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A Compendium of Cocoa Crew's Congenial Carousing

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If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. – Milton Berle

Hello CREW… 💘                                                      09-19-19
 
 
 
Happy Dozen CHS Alumni enjoyed dinner.  – Longhorn’s
 
Attendees:  L – R   
Gerri Dutcher, Helen Granger,
             Sandy Mangum, George Reinhart, Carole Saxe,
                Bill Weinberg, Judy Denny, Mary Laycock,
                Bruce Claflin, Harvey Baker, Token Indian.
                   SERVER:   Lauren was flawless!
          Thank You:  Lois 🌹 Atkinson for the picture. 

   Ole CHS Geezer Alert:     Has anyone heard from…

                    ALLEN GOODWIN SCOTT  CHS’59?

    No responses to emails for over two months.  ugh!

     His friends, Ole Geezer’s John Dean and Bill Hardy
                                                          want to hear.  😁  
 
Follow up on two previous articles:
Blimey Mates! George and Dragon – Cocoa    
        English Pub opened Sept 14.    Beer ‘n Snacks.
       No Smoking,  No food menu.   Visit website below.                      
 
Seriously? 😲   Stumpy’s Hatchet House 
   Still under construction in Cocoa.   Visit website below 
       Across the street from Black Tulip Restaurant.
                  Learn to throw a Hatchet for $20.

https://www.facebook.com/Stumpys-Hatchet-House-Cocoa-414777632604171/

 Sept. 20th  –  National Pepperoni Pizza Day

                           America’s favorite variety of pizza.

 Next event:  “Irish” Snug ☘ Pub – Cocoa

                             Visit: # 8           Last: 06-12-19           
If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. – Milton Berle
 
 Sent from my I-teepee,  Ugh!  no  DOORS  on teepee.

Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open. – Thomas Dewar 

Hello CREW… 💘                                                   09-15-19
 

 Steak🥩 It’s what’s for dinner!  

           Hope there are no more reservation problems. 


Next  HAPPY HOUR CREW event 

5 PM Wednesday Sept. 18, 2019 
LONGHORN’S STEAKHOUSE
770 East Merritt Island Causeway
Merritt Island, Fl  32952    456-5559

           GROUP  seating at Longhorn’s is limited, 
              but there is plenty of room in the booths. 
                             Don’t be late for this event.   

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September 18th – Nat’l Cheeseburger Day.
                         Naaaaa  Let’s have a steak!
  
​FSU 24 😢 – Virginia 31     Gators 29 – Kentucky 21
 
Humberto?  –  Hurricanes, Cyclones, Typhoons.
                     All the same weather phenomenon.
              Atlantic and Northeast Pacific  =  hurricane. 
                                    Northwest Pacific  =  typhoon.
               South Pacific & Indian Ocean  =  cyclones.
                Whatever no worry, won’t be coming to Florida.
 
 
Minds are like parachutes; 
         they work best when open.  – Thomas Dewar 
 
 
Sent from my I-teepee,  1-2-3  Geronimo!   Hope it opens.  
 

Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory. – George S. Patton

Hello CREW… 💘                                             09-12-19
   
21 CHS Alumni   luv Ashley’s B-Day Parties.
                       And the  DESSERT  was sooooo  Good!  
 
Attendees:
​Pic 1  L – R 
 
 
Bill Weinberg, Carole Saxe, 
          Judy Freese, Bob Berghult, George Reinhart, 
 Jack Crockett, Mary Laycock. Missing Judy Denny.
 
Pic 2  L – R          
Dexter Beck, Linda Shively,  
               Amber Forrest, Mai Phillips, Bruce Claflin,
Gerri Dutcher, Indian, Harvey Baker, Sandy Mangum,
            Corinne Bowley, Clark True, Myrna Swindell. 
          THANK YOU  Lois 🌹 Atkinson for the pictures.
Thanks Jack Crockett for the shrimp 🍤 appetizers. 
   SERVER:   Christie 🌹 her playful self.     
 
Tomorrow:     Friday 13th and a Harvest Moon.
 
Nap Time:  Research shows 1 or 2 naps a week
                       can cut risk of a heart attack or stroke.
                                    Ugh!   Indian know that!  zzzzz
 
Ahhh-chooo!   Yep, it’s time.  Get your Flu Shot!
 
 
Today  –  National Chocolate Milkshake Day
1st milkshake made in 1885.  Originally sold in bars
 and saloons and made of whiskey, eggs and cream,
                  later Chocolate substituded for whiskey.
 
 

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Next event:   Longhorns Steak  –  M.I.
                                Visit: # 35     Last:  05-15-19
 
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the
              exhilaration of victory.  – George S. Patton
 
Sent from my i-teepee, many moons since Indian victory!

