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Post Number: 276
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 9:15 am: |    |
J - I'll be dropping off some groceries to the St. Jude Pantry at lunch - will stop in church and light a candle at St. Jude's altar for Ruth. No jokes from me about a Spiritual Bouquet - better than any flower bouquet. |
7andkelly
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Post Number: 939
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 10:11 am: | |
G minus 8:54 and counting. |
Zitro
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Username: Zitro
Post Number: 920
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 10:40 am: | |
Is that how much time is left on the peace accord on Eastwood, then the sniping begins again? I don't know if I can wait that long. Or will that be your act of kindness, not to pick on defenseless old farts. Excuse me; esteemed old farts, sorry I almost forgot my place. |
Jcole
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Post Number: 2284
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 10:51 am: | |
What happens at 7:05 tonight, 7?
Did you set an incendiary device over on West Eastwood? |
Zitro
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Post Number: 922
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 11:27 am: | |
Sounds like the start of the Tigers game, but I'd prefer if it was an IED planted for our friends. |
Jcole
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Post Number: 2289
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 11:29 am: | |
I was going for more excitement, but a game is good. |
Zitro
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Post Number: 924
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| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 11:43 am: | |
An IED may be a little severe even for our esteemed colleagues, maybe just a well placed lady finger would do. |
7andkelly
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Post Number: 940
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 1:22 pm: | |
J, of course I was talking about the Tigs game...you silly goose. BTW it's now G minus 5:43 and counting!
West Eastwood...I believe that would be at Schoenherr. |
7andkelly
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Username: 7andkelly
Post Number: 941
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 2:04 pm: | |
Actually, Eastwood ends west at Mt. Olivet cemetary at Outer Drive with an interruption between Hoover and Dresden at Bessy Playground and what I am guessing was the old OHS complex. |
Campfire_girl
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Post Number: 277
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 3:10 pm: | |
Osborn?
Did anyone else take their Driver's License test at the SoS at Hoover and 7 mile after passing the Driver's training course at Denby? How anyone could let us on the road after only driving "on the range" remains a mystery to me. |
Campfire_girl
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Post Number: 278
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| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 3:11 pm: | |
btw - went to St. Jude at lunch and lit a candle for Ruth. What a beautiful church - and so peaceful when you're the only one inside. Wanted to stay longer - wonderful place to slack for a while |
Jcole
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Post Number: 2296
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 3:38 pm: | |
Thanks, CFG, I appreciate it and I know she does too. |
12468_laing
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Post Number: 23
Registered: 07-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 4:07 pm: | |
i for one had drivers training as a class at denby and remember those big chryslers they had. some of us tried to see how fast they could go, but all they did was sputter and cough when we put the pedal to the metal. thought i did real good at the 7 and hoover place, but when the test was over, my parallel parking left the car close to 4 ft from the curb - still passed. for another old memory, anyone remember the field at kelly and moross before the car wash was built? i remember the dandelions had long stems and made good "presents" for my mother |
Jcole
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Post Number: 2297
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 4:21 pm: | |
I took driver's ed at Denby on the 'range', and I was the worst driver ever. I had no clue what to do when I got on the road. I didn't get my license until I was almost 18 and then it was in Romeo, when my mother took me to get my permit renewed and the Driver's test lady put me in a car and got me a license. |
Campfire_girl
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Post Number: 279
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 4:35 pm: | |
We never put our foot on the gas while on the "range" - it was all idle speed. We made Dad a nervous wreck - and vice versa - thank goodness for a "big sister" neighbor, who had nerves of steel. Got my license on the 1st pass - had to drive away from the place, hang a left at the first right - stop at a bunch of sidestreets and head on back. Didn't even have to attempt a parallel park - even now, I can create a mob scene and should charge a fee for anyone watching me try that maneuver. In Caseville, unbeknownst to me because I was concentrating, a picnic table full of 'fudgies' gathered as I made my attempt and as I triumphantly exited the car - some 15 minutes after first attempt - I was met with a round of applause. Yeah, like that wasn't embarrassing! |
Zitro
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Post Number: 929
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 4:58 pm: | |
Wasn't the instructors name at Denby Mr. Harms? Kind of reminded me of Mr. Bledsoe on Petticoat Junction.
