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From:From: Steve Bishop] Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 2:29 PM Subject: Hi Friends! Time for new addresses: wstephenbishop@cs.com and PO Box 1011, Niwot, CO, 80544. The email is reestablished as the one and only, the PO Box is brand new as I return to Colorado to train for and take up new employment. My very best to each one of you, Steve
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From:From: Kerry Miller [mailto:falcon492@atlanticbb.net] Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 2:29 PM Subject: update
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From:Frank Mayberry [FrankMayberry@hotmail.com] Sent: Wed 3/8/2006 11:28 AM Subject: 50th Reunion Classmates, As you all know, many of us married shortly after graduating and will be having our 50th anniversaries about the time we have our reunion. Some of us think it would be a good idea to have a luncheon during the reunion period so we can share in our celebration. We've got some time to work on this. I don't think the celebration should exclude those who aren't having their 50th because they may want to congratulate those who are. I would like to know your thoughts on the subject so we can plan accordingly. Frank Mayberry FrankMayberry@hotmail.com |
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From:Amthrush@aol.com Sent: Wed 3/8/2006 3:31 AM Subject: AFA/WYO Thursday at 8 pm at Anglers Hear Ye, Hear Ye! The Falcons need to win their first game in the MWC Tournament against Wyoming. If they win, that should solidify the probability that they will be selected to play in the NCAA Tournament. The game will be televised on ESPN+Plus; unless you subscribe to ESPN's FULL COURT TV package you need to come and cheer the Falcons on to victory at Angler's (Downstairs) on Okaloosa Island at 8:00 p.m. CST on Thursday, March 9.
Even though the Cowboys finished the regular season with a 12-17 overall record and with a 5-11 conference record (7th out of 9 in the MWC), they still managed to beat the Falcons by 55-50 in Laramie. On the neutral court in Denver, the Falcons should be favored by 4 or 5 points; but given that they have lost the first game in the MWC Tournament for the past 2 years in Denver there is no room for overconfidence. |
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From: George Elsea [elseage@yahoo.com] Sent: Mon 2/27/2006 9:12 PM Subject: email address My email address is elseage@yahoo.com All the Best! George |
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From: Miles Kaspar [makasparjr@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Mon 2/13/2006 12:11 AM Subject: Extreme Piloting Ace-Am forwarding a video of a Russian (I assume) wringing out a Sukhoi 30. Wish I had a web site for it. Sent to me by a Plt Trng classmate who flew Huns and Sixes and retired from ANG and Amer Airlines.--Miles |
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In a message dated 2/1/2006 7:47:47 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, swift3856k@austin.rr.com writes: This clip is slightly different than the one that went around previously. I would hate to run into this guy in a dog-fight. If you have not seen this, I think you will agree that this one is truly aweome.
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From: Amthrush@aol.com Sent: Thu 2/16/2006 1:21 AM Subject:Air Force Basketball For those of you that haven't been keeping up with the Falcon Basketball team lately, here is the latest update. The Falcons brought their season record to 20-5 tonight as they defeated the TCU Horned Frogs at Fort Worth by a 63-45 score. They actually outrebounded TCU tonight by a 30-25 margin, but only hit on 5 of 20 3-point attempts. The Falcons scored 25 points off of 10 TCU turnovers. They are now at 8-4 in the MWC and are in
third place behind San Diego State at 9-2 and UNLV at 7-3. Those two teams play one another in Las Vegas tomorrow (Thursday) night. |
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From: LES QUERRY [lesquerry@wildblue.net] Sent: Wed 2/22/2006 9:14 AM Subject: Change of E-mail address of Les Querry Dear Friends and Family, Please change my E-mail address from starpower.net to: lesquerry@wildblue.net Thanks, Les |
