There used to be this hill on the East side of the playground that we would have a lot of fun on

We would make little tracks and race monster trucks down it.

Chad was for some reason really cool because he was really into cars and trucks and I think he used to bring lots of monster trucks to play with.

But for some odd reason they did not like the fact that we would play on this hill for fear that kids probably would roll down and hurt themselves.

Eventually they fenced off this part of the playground.

It sucked.

It also sucked how you would get in trouble if you went in the woods.

Very overprotective rules. Just let the kids be! I remember playing lots of hide and seek type games in those woods at Burt in after school hours.

What do you remember from this Hill Chad and other Burt people?

Its always so hard getting sicky, but its the best having loved ones take care of you during that time. Well, a long time ago I was sick and my favorite thing at the time was soup and grilled cheese. Tomato soup of course! Well after waiting and pouting forever for it, it arrives and its really thick. I wonder to myself, this looks awfully red, hmm... Well I know the person who did it cared very much at the time for me and would be heart-broken if I didn't eat it. It was prepared so cute too, it had little shavings of pepper or something on top to make it look great! Well, here goes nothing, I take a spoonful and ummm welll... Lets just say he didn't add water and milk! HAHAHA! I'll never forget that!

Back when my dad started running a lot, he encouraged me to enter in a race. I was having some problems with my blood pressure at the time and was trying to get cardiovascular exercise in. I was running a lot at the YMCA and the Great Lakes Athletic Club. So my first race was the Hidden Forest Trail Run at Independence Oaks. I was nervous about it - not knowing what to expect from my first race. I knew that I enjoyed when there was someone else on the track at the gym because it motivated me more.

This was also my co-worker Olaf Schmidt's first race. My dad had talked him into it too. He showed up wearing cleated shoes (meant for golfing). He thought they would help him with traction since it was a trail run. This has to be the only race where I heard an announcer mention that he didn't want any "show-offs" wearing boots or any other type of shoe. Olaf had to go talk to the guy and . . . Read More..

The first time I ever changed my brake pads was at the Baldiga's house in their driveway. It seems like it was a cold fall afternoon. Chet basically did the job and showed me how while Joe SR came by and commented every once and a while. That was really cool that Chet was able to help me do that - I didn't know that he knew how to do that. I told him I would buy him a 12 pack of beer and I still have not done that. I remember my hands getting pretty cold changing the brakes. I was amazed at how easy and straight-forward it was and it encouraged me to learn how to do more things with my car. I figured that I should be able to do that if I call myself an engineer.

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I was at my parents' home on Cortez Drive in Fort Worth, Texas

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