Vandy's Kids

Vandy's Kids

my mother told me today Vandy is ill, not taking medication etc. Mon stated Bill's daughter came in to care for him, any info??? i will follow up and report hatchet

Wotta Buncha Wimps!

98 Degrees here today, on Dr. Fahrenheit's scale. And they say it didn't break a record.......102 degrees, set back in 1940.
Global warming, my extra-warm and fuzzy backside!

Nowadays we run from our air conditioned Hupmobiles to the comfort of our air conditioned workplaces. Workday done, we run back to our cool cars.
From our driveways, we dash to our air conditioned homes.

Back to our growing up days.......our family never had A/C in our house. I can remember going to bed with perspiration flowing down the valley in my back, looking foward to turning on my window fan to draw in the cool night air from outside.
We survived.

I honestly don't remember the first house in our neighborhood to have air conditioning. I know my folks finally broke down and got a window unit sometime in the mid-70's. That was about the same time I got my first car with an air conditioner in it.

Can you imagine life now without an air conditioner?
Where's my Right Guard?

I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW THE...........

Ah yes, a great song by Johnny Nash, probably his only great hit so many years ago.

Mr. GB has brought to light about the music and DJ's and Radio stations in our youth and it brought to mind...what little I have left... Is there one song out there that would represent your life or a series of them.

After great thought.. no comment here... I came to the conclusion depending on where my life was at the time that I had "Don't Worry Be Happy" times, and sometimes I was lost in "Maragaritaville" at others, then I had my "Hotel California" period depending on where I was living then.
Then sometimes I felt "Like A Rock", only to feel I was going "Against The Wind" others. I had "Night Moves" during other times when I felt like a "Freebird" and then there were times I couldn't even "Turn the Page".

Then there were the times I loved dancing to "Unchained Melody". Simply one of the best.

This even carried over to Christmas when my all time favorite carol is "O Holy Night". I have it on CD by about 12 artists, even in Hawaiian and Italian. I play it over and over during the Holidays. The Hawaiian version by Willie G hs got to be the most beautiful songs I have ever heard.

So I guess all in all, my life has been motivated by music and still is. Can't imagine the world without it.

How about you, what songs really got to you.

Vandy's Kids

Vandy's Kids

Hatchet sharing a little information regarding Center Grove ALumni. ALumni DVD was highlighted this morning in the Daily Journal newspaper. Info shared in article and also as editorial. Check it out at www.thejournalnet.com JT and wife on vacation and i get to watch the dogs. Enjoyed fishing info and those catching might check out Lake T, nice size bass and b-gill's, golf cart to the lake. go trojans

Window On The World

It's a July Friday night......
Clear, warm, and dry.

I don't know about you, but in '63, '64, and '65, when these conditions prevailed, I'd frequently find myself in front of the WIFE "Window On The World" on North Meridian Street, writing a request and dedication on a piece of paper to show to the DJ.

I smile, thinking back on it.......
I never, ever felt threatened in downtown Indianapolis.
Maybe I was too naive to realize the danger there, but it was normal during the summertime to ride my motorcycle to town with my steady date behind me, even in the wee hours of the morning.

We've discussed WIFE's impact on our lives before.
It was a huge part of my life.......from the moment they started broadcasting and I switched from listening to WIBC.

How about you....
Any memories to share?

Florida Keys Fishing Report

Thanks to PT & GB I'm an Official Contributor to the VK Blog.

TD certainly was a welcome passenger, and proved to be one fine fisherman. As the story goes: It was a dark and stormy night....

Well, not exactly a dark and stormy or night, more like a slightly cloudy, slightly windy and slightly bumpy day on the water. After several hook ups and some "Rockin' & Reelin' " by the three of us, we headed back to shore with plenty of nice-size dolphin and a respectable-size black fin tuna.

TD reeled in many of the dolphin, the tuna and another "something or other" fish that was tossed back in to live on in the Atlantic. We all had our jobs to perform: Obviously, TD's main duty was to reel in as many fish as possible while keeping an eye out for birds, boards and other floating objects. I was at the helm trying to keep us close enough to the weed lines to lure the fish up without getting into them, while HB spent time reeling in our lines and removing all the weeds that I was unable to avoid...ha! Needless to say, HB was an excellent mate for the day, and TD and I kept him busy with baiting and re-baiting the lines and performing his de-weeding duties. HB did find time to reel in a few dolphin and managed to lose one or was it two, TD? All in all, it was a fine and fun day on the water. We caught enough fish (12 or so??) to make us happy, tire us out, and provide a wonderful dolphin-dinner for us that night. HB had hoped that TD would fish the next day, but TD opted (like the wonderful husband he is) to spend time with Mrs. TD back in Key Largo. TD made the correct decision because the weather was deteriorating and a tropical depression was headed our way. HB and Capt. Pete did go out the next day and caught more dolphin, but their day was cut short because of storms. They made it back to shore just before the weather got really nasty, and we spent the next couple of days on shore waiting for better weather. Eventually the storm passed, but the fishing was not the best. HB did catch a beautiful sail fish one day! Needless to say, HB was a very Happy Cappy! Unfortunately, I was not on board to take a photo of this exciting event... But I did manage to get TD to pose for a photo with a couple of his dolphin. So hats off to TD for joining us off shore and making our day a very special day. We hope to do it again!

Outta The Loop.....

Wowie!

I take off for a week to chase Canada Geese, and all Hell has broken loose.
I just started reading the comments to TD's Florida fishing review and realized you guys are 'way ahead of me! Gonna start a new line of commo here to see if we can begin to get a good feel for what is really goin' on here.

VK's, we really haven't had a chance to firm up Tool's plans for the next GGFF. I'll try to call him today, Saturday, to plant the seed. My taste of it when I last contacted him was that he'd love to have a co-ed GGFF, but obviously that will take a great deal of coordination from planners........chartering boats, lodging, etc., etc..

Exciting though, isn't it? Getting together is such fun.......
Someone schedule a midnight moonless snipe hunt, and I'll be there to enjoy the action and the socializing! (And I LOVE boobie prizes!)

Looks as if we already have more than enough participants to start the machinery rolling.....
More later after I've touched base with Galveston.


UPDATE, Sunday, 2 July:

No joy contacting Tools yesterday. Not surprising, with Freedom Festivals going on across the continent and families all sharing time together.
Thoughts for discussion......
Mrs Greybeard has absolutely no interest in fishing, but was excited about the idea of spending quality time around a pool with Mrs. TwoDogs and others. The obvious suggestion here is that just because there is a "frighteningly fierce fishing competition" going on here, there is no reason non-fishing classmates that simply want to provide moral support to their favorite team cannot come and root us on, right? I can say that I found Galveston quite lovely, and the fresh seafood there was wonderful. It's a wonderful place to just "be".
We'll all have a ball!