mead107 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 My kids graduated from same high school. I still live and pay taxes to same school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 4 hours ago, mead107 said: My kids graduated from same high school. I still live and pay taxes to same school. Aren’t you exempt from paying school taxes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Fan Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 5 hours ago, teef said: I went to an all boy school, so reunions aren’t really a thing, but I have a couple of very close friends I always talk to. Then there a second “tier” of guys that we meet every few months to have a dinner. Usually 5-10 guys. A lot stay in connection for business reasons. Now that I have a son that I’m going to force to go there, I’ve started donating money. As did I. Took my friend about 15 years to forgive his dad for sending him there ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 5 minutes ago, Another Fan said: As did I. Took my friend about 15 years to forgive his dad for sending him there ? Was it mcquaid? I’ve found you either love or hate that place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 On 10/23/2018 at 1:20 PM, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: https://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/West-Seneca-West-High-School/60141?page=0 Thanx... Just looked it over! I am NOT listed! WTF! Crap... I never existed! Good! ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Fan Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 21 minutes ago, teef said: Was it mcquaid? I’ve found you either love or hate that place. No from Jersey. I couldn’t stand my high school at the time. My tone mellowed out a lot over time but don’t think I’d ever send my son (if I have one) there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Oh: Seneca backwards is: "ACENES" First YearBook had Printer Error. They kept the tradition... West Seneca: School to Wilson Greatbatch https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Greatbatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guffalo Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 I went to my 10 year reuinion from St Joes years ago, it was kinda boring. I have skipped the rest, just missed the 40th this summer. Since I don't live in the area, I rarely get a chance to run into anyone. I did attend a St. Joes NYC gathering about 3 years ago where they were giving updates on the current school and asking for donations. I guess I just don't miss the people I knew back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 18 hours ago, Chef Jim said: Not a tie per se now but they are listed as one of the beneficiaries of my trust. I have no kids so it has to go somewhere. I have an alternate suggestion if you are desperate for ideas on where to direct those funds! ? Actually, this sounds a bit like me. I went to St Joes but lived out in Williamsville, so I had two sets of friends. (Hard to believe, I know!) I still hear from the neighborhood friends on rare occasions (in fact got a text last week), but lost all the St Joes guys that I was never THAT close to anyway. I did go to a football game there when I was back for the home opener, but that’s about it as far as current ties. I still attend when they do the traveling road show soliciting donations, and if there’s anything left when I die they’ll be included. Hopefully they’ll have to wait a long time for that...... My parents left WNY about the time I left for college, so I guess that’s to be expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 58 minutes ago, Another Fan said: No from Jersey. I couldn’t stand my high school at the time. My tone mellowed out a lot over time but don’t think I’d ever send my son (if I have one) there That’s understandable. It’s really one extreme or the other when it comes to schools like that, and I certainly understand both sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 26 minutes ago, Guffalo said: I went to my 10 year reuinion from St Joes years ago, it was kinda boring. I have skipped the rest, just missed the 40th this summer. Since I don't live in the area, I rarely get a chance to run into anyone. I did attend a St. Joes NYC gathering about 3 years ago where they were giving updates on the current school and asking for donations. I guess I just don't miss the people I knew back then. I don’t miss you either! ? (Class of ‘77, so we sound pretty close.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guffalo Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Class of 78, I probably know you, I had a brother that graduated 77, another in 80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 48 minutes ago, Guffalo said: Class of 78, I probably know you, I had a brother that graduated 77, another in 80 I lived out in the sticks and spent 3 hours a day on the bus until I got a car. It was hard to get close to many kids in HS until I had my own wheels, but by then I had a girlfriend, so.... But yeah, I’m in the yearbook next to your gang! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 (edited) On 10/24/2018 at 1:34 PM, Guffalo said: Class of 78, I probably know you, I had a brother that graduated 77, another in 80 Whoa....I thought I was old. class of 79 here. And if you can read this you’re r not as old as Guff Edited October 26, 2018 by Chef Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 4 minutes ago, Chef Jim said: Whoa....I thought I was old. class of 79 here. And if you can read this your not as old as Guff Don’t worry, you ARE old. Ancient is just ahead....if you’re lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 10 minutes ago, Augie said: Don’t worry, you ARE old. Ancient is just ahead....if you’re lucky. I just want to make it to "you're how old??????" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Everybody that I've had Bills season tickets with for 32 years are high school friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 never been to a reunion. Have only stayed in touch with a few friends sparingly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 24 minutes ago, Chef Jim said: I just want to make it to "you're how old??????" OK, I’m game......you’re how old?????? Now you are free to do things at your own pace. My mother turns 91 in a few weeks. It’s really amazing how well she’s doing. You’d never guess 91, and I just knocked on wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 5 hours ago, Augie said: OK, I’m game......you’re how old?????? Now you are free to do things at your own pace. My mother turns 91 in a few weeks. It’s really amazing how well she’s doing. You’d never guess 91, and I just knocked on wood. None of your damn business. My mom just turned 93. