April 2007
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Bumper sticker:
“Except for Ending Slavery, Fascism, Nazism
& Communism, War Has Never Solved Anything.”
FALLEN WARRIORS
– In order to properly memorialize our Fallen Warriors,
we are requesting
submissions of any appropriate pics that you would like
to see included on
their memorial pages. Send pics to Smoke Signals .
EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR OUR TROOPS CLICK FOR OUR TROOPS PG.
Chris
Hill mailto:armyhill13b@yahoo.com Patsy Hill Bailey’s nephew currently serving in
david.curlin@us.army.mil and caleb.curlin@us.army.mil Leeba’s two sons
in
Letters from both David and Caleb are
now posted on the Troops Pg.
Who Dat
Warrior – Winners in what must have been an extremely difficult contest are:
mmac,
who, we assume, is Margo Macdonald who correctly identified Paul
Sisco. Both Larry Solomon
and Robin Nall correctly identified the second cute kid as Bobby
Pepper.
Class pics – Phil is in the process of posting our tribe’s ’61 & ’62
homeroom pics on the Best
Damn Website on the World Wide Web. For a sneak peak Click for pics .
SEND
While at Hilton Head in March, Phil drove
to
had good traditional breakfasts - French Toast and
Shrimp & Grits - before touring
and downtown
Really bad trip - Our nomadic
traveler Larry Solomon is still on a trip that he would rather not have
taken. He and wife Jo Ann returned from a quick trip to Gatlinburg suffering
from a ‘virus’. After not
being able to eat of drink for a number of days, while experiencing extreme
abdominal distension
and pain, Larry was diagnosed with a bowel obstruction and underwent
emergency surgery on
Monday, March 18. He remains in Bartlett St. Frances Hospital. On Wednesday
afternoon, Larry
was doing much
better. The oxygen had been removed and he was waiting to be transferred to
room
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Memories
– Send you Central Memories to PAULA
OUT OF THE
MOUTHS OF BABES – Paula Wicker
After putting her grandchildren to bed, a grandmother
changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse
and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more
rambunctious,
her patience grew thin. At last she threw a towel around her head and stormed
into their room,
putting them back to bed with stern warnings. As she left the room, she heard
the three-year-old say
with a trembling voice, "Who was THAT?"
SAY
WHAT?!!
Not a trace of DNA from any of the lacrosse
players was found on the accuser, though this girl had
more DNA in her than a refrigerator at a fertility clinic.
Ann Coulter
A story so bizarre, it receives double billing as
both “Say What” and “Links you’ll love”.
"It's not where a stable, honest person comes.
… Anybody who lives here is just teetering on the
brink
of lunacy. And once you get used to the fact that you live in such an exuberant
cesspool,
then the art can begin." Miami Herald
columnist Carl Hiaasen referring to
Click for the whole, provocative story. Click for list of
"teetering" Tribe mbrs.
BE ADVISED
Tax time - According
to webmaster and staff accountant Phil Aquino, before preparing your ’06
tax
return, you should check out this link. http://www.snopes.com/business/taxes/excise.asp
Tn.Road
Conditions – Via
web, http://www.tn511.com/ with links to other states
: via phone 511.
An absolute must read - for anyone considering a
firearm for home protection! Click For Info.
WARNINGS TO
WARRIORS – from Smoke Signals
medical advisor Dr. Vinny Boombatz
RESEARCH SHOWS MOUTH TO MOUTH LESS VALUABLE IN
CPR Click
For Temp. Link
SOME
OF US WILL DIE FROM A STROKE!
This bears repeating. Nationwide, stroke is the
3rd leading cause of death. It recently claimed the life
of Warrior Elaine Barton and has seriously compromised the health of Ronnie
Gammon. Others
of our tribe who have survived stroke with less serious effects include Mike
Hines and Buddy
Boswell.
Know these warning signs
- Sudden numbness or
weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body
- Sudden confusion,
trouble speaking or understanding
- Sudden trouble seeing
in one or both eyes
- Sudden trouble
walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
- Sudden, severe
headache with no known cause
Now doctors say to recognize a stroke by asking three simple
questions: S. T. R.
S
* Ask
the individual to SMILE. T * Ask the person to TALK to SPEAK A SIMPLE
|
SENTENCE (Coherently) (i.e. It is sunny out today) R
* Ask him to RAISE BOTH ARMS. NOTE:
Another stroke indicator:: Ask the person to 'stick'
out their tongue. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it
goes to one side, that also could indicate a stroke. SNOPED
IF A STROKE IS EVEN A POSSIBILITY,
SEEK IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY TREATMENT
TIPS FROM THE REDNECK BOOK
OF MANNERS
from Smoke Signals etiquette editor Betty Jo Olive
*DRIVING
ETIQUETTE*
1 Dim your headlights for
approaching vehicles; Even if the
gun is loaded, and the deer is in sight.
2. When approaching a four-way stop,
the vehicle with the
largest tires always has the right of way.
3. Never tow another car using panty
hose and duct tape.
4. When sending your wife down the
road with a gas can, it is
impolite to ask
her to bring back more beer.
5. Never relieve yourself from a
moving vehicle, especially
when driving.
FROM THE LAUGH TRACK never question a drunk.
I
was shopping at the local supermarket where I selected: a half-gallon of 2%
milk, a carton of eggs,
a quart of orange juice, a head of romaine lettuce, a 2 lb. can of coffee, and
a 1 lb. package of bacon.
