That's right.....Mike Kisrow!!! I've seen this guy around the ice arena the past couple of years, but never knew it was him. This year I joined the the father daughter skating number. Last weekend as us dads were waiting around for the girls to "get it right" we were shooting the breeze and I heard him say he grew up in Ramsey. I joined in the conversation and mentioned I grew up in Ramsey. We compared streets and directions and came to the realizations that we lived very close to each other. I asked his first name....after he said Mike.....I said Kisrow? He couldn't believe it.....then I told him my last name and he nearly fell over.
We've talked a lot at the past few rehearsals....he has 10 kids....2 from the first wife.... and I'm guessing 8 from the second. He worked for Control Data right out of high school and then some warehouse managing jobs over the years. He' been a stay at home dad.... and most recently is working some at Chet's Shoes in Coon Rapids. All of his siblings live relatively near by and his parents live in Andover. It's been fun listening to his account of the neighborhood....I keep forgetting to ask him about the dogs.....I remember seeing the white one - Nanny??? - get hit by the garbage truck and Kenny came with a wheelbarrow and scooped it up to be buried. Jean - he is tall - fairly thin - and has plenty of clean cut, but combed back hair. I'll try to point him out. He remembers how Jim not only rang doorbells, but rang doorbells, waited for the door to open, and THEN ran. He mentioned all of his siblings by name but I don't remember the details - one does your kind of work Deb and he thought maybe in the same school district - couldn't say for sure. Well, there you go.....any stories anyone want to share about the old neighborhood kids?
I'll try some pictures to the picture place soon....Ron, good to hear from you....I've got to try some of the technology stuff.....I'm pretty slow with some of that stuff......I did go skiing this winter for the first time in about 10 years......I did well and felt OK.
Take Care!!
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OH MY GOSH RICH!!!
I think about them ALL the time. One of the reasons is because one of his children was once seen by the Doctors I work for; I cannot remember right now, but I happened to see the name a couple years ago on the computer at work and I read the chart and sure enough, the father was listed as Mike Kisrow, and I just knew it was them. I am excited to see if I can tell who he is. From what I can remember their names were: Vicky, Mike, Tracy, Mary and Christine. Those I know are for sure, but wasn't there another boy named Bruce or something. I seem to remember he had big lips. Maybe that was somebody else, but oh my gosh yes, they had the collies and I don't remember the names. Remember the A framed playhouse (??) that was in the dog kennel? And wow, I need to go to bed.
The other one was Kenny. He was a creep...and wouldn't you know the first time being 'felt up' by a boy..it was him! It sure was hard to go home and tell Dad that one! I was not a willing participant!!! Kenny got in trouble. I was in 7th grade and din't have anything to 'feel up' but thats not the point lol Yes...he had big lips!!
P.S. Princess was one of the collies that barked non-stop! I can't remember the other. Nanny was a Samoyed...commonly used as sled dogs. She was so pretty!
Did anyone catch my humor??
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I talked with Mike's parents last time i was home. They still go to that little church across from Burger King in town. His dad said that Mike has about 6-7 girls! If you knew Mike you would see the irony. Jim and I got in lots of trouble with the Kisrows.
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