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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
A Great Day at Citfield!
Hi All,
Just reporting that 9 Buono Clanspersons all had a great time at the Mets-Cardinals game at Citifield in New York last Thursday. In attendance were Joni, Rick, their son Peter, Lorraine, Roy, Sandy, Mark, Steve and I. We'd planned to take Mom (Louise) until she had to cancel her trip. George seems to be doing better lately....all our best to him and Louise.
We took in all the sights: the Jackie Robinson Rotunda, the Pepsi Porch, the old & new Home Run Apples, and had a nice get-together after the game in the Caesar's Club Lounge....which is right in the park and where you have a panoramic view of the NY City skyline as well as the World's Fairgrounds.
Oh, yes....the Amazins won, 3-2.
Just reporting that 9 Buono Clanspersons all had a great time at the Mets-Cardinals game at Citifield in New York last Thursday. In attendance were Joni, Rick, their son Peter, Lorraine, Roy, Sandy, Mark, Steve and I. We'd planned to take Mom (Louise) until she had to cancel her trip. George seems to be doing better lately....all our best to him and Louise.
We took in all the sights: the Jackie Robinson Rotunda, the Pepsi Porch, the old & new Home Run Apples, and had a nice get-together after the game in the Caesar's Club Lounge....which is right in the park and where you have a panoramic view of the NY City skyline as well as the World's Fairgrounds.
Oh, yes....the Amazins won, 3-2.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Truly Strange
One of the strangest things I've ever seen happened today. When I graduated from Union in 1967 I bought a class ring--a handsome, military-style job--and wore it for about five years. In the early 1970's I played basketball with a bunch of guys from work. We played at an elementary school near Albany. As the ring was pretty bulky, I always took it off before playing and left it in a locker. One night I finished playing, dressed and went home and....no ring. I went back to the school either that night or the next day and looked everywhere in the locker room, but the ring was nowhere in sight. So I figured it had to have been stolen.
I checked with the school's lost & found, and over the next few weeks I may have looked in a couple of pawn shops, but with no luck. So....careless stupidity, I figured, but the ring was lost forever.
Fast forward to June 17, 2009 (today). I came home from work and Sandy said that a spooky thing had happened and I should look in the front hall. There on the desk was my ring, with a note from a fellow named Frank, who said that he used to play basketball at the same school (though not with my group....he was only about 14 at the time) and that he had found my ring there one evening. He didn't know it was mine, only that it was a Union College ring from 1967 with the initials HJW on it. For years he had kept the ring, despite pleas from his eventual wife to find its owner.
Finally he checked with the folks at Union and discovered that I was the only one in the Class of '67 with those initials. And guess what? My name and address are in the local phone book. So he stopped over while I was at work and surprised the heck out of Sandy with his story (though Sandy vaguely remembered hearing me talk about losing the ring in a locker room--it may have happened before I even met her). The guy left me a note apologizing for his delay in returning my ring!
I don't know whether to laugh or go bowling. He's honest enough to rescue my ring, but then he keeps it for 37 years without making an effort to find me. Then, at his wife's urging, he looks me up and delivers it.
I haven't called him yet....I'll do that tomorrow. Yes--as a true Buono, I'll be very grateful for his (and his wife's) act.
I guess stranger things have happened.
Cheers All,
Harry W
P.S. Now, if only someone would find my high school ring that I lost in Great South Bay.
I checked with the school's lost & found, and over the next few weeks I may have looked in a couple of pawn shops, but with no luck. So....careless stupidity, I figured, but the ring was lost forever.
Fast forward to June 17, 2009 (today). I came home from work and Sandy said that a spooky thing had happened and I should look in the front hall. There on the desk was my ring, with a note from a fellow named Frank, who said that he used to play basketball at the same school (though not with my group....he was only about 14 at the time) and that he had found my ring there one evening. He didn't know it was mine, only that it was a Union College ring from 1967 with the initials HJW on it. For years he had kept the ring, despite pleas from his eventual wife to find its owner.
Finally he checked with the folks at Union and discovered that I was the only one in the Class of '67 with those initials. And guess what? My name and address are in the local phone book. So he stopped over while I was at work and surprised the heck out of Sandy with his story (though Sandy vaguely remembered hearing me talk about losing the ring in a locker room--it may have happened before I even met her). The guy left me a note apologizing for his delay in returning my ring!
I don't know whether to laugh or go bowling. He's honest enough to rescue my ring, but then he keeps it for 37 years without making an effort to find me. Then, at his wife's urging, he looks me up and delivers it.
