New Years

[gcreekrch]

Had my 40th this year. Nuthin' like walking into a room full of Botox to realize I have perfected the weathered look ! But most of them were at least a deuce and I'm on the other end of the spectrum, so there's that . Actually, I did have fun, in spite of myself.

I call those Bondo Queens.

 

[Travlr]

I call those Bondo Queens.

HA! I call it silicone syndrome...

I may like yours better.

 

[chaded]

1987.......I graduated High School.

I turned 1 that year.

 

[kenny thomas]

1987.......I graduated High School.

I have socks older than that. Actually had been a wildland firefighter for 14 years by then.

 

[Dave]

I graduated in 1969. I went to the 10 year. It was kind of fun. I went to the 40th. Left early and said I might go again in another 40 years. I saw pictures from the 50th. A lot of people there, but nobody I would call a friend or go out of my way to see. I don't look back on those years with an fond memories. The school was the biggest high school in Washington state at that time. Nearly 700 in my graduating class.

 

[tater74]

Class president saw me after the 10 year reunion and asked why I didn't attend. I told him tht there was no one there that I wanted to see.

It will be the same at the 50 year reunion next year.

I haven't been to any of them.

But this thread is about the new year and it's about time to go to bed to ring in the new one.

 

[CowboyRam]

I call those Bondo Queens.

There was a lady in the finical aide office when I was in college that I swore she put that stuff on a masons trowel, took it off with a hammer and chisel. That was the scariest woman I have ever met.

 

[greybeard]

Have never been to a hgh school reunion, but I have seen pictures from (I think it was) the 40th. All I can say is the young pretty girls all got old and 'large', and I've weathered better than most of the ones I saw pics of. Graduating class of '68 was over 1000. I've outlived most of 'em according to their alumni website.

 

[puzzled in oregon]

Went to a small school. The law(?) said I had to do 12 years. I served my 12 years, walked out of
there in 71 and never looked back.
In 3 hrs and 50 minutes the new year starts.

 

[Travlr]

Well that makes four of us graduated in '71...

 

[Mark Reynolds]

I have socks older than that. Actually had been a wildland firefighter for 14 years by then.

LOL!

 

[farmerjan]

We could get by with a couple picnic tables and lawn chairs.

There were 300 in my graduating class if I remember right. If I knew 100 by name that was alot...

 

[farmerjan]

It is officially after midnight.... so HAPPY NEW YEAR.... welcome 2024... At least all of us are still here to celebrate it...

 

[farmerjan]

Forgot that you guys in the west are a couple hours behind us here in the east... So HAPPY EARLY NEW YEARS to you out west.

 

[gcreekrch]

 

[Ned Jr.]

I know what you mean. I have my 40th high school reunion coming up in 2024. It don't seem like it has been that long.

Me too.

 

[greybeard]

Good morning. I assume we all survived.
I need coffee!!
It's the same as sex. Haven't had any since last year...

 

[jltrent]

I have to count my fingers and toes over twice to count back to my HS graduation. I have to think hard to even remember the year. I went to a small school and if we had a reunion maybe 5 would show up. Some of the folks I graduated with have changed so much, especially physically, I don't even know them.

 

[ctadmin]

Happy New Year all! May it be a great year for you and yours!

 

[greybeard]

It's been a running joke for years now, but Contrary to popular lore in recent years, my graduating class of 1968 from Robert E Lee high school did NOT include William F Gibbons. He, did graduate in 1968 at Robert E Lee high school, but it was in Houston, not Baytown Texas. (You probably don't recognize that name but will recognize him on the right, below.)