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8/14/02
Articles and Links
Announcements, Notices, Odds-N-Ends
Weekly Poll
Recipe(s)
State Laws
Grandpa Stan
Gayle Responds
Weekly Paul Picture
Magic Mountain
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Thanks to everyone who sent in jokes! I’ll annouce the winner next issue.
Thanks Grandma Sherry, Uncle Paul and mom for info about Grandpa Stan.
Nothing too exciting with Phillip the fireman. He was called to cover the Piedra station in the middle of the night I think a couple of days ago. I was asleep so I don't know....
I forgot to write a Wild Kingdom article this issue either, but mom and Phillip caught a pig in our backyard in the middle of the night and Phillip saw and heard a couple of pigs crossing the road the night before last.
School is starting on the 22nd and next week will be my last summer newsletter until next year. Instead of a weekly newsletter I might do it every two weeks, but it all depends on how much time Mom and I have.
Take some chicken breasts straight out of the freezer (my mom uses 3 or 4) and put them in a pot still frozen if you don’t have time to thaw them. Pour in a can of Cream of Chicken soup, or Cheddar Cheese and Brocoli soup. Fill the can with water and dump that in, too. Then take three or four potatoes, wash them and quarter them. Put those in the pot. Next add some baby carrots or regular carrots cut up in chunks. Sometimes mom will throw in some broccoli, too.Bring it to a boil, cover and simmer until the chicken is done and veggies are tender. (About an hour). When my mom feels especially daring, she will open a can of biscuits and place them on top of the chicken/veggies in the pot. Cover and cook for 10-15 more minutes.
In California, Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses. Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship. Bathhouses are against the law. It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale. Women may not drive in a house coat. No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.
In Carmel, California:
Ice cream may not be eaten while standing on the sidewalk.
Women may not wear high heels while in the city limits.
In Texas, when two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone. It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing. You can be legally married by publically introducing a person as your husband or wife 3 times. It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel. It is illegal to milk another person's cow. A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed. The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home.
In Austin, Texas:
Wire cutters can not be carried in your pocket.
In Washington, all lollipops are banned. People may not buy a mattress on Sunday. It is illegal to pretend that one's parents are rich. You cannot buy meat of any kind on Sunday. No person may walk about in public if he or she has the common cold. X-rays may not be used to fit shoes.
In Seattle, Washington:
You may not carry a concealed weapon that is over six feet in length.
One may not spit on a bus (well, I don't think that's a dumb law).
Women who sit on men's laps on buses or trains without placing a pillow between them face an automatic six-month jail term.
No one may set fire to another person's property without prior permission.
It is illegal to carry a fishbowl or aquarium onto a bus because the sound of the water sloshing may disturb other passengers.
For more weird laws, click on the link.
Stanley White was born on June 3, 1938 in Kansas City, MO. He has a sister (Beverly) and that lives back in MO. He has graduated from 6 colleges and he has a degree in Russian language from California State University in Fresno. Some of the colleges that he went to are southern Baptist University, William Jewell college, and California state university at Hayward. He and Grandma Sherry married in May,1967 in Hayward California. From there they moved to Manteca and had 5 children on the way. Paul, John, Shawn, Jason and Daniel. John was my father.
My Uncle Paul says that Grandpa Stan was a really bad cook and Only Grandpa would eat the food he made. My uncles used to call it "Daddy's Mess".He also says that Grandpa Stan once tried to make Onion soup and it was so bad even he couldn't eat it.
Here is a story Grandma Sherry sent to me, it is really funny. I copy and and pasted onto the document because Grandma Sherry told the story really well.
