Good evening, 919 Gang. More reports today about members
not receiving our emails. Steve Droessler said he found one in his spam folder,
and he marked it as not spam.
I am always happy to send reruns if you miss one. Also, you
can read all our posts at http://919gang.blogspot.com/. You might
want to add that to your internet favorites.
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REBER: Last night I suggested Noel
Osment tell about a special birthday.
NOEL OSMENT
writes:
One
would think I was the Queen as my family showers me with gatherings and gifts
to celebrate (gulp!) my ninetieth birthday. (No boat parade on Mission Bay,
however.) My attaining this age says a lot for my very supportive kids (and
grands and now great-grands.). They are a pretty entertaining bunch.
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KAREN KUCHER
writes:
Claude Walbert was always kind,
encouraging and helpful when I was an Tribune intern and later a young reporter
following “zone” issues that went before the Board of Supervisors. I’ll always
remember him for being generous with his time and expertise. RIP, Claude.
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CHUCK BOYD writes:
A buddy of mine used to work at the Herald-Examiner.
`He gave me this photo
when I visited him in Cathedral City*
a few months ago. It shows the last issue of the
paper.
“When we entered the
employee's entrance, strikers used to take photos of us, but we don't think
they had film in the cameras. We were members of a different union.
“One
striker broke the front window where passersby used to watch the presses run.
He tossed a Molotov cocktail through the broken window and killed a pressman.
After that, the windows were cemented shut. They still are today as the
building is now used for parties.
“It
was designed by the architect who created San Simeon for Hearst.”
*Currently, residents
in Cat City and Palm Springs are advised to wear a mask when outdoors and to
NOT use any type of window fan due to excessive smoke and grit in the air from
the fires. He said his AC is broken. Yikes.
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DAVID FARMER writes:
I
have two females with telepathic powers in my house. The first is Hinda, my
wife of 58 years this month. One day I proposed a deal: if she could guess what
kind of food I was thinking of, and where to get it, I would order it
delivered. She took a moment, then said, "Pizza." Okay, what store?
"North End Pizzeria."
Now,
we've ordered from North End two or three times and it's one of our favorites.
But there are several other pizzerias in Hollywood that we've patronized, such
as the aptly named Tomato Pie. I was counting on the Vulcan Mind Meld that
long-married couples seem to develop. And I ordered from North End.
The
other telepath is Gracie, our little adopted dog.
Gracie has noticed that when our home phone rings, it's
likely to be a delivery person calling from the front door of our building to
be buzzed in. Her job is to protect us from assassins. So whenever the home
phone rings, no matter who's calling, she starts barking fiercely and races to
our apartment door. She doesn't stop until a delivery person hands over
whatever we ordered. Or an electrician comes in to fix one of our lights,
If
it's edibles, Gracie's other job kicks in: testing our food for poison. She
sits under our dining room table and solicits morsels. Which we toss to her,
not wishing to die an agonizing death. (If that seems unfair to Gracie, keep in
mind that she volunteered.)
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MICHAEL BURGE writes:
Michael Cavna, what a wonderful piece of art. Cary Grant
outrunning a crop duster never looked better. Is there a way to get a copy?
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REBER: We ring in August with Happy
Birthday wishes for Bobby Ignelzi and Don Kohlbauer on Aug. 1.
P.O. Box 2239
Ramona, CA 92065
U.S.A.
