High school reunion ….anyone …. anyone? - The Orange Mane

Bob · 07-17-2008, 09:59 PM

Any here actually go to one recently? My 20 year reunion is this Saturday in Colorado. (Sadly I have not been in the state for 20 years, so it will be interesting to check out the city, and how folks have changed.) Like some perverse time-machine where not only everyone/thing else has aged, but you have as well. Any funny stories out there, words of wisdom or warnings?

I remember thinking when I was 17 that I would be always be tight with those guys, but only last year looked one of them up. So with some trepidation I step into the unknown…

theAPAOps5 · 07-17-2008, 10:01 PM

I skipped my 10 year. Don't really care to go to them either. My few friends from High School that I care about I stay in touch with.

cutthemdown · 07-17-2008, 10:09 PM

mine is friday night but I have a gig so I can't go.

Needa Pass Rush · 07-17-2008, 10:10 PM

See some old friends, good for the soul.

~ Bob Seger, Hollywood Nights

Spider · 07-17-2008, 10:15 PM

I never been invited to one ........

Kaylore · 07-17-2008, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Spider

I never been invited to one ........

You have to go to high school first, Spider.

Spider · 07-17-2008, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaylore

You have to go to high school first, Spider.

Naw ....that couldnt be it

Bob · 07-18-2008, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by cutthemdown

mine is friday night but I have a gig so I can't go.

Wouldnt be in Colorado would it?

Dagmar · 07-18-2008, 12:54 AM

If I still wanted to talk to those people I would. The few I want to talk to? I stay in contact with. THe others? Who the **** cares.

BroncoBuff · 07-18-2008, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by cutthemdown

mine is friday night but I have a gig so I can't go.

Maybe LynchMob will show up

cutthemdown · 07-18-2008, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Bob

Wouldnt be in Colorado would it?

no I'm not good enough to play anymore then a hour from my house lol.

cutthemdown · 07-18-2008, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by BroncoBuff

Maybe LynchMob will show up

naw it's a private party. Lynch does like the blues though I'm sure I will see him again. The place he came and saw us at really likes us and booked us once a month through the end of the yr.

cutthemdown · 07-18-2008, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty Shackleford

If I still wanted to talk to those people I would. The few I want to talk to? I stay in contact with. THe others? Who the **** cares.

I guess it's more about seeing who you did better then.

Hogan11 · 07-18-2008, 01:57 AM

I blew mine off the for a Pittsburgh Pirates series..shows you how much high school ment to me

broncocalijohn · 07-18-2008, 02:17 AM

My 20 year is this October and I am going. You will be surprised at people that you never thought of until you see them again. Have fun and make sure you know where the bar is if it is at a hotel. I am looking forward to mine.

ScottXray · 07-18-2008, 11:04 AM

I went to my 40th last August in Littleton. Curiosity more than anything, since I never attended any of the others, and wondered what it would be like.

Overall it was strange seeing all those people. The pre reunion gathering at a local bar was better than the actual reunion, because it was more informal, and everybody was looser. I was surprised that a lot of people remembered me at all, since I was always on the side lines in HS, and never in the main stream. I guess I was noticed more than I thought, especially by some of the girls that I was too shy to talk to then.
Then again, I was 6'1, 135 lbs back then, and I'm 6'1/2 and 200 now.
Not one of the people I hung with back then made it, and somehow that was ok..

The reunion itself, the same cliques and groups that were present in HS reformed themselves and resulted in it being kind of a drag. I took my wife which was torture for her...she didn't attend the same school. Generally the spouses had a bad time. But I didn't want her to feel I was excluding her , and in actuality, I was much more comfortable with her than any of the people I hadn't seen in so long.

Finding out that so many of the "popular" people in HS had relatively mundane
lives was somehow a a little gratifying... but then so have I.

Overall , It was okay, but I won't go again.

Crushaholic · 07-18-2008, 11:18 AM

My 20-year reunion will be next year...if anybody bothers to put one together...

smalltowngrll · 07-18-2008, 01:07 PM

Went to my 10 year. My 20 year is in Sept and I won't be attending.

I'd like to go, but we already have plans for football the weekend before and I just can't make two trips that close together. I'll be down in Tucson over New Years so I'll see a bunch of my old high school friends at that time!