And there's Uncle Joe he's a movin kinda slow at the Junction. |
Campfire_girl
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Post Number: 280
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 5:01 pm: | |
Yes, it was Mr. Harms - great memory. He was definitely a slow mover - and NOTHING could shake him. He just shuffled and shook his head. |
Campfire_girl
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Post Number: 281
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| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 5:04 pm: | |
Z-just heard from Bet - our instructor was Mr. Hawk --we were close |
Zitro
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Post Number: 930
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 5:08 pm: | |
If this were scrabble I'd like to take a challenge on that one. Wonder where we could dig this up? I'll check on the Denby web site. |
Campfire_girl
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Post Number: 282
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 5:10 pm: | |
Z - a man after my own heart - I'm always challenging her during vacation scrabble - now it's your turn. |
Zitro
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Post Number: 931
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 5:12 pm: | |
This is somewhere on Dyes but it won't let me click on it. It looks like there was both a Mr. Harms & Mr. Hawk. Could this be a win/win situation? More than I can hope on the Eastwood Thread.
DetroitYES - Uniting the International Family of Communities..
it in 1965 -Mr Harms. He always .. 9:17 am: newport1126_ I took drivers training at Denby.1969 Mr. Hawk. Later .. s training classes had the little tracks |
Campfire_girl
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Post Number: 283
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| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 5:14 pm: | |
I LOVE a win win - since I always lose the usual scrabble challenge! |
Zitro
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Post Number: 932
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 5:32 pm: | |
Looks like there may have been 3 teachers.
Kville
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Registered: 04-2007
Posted on Wednesday, June 06, 2007 - 4:15 am:
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I took it in 1965 - Mr Harms. He always seemed to be angry. Many or all of the Detroit HS driver's training classes had the little tracks, after which you were in a panic the first time you actually got out on the street and had to drive more than 5 mph.
Newport1128
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Post Number: 37
Registered: 05-2007
Posted on Tuesday, June 05, 2007 - 8:03 pm:
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Who else took driver's ed. at Denby? I took it during the winter of 1967-68. The teacher was Mr. Ignasiak. We had 1968 Dodge Coronets...talk about a waste of horsepower, driving in circles around the little track!
Pgn421
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Posted on Sunday, June 10, 2007 - 8:17 am:
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newport1126_ I took drivers training at Denby.1969 Mr. Hawk. Later went to sec of state on 7mile rd. for test. Had person from sec of state in car for road test. Someone blew a red light right by sec of state, nearly hit them. But I Passed my Road test! Scared the hell out of us. |
Zitro
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Post Number: 933
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 5:40 pm: | |
KR: Did you notice in the ND Alumni News that Gary Korte 70' passed away? |
12468_laing
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Post Number: 24
Registered: 07-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 5:44 pm: | |
both harms and hawk were there when i graduated in 1975. i remember their crazy rules - couldn't put your spiral book in the drivers training book - broke the spine, couldn't chew gum, but everyone did in the cars. those guys were quite anal for their days. when bartles & james wine coolers came out in the 80's, the tv commercial reminded me of them. |
Jcole
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| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 6:05 pm: | |
I took the class in the winter of 71. Got my permit at 15. We drove some kind of little Gremlin or something. All I remember is that they had a jacked up ass end on them and I could never see out of the back window. It was small and high. |
Jcole
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Post Number: 2300
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| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 6:35 pm: | |
They were Plymouth Dusters. That's what we drove. Here's the back end that I hated. I think this is a later model, but it was close enough.
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Campfire_girl
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Post Number: 284
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| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 7:59 pm: | |
I had a Duster - powder blue with a black and white racing strip on the side. It was a 72 and I got it from the Chrys. leased dealer lot with the help of my godfather who worked at Chrys. I think it cost me $2100 and only had 7,000 miles on it |
Eastburn
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Post Number: 269
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| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 8:23 pm: | |
Spent the summer of '59 on the range. Got my license on my 16th birthday in 1960 at police headquarters because we were renting a cottage on the Canadian side of Lake St. Clair. That meant my 1st few miles of legal driving were through the tunnel. Ran a red in Windsor because their traffic lights were at the corners not in the middle of the intersection as I was used to. Got stopped & let go with a warning.
I could actually drive pretty well before hitting the range because my folks would take me out to practice driving the '54 Mercury from the time I was about 12. I had great parents! |
Jcole
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Post Number: 2302
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 8:29 pm: | |
A lot of the guys from your age group were good drivers because they got to drive early on. I know my brother and his buddies drove at 14 or so, and other men I know that lived on farms started out on tractors and other farm stuff. It was also your age group that loved working on cars so much. Now, kids can't work on anything because it's all computerized. |