Wacka Posted July 11 Posted July 11 (edited) In a few hours, the events for my 50th HS Reunion are starting. At 10 we are taking a tour of the High School (Cheektowaga Central) and maybe lunch after. Then on Saturday afternoon there is a happy "afternoon" at a Brewery in Lancaster and on Sunday afternoon, the Reunion itself at Tewkbury Lodge on Ohio St (across the water from Riverworks). I guess because we are so "old" the events are alll during the day. I know for sure that I will be seeing ab old friend (I have't seen hi in person since 1991). He messaged me last night that he is in town. Edited July 12 by Wacka 4 2 Quote
Wacka Posted July 12 Author Posted July 12 School tour took about an hour or so. 35-40 people showed up. Then a group of about a dozen of went to Ted's Hot Dogs across the street for lunch. Then a grpup of 5 of us that hung around together in HS went to the house of another friend who is not here this week and visited with his 93 year old mom. We always hung out at that house. She is sharp as a tack and still lives there. We ended up talking to her until 9 PM. She was delighted to see us. 1 2 Quote
HOUSE Posted July 12 Posted July 12 It can be a big let down. It's the same people hanging out with the exact same people. Many people have moved on with their lives, some haven't. I helped on the committee for our reunion and personally called everyone on my list. Some said " I would rather spend a week at the dentist than hang out with a bunch of A holes." 1 Quote
Augie Posted July 12 Posted July 12 (edited) 4 hours ago, HOUSE said: It can be a big let down. It's the same people hanging out with the exact same people. Many people have moved on with their lives, some haven't. I helped on the committee for our reunion and personally called everyone on my list. Some said " I would rather spend a week at the dentist than hang out with a bunch of A holes." Maybe they should have had someone else call??? 🤷♂️ I kid, but reunions do nothing for me. I went to my 10th or 15th college reunion and saw my old friends along with a bunch of people I didn’t spend too much time with in the first place. A few years later we just had a bunch of guys from our “crowd” show up on the same weekend using a basketball game as an excuse. We had WAY more fun doing things “our way”. My parent came to visit shortly after we moved to Florida. Everywhere we went my parents ran into people they knew from WNY. They saw people at dinner they knew. They sat by people they used to work with at church the next morning. The Bills played at 1pm after church and we went to a dive bar to watch the game. (Cabana Inn if anyone knows Sarasota.) It was a dump but it was a Bills bar, with a bunch of old projection TV’s, all on the Bills game. The windows are all covered so you can see the projection TV screens more clearly. My father gets up in the dark to head to the restroom and literally bumps into a guy from high school. They had not seen each other in 50 years, and somehow in this dark bar they recognized each other. I thought that was amazing! There are very few people I might recognize in an a totally random setting after 50 years. . Edited July 12 by Augie 1 1 2 Quote
HOUSE Posted July 12 Posted July 12 3 minutes ago, Augie said: Maybe they should have had someone else call??? 🤷♂️ I kid, but reunions do nothing for me. I went to my 10th or 15th college reunion and saw my old friends along with a bunch of people I didn’t spend too much time with in the first place. A few years later we just had a bunch of guys from our “crowd” show up on the same weekend using a basketball game as an excuse. We had WAY more fun doing things “our way”. My parent came to visit shortly after we moved to Florida. Everywhere we went my parents ran into people they knew from WNY. They saw people at dinner they knew. They sat by people they used to work with at church the next morning. The Bills played at 1pm after church and we went to a dive bar to watch the game. (Cabana Inn if anyone knows Sarasota.) It was a dump but it was a Bills bar, with a bunch of old projection TV’s, all on the Bills game. The windows are all covered so you can see the projection TV screens more clearly. My father gets up to head to the restroom and literally bumps into a guy from high school. They had not seen each other in 50 years, and somehow in this dark bar they recognized each other. I thought that was amazing! There are very few people I might recognize after 50 years. I got suckered into making the calls. They picked me because I supposedly know everyone. Quote
BillsPride12 Posted July 12 Posted July 12 I had my core group of friends and was at least acquaintances with a decent amount of people from my senior class. If you asked me back then I probably would have been one of those people who were like it's gonna be awesome to party with everybody at the reuinions in 10, 20 years etc...Now that those times have come around I could care less about revisiting high school. Just feels like an awkward thing at best. Still being local to the area I still run into a decent amount of people as it is. The ones you want to shoot the s*** with you can and the ones you want to avoid it's pretty easy. The thought of a reunion feels pretty forced to me yet I can see the appeal to it for some people as well. Different strokes for different folks 1 Quote
Another Fan Posted July 12 Posted July 12 3 hours ago, BillsPride12 said: I had my core group of friends and was at least acquaintances with a decent amount of people from my senior class. If you asked me back then I probably would have been one of those people who were like it's gonna be awesome to party with everybody at the reuinions in 10, 20 years etc...Now that those times have come around I could care less about revisiting high school. Just feels like an awkward thing at best. Still being local to the area I still run into a decent amount of people as it is. The ones you want to shoot the s*** with you can and the ones you want to avoid it's pretty easy. The thought of a reunion feels pretty forced to me yet I can see the appeal to it for some people as well. Different strokes for different folks I'm kind of the opposite. I wanted nothing to do with most people I went to high school with and alienated myself to an unhealthy degree in college trying to rid that experience to an extent. So yeah the idea of a reunion never would have appealed to me. Approaching 25 years sooner vs later (wow) the idea does appeal a little to me more now but it will still probably be a no. But yeah I do live in nostalgia so maybe it'd be worth going back to be like yeah thing's weren't all that great back then as well. haha 1 Quote