PatsWin2002 · 07-18-2008, 01:57 PM

Is August a common time for HS reunions in Colorado??

Around here, 98% of reunions happen Thanksgiving weekend.

Bob · 07-18-2008, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by smalltowngrll

Went to my 10 year. My 20 year is in Sept and I won't be attending.

I'd like to go, but we already have plans for football the weekend before and I just can't make two trips that close together. I'll be down in Tucson over New Years so I'll see a bunch of my old high school friends at that time!

Football is more important. I could not go to my tenth, just didnt have the cash, and working toward my MS, so now 10 years later with gas prices being so high I did re-thing going, but thought I might regret it later-- as one can only imagine what prices will be like for my 25th...

Dr. Broncenstein · 07-18-2008, 02:03 PM

My 10 year reunion was great. All those girls that were too cool looked like they were in a hotdog eating contest since graduation. Some people I never expected to show did, and turned out to be very cool. I was real hesitant to go, and wound up having a great time.

Ray Finkle · 07-18-2008, 02:42 PM

my ten year was fun....my good buddy in HS is still my good buddy so it was nice to see some people I won't see for another ten years....

orinjkrush · 07-18-2008, 07:51 PM

The reunion itself, the same cliques and groups that were present in HS reformed themselves

its called the "reunion effect". happens all the time.
i went to my 35th. was great to see all the "BMOCs" without hair and big paunches. while the cheerleaders all had WAY too many miles on them. (all on their backs it seemed.) hehehehe

Breaker · 07-19-2008, 08:04 AM

My 10 is next year and I am going to go and try to sell them all pot. Show them all what the guy voted "most likely to succeed" is doing with his life

. Then I will call the cops when they are loaded and run away laughing like a Ninja Turtle on steroids.

loborugger · 07-20-2008, 05:42 PM

My 20th was supposed to be this year. But we didnt have one. Got my liposuction, botox, doctored photos of myself performing great deeds, and a false bank account report all done up for nothing...

07-17-2008, 09:59 PM	#1
Bob Ring of Famer Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 5,330	High school reunion ….anyone …. anyone? Any here actually go to one recently? My 20 year reunion is this Saturday in Colorado. (Sadly I have not been in the state for 20 years, so it will be interesting to check out the city, and how folks have changed.) Like some perverse time-machine where not only everyone/thing else has aged, but you have as well. Any funny stories out there, words of wisdom or warnings? I remember thinking when I was 17 that I would be always be tight with those guys, but only last year looked one of them up. So with some trepidation I step into the unknown…

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07-17-2008, 10:01 PM	#2
theAPAOps5 A new beginning! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Denver Posts: 26,058 Adopt-a-Bronco: Watermock - RIP	I skipped my 10 year. Don't really care to go to them either. My few friends from High School that I care about I stay in touch with.

07-17-2008, 10:09 PM	#3
cutthemdown A verbis ad verbera Zimm to HOF Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Long Beach Posts: 32,528	mine is friday night but I have a gig so I can't go.

07-17-2008, 10:10 PM	#4
Needa Pass Rush Never say Always Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,211	See some old friends, good for the soul. ~ Bob Seger, Hollywood Nights

07-17-2008, 10:15 PM	#5
Spider Mr Diplomacy I survived Tebow Mania at the Mane Join Date: May 2001 Location: Elway was just an arm =MacGruder Posts: 84,438 Adopt-a-Bronco: Von Miller	I never been invited to one ........

07-18-2008, 12:54 AM	#9
Dagmar ...there ain't no devil ..there's just God when he's drunk. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Morrison Posts: 17,132 Adopt-a-Bronco: Tim Tebow	If I still wanted to talk to those people I would. The few I want to talk to? I stay in contact with. THe others? Who the **** cares.

07-18-2008, 01:57 AM	#14
Hogan11 Rock-N-Roll Historian Let's take these SOB's out!!!!!! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: W.NY.B.C. Posts: 21,300 Adopt-a-Bronco: Floyd Little	I blew mine off the for a Pittsburgh Pirates series..shows you how much high school ment to me

07-18-2008, 02:17 AM	#15
broncocalijohn Famer of Rings My Dog Richard Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lake Forest, Orange County, Calif. Posts: 18,476 Adopt-a-Bronco: Simon Fletcher	My 20 year is this October and I am going. You will be surprised at people that you never thought of until you see them again. Have fun and make sure you know where the bar is if it is at a hotel. I am looking forward to mine.

