55 years ago today

Oops! 54 years ago today!

Dave Lindell, post: 397452, member: 55 wrote: ...I wish I knew then what I know now about asking questions. I could tell stories like Paden...

You CAN tell stories like Paden. You just have to find the right bottle of Scotch...;)

That's awesome Dave, I hope to be around when you hit "60 years ago today."

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Loyal

I was born in July, 1962 in Fresno, CA.

Dave Karoly, post: 397489, member: 94 wrote: I was born in July, 1962 in Fresno, CA

Hey, Dave, I was born in 1965, in Coarsegold CA. Just a bit north, on hwy 41, aka Blackstone Boulevard.

Dave Lindell, post: 397452, member: 55 wrote: And I'm still at it, enjoying it more than ever.

God bless you Dave; may you enjoy many more..

Nate The Surveyor, post: 397491, member: 291 wrote: Hey, Dave, I was born in 1965, in Coarsegold CA. Just a bit north, on hwy 41, aka Blackstone Boulevard.

My Dad wrecked his company car driving north on Hwy 41 about 1966 or 7. A Pontiac Vista Cruiser blew through a stop sign in front of us and Dad couldn't stop in time. Fortunately nobody was hurt.

54 years ago today, October 29, 1962, a Monday

I should have been in my Fourth Grade classroom with my eleven fellow students paying strict attention to Mrs. Weast, our teacher. Four girls and eight boys. One of the boys died in his forties from his family's curse of heart disease. Another boy died of cancer in his fifties. One girl became a widow in her forties due to her husband's family curse of kidney disease. Another girl may be a widow in the near future due to her husband's terrible struggle with cancer. The rest of us our counting our blessings.

Holy Cow, post: 397499, member: 50 wrote: ...The rest of us our counting our blessings.

About (?) 51 years ago I was one of five members of the "Webfoot" Patrol of Troop 65 in Boy Scouts. Me, Tommy Briesemeister, David Gibbs, Tony Baer and Nick McCartney. We were all pretty normal kids with pretty normal lives and dreams.

Tommy Briesemeister, HS football hero, was doing 25 in the State Penitentiary for aggravated manslaughter (bar fight) when he lost his life to another inmate.

David Gibbs, our resident mouth-breather, was found in his car in Dallas with a bullet hole in his head. Apparently a drug deal gone bad.

Tony Baer died of AIDS. I always thought he liked the showers in PE a little too much.

Nick McCartney died in a boating accident. Alcohol was involved. We all actually saw that one coming.

All these deaths occurred before any of us had 30 years under our belts. And I always thought I was the "wild child" with all my shenanigans. I give thanks every night to the big chief-of-parties in the sky...believe me.

Okay, 54 years ago what was THE survey chariot of the time?

R.J. Schneider, post: 397506, member: 409 wrote: Okay, 54 years ago what was THE survey chariot of the time?

1959 GMC "carry all". It actually had only three doors not counting the back doors; driver side, front passenger and a rear passenger. Pops also use to survey out of a 1955 Ford station wagon. Station wagons were probably the most common in my memory. Pickups didn't get popular until the number of crew members dropped to three or less.

Found a million images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=gmc+carryall&t=h_&iax=1&ia=images&apos ;">here not sure which one is actually the GMC Carry All.

International Travelall.

paden cash, post: 397509, member: 20 wrote: 1959 GMC "carry all". It actually had only three doors not counting the back doors; driver side, front passenger and a rear passenger. Pops also use to survey out of a 1955 Ford station wagon. Station wagons were probably the most common in my memory. Pickups didn't get popular until the number of crew members dropped to three or less.

paden cash, post: 397509, member: 20 wrote: 1959 GMC "carry all". It actually had only three doors not counting the back doors; driver side, front passenger and a rear passenger. Pops also use to survey out of a 1955 Ford station wagon. Station wagons were probably the most common in my memory. Pickups didn't get popular until the number of crew members dropped to three or less.

Paden:

1959 Chevy/GMC Suburbans did not have a rear passenger side door. To access the rear seat, the front seat on the passemger side folded forward, known as a jump seat, so you could crawl into the back seat. Elmer Lenhart, when I worked for him in 59 & 60, had a 1959 Mustard Yellow GMC 4wd Suburban and it was a pain to get into the rear seat when you were all bundled up in winter gear. Chevy/GMC didn't add the rear passeger side door until 1969 or maybe 1970. I also remember that Elmer's GMC had a drop tailgate, which also made it hard to get equipment, etc. out unless you crawled upon the tailgate and up into the cargo area. I don't know if panel doors were even available on these units then.

My 1972 Chevy Suburban is the last 3 door version, as they made it a 4 door in 1973 and on up to the present.

Charles L. Dowdell, post: 397516, member: 82 wrote: Paden:

1959 Chevy/GMC Suburbans did not have a rear passenger side door....

I thought I remembered a rear passenger side door, maybe not. And I do remember those fold-up jump seats so well...:)

paden cash, post: 397518, member: 20 wrote: I thought I remembered a rear passenger side door, maybe not. And I do remember those fold-up jump seats so well...:)

That one looks like a 2wd, as it sets pretty low to the ground. That tailgate would hold a lot stuff though. The 4wd's were a lot higher, which made it hard to get upon the tailgate, especially if the front end was facing downhill. When I went to work for the Bureau of Reclamation, in 1960 our work vehicle was a 1957 Chevy Suburban 2wd and I think it had panel rear doors and not the tailgate. It was a 6 cylinder and I remember one day we were going out to our job site southwest of Casper, the wind was whooping it up to about 50 or 60 mph and we were heading into it. It could barely get up to 40 mph it was so underpowered. Later on, 1962, when I started running crews, I got a 1958 Chevy Suburban 2wd for my vwork vehicle and I also think it had panel rear doors and not the tailgate. But, I may be wrong about the rear doors, it's been too many years and too many vehicles since then.

I may be getting the 2 Chevy's rear doors confused with the 2 Dodge Power Wagons, 1962 & 1963, that I got later in 1962 that did have rear panel doors. Those 2 Dodges are a story unto themselves.

55yrs ago I winked at the spitting image of Natalie Wood and she came across the floor and sat in my chair where she remained as my muse for many years.
The draw of city lights sent her packing for to follow some sweet talking city slicker that left her a widow some 40yrs later.
Still looking for a dream in those lights with her image in tow.

That was one trainwreck I have felt saved from to this day.
I was living my dream then and remain in control of that destiny while she is still looking for hers.
It it is out there, She will find it from her belief and perseverance of her goal.

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Oh, my. The bullets we have dodged! I was a very shy lad and no Romeo but my short list of significant acquaintances today include those dealing with breast cancer, multiple sclerosis, polio-related dementia, a lymph gland problem, a kidney disease, heart attack and stroke.