Jan Minchew (Sparks)

Randy....I'm thinking it would be a good idea to direct your messages to me privately.  I think I must have enabled you.  I still love you, but even in my demented state, I admit mild shock at your comments.  So, here's to restraint my friend!  Jan

Randy Stephens

Jan..............First of all your state is fine and refined girl. Everyone else may be tilted but not you girl your stright up. Just keep on keeping on in your own fine, defined ways. And again I'm sorry. Too much Bud Light can make your mouth run ahead of your brain. No excuse. Sorry. I love you too. It's to late but I deleted that message. Wish it was that easy to delete from conciseness. You didn't have anything to do with my stupid post girl. It's all on me. We can chat later. Ya'll just keep on keeping on.

Randall  

Jan Minchew (Sparks)

Randy...you are a gentleman and a scholar! 

Randy Stephens

OK, OK!!!    Things are very quiet here. I guess that happens after Shock and Awe.

It was said once long ago, "All Things In Moderation." As you know I've never been very good at that even though it is good advice.

Guess I just have too much Cave Man Stuff flowing in my veins. I still get in peoples faces, cuss them out and invite them outside for fist fighting, knife fighting or gun fighting. I just get mad all over and tell them ,"OK, let's go to the parking lot and I'll either whip you ass, cut you up or shoot you. You chose!" Dam all that Cave Man Stuff and all that Texas Hot Blood racing through my veins and all that High Plains High School Fighting. Mix all that with a little Bud Light and moderation flies out the window faster than the Texas West Wind. Self said I couldn't even blame it on him. Sometimes I'm just a bad, bad boy but down deep I'm a real good man. At least that's what I keep telling myself. Hope ya'll aren't scared now. BOO! it's Halloween! 

I would promise to watch my tongue but tongue rules in my family. You should have heard Granddad Stephens, or maybe not. Even when he was seventy years old he cussed out and called out a twenty year old and got his ass kicked. Hey I'm not far from that now. But I can say to all who read my tackles shit, sorry and your old classmate will try to do better in the future even when I'm down in Mississippi and up to no good like I am now. 

Hey whether you believe all that or not doesn't matter just, please, keep talking to each other. I know everyone has their own life now but I also know that your life is predicated on our lives together back when. Where would you be now without that? Hey, Dickens pulled my hair at the dance, so what, I pissed on the football on a wet day at practice hoping he would fumble or at least lick his fingers. Sorry Jerry. We all had a good thing going back in the day. We grew up together. Learned together. laughed together. Cried together. Fought together. Loved together. Stressed together. Drank together. Drug dip together. Hated Pollard together. Played together. Smoked together. Skinny Dipped together. Double dated together. Drank aspirin Coke together. Matured together. Made mistakes together. Got mad together. Experimented stuff together. Succeeded together. Failed together. Held hands, danced, sang, shouted, walked, ran, whispered, wondered, speculated, fussed and made up and grew up together. Hey we are all who we are because we were together back when fussing and fighting, loving and crying. Growing up together. What if you had grown up in New York City. Who would you be now? We are who we are now partly because of who we were together back then.

Sense I'm preaching I'll close with this, everything in this world is connected. Everything effects everything else. We have and still are effecting each other in a very unique and special way. Don't forget that. Don't turn your back on that. Embrace it, respect it, thank God for it, never forget it and now make the time to continue to connect to it. It's all part of all of us. That's why I want to here from all of you. The good stuff, the bad stuff, the mundane stuff, the every day daily stuff, any stuff. I don't care what stuff. I just care about ALL YA'LL. YA'LL HAVE BEEN AND  ARE NOW, VERY MUCH, A CONTINUING PART OF ME, A SPECIAL PART OF ME and I hope I am of you. At least that's how I see it.

THE CLASS OF 70 ROCKS!!!   

 "Down The Road, Down The Road...................Down, Down, Down, Down That Road"

Randall

Randy Stephens

JAN

You really have gone to far now.

Love ya!

I took one on the chin but.... "I'm Doing pretty Good For The Shape I'm In."

