SSN 680 Plan of the Day
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- Brad Williamson
Things have been pretty calm around SSN-680.org the last couple of weeks. Not much activity and no substantial changes to the website. A few new members. A few people registering for REGROUPEX 09.
So...
Get recruiting - each of you knows at least one or two people that haven't registered on the site. Track them down, call them up, and tell them to "Get hot, you dink non-qual!" If each of you finds just one former shipmate, we double the sailing list to 500. And it gets you out of port and starboard, or in the case of our staff, port and re-port. So commit yourself to the effort, and spend an hour on Saturday or Sunday tracking down one old shipmate that you haven't seen registered. When you find him, update the Master Sailing List with your activity and information so we can update our records, and get him on the mailing list.
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- Brad Williamson
Patches were part of life on the Battlin' Billy B. In fact, there was a time when we had a large one welded on our side. But that's not the type of patch I'm referring to. The patches I'm looking for are the embroidered cloth type that everybody had on their working jackets and civvies. I've only found a few examples, but I'm sure there must have been many more. If you send me your images, I'll be glad to put together an article about them.
Scan them at 600 dpi or more, and send the color .jpg or .tiff to me at my Site Administrator address. If you need help scanning, let me know and we'll make arrangements to get it scanned and return it to you.
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- Brad Williamson
Roger Loesch, step-brother of Donald M. Pfannenstiel, who we haven't yet registered on the site, reports that Don, or "Puff" as some called him, has been hospitalized with back problems in Wichita, Kansas.
Don served on the Bates from about 1972 to 1975 according to his Classmates.com information.
Roger indicated that hearing from old shipmates might have a positive effect on Don, and he's working to get Don interested in the San Diego reunion if anybody from the 70's is going to show up.
So, drop Don an email to Roger's address at rogmaris60@hotmail.com and offer some genuine Bates encouragement. No, not that kind. The positive encouragement kind, and challenge him to get on the site and start telling sea stories as soon as he is up to it.