I haven't called him yet....I'll do that tomorrow. Yes--as a true Buono, I'll be very grateful for his (and his wife's) act.
I guess stranger things have happened.
Cheers All,
Harry W
P.S. Now, if only someone would find my high school ring that I lost in Great South Bay.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Me and Lorraine
Hey all -
Sandy and I are on a history-nerd vacation in Washington, D.C. this week. We've been up and down the National Mall, visited the Smithsonian Museum of American History, got a behind the scenes tour of the Senate, and drove up to Frederick to meet Lorraine for dinner. Awesome trip so far, not the least of which was seeing Lorraine again after 50 odd years. Needless to say, we didn't scratch the surface, catching-up-wise.
Cheers,
Don
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Hey Buonos!!
Happy 27th of May, fellow progeny of Alphonzo and Maria! I know I haven't been here recently, been busy on Facebook and with church and Scouts....but wanted to let you un-Facebooked among us know what's been happening here in rainy Georgia!
John's last day of the 3rd grade was on Friday, if you can believe that! On Thursday, he was given the following awards: Merit List (all As and Bs all year), the REACH Award for Speech (there is one regular REACH winner from each class, and only one speech award given for the whole grade) and with this award, he and I got to have our hand prints added to the REACH wall outside the cafeteria at the school, and also a cool gold star pin! He was given a Speech Student of the year award, and a "High-Tech" award from his homeroom teachers for being the most knowledgeable about the tecchy stuff they use in the classrooms.
He scored an 807 on the GCRCT in Math and a 776 in Reading. 800 is baseline, so he did pass his math, but not the reading portion..normally, this would force him into summer school and having to retake the test, but since he's still considered "resource" this has been waived for him, and he's been placed in the 4th grade. I had him placed because his reading level has gone up 2 grade levels since the beginning of the school year. He's been working really hard this year and has just shown awesome improvement this year in his new school. We've been re-districted though, so next year he'll be going to the brand new elementary school right down the road.....
Aaron's still at the plant, he'll probably be carried out of there toes up....gets stressful at times, but he does seem to love what he does, so if that's the case, so be it. He was nominated for the company's Safety Committee, and from what he said yesterday, it sounds like he was approved for it. The committee travels to all of the Harcros facilities to do training and inspect them and make sure they're up to Federal standards. More travelling for him, but it gets him away from the everyday stresses here that he has with his older kids. He's also volunteered to be a teacher at VBS this year at church, which should be interesting, plus he's the Cubmaster of John's pack.
My elbow surgery went ok...the first one was kind of a bust (literally!), started leaking joint fluid from it, so Doc had to go back in and fix that problem. Seems to have taken ok, not in near as much pain as I was before in the ol elbow. I'm currently awaiting 2 more procedures, one in my shoulder joint to put in new anchors and tighten in back up, and one in my bicep to re-attach my biceps tendon that was attached there a few years ago in a tendonisis procedure. Still out on disability (yippee for me, right?) but it gives me a chance to spend some more time with John this summer, and we don't have to worry about the cost of day camp. I'm doing crafts at VBS this year (I'm still trying to figure out how THAT happened!) and I'm the Pack Trainer for Scouts, I've been helping our District Exec from Council with some stuff, and hoping to be nominated for Order of the Arrow this year, it's a pretty big deal, so keep your fingers crossed!
That's about it from here....will talk to you all soon!
Love and miss you all!
Cheri
John's last day of the 3rd grade was on Friday, if you can believe that! On Thursday, he was given the following awards: Merit List (all As and Bs all year), the REACH Award for Speech (there is one regular REACH winner from each class, and only one speech award given for the whole grade) and with this award, he and I got to have our hand prints added to the REACH wall outside the cafeteria at the school, and also a cool gold star pin! He was given a Speech Student of the year award, and a "High-Tech" award from his homeroom teachers for being the most knowledgeable about the tecchy stuff they use in the classrooms.
He scored an 807 on the GCRCT in Math and a 776 in Reading. 800 is baseline, so he did pass his math, but not the reading portion..normally, this would force him into summer school and having to retake the test, but since he's still considered "resource" this has been waived for him, and he's been placed in the 4th grade. I had him placed because his reading level has gone up 2 grade levels since the beginning of the school year. He's been working really hard this year and has just shown awesome improvement this year in his new school. We've been re-districted though, so next year he'll be going to the brand new elementary school right down the road.....
