Reggie Kenner:  

School Aaah...there was Ginny Irwin, now an attorney in Sedona, Az I understand. I think I fell in love the first time I saw her and still think of her with nothing but warm feelings. Her parents were way too much fun. I don't think I'd want to do the high school thing all over again. Those are tough times for most everyone. One thing about it, Life in Needles back then was much different than now. College Spent about an hour in college in San Bernardino...I was NOT ready to go to college, didn't really pay attention in high school. I'm going to return to college after I retire. I may have something to teach others. Went to Long Beach City College after I got out of the army in '71 and it was a much more rewarding experience although i spent only two hours there (two and a half if you count labs). I met my wife while attending LBCC and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. I love to learn and speak and discuss everything these days, a holdover from those philosophy classes. I hate to read that so many people are of the opinion that print newspapers are a dying breed and we'll be getting our news from the internet. It's the discovery of news in a print paper and the in-depth writing that makes reading so much better. Of course, if you want "news lite" you can find it on the net. Television news? All about moronic, spoiled celebrities. What a wonderful world. If we paid less attention to celebrities, maybe we could get back to people who are conversational about current events. Workplace I once thought Needles would be a great place for my kids to grow up as it was for me but the small-town life was quite different for me as an adult and I wanted the kids to live in a city, not a never-never land. I've never regretted the move to Bakersfield, it's close to Los Angeles (where I lived for several years) close to the mountains and the beach, although the decision to work for the railroad has not been so fruitful. It's changed drastically over the years to an oppressive occupation filled with stresses that were never there in the "good old days" Nevertheless, it keeps me in clothes, microbrewed beer, and girlfriends...keeps the ex happy and I don't have much longer to go before I can find that golf game that deserted me several years ago. Obviously this was written before my recent marriage but the history is the same. Military I was supposed to go into the Navy with Mike McGlynn on a buddy enlistment, alas, my sordid past caught up to me but Cousey was taken. I volunteered for the draft and was advised by Mike Andrews to get into aviation. This was 1968, the height of the Vietnam police action and it sounded exc...Expand for more