Randall

Randy Stephens

Jan!!!!

You make me smile girl! Thanks!

The Rest Of Ya. If Anything I Just Said Is Anywhere Close To True Let's Here From You. Or Do You Just Not Care Anymore?

No Song. This Shit Is Serious Don't You Think?

Randall

Lloyd Singer

Randy,

I can only speak for myself... and I do so at risk of getting my oxygen hose pinched closed. I have greatly enjoyed your ramblings and carrying ons!  You're the spark that keeps most of us checking in on this site to see just what the hell you're gonna say next!!    Maybe I missed something somewhere, but I sure got a kick out of Jan's suggestion about the pick-up truck!!  Brought back wonderful memories!! So, although I don't contribute often I am listening and I hope everyone will continue to enjoy this site and each other!  Shoot... it's all for fun isn't it??

                           LRS

Randy Stephens

Singer!

That's what I'm talking about. It's just a thing and it's all fun. At least I think so. You just keep walking with your neighbor. Love that pic. That's one Email I want to save. YOU GO BOY!             

PS!! I DON'T NEED A HARLEY!!! Know what I mean!!!

"It's Pay check Friday......." Let's Get Drunk And Be Somebody."

Randall

Jan Minchew (Sparks)

Speaking of Harleys (were'nt we?)...  My little brother, Kirk, wanted a motorcycle as a young boy.  Later in life, he longed for a Harley.  He even named his dog Harley.  Mom, however, always said, "Over my dead body!!".   Mom passed away a couple of years ago and left my siblings and me a little "play money".  A few days after the funeral, he went to the Harley dealership in Dallas and walked out with a beautiful new Harley, black leather motorcycle jacket, boots, gloves & a high-tech helmet.  We all thought it a fitting tribute to MOM...

Celinda (Cindi) Ward (Hanna)

Randy: Whatever you do - don't stop posting. I agree with Lloyd - it's fun to tune in to see what mischief you are stirring up!  You keep us entertained daily and I, for one, appreciate your contributions.  I once heard that the older you get the more important it becomes to stay in touch with those who knew you when you were young. You guys who tune in here are those people.  Here's to youth and remembering the tears, fears and trials and tribulations of school days (and for some, school "daze")! 

Jan: I love the Harley story.  My nephews used to have Harleys and my mom said she would never get on the back of one!  She changed her mind on her 80th birthday and went for a spin around Tulia on the back of Ja's beauty.  She also had Jerel's soft tail in her garage and when he got ready to sell it she advertised and took care of the transaction because he had moved out of the area.  Can you imagine the looks on the faces of those guys who came to look at the Harley and found a woman in her 80's selling it?  She would've looked pretty cute in black leather, don't you think?  My mother is living proof that age is only a number!!  Go granny, go.  At this rate, she'll be bunging jumping for her 90th birthday (she's 87 now).

I can't believe it's November already! We are still enjoying some great weather - expecting it to be in the 90's tomorrow.  Hope you all had a safe Halloween. Thanksgiving is just around the corner.  Don't forget to get out and vote tomorrow!

This is "Communication Week" so what better way to communicate than to post here. 

Connie Lee (Ash)

I haven't posted in awhile simply because I have nothing to post, boring and sad. 

Randy S., I know you get carried away sometimes, but I enjoy your postings, and your always quick to apologize so you just keep on keeping on, at least your keeping the site alive.

I will try to check in more often, maybe others will also.

Randy Stephens

HEY GIRLS AND BOYS!!!!!

JAN..... I thought I knew all about you but you never told me you had a little brother. Or did I miss that conversation as I rolled around in your front yard.                     Anyway thanks for your understanding and forgiveness. Really I mean it! You rock girl, probably even in the back of a pickup truck. Ups there I go again. Sorry! Sorry! Don't be mad. Don't blush! I'm just picking at you cause your such a good sport and you were the only one who would measure with me at the reunion!!! Ups I just did something to change my type and I don't know what the hell I did. Oh well!!!  Yes!!! I fixed It!!!!! Dam! I might be good!! See what happens with a little of your encouragement. Hell I thought everyone was upset with my !@#$%^&*(). But Ya'll (you guys) all passed my litness test and didn't even know it. An "A" for all my THS classmates. Some say I'm full of it but you know better??? So look out for what coming next. Mommies hide your daughters, Daddy's grab your gun cause Randall's coming to town!!!! HELL YEW!!!

