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Steve sent an email today stating “I miss Dad – he was more of a Tiger than a wallflower.” Bob replied – “Steve, I miss your dad too. He gave me a lot of good advice growing up and we had a lot of fun in the college years with both of us going to Washington […]
This story relayed from Bob to Steve 5/13/2021Bob, Claude Jr, and another friend went to the movies on Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena, CA in 1948. Because they were being noisy and rambunctious they were asked to leave. The theater required them to sign their names in order to get refunds for their tickets. Claude Jr […]
2020 marks the 60th anniversary of Bob and Claude Jr getting their Masters in Business Administration from Washington University in 1960. Bob told Steve there wasn’t a thesis required.
Steve picked up 3 bikes from Bob in August, 2020. Dan’s mountain bike and Bob’s 1948 Schwinn bike would have required excessive repairs to become ride-able. Bob’s bike was purchased for $77 in 1948, which is worth $845 in 2020. On the other hand, Margaret’s 1977 Schwinn Suburban bike was easily reconditioned with new tires, […]
About 1947 Claude Sr came to Pasadena and took Bob trout fishing in Bishop, CA, because he read that there is great trout fishing there. That’s about 285 miles North of Pasadena, and they went there in the 1939 Cadillac. Bob said they traveled 70 to 75 miles per hour but were passed several times […]
Bob told Dan and Steve – “My grandmother, and your great grandmother, Mary Rose Adams Craig told me about Haym Salomon when I was a kid. Grandmother Craig told me that he may have loaned money for the American revolution and we might be entitled to some payouts if there were ever any. So now […]
A video converted from many Super 8mm movies and slides that were at Marni’s house in 2006. It currently resides in Google Photos and in Steve’s backup server at Vultr (commtest). Follow this Google Photos link to see the movie: Movie link
Bob recalled this story from 1948 in California. Claude Jr was about 15. A classmate Tom was riding a bicycle and was struck by a car. He went through the windshield and it severed his carotid artery. Luckily for him a Doctor was passing by and stopped, tying off the artery and the boy survived. […]
Photo at Devondale Lane 7/18/2015
There was a sign in our eighth grade drafting class. The teacher had a nice wooden sign on the front wall showing an owl sitting on a tree branch with the following words below the owl: A wise old owl sat on a tree,The more he sat, the less he spokeThe less he spoke, the […]