As I was unloading my items on the conveyor belt to check out, a drunk standing behind me
watched as I placed the items in front of the cashier. While the cashier was ringing
up the
purchases, the drunk calmly stated, "You must be single." I
was a bit startled by this proclamation,
but I was intrigued by the derelict's intuition, since I was indeed
single. I looked at the six items on
the belt and saw nothing particularly unusual about my selections that
could have tipped off the drunk to my marital status. Curiosity getting the
better of me, I said: "Well,
you know what, you're absolutely right. But how on earth did you
know that?” The drunk replied,
"Cause you're ugly."
SEND US A SHORT BIO
ALONG WITH A RECENT PHOTO SO WE CAN PUT
YOU IN "THE SPOTLITE" .
Use this well-done bio from
PINKY as your
guide
Phil has been updating the “Bio – Pages” of
the best DAMN web-
site in the World. Spend some
time reading up on your fellow
Warriors CLICK FOR PICS
Then send us a recent pic .
IN THE NEWS WITH
VIEWS send news of
new jobs, retirement, kids, grandkids,
ANYTHING OF INTEREST going on in your life to SMOKE SIGNALS
Feb. 13th – By the Numbers 22, 12, 10, 3.
22 – Leeba’s
22nd grandchild, Lolly Patten Curlin, was born today. If you’re keeping score,
that
makes 12 boys
and 10 girls.
Leeba and John’s son, Howard is scheduled to be deployed to
toward the end of this summer. That will be the 3rd.
son to serve in
as a General Medical Officer.
Leeba and John have relocated from
her appreciation for the emails sent to sons David and Caleb currently serving
in
been posted at the bottom of Leeba’s bio page. Click For Pics
Mar. 16th – Paula Wicker reports
that, after three weeks at the Vanderbilt Children’s Hosp. “Sweet
Baby James” now weighs 3 pounds, his eyesight is reported to be good, he is
receiving 21 cc of
food every three hours and he has been removed from the ventilator. Click For Pics.
Mar. 20th – SupperClub. Thirty-three
Warriors and their guests gathered at the Memphis Carrabbas
on Poplar for the first weeknight SupperClub . In addition to
the “Regulars”, first time attendees
were: Larry Waddey (CHS’61) with his wife Vicky and Pat Key Gill (CHS’64) and
her husband Jim.
The Italian cuisine was among the best in
garlic, on the other hand, lasted until Thursday. Click
for Pics.
The next SupperClub promises to
again break with tradition with an entirely new time and venue.
Plan to attend!!!
NEWS FOR THE
OUT-OF-TOWNER for more, visit THE
COMMERCIAL APPEAL
Mar. 2nd – Today’s
CA reports the death of Mrs. Martha Merritt of
mother of Cliff Merritt
Temp.
link to Obit and Guest book
.
March 11th – Hazel
Ward Barnes of
today. Temp.
Link to Obit and Guest Book
Mar. 13 wk.
gang member arrested for setting a fire in a trashcan. A student-on-student
assault reportedly took
place at Central.
Mar. 17th. – Today’s CA reports the
death of Mrs. Freida W. Kaminski of
is the mother of Michael Kaminsky.
Temp.
Link to Obit and Guest book
World's 15 best skylines Christian inspirational
–Carol Lewis Navy Drill Team
Beer
Goggles-ADULT CONTENT - Larry
Solomon Coincidence ? I don't think so.
He wouldn't die! This gives a whole new meaning to the term
'foot fetish'
HENRY’S CORNER
Speaking of “Dragnet” we
were, weren’t we, TMC, from which some of the
following is borrowed, recently aired the 1954 movie Dragnet, which was the
first movie based on a television series. Jack Webb, star of the TV series,
directed the film in which he again reprised his role as the stoic, staccato
speaking, Sgt. Joe Friday. Other notables in the cast were Richard Boone
(Paladin of TV’s Have Gun Will Travel) and Dennis Weaver (Chester Goode
of
Gunsmoke). One major draw the film had over the TV series was that the
film was shot in color.
Without a doubt, this movie has the most poorly choreographed fight scene in
the history of
theme music in film history. The four note dum, de, dum, dum, which, though
uncredited in the 50’s
series, was actually taken from Miklos Rozsa’s theme “Danger Ahead” written for
the 1946 movie
The Killers. The funniest line in the movie was
uttered by the never-smiling Sgt. Joe Friday while discussing the extremely
brutal shotgun slaying
of a mob bagman.
Capt. James Hamilton -“Shotgun, extreme close range, double-O. Starkey was
hit four times; first
two cut him in half. Sgt. Friday - “The second two turned him into a
crowd.”
In a conspicuous example of product placement, Liggett & Meyers Tobacco
products were
prominently and unashamedly shown. Virtually all of the actors were seen
smoking cigarettes and
versions of Dragnet.
We
can’t do it - According To U. of Pitt. regeneration expert Dr.
Stephen Badylak, children up to
about the age of two can consistently regrow lost fingertips. This ability is
extremely rare in adults.
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- A character from Jimmy Durante’s radio show, Hotbreath
Houlihan was the inspiration for the
unflattering nickname Hotlips Houlihan in both the movie and the TV versions of
M*A*S*H.
The poor get richer – For
each $1 spent in federal, state and local taxes, those in the lowest 20%
income bracket receive $8.21 in spending. Those in the top quintile receive
$0.41 Click for the story.