"CARD'S ARE ON THE TABLE, BULLET'S ARE IN THE GUN!!!!!"

Cindi/Celinda..... Girl friend!! That's a grown up name if I ever heard one. A Movie Star name! Hollywood Stuff. Now I know why you live in Californication. It's a name thing. It must be kinda like Randall, Texas wasn't big enough for me so I had to move out into the world only to find that the world was smaller than Texas, but I just can't seem to find my way back Home except for a visit or reunion. Maybe if there was an Alamo thing going on I could ride in on my Palomino and save Tulia, but like the signs at the cemetery say "LOOK OUT FOR RATTLE SNAKES. Hey I fought and killed hundreds of them on the farm long before we knew they were good to eat and I was struck only once and I lived to talk about it. Life is good! Maybe! For some of us! At times! And then there are the other times!!! But it tastes like chicken!

Celinda..... Mischief? Me? You know me better than that! I'm still shy and sweet like when I was in THS. RIGHT GUYS! Help me out here, give a brother a little love! Mischief is "Paint Your Wagon Stories in Algebra class! Now that serious, I don't care who you are!                       Entertaining? When did I become the class clown??? I was always serious, a down to earth kinda guy, solving the world's problems and all. And I was that way until on a date with Kathy one night she told me I was too serious. That crushed me and I haven't been serious about anything sense. See how a woman can screw with your head!!!                            Now I will admit to the daze days. Man were they fun. At least I think they were. It's all kinda cloudy, know what I ean.                                      VOTE????> VOTE??? Now there's a good one!!! Let me tell you about voting and all the good it does. Ever sense I was old enough to vote I have voted for the best man ever. DONALD DUCK!!! And I'll be dam if MICKEY MOUSE hasn't won every time! So I say the hell with voting! It hasn't done me any good and MICKEY MOUSE NEVER keeps his promises !!! THE Bum!!! Dam him!!! That's why we are in the shape were in!!! DAM IT!

Connie...... Thank you for your kindness. For excepting my apology. That means you must have read my tasteless, tackles, rude, insensitive comments which I will not repeat and I deleted. Ant delete a great thing. Shit, if we had had deletes in THS things would have been so different!!! But for those of you who don't visit often enough. Nana, Nana, Na, Na. You missed out! You'll never know unless some squeals. 

Connie..... I'm disappointed in you. CARRIED AWAY! You must have me confused with someone else!!! I never do that!! It's against my religion!!! And no ones life is boring or sad. If you think it is then go out and make something happen! Take Celinda's advice and go out and be mischievous in a daze of yesteryear! And I'll bail you out of jail. Promise.

Like Cowboy Troy Sang, "GET YOU SOME OF THIS!!!!"    and   "I PLAY CHICKEN WITH THE TRAIN, PLAY CHICKEN WITH THE TRAIN......"

rANDALL!!!???

Randy Stephens

THIS IS ALL YA'LLS (YOU GUYS) FAULT. NEVER ENCOURAGE A ZEALOT!!!! You ask for it. So here it comes. Sense I'm your entertainment, the check's in the mail!! IT'S A BIG ONE!!

"YOU NEVER SEE IT COMING, IT HIT'S YOU FROM BEHIND....."

rANDALL

Donna Bookout (Henthorn)

Ahhhhh-----finally have a moment to sit down and catch up on all the recent 'posts'.....or maybe I should say wild tales from the good ole days at THS!  (I'm mostly talkin' to you Randall!!)   :)......................as usual I have been thoroughly entertained by the weaving of words which bring pictures to mind that even make me blush!!  :)

Anyway........good to 'hear' from some of you in this way........keep up the posts!   Laughter is good medicine and I most always sign off have at least chuckled a few times!

