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by **Guest** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 1:33 pm

Please welcome Eric Fobert. <a href="http://www.gtol-georgetown-online.com/pages/gdhs_alumni/gdhs_alumni.htm" target="top">GDHS Alumni</a> Edited by: <A HREF=http://b36.ezboard.com/bgeorgetownonline.showUserPublicProfile?gid=colinming>Colin Ming</A> at: 4/25/04 11:25 pm

by **Margaret Landry** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 9:32 pm

Welcome Eric......an old friend from our GDHS years....1970 to 1975 Margaret Van Sickler....<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/glasses.gif ALT="8)">

by **Eric Fobert** » Wed Jan 14, 2004 10:30 pm

<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D"> My final year at G.D.H.S. was so much fun and a lot of it had to do with the time we all hung-out. Spent so much time wrestling, it was a great diversion from the intense training schedule.

by **Eric Fobert** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 12:46 am

It would be nice to chat and catch up. Cheers! <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/laugh.gif ALT=":lol">

by **Guest** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 1:43 am

Hello Eric Welcome to the site, when I saw your name, GDHS Wrestling came to my mind. Reading the local paper, in the sports, your name was quite prominent. You guys put Georgetown on the map. Colin and I will be doing the final test run on our chat area sometime next week and hope to get out all the bugs, then folks can chat either as a group or in a private chat area. I think it will be great for old friends and new ones to make one on one contact. Watch for the announcement for its official useage. Take care. Don <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D"> Marg, it seems like anyone that had the great fortune of knowing you, seem to have the same opinion, "What a great person."

by **Guest** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 12:31 pm

Welcome to the site Eric. I took a look at the <a href="http://www.gtol-georgetown-online.com/pages/gdhs_alumni/gdhs_alumni.htm">Alumni pages</a> on the main GTOL site and found the following listed for the years you are interested, all with email addresses. 14 - 1973 7 - 1974 14 - 1975 12 - 1976 Hope this helps. Cheers, Colin.

by **Margaret Landry** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 11:20 pm

Hey Don....Thanks for your kind words...I was very good socially but had trouble getting to class....So I guess that is why I am remembered...I always remember you for your kindness and your red convertible...and by the way Colin I am in that time frame....and Eric do you still have a wonderful head of red hair and a huge smile......Cheers all... Margaret<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/wink.gif ALT=";)">

by **Guest** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:53 pm

Hi Eric and Margaret: I remember both of you from high school. Eric, I remember you as being quite the wrestler along with your brothers, Joe and Mike. Margaret, I remember you as "VanSickler". You and I may have had a few classes together. I graduated in 1974 and my maiden name was "Brown". Don't know if you'll remember me. It's nice to look at the alumni list and see quite a few familiar names. I think the Chat Room is going to be a good thing and I'm looking forward to logging in as often as possible to see who's chatting. Hope to catch up with some former aquaintances/friends. Susan.

by **Guest** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 6:16 pm

Hello Margaret. Very glad the Alumni list is proving to be useful to you and so many people here. Cheers Colin.

by **Guest** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 6:22 pm

Hello Susan. That’s great and just the sort of feedback Don and I are looking for. We’ll be testing it this week and if its as good as we hope, we’ll be re-instituting Friday night chat sessions like the ones we had several years ago. They were extremely popular, but unfortunately the chat room software I was using at the time was anything but flawless, consequently we had to remove the Chat room. Cheers, Colin.

by **Al Darby** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 7:30 pm

Colin, Is there some way of knowing when someone is 'in' the Chat Room, as opposed to just dropping by every so often, just to see if perchance someone is actually there?? Al Darby

by **Guest** » Sun Jan 18, 2004 8:06 pm

Hello Al, Happy New year.........Long time.......etc etc. I'll let you know on that one later in the week if that's OK. Cheers, Colin