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy. – Marcus Aurelius

Hello CREW… 💘                                          09-08-19

            Let’s try this again!  👍    

    CHS Alumni September Birthday Party

      

Next  HAPPY HOUR CREW event 
      5:00 PM  Wednesday   September 11, 2019      

             Ashley’s  Restaurant

         1609  Highway 1    Rockledge, Fl   636-6430

             http://www.ashleysofrockledge.com/

 

CHS Alumni    –   September Birthdays:

   1  Clark True   9  Shirley Pomeroy   10  Gerri Dutcher

11  Jerry Fischer   18  David Alexander   22  Cheryl King

22  Conrad Koch   23  Darwin Shiflett   26  Buzz Phillips

  28  Gerry Hyatt   28  Lois Butt  31  Louie Dombrowski

Never forget:       September 11, 2001  😢 

 

YOU might need this:     ​Save this website.

     This is the  BEST  Storm Tracker I have seen:

   https://www.cnn.com/interactive/storm-tracker/

Hurricane’s release 50 trillion to 200 trillion watts

of heat energy.  As much energy as a 10-megaton 

      nuclear bomb exploding every 20 minutes.

                       Does FPL know about this?


Grrrrr No More Storms!

 

SPORTS:         Gators 45   vs   UT Martin    0

                                FSU 45   vs   UL Monroe 44

      

Nascar Brickyard 400    Today  2PM  NBC TV

 

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious

   privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy.

                                                                       – Marcus Aurelius

Send from my I-teepee, Indian happy to arise every day!

The CREW event at Ashley’s has been POSTPONED  to 5 PM  Wednesday  September 11, 2019

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09-03-19
 
No surprise here…   due to  “Darn Dorian’s”  
     inability to make up her mind,  the CREW
   event at Ashley’s has been  POSTPONED  to
5 PM  Wednesday  September 11, 2019
 
We will then have two reasons to celebrate:
            1.  We survived Dorian.  🙂
            2.  CHS Alumni  “September – Birthdays”!
 
One reason to reflect:   Tuesday Sept 11, 2001
 
Comment:  After a couple of days “in my teepee”
                             I just had to get out for a while.
 
Observed: Downtown Cocoa, boarded & deserted.
                      Cumberland Farms  and  WaWa closed.
 Burger King and Coquina Lounge on Barton OPEN!
                      Burger and a Beer anyone? 😁
 
Next Crew Email:    Sunday, September 8, 2019.
 
Go Tigers!
Bill Hardy
CHS’59

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. – Mahatma Gandhi

Hello CREW…💘                                              09-01-19 

    Ugh!   Plans subject to adjustment!  

    DARN DORAIN! 🤡 Joker in the deck. 

Track the Joker: 

     https://www.cnn.com/interactive/storm-tracker/

    

CHS Alumni September Birthday Party

       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRGLjzFHa40

Next  HAPPY HOUR CREW event 
 5:00 PM  Wednesday  September 4, 2019      

 Ashley’s  Restaurant

         1609  Highway 1    Rockledge, Fl   636-6430

             http://www.ashleysofrockledge.com/

CHS Alumni  –  September Birthdays:

    1  Clark True   9  Shirley Pomeroy   10  Gerri Dutcher

11  Jerry Fischer   18  David  Alexander   22  Cheryl King

 22  Conrad Koch   23  Darwin Shiflett   26  Buzz Phillips

   28  Gerry Hyatt   28  Lois Butt   31  Homer Simpson

 

Note:    “jewelry”  was found at El Tucan.

    The Good:   Bruce and Mai found a bracelet.

         Was identified by the owner and returned. 

Hummmm!     ​27 at Chinese,  25 at Mexican…

ASHLEY’S…   a new record?    

Correction:  Not Bill!  🙄   In El Tucan Picture

 Tom & Donghui Norwich.

 

Football:       Boise 36  –  Noles 31  😂   

Gators idle.

Tomorrow is Labor Day:   

    Give a salute 👍  to all the workers you know. 

Honest disagreement is often a good

sign of progress.   – Mahatma Gandhi

Sent from my I-teepee,  Ugh!  Indian try agree most times.


Yes! Tigers luv to party!

Hello CREW…💘                                            08-29-19

  25 CHS Alumni  & Friends say “Ole” El Tucan.

 
Note:    “jewelry” was found at El Tucan.
 If you lost anything email me and describe
    what it looks like  and it will be returned. 
 
Attendees:
​Pic 1  L-R
Myrna Swindell, Clark True,
   George Reinhart, Lois Atkinson, Jack Crockett,
      Amber Forrest, Bill Weinberg, Carole Saxe,
   Helen Granger, Sandy Mangum, Harvey Baker,
Indian, Gerri Dutcher, Bruce Claflin, Mai Phillips,
               Bill & Donghui Norwich, Donna Price, 
             Wilt Wagner, Randy Revels, Ann Driskill.
 
Pic 2 L-R
Gerri Dutcher, Bruce Claflin, Mai Philips,
             Bill & Donghui Norwich, Donna Price, 
            Wilt Wagner, Randy Revels, Ann Driskill, 
        Myrna Swindell, Clark True, George Reinhart,
         Lois Atkinson, Jack Crockett, Amber Forrest,
          Bill Weinberg, Carole Saxe, Helen Granger,
                 Sandy Mangum, Harvey Baker. 
 
