Michael Uhran:  

Life Long Haired Hippie on a 1967 Triumph Bonneville (classic make, classic year, classic model - talk about dumb luck)that I bought in May 1968....Incredibly, I still have it today and rebuilt it after all these years (Oct 2019). I made it look like new, and incredibly I still have my purple suede Hippie jacket that I bought at the Applestone (at the "Village") in July 1969, and it looks brand new.....perfect condition. I look put on the jacket, and get on the "Bonny", and taking a drive around Longboat Boat Key, all the Motorcycle people die of jealousy....the bike is so classic...it thrills me to think of it!!!! It makes me think deeply about all of You, and all the memories of friends, great teachers, etc. Moved to US in 74, 2 yrs. Illinois, 14 rs. South Florida, 11 yrs. Southern California, 3 in Silicon Valley, and now back in Florida another 15 years (Longboat Key, at the beach). I'm retired and was in Engineering Management and enjoyed work. I went to University and got 5 degrees, ASc, BSME, MBA, MSME. BCS, after being in the 4 year Science and Technology Program at Etobicoke - class 12-S (yes, 2nd from the bottom). I just became better directed at life, and have done reasonably well. I live on a beautiful tropical island called Longboat Key, connected by bridges to the mainland of Florida (offshore of Sarasota). Canal in the backyard, a 2 minute walk to Gulf of Mexico white sand beach, always deserted. I would love to hear from anybody - it is always an extreme pleasure. Mike Uhran School I went to Norsemen, Queensway, Royal York, Etobicoke, and Ryerson,(in Canada) in that order - I always was consistent doing very poorly all the time. I went even further downhill from there and became a bum for a while and got terribly, terribly bored and started to crave knowledge; I felt I was wasting my life and accomplishing nothing - this really bothered me. Got married to an American and moved to US. I went to Parkland College, Ill. (1 degree, 1976), Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL (triple graduate, BSME 1978, MBA 1980, MSME 1986), then California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, CA. (BCS 2001). Biggest Crushes Cindy James at Richview(gasp!!!!!!!), Rhonda Wagg and Linda Sutherland at Norsemen. Janice Doyle, Helen ? at Queensway. Probably 30 others at least - sorry if that makes me seem shallow. Teachers There was many good teachers. Mr Varsava was my Auto Mechanics teacher at Etobicoke; he also was my uncle (my Mother's younger brother) and my Godfather; only a few people knew this. He passed away in 2005 from Parkinsons and it hurt me a great deal. He was very proud of me, and cherished me as a student, nephew and Godson, I loved him. One day we were standing around the chopped up car in the auto class and he was lecturing on the distributor cap on h...Expand for more