Linda:
Where's my white-out when I need it? Your instructions for MS Word are
probably pretty good but I haven't really used that either. My
administrative assistant handled all that stuff and now I realize how
much she really knew that I don't understand. I'm a lotus spreadsheet
person. I can create a lot of columns of numbers (whoopee). The
numbers look swell. Maybe I should call The Video Professor for a
tutorial for MS Word. Thanks for your help, and I will try to use your
instructions if I ever have the courage to try MS Word. I'll also try
your Yahoo tips when I take time to do it.
As for your tambourine/jingle-clauds experiences--congratulations on
mastering both. Our church used to have a Thursday contemporary
service, too. We had a guitarist/singer who still sings in the area.
Maybe you have heard of him. His name is Chris Pfeiffer and he has a
website to list his appearances and where you can purchase his CD's. He
really is quite good. The reason the contemporary service folded is
that they asked for volunteer kazoo players from the audience. I said,
"Nope, I don't know any". So, no volunteers, no contemporary service.
I guess I can only blame myself for the demise.
As for my Allen son, he lives on Long Prairie street in Allen. No, his
name is not Allen. I'm afraid to go back and change the first sentence
because it may distort the neat format of this paragraph. Now I'll
worry about that. One more thing to fret about. He works for Texas
Instruments in the Marketing Department.
Yes, my brother's name is Harold (aka Henry). I think he used to live
on the same street that your house was on. As I recall, you lived at
the very end of the street with no name (at least that is how I remember
the street because I can't recall the name).
I never got to cross the street very much as a tad because at the time
it was before the 4 lane US 30 which was built behind your house. The
old US 30 which went thruough town was a real busy street. It really
was dangerous. Remember all the bums/hobos that used to go door to
door begging for food? I underestimated the creepiness of that (just
like the E-Trade tv commercial where the baby invites a clown to his
party to use the profits he made using E-Trade, but then regrets having
the clown there because he underestimated the creepiness of a clown).
Speaking of your side of the street, do you remember Cozy Inn (or maybe
it was Kozy Inn)? It was on the far east side of town, east of where
Jeff and Karen Eckard lived. Cozy Inn was some kind of diner/truck
stop or motel (I think).
That's all I can think of for now.
Stay in touch.
The Weaselmeister
--- In dalton59@..., Linda Freeland <lfree55555@...> wrote:
Hi John/Weaselmeister:
So good to hear a response back from you. Well, some of my paragraphs
look OK, but not all of them. I think this spacing may happen when you
go back and maybe add some words to your text. I'm not sure how this
Yahoo email thing is set up, but when you are in MS Word are you having
trouble there with spacing too?
Maybe this will help you...(In MS Word)
On the toolbar (where the little pictures are located) right next to
B I U, the next section is 4 drawings of formatting your text:
1st is Left justified, next is Centering the text, next is Right
justified text, and the last is block text. Most usually you would click
on the first one ¨C for most typing of text. That will start all
words on the Left margin and will have a ragged edge on the right
¨Cdon't even hit the enter key to return to the next line, just
let it have the automatic return.
Sometimes, like on a resume, a person might want the last little
picture (block text) ¨Cthat will separate your spacing out to more
than just one space after each word.
As far as Yahoo, I don't know what the default setting is, but
think your problem may be due to adding in words. If you add in words do
this:
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country
men. X
(What do you mean all good men ¨C are there still some good men
left?-my statement)
Now to add this in and for it to continue right at the end of the
first line.
1) Put your cursor anywhere on the line. Hit "Home" key on the
number pad to the right of your keyboard ¨C that will take you to the
beginning of the line.
2) Now hit the "End" key on that same line ¨C that will
take you to the end of that line. Make sure your "Ins"-Insert
key on that number pad is active ¨C so it will insert without taking
characters away.
Hit "Home" Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid
of their country men. Hit "End" if you want it to continue right
HERE space one then hit "Del" x(What do you mean all good men
¨C are there still some good men left?-my statement)
Then it will continue the text right at the correct spot (where I
placed the small x) and just let the line return do it automatically,
don't hit the enter key to go to the next line!