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From: Liggett, Charles [charles.liggett@lmco.com] Sent: Tues 2/7/2006 Subject: Summer Bivouac I seem to recall someone in the class of 60 requesting information on the location of our initial summer bivouac. I was going through a box of letters my mother had saved and then given to me before she died several years ago. I had not bothered to look at them too closely but just last week I happened to open the box and take a look and there was a letter from me to my parents that also included a map of the bivouac area and a diagram of our field exercise with numbers corresponding to tests of various skills that we were supposed to have acquired based on the training by our illustrious ATOs. The letter is a little long but you have to realize it was an exciting time for a young man from a small river town in southern Ohio and perhaps he just wanted to share that excitement with his parents. The letter is dated Monday, 10 September 1956, I think the bivouac must have been the week prior to September 10. Here goes.--- "Monday morning about seven o'clock we started off on a ten mile hike to the bivouac area. We carried full field packs and our M1 rifles (about 45 or 50 pounds). We reached the bivouac area about 11 O'clock. We ate lunch right away and then pitched our tents. The remainder of the afternoon was spent getting settled down and making our tents comfortable. From 7 to 9 o'clock throughout the week we had movies. Tuesday we awoke bright and early at 5 A.M. and tried to shave. The temperature was usually about 40 degrees when we got up in the morning, but it warms up fast and by noon is about 70 or 80. We moved off at about 6:30 for 57MM recoilless class which was about two miles away. All morning we fired the 57MM at old barrels and boxes across a big field. This is the gun that can seriously injure or kill you if you happen to be standing behind it (within 100 feet). The way the instructors talk it's safer to stand in front rather than behind it. After the 57MM we fired the 60MM mortar. I think this weapon is the most fun of them all. Wednesday we fired the 30 cal light machine gun and the BAR. On these weapons you squeeze the trigger and before you know it you have fired 25 to 50 rounds of ammunition. Wednesday afternoon we also tossed grenades. We each tossed 3 practice grenades with a light explosive change and one fragmentation grenade that exploded. Thursday turned out to be the most miserable day, the temperature was about 35 or 40 all day. In the morning we had a mines and booby traps class where they showed us various mines and booby traps and how to use them. They also took us through a mine field that was planted with mines and booby traps. If you happened to set off one you would explode a big firecracker. Thursday morning we also had a field fortifications class where we learned how to dig foxholes and trenches and also how to use barbed wire. For the last part of the class we had a little game of war. We had to run across a field towards the enemy who was dug in in a gully. About half way there we had to dig shallow trenches to lay in to fire at the enemy, meanwhile they were firing at us with blanks. A little further across the field we had to cross a barbed wire entanglement. After that we rushed the enemy troops who were well dug in but they claimed they had shot all of us. Thursday afternoon we had a compass problem. The instructors gave us a compass and a map and we had to walk about two miles to a certain spot. Nobody got lost but there were a couple guys who missed the target several hundred yards. Friday we had an airpower demonstration. We saw some F-80s shoot rockets, 56 cal machine guns and drop napalm bombs. There was also a B-25 bomber that dropped incendiary bombs. They were all shooting at a target about a half mile from where we were sitting, so we got a pretty good view. Some of the other weapons that were demonstrated were smoke generators, marking rockets, flame throwers, white phosphorus grenades and thermite bombs. After the demonstration we had a tear gas attack. We walked across a tear gas field once with our gas masks on and then once without them. My eyes were watering for a half hour after the exposure to tear gas. Saturday morning was the big day, from 7 to 12 in the morning we had a field problem. We had to run between 28 stations. At each station we would have to demonstrate our proficiency in some phase of summer training. (Following are the stations.) 1. Find five things wrong with the placement of a 60MM mortar. 4. Using map reading determine our position. The entire course was about four miles long and we had to run in between each station. After five hours we were pretty tired. After we ate dinner we loaded all our gear on buses and rode to within three miles of the base. There we debussed and marched to rest of the way. We were all glad to get back and take a hot shower and jump into a soft bed. In the bivouac area the dust was actually three or four inches thick in some places. No one got bit by a rattlesnake this year although they did catch a couple from under the logs where we sat down to eat." If you're still with me enclosed are both pdf and jpeg copies of the Final Problem that lists the 28 tests and also a grid map with the bivouac area pinpointed. I can send a paper copy of the map to anyone who wants it. Summer Bivouac Area.jpg See you for the 50th.
