Still living in Maumelle and developing software. I would love to retire in a few years but I can't talk Mona into working two jobs. Our daughter, Lindsey, 28, married, living in Conway and teaches 9th grade English. Our son, Nicholas, 25, is a shift supervisor at UAMS for the 24-hour cafe they have in the new hospital building the completed recently. No grandchildren yet, just 4 granddogs."
Welcome fellow classmates of the Malvern High Class of 1972. We hope you like our new web forum and will play around with it, get comfortable using it, and become an active participant. You joining and being an active member will benefit all of us. You can even share pictures, video and music. We want to hear from you real soon!
Ricky Copeland
- from the topic: Welcome Message to New Members
Thanks Ray. Sorry to hear about your friend. Cancer is a terrible thing.
Any trips planned to Arkansas over the holidays?
I'd love to get together with you for a visit. I might even buy you dinner!
Thanks to all of you who sent Mona and me your condolences. The family seems to be doing well. We'll see how things go over the holidays. This will be a sad time for both of us and our families. This will be the first Thanksgiving and Christmas without my dad.
It means a lot to still have caring friends after ALL these years. The Class of '72 turned out to be a great group of adults... for the most part. : - )
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you and may the Hogs kick some serious LSU tiger tail.... AGAIN!!
Oops, you're right (as usual). No wonder I couldn't find him. Thanks.
That would be: http://www.familywatchdog.us/Search.asp
A few years back a guy that went to school with us for a while and then moved to Magnet was in there for rape. Any of you remember David Stewart? I guess he moved because he disappeared from the website for the Malvern/Magnet Cove area.
That is one wise dog.... Must have seen this kind of animal before!!
Notice the skunk's tail. A definite "back off" posture.
Great picture.
Since I now know Brenda is watching me, (by the way, where were you when we had that Layton Fryer guy cursing up a storm?) I've decided to bring out a more kinder/gentler side of myself. But don't worry, it won't last long.
Not having any grandchildren yet, I've been thinking about the world they will have to grow up in vs. the one we grew up in. The day to day differences of just little things. Here are some of the things I'd like for them to experience in their life. (Get ready, this is pretty deep)
Dear Grandchildren,
I'd really like for you to know about hand me
down clothes and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I hope you learn humility by being humiliated,
and that you learn honesty by being cheated. I hope you learn
to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the car. And I really hope nobody gives you a
brand new car when you are sixteen. It will be good if at least one time you
can see puppies born and your old dog put to sleep. I hope you
get a black eye fighting for something you believe in. I hope you have to share a bedroom with
your younger brother/sister. And it's all right if you have to draw a
line down the middle of the room, but when he wants to crawl under the
covers with you because he's scared, I hope you let him. When you want to see a movie and your little brother/sister wants
to tag along, I hope you'll let him/her I hope you have to walk uphill to
school with your friends and that you live in a town where you can do
it safely. On rainy
days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask your driver to
drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding with someone as
uncool as your Mom. If you
want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one instead of
buying one. I hope
you learn to dig in the dirt and read books. When you learn to use computers, I hope
you also learn to add and subtract in your head. I hope you get teased by your friends
when you have your first crush on a boy\girl, and when you talk back to
your mother that you learn what soap tastes like. May you skin your knee climbing a
tree, burn your hand on a stove and stick your tongue on a
frozen flagpole. I don't
care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it. And if a
friend offers you drugs or a joint, I hope you realize he is not your
friend. I sure hope
you make time to sit on a porch with your Grandma/Grandpa and go fishing with
your Uncle! May you feel sorrow at a funeral and
joy during the holidays. I hope
your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through your neighbor's
window and that she hugs you and kisses you at Christmas time when you give her
a plaster mold of your hand. These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment, hard
work and happiness. To me, it's the best way to appreciate life.
Well dang.... Wouldn't you know it. Brenda hasn't been on in weeks and the moment I post something off-color she's there in an instant. She must have some kind of software running on her PC that alerts her when certain words are posted. I'll admit I thought twice about posting it or cleaning it up just a bit, but what the heck.
And Cyndie, your question about "was that a Mona and Ricky story from way back when?". That's a Mona and Ricky story from just about every week in some form or fashion. I'm am so mistreated, abused, and disrespected. Can I get an amen from the rest of you married guys?