HOPE THIS HELPS !
Jingle Clauds - it was a little min hand held tambourine type thing -
you might say. It was sort of shaped like a wooden spoon. On the spoon
part at the top were a couple of jingle type bells/not really bells-but
made little jingle sounds and you hit this spoon type thing against your
other hand to make rhythm - Got it? I make up for playing Jingle Clauds
now by playing a "mean tambourine" in my church. I go to a church that
is very Charismatic, has a lot of upbeat music, all kinds of keyboards,
guitars, drum set, flute, violin - and you might say I am maybe the
"Chief Tambourine player) as I play it very enthusiastically. Is that
wild? We also have a dance worship team and wave flags too! I love it!
Anything else to me is boring.
Donald Baker - Yes, that's him. I liked him and had great favor with
him. Mrs. Shankleton taught "General Business" which I think I took in
Soph. year. Gerald Snyder was in this class and she was always on his
case calling "Young Man." How funny! I liked old Gerald, I hope he comes
to the reunion. He was lots of fun.
Your son - in Allen - how awesome. What area does he live in - what
does he do? Of course, I'm curious. Also was Harold Douglas your brother
- you mentioned a brother.
Gotta run - it's time to go in a few minutes to Nancy's house. Want
you to know I was still rolling laughing this a.m. as I fixed my hair
over the Train leaving Chico and stopping in Muncie
- how funny!!!
Maybe sometime all of us Texans can get together again if you make a
trip to see your son.
Warmest regards,
Linda F.
jhdouglas59 jhdouglas59@... wrote:
Linda:
I give up. What's a jiggle-claud? Is that some kind of a tambourine?
It must have been some kind of high tech thing. Anyways the sticks
were
still better than a crummy kazoo.
How can anyone our age type 80-90 wpm like you do? I'm impressed.
Plus being able to "cut and paste", attach stuff to e-mails, scan
photos, reformat, etc. is indeed a skill. I'm lucky to be able to
write anything for this yahoo group, let alone send photos.
Speaking of e-mails, what am I doing wrong when what I write comes out
weirdly spaced when I know when I write the e-mail it looks ok? Look
at
the stuff below. Your e-mail is nice and neatly spaced. My stuff
looks weird. Maybe that's some kind of omen. Only weird people compose
e-mail that is weirdly spaced. Is there a way to reformat so the
written text looks like it was when it was written? The same thing
happens when I print a copy of the e-mail. Just don't use any
techno-babble trying to explain it. Please use one syllable words in
short sentences to explain.
Was the superintendent before Mr. Berg a Donald Baker? I think Helen
Shankleton taught one of those memorize and forget history courses. It
must have worked well because I learned how to forget history
(mostly).
Those tv shows about "Are you smarter than a 5th grader" are
embarrassing. Just wait. Those little smarty pants fifth graders
someday won't be smarter than a fifth grader themselves. Serves them
right.
Glad to hear you're getting together with some of the Texas classmates
this weekend. As an aside, one of our sons lives in Allen, Tx too.
Small world that you live there too.
Thanks for the memories.
The Weaselmeister
--- In dalton59@..., "Linda L. Fahrney Freeland"
lfree55555@ wrote:
OK - John D. and all you other classmates, I'm finally going to jump
in here and join the conversation. Hi Everybody. I have been so busy
this week - trying to learn a new temp job and earning a living that
I haven't had the time to participate. I would come into my email
and have 69 emails waiting for me.
I have been reading all these email Sat. night Memorial Weekend and
having a blast. John, you are so funny and have me belly-laughing
and
rolling off my chair. I wanted to go to a movie tonight, but maybe
this is much more fun! Glad to hear from John, Lanny - all you
newcomers to the group!
I loved the one on 1st Grade trauma on the rhythm band. Yes, I very
well remember it. You forgot the "sticks" and the jiggle-clauds. I
think I had to play either one of those and they weren't so great
either, but I don't think I ever stooped to play a kazoo !! Ha!