by **Eric Fobert** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 12:38 am

I thought some of you may be interested in knowing how good your wrestling program is/was. This is a testament to the coaching, administration & teacher support, and as important the students of G.D.H.S. Your Exceptional Wrestling Coaches: Joe Ingarroza:Coach 1969 and previous 2 - Ontario High School Champions 1 - Ontario High School Team Second 1969 Lew Martin: Coach 1970 to 1975 5 - Ontario High School Champions 2 - Ontario High School Team Championship 1971 & 1975 1 - Ontario High School Team Second Bob McKay: Coach 1976 to 1978 5 - Ontario High School Champions 1 - Ontario High School Team Championship 1976 David Hall 1980s, 90s, 00s 4 - Ontario High School Champions Your Ontario High School Champions: Wins - G.D.H.S. Wrestler (additional placings) 2 - Andrea Pollock (1 - 2nd) 2 - Joseph Fobert (1- 3rd, 1 - 4th) 2 - Eric Fobert (1 - 4th) 1 - Clive Llewellyn (1 - 3rd) 1 - Norm Ferguson (1 - 2nd) 1 - Michael Fobert 1 - John Pendergast 1 - Brian Pendergast 1 - Rick Rodgers (1 - 2nd) 1 - David Patterson (1 - 2nd, 1 - 4th) 1 - Peter Fournier 1 - Tim Dixon 1 - Mitch Dodd (1 - 3rd, 1 - 5th) Additional Exceptional G.D.H.S. Wrestlers Athlete (Placings at the Ontario High Schools) Bill "Wid" Bradley (1 - 2nd, 1 - 3rd) Doug Hilts (1 - 2nd, 1 - 3rd) Leah Wright (1 - 2nd, 1 - 3rd) Vince Graham (1 - 2nd) Sean Bilsborrow (1 - 2nd) Adam Densmore (1 - 2nd) Bill Hall (1 - 3rd) Jack Walinga (1 - 3rd) Howie Ferguson (2 - 4ths) Pat Fobert (1- 4th, 1 - 5th) Jim Breckenridge (1 - 4th) Wayn Gardhouse (1 - 4th) Tom Ewles - (1 - 4th) John Ransom (1 - 4th) Wayne Martin (2 - 5ths) Bill Fournier (1 - 5th) Jen Kessell (1 - 5th) Estevan (1 - 5th) Mike Hall (1 - 6th) Please let me know if I missed anyone. Besided the detailed information that I have kept from my own era, the balance of the information came from newspaper archives. We all worked very hard together and we were able to achieve success in wrestling at G.D.H.S. due to the help of our wrestling partners. I would like to thank a great wrestler that never made it to "the Ontario High Schools" but had he, would have been on these lists also, my training partner Martin Pollock.

by **Gloria Jones** » Mon Jan 19, 2004 1:36 pm

Hi Eric: I found your post on wrestling very interesting and enjoyed reading it. That's great that you have documented all the great coaches and wrestlers at GDHS. Have you ever coached wrestling since leaving it as a competitor? Gloria

by **Eric Fobert** » Tue Jan 20, 2004 1:08 am

Coach? Well a little. When I left Georgetown High I went to Western (B.A. Economics) and competed for an additional 3 years, completing my degree at Simon Fraser BC in 1980. I trained pretty hard to make an Olympics that we boycotted 1980. BC was lots of fun and I had a blast living in Vancouver. Started my working sales career there with General foods (Kraft). Simon Fraser has a great program for getting their alumni involved with coaching the newer wrestlers. In that capacity yes I coached and did so for a few years. Five years latter was transfered to London ON with Johnson & Johnson (Ethicon) as a medical device sales person and helped out at The University of Western Ontario in much the same manner. Then I moved on to Mallinckrodt Medial Inc (Tyco Healthcare) living 3 of my 6 years in ON and the balance in BC (again). The rigors of corporate life have made it difficult to give back to the wrestling community. I married late and only now have a 4 year old (Joshua) and a second on the way. Time to balance out life and get back into it. A buddy from my old “National Team” days called me up 3 years ago and invited me to watch the “Guelph Open” (Major Canadian Wrestling Tournament) and meet up with some of our old Wrestling competitors afterwards (stretch a few truths, down a pop or two...Hic). It was a blast and so each year since my wife and I have done it and enjoyed the next one more than the last. To make a long story short, I met up with a couple of coaches at the last “Guelph Open”, they run a highly competitive club here in TO and I plan to stumble onto the mat once more... Hopefully the young wrestlers will recognise my frail demeanour, hold back thinking I’m past my prime (how dare they…J) and I'll surprise them when I trip them up with my cane...hey…maybe that strategy would work? . I did wander onto the mat at Simon Fraser last month. Had to pace myself, either that or the mat would get pretty messy. Wouldn't want to be responsible for a new policy restricting aging wrestlers from the room on the premise of saving them from an immanent heart attack when really they would be trying to discourage me from messing up their room and adding a stench greater than "Au de body odour" they are use to. Oh well time to go…

by **Eric Fobert** » Wed Jan 21, 2004 1:29 am

Well I have heard from Clive Llewellyn who helped me update the above wrestling results information. Clive won a 5th place placing at The Ontario High Schools as well. He also corrected another error; Jim Hall is/was the Coach and not his brother David. Jim also did very well at The Canadian Universities in his day, I believe winning twice. I know if I am wrong, someone will correct me...<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/roll.gif ALT=":rollin"> <img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/roll.gif ALT=":rollin"> Thanks Clive!

by **Eric Fobert** » Fri Jan 23, 2004 7:32 pm

Clive also told me that Frank Corning was Joe Ingarroza's assistant coach. I had wondered why he became such an amazing coach at Fergus ON (Central Wellington High School), producing so many Provincial, National, and international champions.

by **Eric Fobert** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 11:53 pm

<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/glasses.gif ALT="8)"> How about Career Shopping?" My business partner Jeff and I own & operated a national executive search firm that specializes in the placement of sales & marketing folk. If anyone would like to post a question (hopefully an easy one that I can answer) about either the recruitment business or process, please feel free.<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/eek.gif ALT=":eek"> Cheers, Eric

by **Eric Fobert** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 9:58 pm

.....were sitting on a bench at the entry way when one turns to the other and says: "Dave, I am 73 years old now and I'm just full of aches and pains. I know you are about my age, how do you feel? Dave says, "I feel just like a new born baby." "Really, like a new born baby?" "Yep, No Hair, no teeth and I think I just wet my pants."

