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Greetings 405 listener!
The 405 airs over KMMR Radio Station. At 5 Minutes past 4 PM. Normally each M-F week day of the year. Here on the website we'll get it posted for you within a few hours, normally.
Your neighbor and website maintainer,
D.J. Rasmussen
I wanna again welcome you to the four zero five Coffee Break. Guys, sun's out. Put your sunscreen on. Get your cup of coffee, glass iced tea, or bottle of water. Let's see what's happening.
OK Solberg:Spring weight's still above the $6 mark. Six zero three a bushel, 550 pounds steer calf holding up there, $3.91 a pound. Butcher hog in Omaha, 63¢ a pound. And finally, a 100 pound fat lamb in billing, $2.27 a pound, but guys, there's more, much more. Okay.
OK Solberg:Okay. Like my dad used to say, time marches on. Well, like the songwriter wrote in Suds in the Bucket, you can't fence time. The clock doesn't stop for anyone, does it? With that being said, let me tell you that I'm still enjoying the memory of our fifty year high school graduation reunion that happened this past weekend in Malta.
OK Solberg:It was great to see old classmates, it sure was, and to relive some memories. Let's just say I'm still soaking in the feelings of friendship. Reminds me of a bible verse, I thank my god every time I remember you. What? Yes.
OK Solberg:I thank my God every time I remember you. Philippians one three, isn't that a fitting verse? And it really is in the bible. Paul is writing to the people of Philippi, and I was thinking of my classmates that I saw this weekend who we went to school together decades ago. So we celebrated the class of 1975 this past weekend, and let me share a few things I shared with my classmates on Saturday evening.
OK Solberg:I wanna do that because it's fresh in my mind, and and because my classmate Daniel has taken the time and extreme effort of placing all these 4:05 episodes on the Internet. He really did. You can go to transistor.fm and type in "the 405" and listen to them at their at your leisure if you miss miss them live over at KMMR. And a great big thank you to Daniel. So I wanna share these memories for you, but also know that they'll be up on the Internet for anyone to listen to even years from now.
OK Solberg:Okay? No chuckle with me. I can't help thinking and saying, who cares, Orvin? I know. I know.
OK Solberg:Who cares? I know. But Todd Smith cares, and Dan Lundstrom cares, and David Hitch cares, and Daniel Rasmussen cares, and Duane Hould cares, and Chris Barthelmess cares, and so does Brian Schuffelmeier, and Diana Hould and Kari Carnahan and Reenie and Barb and Vincent and Mark Hunkerford and Stan and Mike and the list goes on and on. So therefore, I care. So I shared that in 2nd grade in missus Wilma Anderson's class, my mother bought me a stenographer's notebook.
OK Solberg:Okay? Little narrow notebook, if you know what they look like. When our teacher told the class to pull out their notebooks, there were some comments like, why does Orvin have a narrow notebook? Or look at Orvin's notebook, it's not the right kind. Well, Todd Smith sat right in front of me and he heard all the hullabaloo, and he opened up his three ring binder, pulled out a piece of paper, and handed it back to me.
OK Solberg:Todd and I have been friends ever since. Oh, yes. In 3rd grade, I got invited to stay overnight with Eddie Swartz, which was a big day. It really was, guys, a big day in my young life. I remember take'in a bath the night before and thinking, honestly, I can remember.
OK Solberg:Soap dishes to my left, I remember thinking, tomorrow will never come. Well, guys, came and so did a lot of other tomorrows. And now it's sixty years later, and the memory is still dear. 4th grade Jimmy Taylor invited me to his birthday party and we went bowling right here in Malta, Montana. Before the birthday party, I never gave bowling a thought, didn't even know it existed.
OK Solberg:After the party, I was thinking of it all the time. 5th grade. We're out at recess and Dean Hassler horsing around like young boys do. It was all good natured and fun. But while we were wrestling around, I felt this big hand on the back of my neck, and I thought it was our classmate Boone, Dan Boone Lundstrom.
OK Solberg:And I was gonna turn around and give him the what for? I turned around and it was mister Knutson, the principal, and he scolded us harshly and sent us to his office. I was crying like a baby, guys, I really was. I'd never been sent to the principal's office. And as Dean and I were walking across the playground, Dean was consoling me.
OK Solberg:He even put his arm around me. It was a dear memory. He was telling me it wasn't no big deal, nothing to worry about. See, Dean had experience. This wasn't his rodeo nor was it his trip to the principal's office.
OK Solberg:We took our medicine in the office. It wasn't fun, but it got over, and then we went back to class. When I arrived in my room, the class was working on art, and color crayons were on top of everybody's desk. Brent Waters sat in front of me in missus Holtie's class, and Brent also cared for me. He saw my tear streaked cheeks and he let me use his color crayons.
OK Solberg:Guys. Brent had the 64 pack with a built in sharpener. Every school kid's dream, I had the eight pack. I had the eight pack, and others had the 24 pack, but not Brent. Brent had the Cadillac, so to speak.
OK Solberg:The only time in my life that I got to use a 64 pack color Crayolas with a built in sharpener. I felt like a king. So anyway, that's what happened this weekend, and I feel privileged to have grown up in Malta, Montana, learned lots, made many friends, and I have a bunch of great classmates. Our time's up. The clock on the wall says I have to run.
OK Solberg:So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.