re: Happy 2023 to OT - "Mecca" AKA Monroe the GOAT CITY to grow up in LA (PIC heavy)

I was in St Fred’s class of ‘81/NLU 86 and waited tables at the warehouse for several years. Definitely enjoyed a lot of good times at Sals and Siesta as well.

Had to be!! In Piccadilly, I trust!!

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For all you T&C folks, can you name Jack McCalls grandson that attended JH?

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damn you got me there.

I was in the same grade as Lanny James' daughter who also lived in T&C and she used to bend my ear with stuff.

Lanny's wife taught me history in 8th grade at Swartz.

He graduated from River Oaks in 85. Transferred there from OPHS.

One year behind the youngest Stites

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Anybody go to the levee for July 4 fireworks?

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You mean some people didn't!????

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you and i graduated in 84 and after starting at lsu i never went back home so its been awhile

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Graduated in 83. Took the Stan Humphries route. I started at LSU and ended up at NLU.

-In hs, we got into the Electric Circus on fake IDs. I never learned to disco dance, but I got out there and shook around. We'd do pushups in the parking lot before going inside.

What was the name of the liquor store in front of it? I got fifths od Bacardi and Jack D. along with my Ducks Unlimited caps in there.

-Went to most of the bars listed. As an NLU student I spent most bar nights at the Siesta, Shot a lot of pool, drank beer and got into a few fights in there.

-Was anyone on here at NLU the year the 1st week of classes were snowed out? A new club called Bleachers opened. We went there every night that week. Saw Zebra there one night. After that start, I was working to get my grades up the whole semester.

-My two best friends from hs played for John David Crow and Pat Collins at NLU. They all lived in the athletic dorm back then. There was a girl that came over nearly every night. They called her the third floor whore. They had a Christmas tree at one end of the hall with used rubbers hanging on it. One time when I was over there I walked out of a room and a guy down the hall yelled, "Look out!", and shot a 22 rifle down the hall. Around the same time an article in SI told about OU football players shooting Uzis in their athletic dorm..

-Do they still have a drill team with the band? I bet they don't call them Warbonnets anymore. What do they call them? Went to one of their parties on the river boat. After my Warbonnet and I got onboard, we ere going thru introductions, and every girl says their guy's name, then added, "He plays baseball", or "football", or "basketball".

I think I may have been the only guy that only played intramural sports. The girl that took me said, "He's a runner," after she introduced me to a big group. We were all just objects to them.

-I worked at Kraus & Cahn, in Eastgate, selling Sansabelt pants, Arrow & Hathaway dress shirts, Countess Mara ties and Hickey Freeman suits to insurance agents and preachers. Sold a lot of Munsingwear to college kids & parents of high school kids.

-Lived in Sherouse, Olin and Hudson, before moving into a house. Was in Olin before they locked the break rooms to keep people from throwing Coke machines off of a 13 story structure.

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He graduated from River Oaks in 85. Transferred there from OPHS.

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well damn that's right up my alley.

Hmmm. Gonna try to figure this one out without a yearbook crutch.

Chuck, Charles, Carter, Carey, Chris...

Garner?

Like momma I remember the biggies were Redden, Usry, Big Ben from Carroll.. Our football team was pitiful. He must have transferred for the McDonald's in the River oaks school.