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From: Ace Holman Sent: Fri 1/20/2006 Subject: Check out the B-2 Spirit Click or cut/paste to your browser: http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Edwards2005/B2/index.html This guy is good... Regards, Ace |
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From: Aaron Thrush Sent: Thu 1/5/2006 2:43 AM Subject: AFA vs. BYU Tonight on ESPN2 Just a quick heads up for those of you that have not been keeping a close watch on the Falcon Basketball team this season. They play their first MWC game of the season at home against the BYU Cougars tonight at 10 p.m. CST. The game will be telecast on ESPN2, and I strongly recommend you try to watch the contest. |
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From: Ace Holman Sent: Mon 12/12/2005 Subject: Oceana 2005 Air Show Click or cut/paste to your browser: http://www.richard-seaman.com/Aircraft/AirShows/Oceana2005/Highlights/ Enjoy the show... Regards, Ace |
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From: Frank Goham Sent: Sun 11/20/2005 12:30 PM Subject: 62A reunion Ace, Fascinating time last night at Ft Walton Beach. Reunion of our 62A pilot training class. 60 some guys plus wives etc. Excellent wine and fellowship. Great luck, ended up seated next to Bill Goodyear and Dennis Walsh before we recognized each other. Pic attached. Ed Leonard should have been there too but is suffering maintenance issues on his POW-induced hip and knee replacements. Cheers, Frank |
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From: Miles Kaspar Sent: Sun 11/20/2005 12:56 AM Subject: Switch On-Contact Ace-Weese: Glad to hear you survived summer's havoc. I tried to pull up some of the 1960 Web Site but couldn't get individual info. Mebbe my fault. Anyway, have new ISP-makasparjr@sbcglobal.net Hope this gets thru to you-Miles E-mail: makasparjr@sbcglobal.net |
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From: Aaron Thrush Sent: Wed 11/16/2005 2:05 AM Subject: Huskies Defeat Falcons The Falcons did not come close to keeping the Huskies below 60 points in their game last night, but they did show that they can be competitive with top teams in the nation. The final score was 85-74. A link to the AP recap of the game is at: |
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From: Aaron Thrush Sent: 11/15/2005 12:57 PM Subject: FALCONS DEFEAT MIAMI, FL Now that I have your attention, let me point out that it is the Falcon Men's Basketball Team that defeated the Miami Hurricanes last night in Seattle by a score of 57-53 in a semifinal game of the Black Coaches' Association Classic Tournament. They had defeated Division IIA Northern Arizona Sunday afternoon 62-49. Tonight the Falcons will play the host University of Washington Huskies in the BCA Championship game. |
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From: Aaron Thrush Sent: Fri 11/4/2005 2:56 AM Subject: AFA/ARMY at 2:30 CDT Saturday at Angler's Just a quick note to better let you make plans for coming to Angler's Sports Bar this Saturday for the 2:30 CDT start time for the Falcons game with the Army Black Knights. For those elsewhere in the nation, the game is to be telecast via ESPN Classic and on the Internet via ESPN360. It's not exactly a national championship preview game, but it will be hard fought and competitive. While the Falcons were combining with BYU to set an MWC record
for total points scored in their 62-41 loss last Saturday, Army had an off week to better prepare for their trip to Colorado Springs where they have not won since 1977. Yes, the Black Knights have lost 13 straight to the Air Force at Falcon Stadium. Army has also lost 15 of their last 16 games with the Falcons. Nevertheless, they have had two weeks to prepare and get well after shutting out Akron 20-0 two weeks ago at Akron to win their first game of the season after starting 0-6. |