Here's another little something that should hit home with the married me among us. Ladies, it's just a funny little fictional story so don't get your panties in a wad (if you wear a thong, they're already in a wad I suppose.....
The Sweetness of Married Life
The newlyweds were only married two weeks, when the husband said to the wife, 'Honey I'm going to Hank's Tavern to have a beer, I'll be right back'.
'Where are you going, Coochy Coo?' asked the wife.
'I'm going to the bar, Pretty Face,' he answered. 'I'm going to have a beer...'
The wife said, 'You want a beer, my love?' She opened the door to the refrigerator and showed him 25 different kinds of beer, brands from 12 different countries: Germany , Holland , Japan , India , etc.
The husband didn't know what to do, and the only thing that he could think of saying was, 'Yes, Lollipop..... But at the bar.... You know....they have frozen glasses......... '
He didn't get to finish the sentence, because the wife interrupted him by saying, 'You want a frozen glass, Puppy Face?' She took a huge beer mug out of the freezer, so frozen that she was getting chills just holding it.
The husband, looking a bit pale, said, 'Yes, Tootsie Roll, but at the bar they have those hors d'oeuvres that are really delicious... I won't be long.. I'll be right back. I promise. OK?'
'You want hors d'oeuvres, Poochie Pooh?' She opened the oven and took out 5 dishes of different hors d'oeuvres: chicken wings, pigs in blankets, mushroom caps, and little quiches.
'But my sweet honey ...... At the bar... You know there's swearing, dirty words and all that...'
'You want dirty words, Cutie Pie? LISTEN UP, CHICKEN SHIT! SIT YOUR SORRY ASS DOWN, SHUT THE HELL UP, DRINK YOUR BEER IN YOUR FROZEN MUG AND EAT YOUR HORS D'OEUVRES RIGHT HERE BECAUSE YOU'RE FREAKIN' MARRIED NOW AND YOUR SORRY ASS IS NOT GOING TO A DAMNED BAR! THAT SHIT IS OVER! GOT IT, DUMBASS?'
And they lived happily ever after.
Isn't that a sweet story?
MARRIED LIFE ...............
MAKES MY EYES TEAR UP
Well, if no one is going to talk at least maybe you can smile... 
Enjoy...
TWENTY EIGHT LINES TO MAKE YOU SMILE
1.. My husband and I divorced over
religious differences. He thought he was God and I didn't.
2.. I don't suffer from insanity; I
enjoy every minute of it.
3.. Some people are alive only
because it's illegal to kill them.
4.. I used to have a
handle on life, but it broke.
5.. Don't take life too seriously; No one
gets out alive.
6..
You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
7.. Beauty is in the eye of the beer
holder.
8.. Earth is the insane
asylum for the universe.
9.. I'm not a complete idiot -- Some
parts are just missing.
10.. Out of my mind. Back in five
minutes.
11.. NyQuil, the stuffy, sneezy,
why-the-heck-is-the-room-spinning medicine.
12.. God must love stupid people; He made
so many.
13.. The gene pool could use a little
chlorine.
14.. Consciousness: That annoying time
between naps.
15.. Ever stop to think, and forget to
start again?
16.. Being 'over the hill' is much better
than being under it!
17.. Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I
Wanted to Be When I Grew up.
18.. Procrastinate Now!
19.. I Have a Degree in Liberal Arts; Do You Want Fries With
That?
20.. A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
21.. A journey of a thousand
miles begins with a cash advance.
22.. Stupidity is not a handicap. Park
elsewhere!
23..They call it PMS because Mad Cow
Disease was already taken.
24.. He who dies with the most toys is
nonetheless DEAD.
25..
A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times
the memory.
26.. Ham and eggs...A day's work for a
chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.
27.. The trouble with life is there's no
background music.
28.. The original point and click interface was a Smith &
Wesson.
Hey David,
Denton Diffee was a distant relative of mine. He was originally from the Bismarck area. If you know any Diffee's, Looper's or Sanders' in that area, I'm probably kin to them. I used him some way back in the high school years until I found out he only had one eye! I wanted both sides of my head to look good. Ha! My dad always used him when he was able to drive and I think my mom took him down there a few times before he got so bad we had to put him in the nursing home. Not too many 60's style barber shops left these days. Kind of like Floyd's Barber Shop in Mayberry, huh?
