Old proverb: "To speak the names of the departed is to make them live again."

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

When and Where?

Here is a photo sent to me by my mumsey, Jean Davie Fieg.  It shows Bertha, Lothar and Emilie Fieg as children.  Millie looks to be about 5 which would mean the picture was taken in 1899 or 1900.  Could they be standing in their back yard in Yonkers during their first American winter?  What do you think?

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Where Am I?

1.  ED FIEG SR. WON A STARTING POSITION in the secondary of the Oneonta High School Yellowjackets football team and later a starting position in the old semi-pro Empire State Football League after studying as a boy under the tutelage of:

A.  Coach Knute Rockne in Buffalo, NY
B.  Coach Vince Lombardi in Corning, NY
C.  Coach Jerry Sandusky in Derby, NY
D.  Coach Joe Paterno in Oneonta, NY


2.  WHILE IN OHIO, TO TRAVEL FROM UPPER SANDUSKY to Sandusky, one must travel approximately 57 miles in which direction?

A.  Northeast
B.  Southeast
C.  East Southeast
D.  West Northwest


3.  THE CITY OF SANDUSKY, OH is named after:

A.  Jerry Sandusky's great-great-great grandfather, a fur trader who was marooned on Lake Erie while trapping otter.
B.  The horizon just west of the city where the sun sets over huge white sand dunes during the winter months.
C.  There are various theories, though no one really knows why it has that name.
D.  Upper Sandusky


4.  THE ALL-TIME LOW TEMPERATURE in Sioux City, IA since records began being kept was -26  degrees F. in 1926.  Sioux City is on the approximate same global latitudinal position as:

A.  Icy Iceland
B.  Frigid Finland
C.  Gloomy Glasgow
D.  Sunny Naples


5.  SARAH FIEG CORKERY'S SISTER-IN-LAW lives a short drive from the city of North East Pennsylvania, which is located:

A.  Near CA, PA
B.  Near WY, PA
C.  In NE PA
D.  In NW PA


Here are the answers to the above questions -- did you have to use your GPS?


1. ED FIEG SR. WON A STARTING POSITION in the secondary of the Oneonta High School Yellowjackets football team and later a starting position in the old semi-pro Empire State Football League after studying as a boy under the tutelage of:

A. Coach Knute Rockne in Buffalo, NY
B.  Coach Vince Lombardi in Corning, NY
C. Coach Jerry Sandusky in Derby, NY
D. Coach Joe Paterno in Oneonta, NY


2. TO TRAVEL FROM UPPER SANDUSKY, OH to Sandusky, OH one must travel approximately 57 miles in which direction?

A. Northeast
B. Southeast
C. East Southeast
D. West Northwest


3. THE CITY OF SANDUSKY, OH is named after:

A. Jerry Sandusky's great-great-great grandfather, a fur trader who was marooned on Lake Erie while trapping otter.
B. The horizon just west of the city where the sun sets over huge white sand dunes during the winter months.
C. There are various theories, though no one really knows why it has that name.
D. Upper Sandusky


4. THE ALL-TIME LOW TEMPERATURE in Sioux City, IA since records began being kept was -26 degrees F. in 1926. Sioux City is on the approximate same global latitudinal position as:

A. Icy Iceland
B. Frigid Finland
C. Gloomy Glasgow
D. Sunny Naples


5. SARAH FIEG CORKERY'S SISTER-IN-LAW lives a short drive from the city of North East Pennsylvania, which is located:

A. Near CA, PA
B. Near WY, PA
C. In NE PA
D. In NW PA

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Engineering Simplified

Thanks to Diana Monaco for the following flowchart.  Now you know everything you need to know to make stuff work:

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Twins?

Look at these beauties!  Annie Mig Whiteside and her grandmother, Maxine Fieg Whiteside.

Thanks to Kathy Whiteside for sending the photo...

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

EXTRA! EXTRA! PURSE FINDS WAY HOME

She thought she'd never see her purse again but, in today's mail, Lisa Fieg got the shock of her life when she received a package containing her purse that recently went missing at the New York New Church.

There was no note enclosed so we must presume that the story we ran in the Fieg Family News led to the miraculous return of Lisa's belongings.

Can You Feature That? Word Paintings from October, 2011

Judy and Joe Kestner celebrating Judy's 60th birthday with dinner and a movie....  Diana Monaco attending her 40th high school reunion (Romy and Michelle were NOT there)....  Phyllis Fieg enjoying the gas-saving benefits of driving more slowly on her way to work....  Cade Dangca making sparks while cutting a piece of metal (the burn was not too severe and he was wearing a welder's helmet, Mom)....  Dave Boggs watching in amazement as grandson Richard Clancy paddles his homemade pumpkin boat in Otsego Lake....  Cindy Harris getting ready for a first ever online alpaca auction later this month....  Lisa Fieg packing for another trip to Philly....  Jean Davie Fieg monitoring a water leak under her kitchen sink, expecting to hear "screaming violins" at any moment....  Eleanor Fieg posting positive, upbeat messages on Facebook ....  Many surprised faces in the Northeast as snow covers the landscape....  John Boggs counting this week's earthquakes in his neighborhood in California....  Greg Fieg offering his condolences to television personality Alan Colmes over the loss of his 17-year-old beagle, Barney.... 

Can It Be Lisa Fieg Who is Mugged Every 3.4 Seconds?

In New York City a woman is robbed every 3.4 seconds and while it may seem that it is Lisa Fieg , we would like to clarify that it is not.

Yes, Lisa once again has had her purse stolen, this time from a church pew while she sat with her eyes closed, which makes the fourth time she has been mugged. 

It brings to mind the time that Kimiko Fieg was mugged in New York on a crowded subway platform and she chased down the assailant, grabbed him and refuse to let him go until help arrived (not recommended).

Kimiko obviously recovered her purse but Lisa was out all her hard-earned cash ($260), her credit cards, her driver's license and her peace of mind, not to mention the handsome leather designer purse.

The story, however, has a happy ending because her devoted neighbor, Louis DiIulio, with whome she was sitting at the time, presented her with a brand new purse, $300 in cash and his personal escort to the Department of Motor Vehicles where Lisa will have her driver's license restored.

Lisa said that Louis' gallant gesture lifted the "weight of the world" from her shoulders.