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| From: Aaron Thrush Sent Sat Sat 10/29/2005 12:54 AM Subject: AFA/BYU at Angler's at 2:00 p.m. CDT Yes, the Falcons were walloped last week by TCU by a score of 48-10. Yes, they have now lost 5 of their last 6 games. This is still a team that can beat BYU in Provo on Saturday. We'll be back at Angler's on Okaloosa Island to watch them try to do so as the game will be carried via ESPN's GamePlan. It won't be easy to defeat the Cougars. Their QB, junior John Beck led them to stay even with TCU 2 weeks ago until finally succumbing 51-50 in OT
to the Horned Frogs. Beck has completed 195 of 307 passing attempts this season for a total of 2219 yards, 14 TD's and 10 interceptions. He has averaged 317 yards passing per game. His favorite targets are senior WR Todd Watkins who is averaging 15.9 yards per reception and who has a total of 6 TD's for the season and sophomore TE Jonny Harline who has caught 37 passes for 14.9 yards per reception and 1 TD. Harline caught 8 passes for a total of 100 yards last week against Notre Dame in
a 49-23 BYU loss. Junior RB Curtis Brown is the Cougars' leading rusher with 527 total yards and 5 TD's. MLB Cameron Jensen is a leader of BYU's defense; he has averaged 7.5 tackles per game. BYU does have an injury problem in their defensive secondary and could be susceptible to an effective passing attack if the Falcons can manage to mount one. |
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From: Aaron Thrush Sent Sat 10/22/2005 4:55 AM Subject: AFA/TCU on TV at 2:00 p.m. CDT Be at the Connie Kay's Flight Line Cafe at 538 N. Eglin Parkway (across from Denny's) at 2:00 p.m. CDT if you want to enjoy a huge Falcon victory Saturday afternoon. Sorry about no musings last week, but it took a while to get over the 27-24 defeat at the hand of the Navy Middies. The Falcons finally put it together for an entire game when they destroyed UNLV by a 42-7 margin last Saturday. UNLV made it somewhat easier by netting only 2 (that's right, two)
yards rushing for the game after a couple of shotgun formation snaps over their QB's head, four turnovers that included 2 fumbles after Air Force kickoffs and a total of 13 penalties for 88 yards. A disturbing statistic from the Air Force side was the fact of 5 fumbles, 3 of which were turnovers; a fourth fumble was picked up by QB Carney and taken in for the second TD of the game from within the UNLV 10 yard line. A new Falcon punter, Christopher Carp, had only one punt in the game, a 38 yard punt
with a 3 yard return. There was also a new Falcon kickoff man and UNLV had only one 16 yard return from Air Force kickoffs. Coach DeBerry and his staff obviously made some necessary changes to their special teams personnel after the Navy game. |
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From: Aaron Thrush Sent Wed 9/28/2005 1:24 AM Subject: USAFA/CSU, Another Thursday Night Game on ESPN Once again you have the choice of watching the Falcons at home on ESPN or coming out to Connie Kay's Flight Line Pub & Cafe at 538 N Eglin Parkway (across from Denny's) to watch with a group of grads. The game will start at 6:30 p.m. CDT. The food is good; the prices are reasonable for both food and beverages. See you there. |
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From: Frank Mayberry Sent Fri 9/23/2005 5:32 PM Subject: Charitable Unit Trust To: Class of '60 lawyers, I want to donate Real Estate to the AOG for the formation of a charitable remainder unit trust. I have been working with the AOG, but they have recommended that I have an attorney to draw up the trust agreement. I want a classmate to be that attorney. Please contact me at FrankMayberry@hotmail.com if you can help. Frank |
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Wow! Great idea. Good thing it’s 5 years away. We may take that to do it right.
I’ve “played” with the capabilities you’ve listed, so I can picture getting our arms around the technical aspects.
But you’re right… success will be measured by classmate participation and contribution.
You get a gold star.
