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Newt and I have been emailing each other and meeting on forums for over 15 years. We finally met last night. Newt and his wife Bobbie came back to where he grew up as a kid for his 50'th high school reunion this weekend. Just goes to show you if you stay on the computer long enough you'll eventually get to meet people that you've chatted with for years. It was a great experiance for my wife and I to personally meet Newt and his wife Bobbie. Making friends and eventually meeting them is what this and other forums are really about. The extra bonus is all the knowledge that is shared among friends here.

 

Jesse168

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We had a great time with you and your wife Jesse - well worth the drive to Memphis.

" My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference!" - Harry Truman, 33rd US President

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Well met :thumbs:

John S

Quanti Canicula Ille In Fenestra

 

Species caught in 2017 Common Ash, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, White Willow.

Species caught in 2016: Alder, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Crab Apple, Left Earlobe, Pedunculate Oak, Rock Whitebeam, Scots Pine, Smooth-leaved Elm, Swan, Wayfaring tree.

Species caught in 2015: Ash, Bird Cherry, Black-Headed Gull, Common Hazel, Common Whitebeam, Elder, Field Maple, Gorse, Puma, Sessile Oak, White Willow.

Species caught in 2014: Big Angry Man's Ear, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Common Whitebeam, Downy Birch, European Beech, European Holly, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, Wych Elm.
Species caught in 2013: Beech, Elder, Hawthorn, Oak, Right Earlobe, Scots Pine.

Species caught in 2012: Ash, Aspen, Beech, Big Nasty Stinging Nettle, Birch, Copper Beech, Grey Willow, Holly, Hazel, Oak, Wasp Nest (that was a really bad day), White Poplar.
Species caught in 2011: Blackthorn, Crab Apple, Elder, Fir, Hawthorn, Horse Chestnut, Oak, Passing Dog, Rowan, Sycamore, Willow.
Species caught in 2010: Ash, Beech, Birch, Elder, Elm, Gorse, Mullberry, Oak, Poplar, Rowan, Sloe, Willow, Yew.

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A few of us had the pleasure of meeting Newt and his late wife Jan at the AN Fish-in at Wingham in 2006 (was it that long ago!), and they stayed with us for a couple of days.

 

Newt in person is even nicer than on the Forum. So if you get a chance to meet him, grab it!

 

Peggy and I are still hoping to make a return visit, and one of these days we will make it.

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The reunion was great fun. I hadn't seen most of these people since we finished high school (grade 12 so 17-18 years old) in 1963. About 10 of the graduates had died, some had dropped out of sight, and some couldn't make the trip. We drove about 1000 miles and some came from further away than that. I think only 3 or 4 still lived in the town of about 4200 people. I think there were 4 or 5 I would have recognized without them introducing themselves.

 

Here are then & now photos. I'm in the top row, 2nd from the left, in both photos but that was purely by accident.

 

Then

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Now

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" My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference!" - Harry Truman, 33rd US President

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I have never seen anyone i went to school with ,most i didnt want to see when i was at school.

Strange people the americans about schools i would love to find a few of those fat heavy class rings they find in american detecting vids ,did it ever catch on here?

Why is that lady holding a dreadlocked gold hedgehog?

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Believe NOTHING anyones says or writes unless you witness it yourself and even then your eyes can deceive you

None of this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap it just means i have at least two enemies!

 

There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong

 

Its far easier to curse the darkness than light one candle

 

Mathew 4:19

Grangers law : anything i say will  turn out the opposite or not happen at all!

Life insurance? you wont enjoy a penny!

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson

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Our school mascot, for reasons no one can remember, is the porcupine.

" My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference!" - Harry Truman, 33rd US President

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Ah i was close ish

Believe NOTHING anyones says or writes unless you witness it yourself and even then your eyes can deceive you

None of this "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" crap it just means i have at least two enemies!

 

There is only one opinion i listen to ,its mine and its ALWAYS right even when its wrong

 

Its far easier to curse the darkness than light one candle

 

Mathew 4:19

Grangers law : anything i say will  turn out the opposite or not happen at all!

Life insurance? you wont enjoy a penny!

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson

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Yup. We don't have hedgehogs and as far as I know, you don't have porcupines but they do look quite a bit alike.

" My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference!" - Harry Truman, 33rd US President

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