07-18-2008, 11:04 AM	#16
ScottXray Opinionated A**** Love Me some PANCAKES!** Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: PDX (Portland OR) Posts: 4,663 Adopt-a-Bronco: J. D. Walton	I went to my 40th last August in Littleton. Curiosity more than anything, since I never attended any of the others, and wondered what it would be like. Overall it was strange seeing all those people. The pre reunion gathering at a local bar was better than the actual reunion, because it was more informal, and everybody was looser. I was surprised that a lot of people remembered me at all, since I was always on the side lines in HS, and never in the main stream. I guess I was noticed more than I thought, especially by some of the girls that I was too shy to talk to then. Then again, I was 6'1, 135 lbs back then, and I'm 6'1/2 and 200 now. Not one of the people I hung with back then made it, and somehow that was ok.. The reunion itself, the same cliques and groups that were present in HS reformed themselves and resulted in it being kind of a drag. I took my wife which was torture for her...she didn't attend the same school. Generally the spouses had a bad time. But I didn't want her to feel I was excluding her , and in actuality, I was much more comfortable with her than any of the people I hadn't seen in so long. Finding out that so many of the "popular" people in HS had relatively mundane lives was somehow a a little gratifying... but then so have I. Overall , It was okay, but I won't go again.

07-18-2008, 11:18 AM	#17
Crushaholic Armchair Poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Topeka, KS Posts: 22,044	My 20-year reunion will be next year...if anybody bothers to put one together...

07-18-2008, 01:07 PM	#18
smalltowngrll Orange Blue Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bend, OR Posts: 8,038 Adopt-a-Bronco: dortoh	Went to my 10 year. My 20 year is in Sept and I won't be attending. I'd like to go, but we already have plans for football the weekend before and I just can't make two trips that close together. I'll be down in Tucson over New Years so I'll see a bunch of my old high school friends at that time!

07-18-2008, 01:57 PM	#19
PatsWin2002 Giggity Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: South of Boston Posts: 6,270	Is August a common time for HS reunions in Colorado?? Around here, 98% of reunions happen Thanksgiving weekend.

07-18-2008, 02:03 PM	#21
Dr. Broncenstein Overdriven Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sterile Fields Posts: 11,622 Adopt-a-Bronco: Wesley Woodyard	My 10 year reunion was great. All those girls that were too cool looked like they were in a hotdog eating contest since graduation. Some people I never expected to show did, and turned out to be very cool. I was real hesitant to go, and wound up having a great time.

07-18-2008, 02:42 PM	#22
Ray Finkle DOOONNNTTTTT CAAARRREEE! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Alexandria, VA Posts: 7,411	my ten year was fun....my good buddy in HS is still my good buddy so it was nice to see some people I won't see for another ten years....

07-18-2008, 07:51 PM	#23
orinjkrush ... Prospects for the future... Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DistrictOfCorruption Posts: 4,914 Adopt-a-Bronco: Ben Garland	The reunion itself, the same cliques and groups that were present in HS reformed themselves its called the "reunion effect". happens all the time. i went to my 35th. was great to see all the "BMOCs" without hair and big paunches. while the cheerleaders all had WAY too many miles on them. (all on their backs it seemed.) hehehehe

07-19-2008, 08:04 AM	#24
Breaker Bleeding Orange and Blue Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Denver Posts: 1,007	My 10 is next year and I am going to go and try to sell them all pot. Show them all what the guy voted "most likely to succeed" is doing with his life . Then I will call the cops when they are loaded and run away laughing like a Ninja Turtle on steroids.

07-20-2008, 05:42 PM	#25
loborugger lost in the ether Did we finally get a FB??? Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The 'cuse Posts: 5,783 Adopt-a-Bronco: Peyton Hillis	My 20th was supposed to be this year. But we didnt have one. Got my liposuction, botox, doctored photos of myself performing great deeds, and a false bank account report all done up for nothing...