Ace
From: LES QUERRY [mailto:lesquerry@starpower.net] Thanks Ace,
It's a whole new ball game! Andi and Rosie had the idea of doing a 45th reunion CD and had sent me photos for it. I think that they wanted to send a CD because not every classmate tunes in on our website, the photo quality is so much better and the long download times are avoided. And the website's previous file space limitations only permitted rather poor picture quality. My approach would be to do both a CD and a 45th reunion photo site. If an improved photo site becomes successful, we can try albums of other submitted photographs; such as "cadet days", other reunions and "over the decades" (with some editing, of course). My more long-term objective, though, is to do a 50th Anniversary DVD to be issued at the 50-year reunion. We have an opportunity to do something that I've never heard of being done before, namely producing a class "yearsbook" 50 years after graduation to cover the period after graduation. Its like a " '60 after 50 ". Doing something like this would have previously been a horrendous and costly effort using paper photographs and text with a book to publish and mail. Nobody would have attempted it. But the DVD and digital photography make it very "doable". A DVD can hold over 50000 good quality photographs and is playable on a computer or a TV. And the cash cost is very small. The success of a project like this would depend on the degree of classmate interest in supporting it. Would they be interested enough to contribute anything? The gathering and editing of the material would be the major effort. This might seem like an overly ambitious undertaking but "gluing" it together would be a hell of a lot easier than doing a book. Here are some ideas of what the DVD could contain: 1) personal photographs and movie clips from classmates during our cadet years 2) personal photographs, movies and videos from classmates during their service years including; - photos of classmate pilots with their favorite "bird" - footage of "kills" during aerial combat - career milestone photos; promotions, retirements, meetings with presidents, etc. 3) a collection of photos and videos from all reunions and mini-reunions (skiing, luncheons, etc.) 4) videotaped statements from the class officers 5) videotaped statements from classmates 6) all of Rosie and Chris' Checkpoint articles 7) images of memorabilia 8) George Lester's classmate biographies and so on..... |
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From: Les Querry Date: Thu 9/22/2005 7:39 AM Subject: Note for class website Hi Ace, Hope that things have settled down for you and are getting back to normal. I had sent the following note on 28 August and 8 Sept. with the hope of getting it on the class website. Would you add it at your earliest convenience? Les _______________________________ Class of '60: Andi and Rosie have sent me photos taken during the 45th reunion that I will put on a CD for issue to interested classmates (or other reunion attendees). We would also like to include photos taken by other attendees who think that they have photos that others might enjoy. Anyone having digital photos that they would like to contribute to the reunion CD can send them to me on a CD for inclusion in a composite CD. Its easy to make a CD of selected photos if you have a CD burner or at Costco or Wal-Mart, etc. Anyone having just a few photos that they know others would love to see can e-mail them to me in compressed form. (Preferred photo size greater than 1600x1200 pixels and file size less than 500KB.) Les Querry 371 Seltenhorst Lane Bluemont, VA 20135 540-554-2416 |
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| From: Aaron Thrush Date: Wed 9/21/2005 1:53 AM Subject: You can watch the Air Force/Utah game at home this week on ESPN's Thursday night game at 6:30 p.m. CDT. As a result, Angler's won't be an option since they've found that it doesn't pay them to keep the upstairs Sports Bar open on Thursday nights. If you would like to watch the game as a group, I'll see you at Connie Kay's Flight Line Pub & Cafe at 538 N Eglin Parkway (across from Bangkok Cleaners). |
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| From: Ken Alnwick kjalnwick@cox.net Subject: Third Annual Redneck Rivera Reunion Update Date: Mon 7/18/2005 7:47 AM Ace, Sorry to report that Hurricane Dennis CNX'd my plans for travel to Fort Walton Beach and the third R3 (Redneck Rivera Reunion). Should have called or e-mailed the info, but we had to scramble to save our vacation--which we did in grand style in Hilton Head S.C. I even got to see the Harbor Town light house and golf course --although I played on another. We survived the blow pretty well in FWB and hope to resched the R3 for next year. Killer (Wayne Kendall) will be back to SeaSpray in October and perhaps we can run a practice session then. I hate to say it, but as much as I love you, I was really hoping that Dennis would stay its course and smack Mobile instead of us. Oh well, maybe next year. More to follow. Cheers, Ken | |||