Aaron's still at the plant, he'll probably be carried out of there toes up....gets stressful at times, but he does seem to love what he does, so if that's the case, so be it. He was nominated for the company's Safety Committee, and from what he said yesterday, it sounds like he was approved for it. The committee travels to all of the Harcros facilities to do training and inspect them and make sure they're up to Federal standards. More travelling for him, but it gets him away from the everyday stresses here that he has with his older kids. He's also volunteered to be a teacher at VBS this year at church, which should be interesting, plus he's the Cubmaster of John's pack.
My elbow surgery went ok...the first one was kind of a bust (literally!), started leaking joint fluid from it, so Doc had to go back in and fix that problem. Seems to have taken ok, not in near as much pain as I was before in the ol elbow. I'm currently awaiting 2 more procedures, one in my shoulder joint to put in new anchors and tighten in back up, and one in my bicep to re-attach my biceps tendon that was attached there a few years ago in a tendonisis procedure. Still out on disability (yippee for me, right?) but it gives me a chance to spend some more time with John this summer, and we don't have to worry about the cost of day camp. I'm doing crafts at VBS this year (I'm still trying to figure out how THAT happened!) and I'm the Pack Trainer for Scouts, I've been helping our District Exec from Council with some stuff, and hoping to be nominated for Order of the Arrow this year, it's a pretty big deal, so keep your fingers crossed!
That's about it from here....will talk to you all soon!
Love and miss you all!
Cheri
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Happy Memorial Day
Happy Memorial Day weekend to all the Buonos! Let's take a moment to reflect on the service and sacrifice of all our veterans. They deserve it. In fact, they deserve a lot more.
Matter of fact, I just watched "The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell" on our Netflix subscription. It's absolutely amazing to me how prescient the man was, in 1925, about the future use of air power and the nation's need to prepare for its implications. If you haven't seen it and you like military flicks, check it out.
Sandy and I are just hangin' out, enjoying the good weather, working in the yard and getting some garage cleaning and house painting done. We'll have our neighbors the Giulianos over tomorrow, and Pete & Beth over for some grill-out fare on Monday.
The other bit of news....we just signed on a new '09 Honda Accord, delivery due this coming Wednesday. Can't wait ( & can't beat that 0% financing)!!
Cheers to all.
Harry
Matter of fact, I just watched "The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell" on our Netflix subscription. It's absolutely amazing to me how prescient the man was, in 1925, about the future use of air power and the nation's need to prepare for its implications. If you haven't seen it and you like military flicks, check it out.
Sandy and I are just hangin' out, enjoying the good weather, working in the yard and getting some garage cleaning and house painting done. We'll have our neighbors the Giulianos over tomorrow, and Pete & Beth over for some grill-out fare on Monday.
The other bit of news....we just signed on a new '09 Honda Accord, delivery due this coming Wednesday. Can't wait ( & can't beat that 0% financing)!!
Cheers to all.
Harry
Friday, May 15, 2009
Catching up
Hey Guys -
Traffic's been so low here over the last few months that I got out of the habit of checking in. Was thinking maybe we should join the kids over on Facebook. Jenny, Cheri, Fran, Sandy G. Lorraine and I yak away over there pretty regularly. But Facebook is pretty public, and this page is set up for family only.
Harry - New golf clubs! May you wear them out this summer. Sandy and I play pretty regulary at an executive course up in Brea. My putting is atrocious, so I must need a new putter! The Dodgers got off to a good start, feasting on the weak teams in the N.L. West. Then Manny got suspended for a third of the season, just in time for a swing through the East. I figured they'd come back down to earth then. But, two out of three from the Phillies ain't a bad start. So we'll see. Losing an impact player like Ramirez can't help.
Also, nice photo of your mom and young Mark. She called me a week or so ago about the availability of the movie my dad was in back in 1951. I have vague memories of seeing it on TV when I was a kid. It's available from Amazon so I ordered it and we watched it. It's called Yes Sir, Mr. Bones, and is a salute to the Minstrel Shows from the 30's and 40's: white guys in black face. It's a cringe-a-thon of racial sterotyping, but it was fun to see the old man in action again with his vocal quartet, even if they were in outlandish get-ups. No blackface, thankfully. I'll post a couple of photos from it here shortly.
Lorraine - That is so cool that your job includes international travel. We'd love to visit Vienna some day. Hope you have some time for sightseeing. Take pictures!
We are off to Vegas next week for a computer conference. looking forward to a break in the routine.
Cheers,
Don
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