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Nope. The last one I had faded away last fall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 a few friends I keep in touch with and have lunch/dinner a few times a year one has two sons in the same old school and we get together for weekend hoops tournaments parents are still in the home town read the obits each Sunday and send messages where appropriate in sympathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 9 hours ago, Chef Jim said: None of your damn business. My mom just turned 93. Good genes there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 I've refused to go to any of the 4 high school reunions I've been invited to. 10th and 20th for Orchard Park and the same with the high school here. Seems so lame to potentially see people you didn't like then and aren't going to like any more years later. I stay in touch with a few HS people (one is my tax guy) and actually have made a lot of friends in Buffalo since I began traveling for business up there in 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 It'll be ten years since I graduated next year. If there is a reunion (class president died senior year, I'm not sure anyone has the motivation to pick up planning and such), I won't be going. All the people from high school I still talk to (all two of them) live less than a 10 minute walk from me. There are a couple of others I'll see on occasion (I live thirty miles from where I went to high school) but other than that no real ties to speak of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 50 minutes ago, LeviF91 said: It'll be ten years since I graduated next year. If there is a reunion (class president died senior year, I'm not sure anyone has the motivation to pick up planning and such), I won't be going. All the people from high school I still talk to (all two of them) live less than a 10 minute walk from me. There are a couple of others I'll see on occasion (I live thirty miles from where I went to high school) but other than that no real ties to speak of. 10..... it will be 30 before you know it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 17 hours ago, Augie said: 11 hours ago, Chef Jim said: My mom just turned 93. My mother turns 91 in a few weeks. It’s really amazing how well she’s doing. You’d never guess 91, and I just knocked on wood. My parents turned a combined 200 years old two days ago...mom 3 months past her 99th birthday, dad will turn 101 in 3 months (if he makes it, don't think that's in the cards though.) IHS class of 75 has smallish reunions every year in Durand Park, attended by 30-40. Big ones every 5 years attended by 200-300. Try to make them all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 55 minutes ago, Steve O said: My parents turned a combined 200 years old two days ago...mom 3 months past her 99th birthday, dad will turn 101 in 3 months (if he makes it, don't think that's in the cards though.) IHS class of 75 has smallish reunions every year in Durand Park, attended by 30-40. Big ones every 5 years attended by 200-300. Try to make them all. WOW! That’s really amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 25 minutes ago, Augie said: WOW! That’s really amazing! Yeah my class has stayed pretty tight all these years....oh wait, you're probably referring to my parents' ages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Friends I grew up with on the same street...haven't seen them in 25 years or more. Friends I went to HS with(graduating class of 600+ and I still live in an adjacent suburb)...unless I run into them by chance, and I happen to recognize them(unlikely lol), not since graduation in the mid 70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 11 hours ago, Augie said: Good genes there! Dad turns 90 next month. You guys are stuck with me a long time. Sorry gents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 22 hours ago, Augie said: Good genes there! Good genes on my mom's side. She's 92 Her oldest sibling (sister) died at 98. Her dad died at 94, a brother died at 93. Hy mother and one of her sisters (88- she dances on Polka Buzz) are the only ones left out of 9 kids. The youngest died at 83. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 I think Bennett hs is closed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 1. I graduated in a class of about 900. Now the same school graduates 200. 2. I couldn't name five people from my graduating class. It may be because I moved away after graduating. 3. About five years ago I came across a website which was some kind of high school reunion tabulator. The one thing from the website that absolutely floored me were the number of deaths from my graduating class, any many of them at really young ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 58 minutes ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: 1. I graduated in a class of about 900. Now the same school graduates 200. 2. I couldn't name five people from my graduating class. It may be because I moved away after graduating. 3. About five years ago I came across a website which was some kind of high school reunion tabulator. The one thing from the website that absolutely floored me were the number of deaths from my graduating class, any many of them at really young ages. Everyone i went to school with that was smoking pot starting at the age of 11 didn't make it to 50. I have a list of 16 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guffalo Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 On 10/24/2018 at 5:26 PM, Augie said: But yeah, I’m in the yearbook next to your gang! What yearbook? I don't think I have any left, we have moved and had floods so many times, I doubt I even have my wedding album, although my wife accuses me of trying to hide the evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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