Ronald Deitz:
CLASS OF 1966

Bethlehem Central High SchoolClass of 1966
Delmar, NY
Hamagrael Elementary SchoolClass of 1960
Delmar, NY
Ronald's Story
Hi every one. Ahhhh yes, those were the good old days. Some of you might remember my grade marks were pretty dim. As I look back though I find I was on the right track in school. Never could understand why I needed to know about Tippi Canoe and Tyler too, the correct spelling of Neumonultramicroscopicsilicovolcanicconeosis, ( a disease miners get from breathing coal dust), and the definition of Eolithic. To me, a good spit ball fight was more in order. I can't count the days I spent in Detention Hall. They were the good old days though.
As I look back on my 42 years since graduation I have learned the true definition of Love, unlike Webster records it: I quote in my own words that: "Love, is the kind of a feeling you get when you like something all most as much as you Motor Cycle". I guess I had more interest in the Internal Combustion Engine than school books.
What have I done in my past? I cannot put dates with this since I have not kept a record of them so I will list them in times order starting from Graduation day. I worked as typwriter repair man, built and did custom painting on Motor cycles and cars and others and worked here and there as a mechanic. I was Drafted in the U.S.Army in 68' and went to Nam, came back in late 69' and went fishing for a year of rehabilitation. During that period I got married, had a baby( well, she did), joined the Carpenters Union in Albany, worked there until the recession, left the union and continued building bikes and drag cars until 1980 when I opened a corporation in the Insulation Business. During that period I also had 6 DBA's going mostly in the construction fields. At the same time I built a Fire Works Manufacturing Plant in Nassau, N.Y. where I Manufactured, Imported, Exported, Distributed and shot many of the fire works display's in the capital district in the middle 80's. I also opened as a Karaoke D.J. and won a trip to Nashville, Tn. to cut a 12 song album that I had wr...Expand for more
itten. I came back from Nashville, auditioned musicians and in three years of auditioning I assembled the Back 40 Band who later broke up to also form the North 40 Band whom both still play in the Country Music Association here in the Capital District. Through all of this I continued to drag race, build a Street Rod, build another custom bike, own and operate a High Explosives class "A" Business doing demolition work. In 1990 I disolved the Corporation, let the DBA's run out of work and went Top Alcohol Funny Car Drag Racing with the NHRA National program for 5 years. Some where in all of that I held a Supervisors licence in Asbestos Removal and did side work for a friend in that business.
I am presently building another bike, have two horses, and have gone back in the Carpenters Union in Albany. I am also developing a High Pressure, self regenerating Compressed Air Engine Kit that hopfully will end the gas problems we face today. I had this idea years ago but never had the time to work on it. The global warming is killing the Polar Bears.
My Daughter lives in Clifton Park and she has given me two grand children who I love dearly. I divorced in 1985 and live in East Greenbush, N.Y. where I toy with my toy's. Present day interests are horse back riding, motor cycle's, carpentry, mechanics, custom painting, fishing, camping, writing country lyrics/ music, and about any thing that time provides for. There are days that I feel like I'm horizontley parked in a parallel universe...lol on other days, the voices in my head sometimes make perfect sense....lol again. Because this site asks that you tell your story, I have to the best of my memory. I'm not egocentric although this story appears it. I'm just stating the facts here as they have asked. Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. I hope you all will do the same. It's interesting reading the life and times of class mates from the past. Take care and God Bless...Ron
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