NOV.2008
ISSUE # 56
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WHAT ARE YOUR TRAVEL PLANS?
Patsy Sims went north, Paul
Sisco Went to
Australia/New Zealand in November. Where are you going? Send us your plans and
when you return,
send us the pics and the ‘rest of the story’. TRAVEL PLANS
This October, Smoke Signals learned
that Robin Nall Smith would be traveling to
visit her youngest daughter.
Here’s Butch Emmons travel
plans. We
are flying to
and finally to
My wife raises and shows them. I said I would go if I could play golf. We're
staying a couple of days
at the
We'll spend a couple days in
Dondonald Links on the West Coast. We will also spend a couple days in
with the family that's selling us the dogs and then I will drive to
WARNINGS TO
WARRIORS – from Smoke
Signals medical advisor Dr. Vinny Boombatz
GUYS,quick on the
trigger? Could be in your jeans, er..genes
SAY WHAT?!!
"He treats us like men. He lets us wear earrings."
Torrin Polk,
FROM THE
LAUGH TRACK The field trip
A group of 3rd, 4th and 5th graders,
accompanied by two female teachers, went on a field trip to the local
racetrack (Churchill Downs) to learn about thoroughbred horses and the
supporting industry, but mostly
to see the horses.When it was time to take the children to the bathroom it was
decided that the girls would
go with one teacher and the boys would go with the other.The teacher assigned
to the boys was waiting
outside the men's room when one of the boys came out and told her that none of
them could reach the
urinal.Having no choice, she went inside, helped the boys with their pants, and
began hoisting the little
boys up one by one, holding on to their "wee wees" to direct the flow
away from their clothes. As she
lifted one, she couldn't help but notice that he was unusually well
endowed.Trying not to show that she
was staring, the teacher said, "You must be in the 5th" "No,
ma'am", he replied. "I'm the jockey riding
Silver Arrow in the seventh race, but I appreciate your help.
While riding into the sunset, we caught up with Larry Neaves and he’s in the
Spotlite.
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.
Larry Neaves Click for Larry's
story.
IN THE NEWS WITH VIEWS send news of new
jobs, retirement, kids, grandkids,
ANYTHING OF INTEREST going on in
your life to SMOKE SIGNALS
Oct 3rd - Number 24 is the
12th girl. John
and Leeba Andrews Curlin became grandparents again
with the birth of Marjorie Ann Curlin,
‘Margo’. Margo was born by emergency C-section and aftera few
tense hours, both mom, Betsy, and baby are doing well.
Dad, Caleb, is a U S Army Ranger who,at
last report, was home from his
ago for prostate cancer, continues to improve over his pre-surgery condition.
The chronic fatigue and
severe muscle spasm and pain are gone. Since there is some cancer still
present, John will undergo
39 radiation treatments, finishing on Dec. 23rd.
Oct 9th – Patsy Sims Moore writes that her
daughter, Kamesha 31, who had been
suffering
crippling headaches has been diagnosed with Arnold
Chilarai. Surgery was performed in
with the incision running from her occipital bone to inches below her
shoulders. Kamesha is
recuperating at home.
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Oct 15th – The oldest person in the
world in Whitehaven? Temp link to story.
Oct 15th - TOM II the U of M
Bengal tiger mascot since 1992 was euthanized after being diagnosed
with cancer during a routine physical exam. Temp link to story.
Oct 25th - The C.A. reports
that the Memphis City Schools’ graduation rate has declined to 66.9%.
The No Child Left Behind law required that MCS attain a graduation rate of 71.6
for 2008 increasing to
77.6 by 2010. Temp
link to story
LINKS YOU’LL LOVE
Although
these links never contain material that would be
considered obscene, some links may occasionally
contain content that might be offensive to some. Henceforth, they will
appear BLACK in color.
Right
= Nice A century
without sex. Do
daily to stay sane. That ship has sailed.
Our
strangest addictions Medical
myths Sex
myths Cold sock treatment.
Starbucks
worse than Pizza Hut?!!
HENRY’S CORNER
Speaking of Robert George Pickett, we were, weren’t
we? You would recognize
him by his stage name, Bobby ‘Boris” Pickett, “The Guy Lombardo of Halloween”.
Pickett is best known for his gift to music that keeps on giving Halloween
after
Halloween “The Monster Mash” Born in Somerville, Ma. just
north of Boston
Pickett grew up watching horror movies in the movie house that his dad managed.
An aspiring actor, he moved to Hollywood
his nightclub performances, Pickett began singing with a local group, the Cordials.
While covering the Diamonds “Little Darlin”, he injected his well-rehearsed
imitation of Boris Karloff into
the spoken “bridge” of the song ("To hold in mine your little hand / I
know, too soon, that all is so grand.").
Band member Lenny Capizzi convinced him cut a novelty horror record. Produced in
one cut “The
Monster Mash”, inspired by the Hollywood Argyles “Alley Oop,
was first rejected by the four major labels.
Mega producer Gene Paxton pressed a thousand “Mash” records and distributed
them to radio stations up
and down the California
in time for Halloween. It became one of only three records to hit the charts
three times, the last being Sept.
of ’73. The group comprised of Gary Paxton, Leon Russell, Johnny McCrae, Rickie
Page and Terry Berg,
recorded the song under the name, The Crypt-Kickers.The song was banned by the
BBC as “..too morbid”.
Bobby Pickett succumbed to Leukemia in April, 2007, at the age of 69.
Click
here for a video of the "Monster Mash."
Accidental trip
Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann
took the world's first acid hit in 1943, when he touched a smidge
of lysergic acid diethylamide, LSD,a chemical he had
researched for inducing childbirth. He later
tried a bigger dose and made another discovery: the bad trip.
Say What? No really.
If you're stuck
chatting up a mumbler at a cocktail party, lean in with your right ear. It's
better than
your left at following the rapid rhythms of speech, according to researchers at
the UCLA David
Geffen School of Medicine. If, on the other hand, you're trying to identify
that song playing softly
in the elevator, turn yourleft ear toward the sound. The left ear is better at
picking up music tones.
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