Wacka Posted July 13 Author Posted July 13 (edited) Today's get together was fun, but the venue was meh. It was 93, tied for the hottest day this year. They had us outside With no fans and the "roof" had slats with wide gaps letting the hot sun through. Won't go there again. Then about5 PM, some of us went to The Cove on Transit Rd near Clinton. There was a band paying and I asked the hostess who the band was.Turned out it was Boomerang !- Draconator's band!!!!! In the few seconds between songs, I yell who is on TBD. Draconator answers and I said I'll see you at the break. So when the break comes, I got to meet him in the flesh. Edited July 13 by Wacka 3 5 Quote
T&C Posted July 13 Posted July 13 8 minutes ago, Wacka said: Today's get together was fun, but the venue was meh. It was 93, tied for the hottest fly this year. They had us outside With no fans and the "roof" had slats with wide gaps letting the hot sun through. Won't go there again. Then about 4 or 6 PM, some of us went to The Cove on Transit Rd near Clinton. There was a band paying and I asked the hostess who the bad was.Turned out it was Boomerang!-Draconator's band!!!!! In the few seconds between songs, I yell who is on TBD. Draconator answers and I said I'll see you at the break. So when the break comes, I got to meet him in the flesh. Did you get his autograph? 3 Quote
Wacka Posted July 13 Author Posted July 13 I think he had to make a pit stop and I headed home soon afterward as the sun was down (damn cataracts!-two more weeks) Quote
Wacka Posted July 13 Author Posted July 13 (edited) Some people were waste products or a-holes, but can change. One guy I thought was a waste product got a PhD in Sociology. Don't let what the person was bother you , You may have been one yourself, but the other people may have gone through more changes tha you. If the person is still an a-hole, just say hi and move on to others.There are plenty of people to talk to. Besides, you may never see them again or see them in maybe 10, 20,or more years, Edited July 13 by Wacka 1 Quote
\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted July 13 Posted July 13 https://nypost.com/2025/07/12/us-news/reunion-in-tennesee-cut-short-by-shooting-that-wounds-four/ 1 Quote
Draconator Posted July 13 Posted July 13 1 hour ago, Wacka said: Today's get together was fun, but the venue was meh. It was 93, tied for the hottest day this year. They had us outside With no fans and the "roof" had slats with wide gaps letting the hot sun through. Won't go there again. Then about5 PM, some of us went to The Cove on Transit Rd near Clinton. There was a band paying and I asked the hostess who the band was.Turned out it was Boomerang !- Draconator's band!!!!! In the few seconds between songs, I yell who is on TBD. Draconator answers and I said I'll see you at the break. So when the break comes, I got to meet him in the flesh. It was great meeting you Wacka! Your health problem are behind you, as you looked great! Glad you could stop out! Quote
LewPort71 Posted July 13 Posted July 13 9 hours ago, Wacka said: I think he had to make a pit stop and I headed home soon afterward as the sun was down (damn cataracts!-two more weeks) Cataract surgery is amazing. I had mine 2 years ago and it has been great. Night driving is 1000% better and seeing the golf ball is wonderful. I get to be the "sighter" in our golf group as some of the guys have not yet had their cataract surgery. I have a 50 year college Homecoming event this fall and am looking forward to that. Quote
Poleshifter Posted July 13 Posted July 13 I went to my 40th HS reunion some years ago. I ran into a guy I had known in grade school. He said to his wife, “Hey honey, watch this” and he proceeds to throw me a math problem - what’s 127 times 43? I think I got it right but nobody was checking. He remembered that I had been the math whiz back in grade school. That was such a cool moment - it really made my day! 2 Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 13 Posted July 13 17 hours ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: https://nypost.com/2025/07/12/us-news/reunion-in-tennesee-cut-short-by-shooting-that-wounds-four/ Thanx Mr.Sunshine!😆🤣 Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 13 Posted July 13 The Tennessee shooting doesn't give specifics... Like what year they graduated, etc... Quote
Another Fan Posted July 13 Posted July 13 20 hours ago, Wacka said: Some people were waste products or a-holes, but can change. One guy I thought was a waste product got a PhD in Sociology. Don't let what the person was bother you , You may have been one yourself, but the other people may have gone through more changes tha you. If the person is still an a-hole, just say hi and move on to others.There are plenty of people to talk to. Besides, you may never see them again or see them in maybe 10, 20,or more years, Something like that happened to me at my job recently. I recognized someone from my high school one day was there. My 1st reaction was kinda negative, while I never really had a problem with this particular person his best friend back in the day I really really despised. I thought he was just a nasty POS kid. But that was over 20 years ago and if the situation presented itself again I think I would at the very least introduce myself. That would be on him how he reacts. Quote
Wacka Posted July 14 Author Posted July 14 (edited) Home now from the reunion itself. Was at the Tewksbury Lodge, down by Riverworks. About 100 classmates attended. The organizer read about 20 letters from people who couldn't make it. We lost 56 classmates over the last 50 years. Edited July 14 by Wacka Quote
Guffalo Posted July 14 Posted July 14 39 minutes ago, Wacka said: We lost 56 classmates over the last 50 years. Did anyone bother to look for them? Check under the couch, maybe in the shed..... Quote
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