by **Eric Fobert** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 11:07 am

...when the stranger turned to Johnny and said, "Let's talk, I've heard that flights will go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger." Johnny, who had just opened a book that he wanted to read, closed it slowly, and said to the stranger, "What would you like to discuss?" "Oh, I don't know," said the stranger. "How about nuclear power?" "OK," said Johnny. "That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat grass. The same stuff. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. Why do you suppose that is?" "Jeez," said the stranger. "I have no idea." "Well, then," said Johnny, "How is it that you feel qualified to discuss nuclear power when you don't know s--t?"

by **Gloria Jones** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 11:57 am

Good jokes Eric. Just may pass those on to some friends who would find appropriate<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D">

by **Guest** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 8:43 pm

I’m sorry Eric, but with 20,000 entertainers out of work I would not consider going into comedy! Cheers and have a good weekend. Colin

by **Eric Fobert** » Sat Apr 10, 2004 8:57 pm

...soooooo....here's another just for fun: A construction boss in Boston was interviewing men when along came a guy named Vinny DiGiusto from New York. I'm not going to hire any wise-ass New Yorker, the foreman thought, so he made up a test hoping that Vinny wouldn't be able to answer the questions, and he'd be able to refuse him the job without getting into a dispute. "Here's your first question," the foreman said. "Without using numbers, represent the number 9." "Widout numbiz?" Vinny says. "Dat's easy," and he proceeds to draw 3 trees. "What's this?" the boss asks. The New Yorker replies, "Ain't you got no brains? Tree 'n Tree 'n Tree makes nine. Faghedaboutit......" "Fair enough," says the Boss. "Here's your second question. Use the same rules, but this time use the number 99." Vinny stares into space for a minute, then picks up the picture he has drawn and makes a smudge on each tree. "Dare ya go, Buddy." The Boss scratches his head and says, "How on earth do you get that to represent 99?" Vinny says "Each a da tree's is dirty now! So it's dirty tree 'n dirty tree 'n dirty tree, dat's 99". The Boss is getting worried he's going to have to hire the New Yorker, so he says, "All right, last question. Same rules but this time use 100." Vinny stares into space again, then picks up the picture once again, makes a little mark at the base of each tree and says, "Dare ya go, Mac, a hunnert." The Boss looks at the picture for a moment and says, "You must be nuts if you think that represents 100!" New York Vinny leans forward and points to the marks at the base of the trees. "A little doggie comes along and takes a crap on each a dem trees, so now ya got dirty tree an' a turd, dirty tree an' a turd, dirty tree an' a turd which makes one hundred. ................. When do I start?"

by **Eric Fobert** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 5:04 pm

>From actual resumes as reported by Fortune Magazine: "I demand a salary commiserate with my extensive experience." "I have lurnt WordPerfect 6.0 computor and spreadsheat progroms" "Received a plague for Salesperson of the Year." "Reason for leaving last job: Maturity leave.' "Wholly responsible for two (2) failed financial institutions.' "Failed bar exam with relatively high grades.' "It's best for employers that I not work with people.' "Let's meet, so you can "ooh" and "aah" over my experience." "You will want me to be Head Honcho in no time." "Am a perfectionist and rarely if if ever forget details." "I was working for my mom until she decided to move." "Marital status: single. Unmarried. Unengaged. Uninvolved. No commitments." "I have an excellent track record, although I am not a horse." "I am loyal to my employer at all costs... Please feel free to respond to my resume on my office voice mail." "I have become completely paranoid, trusting completely no one and absolutely nothing." "My goal is to be a meteorologist. But since I possess no training in meteorology, I suppose I should try stock brokerage." "I procrastinate, especially when the task is unpleasant." 'As indicted, I have over five years of analyzing investments." "Personal interests: donating blood. Fourteen gallons so far." "Instrumental in ruining entire operation for a Midwest chain store." "Note: Please don't misconstrue my 14 jobs as job-hopping.; I have never quit a job" "Marital status: often. Children: various." "Reason for leaving last job: They insisted that all employees get to work by 8:45 every morning. Could not work under those conditions." "The company made me a scapegoat, just like my three previous employers." "Finished eighth in my class of ten." "References: None. I've left a path of destruction behind me."

by **Eric Fobert** » Thu Apr 15, 2004 9:51 am

>> >Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with >this! > >To anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice. Bill Gates >recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and >will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically >correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality >and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world. > >Rule 1: Life is not fair - - get used to it! > >Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will >expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. > >Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You >won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both. > >Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. > >Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents >had a different word for burger flipping -- they called it opportunity. > >Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine >about your mistakes, learn from them. > >Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are >now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and >listening to you talk about how cool you thought you are. So before you >save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try >delousing the closet in your own room. > >Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life >HAS NOT. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll >give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't >bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life. > >Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off >and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do >that on your own time. > >Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have >to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. > >Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one. > >If you agree, pass it on.......... > >

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