PUT DOWN YOUR HAPPY-MOMENTS IN HIGH SCHOOL

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Posted at 10/12/2006 02:00:39

I WENT TO A WRESLING MATCH WITH HERB,JIMBO,EDGAR.THEY PUT A SLEEBER HOLD ON HERB

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Posted at 10/14/2006 05:55:54

By Gaston Ruiz ( 1968 )

Bobby, Getting in STAGS and having soooooooo many good times and the memories today about those times.. ...

Re: HAPPY-MOMENTS

Posted at 10/15/2006 09:12:46

By John Scopetta 68

Winning the state championship in Jacksonville 21 to 7 in completion of an undefeated season were the team won more games 13 had more shutouts 9 more interceptions 33 scored more points 410 allowed less points 26 only 13 against the first team defense, had more all city players 6 more all state selections 5 more all American 3 and the best looking cheerleaders. Ask Janet.
Fun was going parking with your girl after a night of hell raising around town and having to sneak in to your house at 3 AM. smelling like Bush beer trying to act sober.

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Posted at 10/15/2006 10:29:54

By Don H.

John,
Looks like nothing changed very much in 10 years.
In The Bonds Bro

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Posted at 10/15/2006 12:13:19

GOING TO THE BEACH WITH MY DATE AND GOING TO THE CRADON PARK ZOO

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Posted at 10/15/2006 02:38:31

By John Scopetta 68

Don, I think you, guys in the fifties were better looking. I see pictures of you and Terry and you guys were tall and handsome. John , Jim and Keno must have fallowed you guys around to date the friends of You and Terry's leftovers.

I dint know they had Bush beer back then?

Did you have air conditioning in your cars? I don't think they had installed them yet. Purpose was to leave your engine running during the summer so the windows would fog up and it was nice and cool in the back seat. We also had bucked seats, so we would jump in the back through the middle of the seats.

But you are correct same thing another time, TDT all the way.

Re: HAPPY-MOMENTS

Posted at 10/15/2006 09:51:37

By John Dannelly, 1957

John S, I agree with you on several points. There is no question the guys of the 50s were better looking, and not just the tall ones! On the other hand the girls of all decades were extraordinary good looking.

No, there was no Bush beer. Only a few of the beers that are available today were brewed in the 1950s. The 50s were the days of Pabst Blue Ribbon, Schlitz, etc. I think the big brewing cities were St. Louis and Milwaukee.

Our deceased brother Julian Speegle had the only air conditioned car I knew of. Julian was from Texas and the "air conditioned" car he brought from Texas was nothing more that some type of specialized vents that piped natural air into the back seat.

Re: HAPPY-MOMENTS

Posted at 10/16/2006 11:25:13

I did not drink beer in the 50's but would have if I was older than 10 (did not start until I was 12 and nothing heavy till I reached 14 ! At 16-17 Billy swain and I ponded down several COLT 45's which worked well!!!)...

My dad did drink a little beer in the 50's - - there was Miller High Life "The King of Beers"... and there was Carling Black Label...
Budwieser was the beer of choice then as it is now (with real men)...
(Enough of the Corona with a lime - sissy drink!)
I hope no Stag brother drinks Corona; especially with that stinkin' lime that clogs the hole so you can't get as much as you need to!
Chug - a-lug to you all!!!

In Nam there was Hamms and some Canadien horse piss that I think was called LeBat/// Also, Pabst Blue Ribbon was pretty huge over there. I still take the Bud...

Re: HAPPY-MOMENTS

Posted at 10/16/2006 11:34:21

Re "Better looking guys in the 50's"
I am not a true judge of this as John seems to be but I have been told that a little hair always helps and is much more attractive than the 50's hairless flat top and crew cut look - hair in the 60's was a true test of character and good looks.
It was also controversial for a while - these days hair, no hair, partial trim is acceptable as it all was then - and now - real beauty is only skin deep - just look at me!

Seriously or not - My sister was 5 years older 9a 50's girl) and the skinny pants, white socks, tight jean look was popular on the guys - some had pompedors (I think they were called either "Greasers" or "Surfers") - I never heard the word "Jock" until Jr High which I think most Stags would have been - No one was taller on average in the 50's than any time in history - it is a prooven fact people have gotten taller over time - I wonder what happen to me? still a bruising 5' 8 1/2...
It's not how big you are but how hard you hit.