"One story he like to tell is of the time when he worked as a lifeguard at a church camp in MO and there was one of their boats that needed repair. So he and a friend of his, who was rather large took the camp's dump truck with the boat in the back to be repaired. The dumping mechinism didn't work so they had to lift the boat up into the bed of the truck. On the way back to camp after the repairs had been made, they stopped at an A and W Root Beer place and got some root beer and bunch of hamburgers. The friend was riding in the back with the boat eating on his hamburgers and drinking his root beer and making sure the boat stayed put. At some point on the road, Stan heard a scraping noise. There was no rear view mirror on this truck, so when finally he found a place to pull over, he looked back and almost died of fright. The bed of the truck was standing straight up! Stan had visions of newspaper headlines: Boy in Dumptruck Killed When Dumped on Road! Shaking, Stan walked back to check on his friend. And there he was, holding on to the top of the truck bed with one hand and onto his hamburgers and root beer with the other!! He wasn't letting go of his food!!"
Speaking of funny stories, I was surprised that Grandpa did not enter the joke contest because he has told some really dumb jokes. Another thing that uncle Paul told was that once Grandpa said " My teeth are like Stars, they come out at night".
OK, I've been holding off on commenting on all of this, but now I must speak!
First, it's been 29 years, Heidi-ho!
Second, it only took me 8 years to get my degree, not 9. I was 11 when we went to Germany, not 12. I've never worked at Seton, just the other three.
The cop had JUST arrived and was still on the porch when I got home-and I don't think it was any 6:30AM!!!
Everything else I'm ok with...
A letter from Heidi (Gayle’s best friend)
If I might add to your story:
Gayle and Heidi are still best of friends after 27 years. Although, they live on opposite coast everytime they see each other it is as if they were never apart!!!!!
Worst punishment ever imposed: Not telling us our punishment after we took the car for almost two weeks and then telling us that was our punishment. Boy, we sure did perspire over that one.
Another favorite punishment used: not spending time with each other (in other words Heidi Time Out.)
Other funny memories: I have many but my fav is when I pulled Gayle's hat off in the middle of London Bridges square and Gayle's hair was curled in bobbie pins all over her head. I would have lost my head if Gayle could have caught me!!!
I had to get up at 4 AM so I could get to the school by 5 AM. We asked Liz (the Summer Fun group leader) and she said we could drive in Uncle Shawn’s car instead of riding the bus. Since we were faster than the bus, we went back to Shawns house and hung out four about an hour and 1/2. I also suprised Grandma Sherry by coming in the house.
At 6:30 we started the drive up there. It took forever, (well I thought it did) but we finally got there. When we got there we had to pay $8.00 for parking. Then we could not find Liz so we had to wait around (while we were waiting some of the park people took our picture.). We found Liz, got our tickets and went to go on some rides.
The first ride I went on was a water ride called Log Jammers, after that I hung out in the Kiddie Land ( I even rode on a few rides) because I was to afraid to get on any roller coasters.
The first real roller coaster I rode was called the Colossus, it it supposed to be the biggest wooden roller coaster or something like that. I was really scared of the down hill parts but then I stopped being afraid of it.
There are three other wooden roller coasters (Cyclone, Goldrusher, and Revolution) two of which I rode on. Another ride is Gold Rusher, Gold Rusher starts out really slow and boring but as soon as you get over the first hill it starts getting faster and more exciting. It goes through trees and bushes, and goes sideways.
I think one of the coolest rides was the Ninja. You are in this car on some tracks but it also it connected from the top. You go up this hill and then the tracks end and you stop for a couple of seconds. All of the sudden you take off really fast and you fly over a water ride, as you fly over it turns sideways, then you get back on some tracks and you pull up to the exit.
Revolution is a wooden roller coaster that goes upside down. Revolution was fun except the headrests are really hard and you get thrown around. I also got sick on that one.
I rode on about three water rides, but they were a little boring. The lines were pretty long because as the day went on it got hotter.
Around 5:30 we had to leave, I went on the Colossus one last time and bought some stuff. We also bought the picture that the people took of us. We were very tired when we got to the the truck and were kind of glad to be going home. I fell asleep a couple of times and it seemed like we would never get home. We finally got to Sanger where Phillip picked me up. I really had fun and I hope I come back some other time.
If Uncle Shawn gets a chance to read this, I want to tell him thank you for taking me!!