Blessings to all! 

Randy Stephens

LAW PUPPY!!!!     Good to here from you girl...... Tell Big Mike Hey for me...... I'm sorry that I didn't take more time to visit with ya'll at the reunion. You how it is. You slip from one conversation to another, one person to another and then it's all over. Next time we'll spend more time together. Promise!.......  WILD TALES? What you talking about girl! A tale is a tale is a tail. Know what I mean girl. And all tales are true, at least to some extent. And mine are 100% true all the time! Come on man! You know they are true!!! Weaving of word, spinning of webs telling of tales, collections of stories, matching of wits.  The Cherokee say that Spider wove the web of time and brought us the alphabet and fire. So, with powerful Cherokee medicine I will fire you up with words of timeless tails, stories of electric THS adventures and true shit about all us. So bulsh up girls as pictures of our timeless past come into focus...... YOU HAVE LET THE TIGER OUT OF THE CAGE!!! LOOK OUT!!!

TO DANNY LOVE

"HERE WE COME AGAIN......CATCH US IF YOU CAN......!!!!!

rANDALL    

Connie Lee (Ash)

Randy,

Just to clarify, my life isn't sad - it's very, very happy!

Later gator!

Ralph Ellerd

Thought I would post Tulia news !!!!!!  Not the Tulia Herald but the other paper is going to let me start a Outdoor Section by Ralph Ellerd !!!  Hey I'm good on WildLIFE!!!  J/K  But have lots of story's of a Game Warden That live's right next door to me, 30 yrs. with Texas Parks and Wildlife!!!  So Randy he probably caught ur ass a time or two!!!  If u have any story's about fishing or hunting around Tulia let me know!!!   I know Wade and Keith can give me some story's,  I hunted alot with them and Bob and Lloyd, plus shot a Deer on the Hulsey Ranch that weighted 375 lbs.!!!!  

Ok Connie seen any good fares to HNL?    Or are the Pilot's going to go on strike!!!

Randy S.

Mickey and Minnie were going to get a divorce, the lawyer ask Minnie why Mickey wanted a divorce, and she said because he thinks I'm crazy, So the lawyer got Mickey in the office and told him that she thinks you want a divorce because she is crazy, Mickey said I didn't say she was crazy I said she was F---ing Goofy!!!!  Old Joke!!!  

Hey Celinda   Don't know what to say to u butt, ur brothers gave my sister's hell,  well At least James and Jack!!!!  LOL

H.M Bagerly has rolled over in his grave Many Times!!!

RBE

Jan Minchew (Sparks)

Please go to my profile and see my recent painting - dedicated to Larry Wells.

Thanks you very much!

Randy Stephens

Jan......... Love that drawing girl!!! It's Great!!! Larry loves it too!!!!!!!!!!!!!Its a masterpiece!!!!!!! A modern piece of wonder and expression!!!At least to my Hazel eyes!!!

Minchew!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I know the painting is for Larry but!!!!! I can't come close to describing what that portrait says to me!! It's speaks volumes, thousands and thousands of things. Endless things that I feel and see in that picture. Oh yes I see my friend Larry, but I see so much more. So much more. I see my Texas, my childhood, the future, the past, my roots, my red blooded Cherokee heritage and the never ending depth, width, height and vastness of Texas calling, singing, whispering, tempting. Oh, the temptation girl. The memories. The mouldings. The formation. The promise of the big Texas sky, the challenge of the wild Texas wind, the temptation of the beautiful Texas clouds and the bone chill of wide open possibilities. I see me and my darling Texas as we danced together for twenty seven years and as I dreamed of her for the next 33. Texas, Oh Texas!!!!!!!!!!!!  THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOU WORK OF ART GIRL!!!!!

"CAN YOU PAINT ME A BIRMINGHAM.....CAN YOU PAINT ME BACK IN HER HEART AGAIN...."               

AND

"IF IT WEREN'T FOR TEXAS THERE WOULD OF BEEN NO ALAMO..............."