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Posted at 10/16/2006 01:07:30

great stuff brother tim
bob

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Posted at 10/16/2006 06:00:22

By Jim Kavney

Speaking of beers of the 50's, no one mentioned this one. Remember the on the TV ads "Look for the 3 ring sign" that was Balintine. My parents use to drink. It came in quart glass bottles, no cans, no long necks, just quarts, as I remember.
All beers tasted good back then, for a while I even drank Schlitz, but my favorite was what ever Sara had on tap at the Nook.

Re: HAPPY-MOMENTS

Posted at 10/17/2006 08:16:34

By John Scopetta 68

I agree as time has passed people have grown taller but Terry and Don were tall when it was rare to find tall guys. The short haircuts are back in style again and the kids look like they are from the fifties with the Ricky Ricardo shirts and the jeans is like a those happy days. Jim, Balintine??? that musts have been the equivalent of Bali High, Boons Farm and Ripple Wine in the sixties. Colt 45 tall boys did some liver damage.
It must have been cooler in the fifties because Gables High did not have the AC until 1966 when they closed the windows and put in the giant ac units. Now we go a week with no ac and is miserable.
If you look at some of those old pictures the girls looked very nice in the fashions of the day.
50'60'70' made no difference.

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Posted at 10/17/2006 09:58:26

In the mid 60's the girls dressed 'ivy league' until the mini-skirt hit the USA... they were not supposed to wea them but God bless those who did anyway.
I remember drivin by CG after I graduated in 65 and between then and returning from Nam until the early 70's I was amazed at the changes in the way the girls looked on the 'lawn'.
First of all, there was not a lot of 'hanging' out on the lawn in my day and there seemed to be at least 100 people layin on the grass ... and the halter tops were in full swing... I remember thinking Oh how I wished I could have turned back time a few years (and knowing what I had learned about girls since!)
The girls should give thanks that they were much safer because I (and probably the rest of us) were unable to accomplish that dream ! The skimpy dress that Gables allowed then made me realize how much times had changed in just a few quick years. From Ivy League to halter tops/// you guys from the late 60's to 70's really had it made - I just wish I could have been there to show you how!

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Posted at 10/17/2006 11:42:25

By Janet Eaton

Cheering at foot ball games and going to that National Championship game in Jacksonville that John speaks about. Fun was not the appropriate word. We had a blast. and yes, John, you are so correct. us cheerleaders were not only the cutest but we cheered the best. There was a picture in the Miami Herald of me runing onto the field to hug John after a victory in the orange bowl in '68 (should have stole my kiss then)! I had that picture for many years but can't seem to find it now. All my years at Gables were so much fun. Yes, we did our fair share of parking, until the cops rolled up and we were asked to leave. In those days the cops were nice to us, let us go and told us to move on.

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Posted at 10/17/2006 02:06:41

By Jim Kavney

Yes; John, Balintine was a major beer back when, not a top seller, but everyone knew about it, if you said Balintine, people knew you were talking beer. Balintine also sold a lot of Ale. Beer came in a brown bottle and the Ale was in a green bottle. It wasn't a real cheapy either it was priced with the rest of the pack.
One night I was hosting a meeting of the Tau Delta Tau Alumni Association at my parents house. I talked them into going out for the evening, after they were gone I when to the market for a case of beer and Orbit Beer. That was the cheapest I could find, around $2.49 for a CASE. I was working as a grunt for FPL at the time for around $45 a week gross. The Orbit worked fine we finished it off in no time, then planed our next party, we were all about parties.

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Posted at 10/19/2006 11:53:00

John: Orbit Beer is still 2.29 a case (All of what is left from your party).
Here's some more awesome beer from the 60' that we did well to forget about -
I'm sure some of us tried them all...
obviously not enough to keep them in business!

Falstaff
National Bohemian
Blatz
Olympia
Schaefer
Sterling
Hamms (

Re: HAPPY-MOMENTS

Posted at 10/19/2006 11:54:11

I meant Jim.. sorry I just remember your brother more!

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Posted at 12/07/2006 09:52:33

By Billy

Tim, how can you forget the real head ache beers...Colt 45 and Country Club Malt....I think I still feel them...Oh, thats just my finger in my ear...and time keeps marching on...

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Posted at 12/07/2006 10:06:17

By Billy

I remember, Joe, Richard, Gonzolo and many others Stags coming over to my apartment when I was in the 11th grade. We drank so many 1/2 gal pump kegs of Blatz beer that we were able to build a wall between my kitchen and the living room...this wall was about 8 feet tall and 6-7 feet wide. When I moved we threw our last keg at it and knocked it down. I just close the and walked away.

