When I first moved into my home of twenty something years with my wife of twenty something years, I struck up a conversation with the guy that lived right behind us. It was a pleasant conversation about the neighbors and the neighborhood and couple of weeks later, my wife informed me that the man had had a heart attack and died. Not long after that, the guy that lived next door to us, after a brief conversation with me in his driveway one day, promptly passed away a few days later. At that point I took a look around at my neighbors and discovered that there was a shortage of males. The neighbors immediately surrounding my home were all widows.
In case you Wahey Boys were wondering where Stanley is, I'm down in beautiful Florida taking in the sun, spring training and, oh yes, watching over the original Stanley Ramon
Most of my Wahey friends have computers and use them for work and at home but when it comes to actually enjoying what the computer has to offer by participating in on line events and forums, they remain skeptical and afraid.
Our Boy, Dave Dalton checked into a location known as Slaven's Cabin at about 9 last night. He is currently in eleventh place and had to drop one of his dogs at the last check station, leaving him with 13. Temperatures along the Yukon River Flats on the way to Slaven's reached -65 degrees (yes, that's minus). Most of the mushers ahead of him are currently running with 13 dogs or less at this stage of the race. Zack Steer is presently in first place and Lance Mackey, of Iditarod fame is among the top three.
http://www.waheyboys.com/2010/Feb/9/Slaven.html#slaven
Our Wahey Boy of the north, Dave Dalton has made it through the North Pole and the Chena Hot Springs of Alaska, making it to the Mile 101 Checkpoint Station at about 5:30 a.m. today. As of this posting he still had not left the checkpoint and he may be having problems with one of his dogs. He is currently in tenth place out of 24 mushers.
http://www.waheyboys.com/2010/Feb/7/Mile101.html#mile101
Oak Street was a nice tree lined road in 1964. I lived at number 41. The house had been my grandmother’s, Ellen, before my mother and father got married and moved in. Her husband, Algot, had died a few years prior to that and she probably would have lost the house if my parents hadn’t moved there.
click here http://www.waheyboys.com/2009/Dec/13/OakSt.html to read more.
Having fond memories of the one and only time that I had eaten turnips, years past at a family dinner at my mother in law's, I decided to make them for myself. I knew that I wanted them, I arrived at the decision to make them for myself when my wife told me that she, "wasn't about to cut them up" because they were too hard.
click here http://www.waheyboys.com/2009/Dec/8/BenderSpeak.html to read more.
I just got in from buying a bunch of candy for Halloween. Of course, I always buy way too much for a couple of reasons. Number one, I eat more than I give out every year, which is also why I don't buy it too far ahead of time; and number two reason for over-buying is that there will be plenty left over to eat after Halloween. The sad part is that I don't actually end up buying a whole lot of candy anyway because not many kids go Treat R Treating anymore. That is a result of the far reaching affects of the "Nannying" phenomena better known as "parents know best and therefore ruin everything". You know, kind of like the organized sports our kids play nowadays.
click here http://www.waheyboys.com/2009/Oct/31/EggMe.html to read what Stan thinks has happened to Halloween.
There was a time, back in the early eighties, when all things original ceased to exist. We can't pinpoint the exact moment, but it was sometime after the Wahey Boys played their last basketball game, as a team. The setting was the old Weymouth South High School outdoor basketball courts and they vied for the Park League Championship. Throughout that short summer season, teams with names like Wildcats and Celtics competed on the asphalt court, and as each team eliminated another, it came down to two, as it always does.
click here http://www.waheyboys.com/2009/Oct/28/OriginalNames.html#original to read what the Wahey Boys think
Ever see That 70's Show ? Very funny.
Check out the pictures http://www.waheyboys.com/2009/Sept/21/StanHyde.html#stanhyde
If Stan's Father's Day wish was a movie it would be rated "R", and it is not politically correct, so don't click the link if you're easily offended.
http://waheyboys.com/2009/June/21/FathersDayWish.html#father
The generation of men and women who experienced The Great Depression as children, went on to fight in World War II, and then came home to rebuild America after that war, has often been referred to as the Greatest Generation. No one can argue that the contribution and sacrifice this generation made for their offspring was tremendous. That being said, the generation that comprises the Wahey Boys, sometimes called Generation Jones, I like to call the Luckiest Generation.
click here http://waheyboys.com/2009/May/25/TheLuckiestGeneration.html
You're not a Wahey Boy if you can't remember Hollywood Squares.
These great questions and answers are from the days when Hollywood Squares game show responses were spontaneous, not scripted, as they are now. Peter Marshall was the host asking the questions, of course..
click here http://waheyboys.com/2009/May/19/HollywoodSquares.html for a laugh.
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember this:
click on http://waheyboys.com/2009/May/16/TheMayoJar.html#mayo
Just a few quick thoughts before we head out to talk on our cells while driving without seat belts on.
visit http://waheyboys.com/ for the Wahey Boys thoughts.
Want to hear something funny? There’s this product called the “Off Road Commode”, which is an actual toilet seat that attaches to the trailer hitch of a vehicle. I guess it’s made for those outdoorsman types. But that’s not the funny part. This product comes with a warning label that states the product “shouldn’t be used while the VEHICLE IS MOVING”.
click here http://waheyboys.com/2009/May/2/FrivolityAndEconomy.html
This was forwarded to us from a Maritime Wahey Boy. It is a correspondence from a member of the crew of the Maersk Alabama that is circulating through the Maritime community. It reflects the circumstances and decision-making that transpired during the Pirating of the ship and subsequent hostage taking. It has not been edited.
click here http://waheyboys.com/2009/April/21/MaesrkAlabama.html#maerskalabama
I was laying in bed looking up at Yaz and closed my eyes for a moment. “Please Yaz, this is a very important day for me.” I heard Sid, The Jarhead’s footsteps on the stairs and jumped up to quickly pull the bedspread taught. Sid opened the door and scanned the room. “Alright, go ahead”, he said, “but be back when the street lights come on.”
click http://waheyboys.com/2009/April/21/StreetHockey.html#streethockey
Dave forwarded this note along as well:
Dear friends,