Randall 

Randy Stephens

Singer!!!!!......Your just not right man. I really think someone has pinched you oxygen cord and your brain is out of control from lack of oxygen. If they only knew!!! You now!!! Maybe!! Not!! It still taste like chicken!!! I'm sending your emails to funniest home videos. I'll split the fortune with you 80/20. OK. I get the 80!                             I told the Harley joke to my collection of bosses today at lunch and left them gasping for air. When I took a break a couple hours later they were still rolling on the floor. I'm only saying this to get you in trouble. I want to see how long you can hold out from curious sustained pressure. It's a great joke ya'll. But not as good as the neighbor or email ones. GOT YA DUDE!!!!!

Ralphie B........ That's what I'm saying! Clinton was Goofy!!!!! Donald Duck would never that shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"ALCOHOL........."

Randall

Jan Minchew (Sparks)

LLOYD!  Harley joke?  Did I miss something?

Randy Stephens

OK! Serious Shit now!

I have a friend, work partner and friend. I know, I know you didn't think I could make friends after THS and I left Texas. Well, HA, HA I did. At least one. Seriously, he is a good friend. We have been through some serious shit working together for the last three years. He is our age, an ex Marine if there is such. Black opps afterwards and that's all I can say about that. If you know what I mean. Big Brother Is Watching!!! He has been with me when I've been down in Mississippi and up to no good!!!And then we were down in Louisiana between hurricanes working. We had to leave the cost once as a hurricane was coming in and the waves were slapping the bottom of a bridge we were driving over. We both said if we get out of this we'll never go back to Louisiana and maybe even start going to church again! Anyway, this hulk of a man, 6' 275# slimed down to less than 100# with the help of cancer and who knows what else, and now he is getting married Friday to a sweet lady who is an RN and told him that she wanted to marry him and tale care of him knowing his present condition. GET THIS! She told him that he could quit work, stay home and do what he wanted. She made enough money for both of them to live on and she wanted to take care of him. She said he could stay home and watch TV, drink beer and cut up with his friends. I said MAN!!! WHAT A WOMAN!!!! GET YOU SOME OF THIS!! WHERE ARE THEY!!! I WANT ME ONE!!!! I'LL TRADE IN KATHY FOR ONE OR TWO!!!  POINT THE WAY!!! IT'S A ONCE IN A LIFETIME THING!!! KNOW WHAT I MEAN!!! TASTE LIKE CHICKEN!!!! SHIT CAN I AT LEAST VISIT!!!!!

"THERE YOU GO MAKING MY HEART SING AGAIN, HEART SING AGAIN.........."

rANDALL

Randy Stephens

SINGER!!!!! SINGER!!!!!! SHIT MAN!!!!SHIT !!!SORRY!!! SORRY!!! MINCHEW GOT YOU DUDE!!! TRUE COLORS COMING THROUGH!!!! BUSTED!!! I FEEL LIKE POLLARD!! GOT YA!! GOT YA!! WAIT!!!WAIT!!SHIT!! SORRY!!! THAT'S A BUMMER!!! BIG TIME!!! SOMETIMERS BITE ME!! I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE!! RUN AND HIDE!! RUN AND HIDE!! I'VE LOST A FRIEND FOREVER!! IT DON'T TASTE LIKE CHICKEN!! SORRY!! IT TASTE KIKE SKUNK!! SHIT!!

I know you'll never email me again, but it was worth it to see you scrum!

Sorry! LOL! LOL! ROFLOL! I just couldn't help it man. Know what I mean. THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT!!!!!! SHIT!! SORRY!!

"People Are Crazy...."

Randall, Your Use To Be Friend!!!

Randy Stephens

Clinda!!!     Did you do that. Sweet girl! The Intro forum thing! YOU GO GIRL! But it's time we heard from you. Speek up woman! Tell us all about it.

"Somebeach, Some Where................."

Randall

Deborah Nelson (Ferriter)

Jan that is a beautiful painting..... a great tribute to Larry... and a subject of much controversy up here.... wind turbines.. you are sooooooooooooo talented!!!