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I just remembered one of my teachers in 1st to 4th Grade who always told us about Missereor and who started getting us in touch with some pen pals in Africa. Herr Zech.
“My” pen pal asked me after a few letters if I could please send him a bike. I think I quit contact after that.
The same teacher always picked up the Lunch time breads out of trash cans and gave us a long speech. I don’t think I ever threw mine away. Loved eating too much

I also remembered that from 5th grade on I used the school books that the school provided instead of buying them every year.Money was tight. But some class mates tend to look at you awkward when you do. I never dressed in all those fancy clothes neither. Just not possible. Up to this day I hate throwing clothes away. I’m weird

In 6th grade or 7th we had a wonderful arts teacher. He was a big tease too though. He saw me once on the market in our city with our Yorkie. From then on he always asked me how that Toilet brush of ours is doing
I don’t remember his name,it started with a “B” though and he loved smoking a Pipe. He died a few years later

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I’m not good at remembering things, but for whatever reason a few are coming back.

I usually don’t like the so called Meme(s), but this one struck a chord and ShoSho tagged me with it.
I was going to have it done beginning of the week, but you all know how busy I am .

* Do your closest friends have any nicknames for you?
What friends? Just kidding. The only one I know of, is Nic, but I guess that’s not a real Nickname

* What is the greatest achievement of your life so far?
Finally settled with the Love of my Life and got married. (In other words having a relationship that lasts longer than two years… )

*Where would you live if anywhere was possible?
The country doesn’t matter, but it would have to be close to a forest, mountains and ocean, preferably an old house with a big garden

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> *
> Thought you might be interested in this forgotten
> bit of
> information………..*
>
> *
> It was 1987! At a lecture the other day they were
> playing an old news video
> of Lt.Col. Oliver North testifying at the
> Iran-Contra hearings during the
> Reagan Administration. *
> *
> There was Ollie in front of God and country getting
> the third degree, but
> what he said was stunning! *
> *
> He was being drilled by a senator; “Did you not
> recently spend close to
> $60,000 for a home security system?” *
> *
> Ollie replied, “Yes, I did, Sir.” *
> *
> The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of
> the audience, “Isn’t
> that just a little excessive?” *
> *
> “No, sir,” continued Ollie. *
> *
> “No? And why not?” the senator asked. *
> *
> “Because the lives of my family and I were
> threatened, sir.” *
> *
> “Threatened? By whom?” the senator questioned. *
>
> *
> “By a terrorist, sir” Ollie answered. *
> *
> “Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you
> that much?” *
>
>
> *
> “His name is Osama bin Laden, sir” Ollie replied. *
> *
> At this point the senator tried to repeat the name,
> but couldn’t pronounce
> it, which most people back then probably couldn’t. A
> couple of people
> laughed at the attempt. Then the senator continued.
> Why are you so afraid of
> this man?” the senator asked. *
> *
> “Because, sir, he is the most evil person alive that
> I know of”, Ollie
> answered.*
>
> *
> “And what do you recommend we do about him?” asked
> the senator. **
> **
> “Well, sir, if it was up to me, I would recommend
> that an assassin team be
> formed to eliminate him and his men from the face of
> the earth..” **
> **
> The senator disagreed with this approach, and that
> was all that was shown of
> the clip.** *
>
> *
> By the way, that senator was **Al Gore! *
>
> *
> Also:
> Terrorist pilot Mohammad Atta blew up a bus in
> Israel in 1986. The Israelis
> captured, tried and imprisoned him. As part of the
> Oslo agreement with the
> Palestinians in 1993, Israel had to agree to release
> so-called “political
> prisoners.” **
> **
> However, the Israelis would not release any with
> blood on their hands. The
> American President at the time, Bill Clinton, and
> his Secretary of State,
> Warren Christopher, “insisted” that all prisoners be
> released . **
> **
> Thus Mohammad Atta was freed and eventually thanked
> the US by flying an
> airplane into Tower One of the World Trade Center .
> This was reported by
> many of the American TV networks at the time that
> the terrorists were first
> identified. **
> It was censored in the US from all later reports.**