Hi, Steve: Thanks for stirring us up again, and hopefully we'll hear from our many 1959 class friends. I've mentioned before that Lincoln Mintz and I shared the honor of being the youngest in our class, but aside from our classmates, I've discovered that I'm older than just about everyone else I know. What does that mean? And with the national and world situations, have I also become a crabby person? I'm bothered by how politicized almost all topics are handled. The movie/video that Andy Lee shared with us about our last day at OHS depicted perhaps a simpler time, and have things ever become complicated! A good example is the inconsistencies of Gov. Gavin Newsom who seems to want to do the right thing, but even after he's required state employees to be vaccinated, why does a high percentage of these employees (police, DMV staff, etc.) choose not to be. And why isn't he enforcing the rule he's established? There wasn't a problem when the remedy for polio was developed. I used to see polio victims who were in my elementary school, but it was so good to not see individuals like this shortly after. So what's the deal? See, I am crabby.

Beyond that, I think I'm okay. We have two great granddaughters who allow us to spoil them at their whim, and Shirley and I recently got our Moderna booster so that maybe someday relatively soon we'll be able to operate somewhat normally again. We haven't traveled anywhere for almost two years now, and I'd like to see things calm down even more before I dare pull out our passports.

Well, now that I've had my say, how about everyone else in our wonderful class? I think the only one I've spoken with was Louie Barranco who has exchanged phone calls with me and Richard Lim who emails occasionally. Hello to all of you! Gary F.

On Wednesday, October 27, 2021, 08:14:43 PM PDT, Steve Hatch <hatch@...> wrote:

?? Something about??? being eighty that seems like a milestone or is it Millstone?
Ha ha ha.... anyway ... interesting to be here. on tjis planet for this long.
?Seems like a long time but then again it went sooooo fast.??? Just wondering how
y'all are dooin.
?? I've been reading a lot lately, mostly controversial stuff, about all the cures and procedures
that the AMA and big Pharma don't want us to know about.? Hard to believe but these folks
are serious.?? Perhaps being 80 I'm skeptical about all government things and
large corporate anythings.
??? But they are making BILLIONS if not TRILLIONS off of the general public so they have major motive to keep
us from the truth.? But it could be true or not.? I'll probably never know.
? Just wish the ethics level of our Congress hadn't dropped so low.
But then I'm reminded of what Will Rogers had to say about them back in his day.? Doesn't sound much
different than now.
? Anyway Interesting time to be alive.
Stephen Hatch???? -my thoughts for the time being-??

Virus-free.