Pic 3  L-R     
Leah McCloud, Sherri Gentry
                       Mary Laycock, Judy Denny.
      THANK YOU –  Lois 🌹 Atkinson for pictures. 
               SERVER  –  Lexi was very efficient.  
Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes
      No balloons, cameras or flowers, just a check!  lol
   Winner!     Bill Hardy CHS’59    a.k.a. BillyTwoBeers.
  Yep!  Took a month to get the check in the bank.
        When asked, Ole Indian said:  Won in the
      nick of time, 😉 down to my last 3 Million!                  
 
Have you ever been  😹  “Catfished”?
 Means you are victim of someone with fake identity.
 
Next event:  Ashley’s Restaurant, Rockledge
                                  Visit: # 128      Last: 08-07-19
 A party for CHS Alumni with September birthdays!

The beginning is always today.
                                 –  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
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Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future, act now, without delay. – Simone de Beauvoir

Hello CREW…💘                                     08-25-19
 

next HAPPY HOUR CREW event

       Cinco PM   Wednesday   Aug 28, 2019

 El Tucan Mexican Restaurant, M. I.

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Si Amigo’s! Ze Rita’s are Z-Best!
225 N. Sykes Creek Parkway M.I.  453-7501
About a 100 yards North of Hooters.​
 
      Click for zee MENU:  http://www.eltucanrestaurant.com/

Doors open at  5 PM  don’t be late! 

             Wow!  Last week 27 CHS Folks luv’ed Chinese.
                       Wonder how many luv Mexican?       
 
Phew!  🙂  Gators “Chomp” Cane’s  24 – 20.

What?     Visit this site for news from KSC.
Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes
       Check has arrived. 🤑   CHS Alumni  Winner
    identified Wednesday, after  $$$  check  is cashed.
 
 
Change your life today. Don’t gamble on the future,
          act now, without delay.   – Simone de Beauvoir
 
Sent from my I-teepee, Ugh?  Maybe make change next month? 
 

 

 

It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are. – Malala Yousafzai

Hello CREW…💘                                       08-22-19

27 CHS Alumni   for dinner at Ginger & Garlic.

    Who knew? 😲 That many folks liked Chinese.
                                 Hot n Sour Soup…  mmmmm!
 
Attendees:
​Pic 1 L – R 
Mr. Phil Eschbach, Priscilla Firkins,
​        Randy Revels, Judy Freese, Ann Driskill.
      Clark True, Gerri Dutcher, Helen Granger,
     George Reinhart, Sandy Mangum, Harvey
   Baker, Leah McCloud, Sherri Gentry, Dexter
   Beck, Linda Shively, Bill Hardy, Gerry Hyatt,
       Mai Phillips, Bruce Claflin, Jimmy Sisco,
     Bob Berghult, Carole Saxe, Mary Laycock,
                 Judy Denny, Bill Weinberg.
 
Pic 2  L – R  Gerri Dutcher, Helen Granger,
     George Reinhart, Sandy Mangum, Harvey
   Baker, Leah McCloud, Sherri Gentry, Dexter
      Beck, Linda Shively, Indian, Gerry Hyatt,
                 Mai Phillips, Bruce Claflin. 
     Not in picture Mr. Eschbach’s Daughter.
   Special Thanks – Lois 🌹 Atkinson for pic’s.
            All three SERVERS:   Great Job!  
 
Travel the World? Check this interactive site.
                    https://travelmaps.state.gov/TSGMap/
                                   Takes a minute to load. 
 
Did U Know?   There is an apartment on 3rd
      level of the Eiffel Tower?  No one lives there. 
 
Next event:   El Tucan – Mexican on M.I.
                                Visit: # 23    Last: May 19, 2019
  Harvey, will you save 14+ seats for us?  🤔
 
It is very important to know who you are.
        To make decisions. To show who you are.
                                                    – Malala Yousafzai
 
Sent from my I-teepee, Ugh!  Make decision next month.
 

It is a good thing to be rich, it is a good thing to be strong, but it is  a better thing to be beloved of many friends. – Euripides

Hello CREW…💘                                                     08-18-19

 

Next Happy Hour Crew Event

5 PM Wednesday August 21, 2019  
  Ginger and Garlic 🎎 Chinese
 
 
You No Likee Sake..
 
        1172  US Highway 1 Rockledge,  632-8888                             
 
                http://gingergarlic.webs.com/  –see menu

 Visit: # 18           Last: 05-22-19

 Today, August 18  – Nat’l Senior Citizens Day

                         How many  old geezers  do you know?                                          
 
Blimey Mates!   George and Dragon  ( his wife? ) 
                              NO, NOT the CHS George & Lois!  lol
                 English Tavern  to open soon in Cocoa.
   Location was in the past:  Greyhound Bus Station,
            Weinberg’s Service Station, a Lawyers Office.
 
 Oops!  🤔   Almost forgot…
08-18-1920    Women guaranteed the right to vote.
 
It is a good thing to be rich, it is a good thing
to be strong, but it is  a better thing to be
beloved of many friends. – Euripides

Sent from my I-teepee, Ugh! Facebook say, I have no friends.