College,. John later attended University of Maryland (English) , Fort Knox Community College (British History) , Northwood University (Business) , Davenport University (Accounting) , Kalamazoo Valley Community College (automechanix), Davenport University, Grand Rapids Community College.. John works(ed) at University Motors Ltd. Music John likes includes The Beatles, Steeleye Span. Book...Expand for more
s John likes include Count of Monte Cristo. Movies John likes include Lawrence of Arabia, Caddyshack, Used Cars. TV shows John likes include Don't Watch Regular Programming. One of John's favorite quotes is:"If you're not a liberal when you're young you have no heart; If you're not a conservative when you're older you've learned nothing. Incorrectly attributed to Churchill.". More about John:"First, you must have humor Second, you must have health".
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Memorial Day at my house.
James Twist, sporting an ill-fitting campaign hat, at his Eagle Scout ceremony at Cascade Christian Church, Saturday, May 8, 2010.  James would later wear a similar hat as a Cavalry trooper and as a Michigan State Policeman.
Caroline and I purchased our house with two acres on Buttrick Avenue in Ada in 1985.  We worked on it for six months before moving in.  Over the next 25 years we continued to improve the house and grounds.  I REALLY miss th
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John Twist's album, Timeline photos
John Twist's album, Timeline photos
Waiting for R&R travel to Taipei, spring 1970, at Tan Son Nhut Airbase, VietNam,reading "85 Days: The Last Campaign of Robert F Kennedy" by Jules Whitcover.  Dress shirt is unbuttoned at the waist (I'm still not fastidious
In front of the Palais de Chaillot looking SE across the Seine at la Tour Eiffel, Paris, Saturday morning, October 13, 2007.  L to R:  Peter Peter T Simmons, James Oliver Twist, and Brooks Twist.  From our military tour of
Thursday, August 1st, 2019.  James Oliver Twist  interacting with his son, Charlie and nephew Marius at Crystal Lake MI.  Two and half months later James would be dead.  Go Figure.
For my MG friends!

Welcome to the future! I will host my first ever LIVE TECH CALL on Zoom tomorrow evening, March 26, from 7:00 pm EST until 7:40 pm EST.  That's 11:00 pm (23:00) GMT.   I am using the free Zoom app right
Welcome to another Telemechanic session with John Twist of University Motors Thursday evening April 2, 2020,  at 7:00 pm EST (11:00 pm GMT).   You can ask you questions during the session, or you can ask them through Facebo
London, autumn 1972, John Twist at top, Heinz Hebeisen at bottom, and (L to R) Caroline, Marie Luis, and Carmina Andres, at our basement flat on the SW corner of Cornwall Gardens and Gloucester Road.
Christmas, 2000, at our house on Buttrick in Ada, MI.  The kids show off their loot.  Back row, Sam Simmons and Brooks Twist, front row Mary and Barbara Twist, Peter Simmons, and James Twist with another GI Joe.
Answering technical calls in my house on Wells Place, Kalamazoo, Michigan, in early 1972.  Purchased the spectacles in Kalamazoo from Prang optometrists in 1971; I adopted a hat as part of my "uniform" later in the summer o
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June is here already!!  And so is my first Zoom meeting of the month.  Log in tomorrow -- no password needed.  We'll talk (I'll talk) briefly about MGs in movies and let you know my most favorite MG movie of all time (one y
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