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| From: Les Querry Subject: Air Force - Navy game, 8 October 2005, Wash. D.C. Date: Fri 7/1/2005 6:13 PM The DC '60 group will try to expand upon the activities available to those planning to attend the Air Force - Navy game in Washington on 8 October 2005. In addition to the game and the usual Lalime-Mobile at the game, we will have our 2nd DC '60 "Falcon Roosting" the day after the game on Sunday, 9 October, at our mountain home, about 1 hour west of D.C. We also plan to have a "winedown" at our home after the game for interested and available persons. The Sunday gathering will be held early afternoon to permit late travel on Sunday. This will provide additional activities for classmates who have come some distance for the game and an opportunity to meet many more classmates since not everyone goes to the game. Other activities can expand back into Friday and forward into Monday for those interested, possibly for Udvar-Hazy Air and Space museum visits, golf matches, other museum visits, etc.. Gerry de la Cruz is a docent at the National Gallery of Art and has offered to give a guided tour to interested persons. If you are planning on visiting the DC area during 8-9 October and wish to attend events other than the game, please let us know. Notice: DC '60 is in no way trying to compete with CS '60 with their marvelous handling of events surrounding the Army and Navy games held at USAFA. They are Nulli-Secundus. We only want to make the visit here a little more eventful for classmates traveling to the local Navy game (and get to see them a little bit longer). Les Querry '60 lesquerry@starpower.net |
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From: Dave Reed Subject: Update Date: Fri 7/1/2005 6:13 PM HI ACE & OTHERS: Nice to catch up with many of you at the 45th. It seems my email is not on file so I haven't gotten in on some of the recent mailings and politics, so here it is (along with an address and phone): David Reed M.D., J.D. Medical Review and Research 921 Roxwood Lane Boulder, CO 80302 neptune@ecentral.com 303-494-3154 The attached photo is just a fun one taken for the hoped-for publication of an article on glider oxygen. On a more serious note (and there is along, long story here the details of which I won't bother you with) I have discovered that the FAA mandates on the use of oxygen in civilian light aircraft and gliders is at least 40 years out of date and seriously needs updating, especially as it pertains to new technology equipment such as the "pulse-delivery systems". Amazing - all these FAA mandates but NONE of which have ever been verified by in-flight or in-chamber testing! I have been to CAMI in OKC to discuss it with their researchers and - in effect - got ignored. I sent several letters to the Federal Air Surgeon - also an MD JD and got ignored. I have tried interesting AFA in doing some simple inexpensive studies but - "no USAF applicability" in spite of USAFA flying gliders with the same systems installed! I happen to have a six-person unofficial flight test data from a civilian company (God only know why they did it, but that is another story) and the results showed significant hypoxia at FAA flow rates all the way to 18M. Well, if I get stone-walled much further I am going to take what I know to the Aviation and Space Committee of Congress and see what happens there. Am presently working with AOPA in an effort to get a chamber interested in doing some research. There is a possibility with U. N. Dakota, but they have no funds. Long, long story here - the above is just the tiny tip of the iceberg. If anyone has any input let me know. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Does anyone remember a classmate - Jim Branton - who was with us for a year and then dropped out? He is an attorney-client of mine and is Past-President of the Texas Trial Lawyers. I have sent him much of the 45th handouts as well as Les' marvelous CD. F.Y.I. I am presently reviewing possible medical malpractice cases for attorneys helping to decide which cases are meritorious and which are not. I estimate that only 5% of what I review are one that I feel are worth pursuing - good news for the docs! Good fun, though, and it is satisfying doing work that is well in keeping with our Honor Code, and with electronics being what they are is easy to do from New Zealand also (see the next paragraph). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I would like to extend an invitation to anyone to visit with Pat and me in New Zealand. Our town is a little place outside Whangarei, about 100 miles north of Auckland. We are typically there from December through May each year and would love to see any of you there . Even if you do not plan to come to Whangarei, I can be of help in advising you of the realities of travel and places of interest in NZ, Australia and the SW Pacific Islands to the North (Fiji, Cook Islands, New Caledonia, etc.). Glad to be of help - just let me know. Steve and Kathy Bishop visited us there several years ago, as did Dave Luce and wife Marilyn. I had hoped that Dave would show for the 45th, but...Anyway - after being in M.D. practice in Oregon, Dave is now working for an insurance company in Minnesota helping to keep costs down by screening out what types of procedures are medically-justified and cost-efficient. Sounds terribly responsible but awfully dull... That's it for now - below is how to contact me in NZ - the email stays the same as in the Democratic People's Republic of Boulder. David Reed M.D., J.D. Medical Review & Research 150A Beach Road Onerahi-Whangarei 0101 New Zealand neptune@ecentral.com 649-436-0501 |
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