Now in regards to Most Useful High School Course...
Of course, being a Secretary (now's it's refined to an
Administrative
Assistant), I still use what I learned in Typing, Bookkeeping, and
Shorthand-sometimes. It's impressive to tell them you helped win the
High School Shorthand trophy (I think we just had a 4 member team-
myself, Barbara M., not sure if it was Shirley M., Betty Ann H.)
maybe somebody remembers, but we brought back a trophy the first
year
we tried it. BUT - when you tell somebody this, it just DATES you,
of course. I use these 3 subjects still to support myself and am
working right now on a contract assignment at Bombardier Aerospace
in
Richardson, Tx. I love to type and can type 80-90 wpm. on a good
day.
I can remember telling some of the teachers or some authority when I
was Freshman or Soph. - whatever year we were supposed to start
taking Algebra - that I would never use this in my life and didn't
want to take it. I wasn't in college preparatory. So I guess I
persuaded them because they offerd a General Math Class. But to this
day, I have problems with "formulas" on Excel. Because all the
really smart kids were in Algebra, that made it easier for me to do
well in the Math Class and win some of the arithmetic contests that
we would have on the blackboard. I think Mrs. Shankleton taught this
class. No, I'm just remembering - who was the superintendent before
Glen Berg - nice guy - that's who taught it. Mr. Baker?? Anybody
else remember being in this class?
I also told them I could not stand all that gutty junk, cutting up
animals, worms, whatever etc. in Biology and may have been the only
one to not have to take it. I didn't! Different strokes for
different folks - I hated Government Class - just endured it and
tried to memorize everything I needed to know just for tests.
John, I love your description of the typing tests. I had Ms.
Santschi for my typing classes. I remember how hard you had to hit
the keys and yes the metronom. In Corrine's pictures of all the
teachers at the table, was Mrs. Eshleman in that picture?
Now I'm laughing again uncontrollably about the "train leaving
Chico,
stopping in Muncie, and arriving at Columbus - I HATED THOSE STORY
PROBLEMS - you are sooooo right - who in the heck CARES??? What a
good laugh I have had over this! I just got rid of a lot of stress -
Thanks!
I'll stop now on this email and maybe respond to some other ones.
I'm meeting with Keith Goudy, and wife Sharon, and Nancy Withrich
Davis tomorrow after church at Nancy's house - for a MINI-1959
REUNION! It will be a blast and sure the highlight of this weekend
for me!
Corrine's pictures were unbelievable! She must have been the class
photographer. Thanks Corrine
More later,
Linda Freeland (formerly Fahrney)
--- In dalton59@..., "jhdouglas59" jhdouglas59@
wrote:
I've been thinking about DHS most useful courses.
Mine is Mrs. Eshleman's typing class with the old klutzy
typewriters
and that ticking metronome. She would speed up that metronome to
super sonic speeds (or so it seemed at the time). I think my best
typing speed speed was 60-70 cwpm. Now it is probably 20-30
incorrect words pre minute (iwpm). I never have gotten accustomed
to
the light touch of the computer keyboard. I believe the
typewriters
were manual pre-
electric vintage. You had to hit those keys hard and then hit that
lever to get to the next line. Now is the time for all good
men....
Little did we know then that typing would be so valuable for
typing
e-
mails. She was ahead of the times.
I think the most fun course was American Government where Mr.
Biggs
made us memorize the three branches of government: legislative,
executive and judicial. He made the course entertaining.
The worst course I can remember is Algebra (or maybe Geometry).
Mr.
Eldridge (or something like that name) taught one of those
courses.
I never could figure out all those equations and hypotheses.
Also some of those stupid math things like if a train leaves
Chico,
California at 2 pm and stops for 37 minutes in Muncie, Indiana,
what
is the elapsed time to arrive at Columbus, Ohio if the train is
traveling at 38 mph? Who cares?
What's your most useful or memorable high school course?
The Weaselmeister
