---------------- Begin Forwarded Message ---------------- Date: Sat Apr 29 07:03:19 2000 I am forwarding this for what it is worth to members of the Branson list. M. L. Branson Subject: Fw: Fwd: me Hi mom, You have already gotten some info from him, but this is a more detailed letter, so I thought I would send it. You don't need to do anything about it, but it might fit in the trail somewhere. In a message dated 4/28/2000 1:26:26 PM !!!First Boot!!!, branson@san.rr.com writes: << Malinda My name is Vernon, friends call me Vern. My folks came from OK. I live in San Diego. I have lived in southern California since I was 4 years old, except for a two year stint in San Francisco. I am retired from middle management for Pacific Telephone. I will be 75 years old the 14th of May. I've been married to the same wife for 55 years (will be next July) I was in the Air Corps in WWII, only got in two years of college before I got married. I have two kids, a girl, Peggy, who has two boys who are grown and married. One has a son (Daniel, two years old) who visited us last night. I have a son, Bob, who has two girls, neither of whom are married. They all live in the Sierra mountains, 400 miles north of here. I am nothing to look at--been fat all my life--but I've recently lost 50 pounds--down to 224. I'm the same height as you, 5' 9". I like things that are funny, really funny, not just funny 'cause they're dirty. I get flooded with jokes from a bunch of people on the internet, most of which are unfunny, or trash. No, I am not related to the folks you mentioned in your note. Many of my Branson ancestors were professors. All of my grandfathers family (he and his brothers) were college graduates. One brother was a professor in Georgia, another was the president of the University of New Mexico. There is even a Branson Hall there now. But my grandfather was a weird duck. He was a "gentleman farmer". Sat around in a clean white shirt and told his sons where to plow. He didn't send any of his 9 kids to college My mother is still alive. She is 92. Lives in a nursing home a few miles from here. She needs around-the-clock care, but she is healthy, and her family lives long lives. I am quite sure she will outlive me. There, that's more than enough. It was nice of you to answer so promptly. You sound like you'd be a wonderful person to have for a friend, or a lifelong partner. I really hope the right guy comes along, if that's what you want. Is it OK to sign off "Love, Vern" ? >> ----------------- End Forwarded Message -----------------