Did you ever take any road trips?

 I’d say a trip from Defiance, Oh to Dallas, Tx is a great road trip. We moved to a Dallas suburb; Oak Cliff. Mary was hired immediately as a hostess in a seafood restaurant called the Zuider Zee. I went to work in gas stations. I was hired by Kroger in their warehouse. Kroger decided to transfer me to their Houston Tx division after several years, I supervised warehouse transportation. There were 100 tractors, 200 trailers, and 100 drivers. 13 drivers served the Lake Charles La area. McAllen Tx was the southernmost area served by the Houston division. I learned how to ripen bananas, and I was a banana ripener. I was also a Kroger store manager once upon a time. I ended up in Curtisville Pa after 13 years in Texas.

What is one of your favorite meals?

 

Spaghetti.
Any spaghetti, but my wife Mary’s spaghetti is the best.

My wife Mary and our grandson Henry.
Vicki Callender took this picture.

What is one of the funniest things you've ever done?

 

What is the funniest thing you have ever done?

I posted Steve Martin and Kermit the Frog on Twitter

People liked it

Funny also

The Mississippi Squirrel Revival
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Don Wolfrum, August 21, 2022

What do you think is the meaning of life?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meaning_of_life 

I'm a Capitalist, Believer, Conservative, Constitutionalist

I'm a former owner-operator. I owned my own trucks. I leased the trucks to freight companies. I was happy to see the ICC (Interstate Commerce Commission) removed from US regulations. Freight rates went up after they were removed. Airline ticket prices went down.

I think health insurance should be sold by capitalist companies, not by the government. Government should be limited. It is bad enough as it is. Making government bigger is expanding a bad thing. Ronald Reagan would agree.

I think the constitution should be interpreted as it was intended at the time it was written; originalism.

Don Wolfrum, August 18, 2022

What were your favorite toys as a child?

My favorite toy was my bicycle. I liked to ride it, and I liked it’s paint job.

It was durable. You didn’t have to work on it to keep it running. It performed well on roads. I didn’t climb mountains with it

I had a pair of clamp on roller skates, but I didn’t have any concrete to skate on. I had a BB gun, but didn’t have money to spend on BB’s.

I did like to play checkers, and Chinese checkers. But they are games; not toys.

Don Wolfrum, August 10, 2022

Which people were the kindest to you in life?

 Which people have been the kindest to you in life?

My wife, grandparents, and two others.
Joseph D. Gezienski, who lives in Curtisville, Pennsylvania is one. My truck broke down near the Route 8 Exit on the Pennsylvania turnpike. I discovered that the truckstop had put gasoline in my diesel truck. My wife was living in Houston, Texas. I put my truck in the repair shop, and that’s where I met Joseph. He owned trucks, and he offered me a job. He was also involved in many other businesses. I started driving, and Joe suggested that I buy a truck from him. I did, and bought another truck from him several years later. My wife moved from Houston, Texas, and we bought a house in Curtisville, Pa. My daughter Vicki was 12 years old at the time.
I quit driving my own truck, and went to work for Angelo Fonzi. He had quite a few trucks of his own, and owned a company, which had hundreds of owner operators. I was top revenue man for about 15 years. My wife, Mary, worked for Fonzi too. We worked in Hammond, In. I drove a 34 wheel rig from Hammond, In to Buffalo, NY. The route was through Canada. The route was from Gary, In to Detroit. The route went from Detroit, through London, Hamilton, and Niagara to Buffalo, NY, There were three 34 wheel rigs running to Buffalo. Myself, James Farler, and Jerrold Luipold.
My wife lived in Curtisville, Pa the first years of driving from Gary, In to Buffalo. I had a 400 mile commute. On Friday night I took a cab to the train station in Gary, In. I would get on the train bound for Pittsburgh, Pa. The train had a delicacy; boiled shrimp sandwiches. I slept in the seats. One of the main stops was Cleveland, Oh. Saturday morning I would arrive in Pittsburgh. We would go home, and I would leave Pittsburgh around noon Sunday. Monday morning I would be back in Gary, In in the truck.

The house pictures are our home in Curtisville, Pa.
We had a hot tub and a pool table.

My wife has been very kind for 69 years.

How did you get your first job?

 A parochial school in Napoleon, Ohio contacted me, and offered me a job teaching school.

They required that I attend River Forest Concordia University for one term, and I would start work after one term.

I completed the one term at River Forest, and taught the second and third grade class at St. Paul Lutheran parochial school.

I lived in the home of one of the church members.
The church paid for my tuition at River Forest.
I had students, who were tested, and they were at 8th grade level
One girl student came to school every day, but never said a word for the whole school year. She didn’t participate in anything.
I was 18 years old when I was contacted to teach school
I taught for one year, and I was hired by GM

Amazing so proud of you!

Nancy Rupp, August 04, 2022