Thanks for the memories,

Adams

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Posted at 03/05/2007 09:20:56

lets hear HAPPY MOMENTS
BOB

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Posted at 03/05/2007 06:05:09

When you look back Bob over your lifetime what happy moment sticks with you. You can only have one. The HAPPIEST MOMENT. Carol

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Posted at 03/05/2007 07:04:23

You guys forgot DURST Beer...it was the cheapest that Winn Dixie (Margaret Ann then) had. Scrapper, Mike day, Abe Lawton, Tom Atwood, Che che Matthews Frank O'dowd and plus the Wassenberg brothers all worked there and got the beer at a steeep discount

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Posted at 03/05/2007 08:47:48

By Jerry '65

How about Dizzy Dean announcing and promoting Regal Beer, or was it Falsaff? Jerry

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Posted at 03/06/2007 08:27:55

Dizzy announced for a short while for Cardinals and of course it would be BUD

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Posted at 03/06/2007 01:00:36

By adams

Terry I think they quite making that beer about the time Jerry and I were born......

Sorry we just can't remember.

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Posted at 03/06/2007 02:25:49

Brain damage affects memory and dont blame it on the squared ring

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Posted at 03/06/2007 04:02:05

What memory is that? Gone with the Suds?

Anyway - does Durst mean what I think it means in German? - Terry, I think WW2 was over before Durst ws no longer available..but I really can't remember because Billy and Jerry and I were not born yet...

Bud is a new beer - stands for the old coach of the Vikings - Bud. That's what Billy told me anyway. Now, where is my memory pill..

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Posted at 03/06/2007 08:16:10

Your right I was a Durst man in 1954

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Posted at 03/06/2007 09:47:47

Bud "Grant" that is..........

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Posted at 03/06/2007 10:50:13

By adams

Mi vonder man..TC Grant.....are you a German at heart, maybe part???????

Vos is los mit Durst...mine baer vas Gurpinger and Erlinger...Flip tops....Most German Towns had their own brewers or baers...

But what I truly remember was Comie z here mit the hosie in tha hand.....or ick lebie dis fradline....which means I love you girl.

I 'm close anyway and we want say what the other means

It worked anyway

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Posted at 04/20/2007 07:55:01

I REMEMBER JIM PERPICH AND I WENT TO THE CLEV.ANDPHIL EAGELS FOR 2ND PLACE IN THE ORANGE BOWL.WE MISSED THE BUS SO WE STARTED WALKING DOWN8TH ST.WE CAME ACROSS THESE CUBANS WHO WERE PLAYING FOOTBALL.WE ASKED THEM IF WE COULD PLAY>THEY SAID YES WE NEEDED SOME OF THERE PLAYERS TO MAKE IT EVEN. THEY COUDNT BELIVE IT JIM THEWE AT LEST 6 TOWNDOWNS OF OVER 50 YARDS TO ME.THEY COULDNT BELIVE IT.
BOB

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Posted at 04/24/2007 07:10:16

By Gaston Ruiz (1968)

Just to let the Bothers know , Gonzalo became a grandfather for a second time on sunday with the arrival of Vincent, from my niece Erin....congrats Gonza.......

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Posted at 04/25/2007 10:40:59

By Don H.

Herr Adams,
Where did you get that German? Sounds like bar German to me. Dumm Kopf. Aber, nicht wahr bro. :-)

Re: HAPPY-MOMENTS

Posted at 09/02/2007 01:33:47

My happy moment was seeing you playing football
at S.W.and then at Coral Gables. How did you do that? How all is well ? I"ve been very busy, hope to see you soon !

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Posted at 02/09/2008 12:35:05

By bob ajhar

YEAH GIANTS

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Posted at 02/19/2008 07:11:03

By Gaston Ruiz(1968)

Terry, for me as I sat here looking at the site and reading some of the earlier post by the Brothers and sister....I think back when this whole thing started and the involvement of all , learning about each other not having a face that went along with the post and wondering what it was going to be like...then the reunion and meeting new and seeing old friends , the great time we had , the roller coaster ride of, BNO'S, Fishermans Club, Fishing in Belize , Flamingo, the assistance when Hurricanes came along, and all doing whatever we could to make sure the Stags family was taken care of , individual get togethers ....whatever happend to those times?????????????lets bring them back.......

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Posted at 02/19/2008 08:19:55