tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post5465975850361034122..comments2024-03-24T00:09:55.586-05:00Comments on The Field Lab: 40 years...John Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12783305402239706779noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-1920468147793293062017-08-13T07:57:32.807-05:002017-08-13T07:57:32.807-05:00"they are all so old now!"
Getting old b..."they are all so old now!"<br />Getting old beats the alternative!Off Grid Researchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09929571507373542943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-92197332846627267852017-08-13T07:38:34.014-05:002017-08-13T07:38:34.014-05:00Hey, I think those guys look just fine, especially...Hey, I think those guys look just fine, especially considering Tell City has one of the few remaining Frostops in the country.(The chain went out of business several decades ago but there are about 12 or so that are still hanging on.)<br /><br />There was (& still is) a remnant Frostop in one of my many hometowns when I was growing up & it's a good thing I left. I'd be 2X John's classmates' size if I were still slurping down those root beer floats every chance I got in the summer.leilanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00491913174028325392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-85531230612884684442017-08-13T05:27:32.258-05:002017-08-13T05:27:32.258-05:00Never had much interest in HS reunions.. too much ...Never had much interest in HS reunions.. too much drama ... it's like putting gossip on steroids! Unhealthy! <br />Larry Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02282254026681944326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-52382218834744233252017-08-12T22:28:59.042-05:002017-08-12T22:28:59.042-05:00You might have scared them off with the beard and ...You might have scared them off with the beard and far west Texas stories. But you could have shown them the videos of you hand building the greenhouse and flying in the sky. Plus I am sure none of them have been on "Texas Country Reporter" with Bob Phillips: <br /><br /><i>"John Wells can't really remember when he decided to move out to the middle of nowhere,"</i> says Bob Phillips of Texas Country Reporter. The TV clip includes an early tour of John's three room house and his ever popular <b>"West is the Best"</b> rap.<br /><br />Link to <a href="https://youtu.be/GSEEX6Z8vcU" rel="nofollow">Youtube of John's Early TV Exposure</a>rjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025728540081089210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-38995844914338412112017-08-12T22:19:54.192-05:002017-08-12T22:19:54.192-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.rjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025728540081089210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-76897995389411771792017-08-12T21:21:20.420-05:002017-08-12T21:21:20.420-05:00I remember there were only 26 graduates in my Tomb...I remember there were only 26 graduates in my Tomball, Texas High School class of 1954. Life Magazine once did an article on my hometown and called it "Oil Town U.S.A." Probably because we had lots of producing wells inside the city limits. The oil companies had so much excess natural gas - they gave Tomball free natural gas just to get rid of it. And minimize the flaring of natural gas. <br />There were only about a thousand people inside the city limits - but a similar number of good German farmers & ranchers were located outside city limits. This included the Klien & Lemm families who were my German ancestors. But I also had ancestors from Switzerland & Ireland. I never knew much about my ancestors until I got married to my wife Pat Mahan - who is also a genealogist - and she researched my family tree!Ronald Mahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14212335044689143408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-6400203928414959372017-08-12T20:05:41.085-05:002017-08-12T20:05:41.085-05:00A friend of mine was born and raised in northern M...A friend of mine was born and raised in northern Michigan and will turn 90 soon. He said there were 9 people in his high school class. When I was in high school we lived in a suburb of Detroit. There were almost 800 of us in my graduating class. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14292956632760082576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-39310784622343003792017-08-12T19:20:09.921-05:002017-08-12T19:20:09.921-05:00Jim said his wife's entire class of 1950 just ...Jim said his wife's entire class of 1950 just celebrated a get together. All of them were still alive and able to enjoy theeirAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550769673930605758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-4510426532455639962017-08-12T18:59:27.390-05:002017-08-12T18:59:27.390-05:00I am the 3rd great niece of Jefferson Davis (born ...I am the 3rd great niece of Jefferson Davis (born in KY) whose brother moved to southern IN and bought a big farm and my Davis cousin runs it. And one of my other grandfathers was born in IN (I got some crazy idea he was Jewish heritage) but just learned from his sisters family that he was Irish, English (which I am).Margery Billdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589667608391862832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-20285237831579327722017-08-12T18:54:09.119-05:002017-08-12T18:54:09.119-05:00Omg, what a good looking group of men. :-) I have ...Omg, what a good looking group of men. :-) I have been doing my DNA and have a lot of relatives in Indianna (also ones I do not know in North Carolina), and in Ohio. Today I just said to myself, poor Margery, like I was someone else. I went to 23 schools before I finished high school and I cried a lot leaving friends (military transfers). A rolling stone gathers no moss but it gets a good shine. I have lived a thousand lives you will never know.Margery Billdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589667608391862832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-78840359912413791802017-08-12T18:33:16.774-05:002017-08-12T18:33:16.774-05:00I don't think desert life had anything to do w...I don't think desert life had anything to do with it. I have never been predisposed to obesity. Maybe it is good my family moved away from Indiana...John Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12783305402239706779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-81715854063879335062017-08-12T18:19:52.758-05:002017-08-12T18:19:52.758-05:00I believe your living in the great Chihuhuan Deser...I believe your living in the great Chihuhuan Desert is helping you keep lean and fit - compared to your former classmates. Or maybe - the summer heat just melts the pounds off?Ronald Mahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14212335044689143408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-33263099958852378652017-08-12T18:00:14.756-05:002017-08-12T18:00:14.756-05:00I went to my 10th year high school aniverary. Too...I went to my 10th year high school aniverary. Too many of them became boring insurance salesman. Made me sad.96Treeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08716538387188852143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-77375769370601824122017-08-12T16:50:34.855-05:002017-08-12T16:50:34.855-05:00Had I actually graduated with this class, I would ...Had I actually graduated with this class, I would be more inclined to attend.John Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12783305402239706779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6120586935905234915.post-5976897321353561862017-08-12T16:44:03.656-05:002017-08-12T16:44:03.656-05:00My high school class has had 52 reunions. I haven...My high school class has had 52 reunions. I haven't attended any of them. <br />Maybe we're missing out on something, John?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14292956632760082576noreply@blogger.com