Hey you guys..... Anyone notice Dana's new profile picture? No, she did not have a baby herself but she has a new grandson! Mackie Pinner, born to her son and daughter-in-law (John & Jan). He's her only grandchild that that John has given her, and as you can imagine, she's beyond ecstatic.
Congrats Granny Darrow!
Oh, and Cyndie,
Nothing stays in Vicksburg... and I know what you did.
Hey Tim.... Glad to hear from you again. I was beginning to worry.
Your daughter IS very pretty. I wouldn't have recognized her as being yours though. Maybe if she had a beard I would have. These kids are crazy these days, aren't they? And the mums? Poor guys. $100+ a pop! I bet the florists started that tradition....
Are you able to get out and go places, like to some of her meets or other school functions? I don't guess you were able to go to the Razorback game, were you? That was awfully nice of you to treat your folks to the game. So who were they for? Surely not those lousy Aggies!
Take care old friend and keep in touch.
David, your new house looks very nice from what I can see of it. Do you have a bigger picture you could post? I guess this is going to be a "weekender" until you retire? Any idea when that will take place?
Yeah I miss the good ole days when we had 7-8 that would post quite often, several even daily. Especially when David and Dana would get into it or when Ben Linus' identity was on everyone's mind. I even miss ole what's his name (the one that cussed all the time and had to banish from the forum).
Turns out that David is the most loyal member (or has the least to do). The forum I set up for Mona's class has just about died on the vine. Seems like everyone on there has gone to Facebook and has quit using the forum. I don't do Facebook, My Space, Twitter or any of those other sites. I know I'm in the minority, but I don't have the time or desire to get into something else.
Thanks for the suggestions guys. I'll rush right out and upgrade my wardrobe..... today!
Well crap!!! I meant to delete that out of there. You people don't miss a thing do you? Perverts!
David, I'm experiencing the same thing with pictures. I'm not even getting everyone's profile picture. Rest assured I'm all over it.... wearing my shorty, scoop neck, pink ensemble that I got at Dollar General for a steal. 75% off !!!! Perverts!
My, my. We have a get-together, 25 people show up, and now we have nothing to say to each other. You people have gotten quite boring. Everyday I check out the forum..... no new members, no new posts, nothing (except Brenda scolding me again for posting something ugly or vulgar).
Hopefully this below will cause some blood to start flowing through your brain. Thoughts and sayings I've written or accumulated over the years that hold a special meaning to me. Some may agree, some may not. How about it, lets hear some of your "words to live by" or comment on mine.
Life isn't always fair, but it's still good.
When in doubt, just take the next small step.
Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
Your job won't take care of you when you are sick.
Your friends and family will. Stay in touch.
Pay off your credit cards every month.
Happiness comes from dwelling on what you have,
rather than what you don't have.
You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
It's OK to let your children see you cry.
Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea
what their journey is all about.
If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't
be in it at all.
Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
But the second one is up to you and no one else.
When it comes to going after what you love in life,
don't take no for an answer.
Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy
lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion.
Today is special.
No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In
five years, will this matter?'
Forgive everyone of everything.
What other people think of you is none of your business.
Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
Believe in miracles.
God loves you because that's how God is, not because of
anything you did or didn't do.
Your children get only one childhood.
All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone
else's, we'd grab ours back.
Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.
This too shall pass.
The best is yet to come.
Uh, yes I did. I then proceeded to clean myself up and put on new underwear.
Thanks for sharing. NOT!
Hey, Charlotte sat at the same table as David & Carol did. I guess she knows exactly what he was saying in that picture. Wonder who he was talking too? Bet they got an ear full from the way it looks. Even Carol looks a bit taken aback.
OK..... What did I say about snakes on the forum?
I said, "NO MORE SNAKES!!!"
Good caption, Dana! I think he's still bitter.
The glass I was holding had diet coke in it! My beverage of choice.
-davidmoore
Take a look at this picture and tell me this preacher hasn't been hitting the communion wine a little too hard and a little too often. Ever heard of "AA" David?
This is what happens when you let an "outsider" in. They show no respect for the Class of '72. We'll know better next time, won't we?
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For all of you that couldn't make it to the get-together Friday night, you missed out on good food and a fun time. There were about 30 that attended. A special thanks goes out to Cyndie (and Darryel) for opening up Occasions to us, free of charge. She had it decorated in orange and black and leopard print.
Here are a few more pictures of our group with one "outsider" that somehow managed to crash the party. See if you can figure out who it is.
