Comments on: Wild Bill, Ike, Steve Doocy and Kenny/Conrad/Tom, et al.

By: wwds

wwds — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:11:30 +0000

Thanks, Steve, and keep up the good work. I watch every morning…

By: Steve Doocy

Steve Doocy — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:50:29 +0000

Hey GL,
My dad is 75 in two weeks, not 80.
I saw your post and wanted to set the record straight.
Steve Doocy

By: C.B. Whittemorec

C.B. Whittemorec — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:01:40 +0000

GL, wonderful window into the world of Abilene! Thanks for visiting and commenting.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:52:08 +0000

Thanks for this! Those small town folks have the luxury of knowing what’s most important. Talk about your hidden treasures!

By: wwds

wwds — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:04:29 +0000

This is a very good way of putting it. It is the intimacy, affection almost. People are actually friendlier, not so much nosey, as just friendly. I miss that, although my town here in Minnesota is friendly too.

By: Robert Hruzek

Robert Hruzek — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:52:14 +0000

One of the most fascinating thing to us big-town folks (Houston, TX) is the intimacy of small towns. Everyone literally knows everyone else’s business! My wife went to the post office the first time, and the postmaster (a sterotypical little old lady) commented, “Oh, you’re the folks that live in Rose’s old house!”

We’re so used to anonyminity (sp?), it took some gettin’ used to!

Hey, GL, thanks for joining us on the World Tour!

By: wwds

wwds — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:24:11 +0000

I think what made this even more noteworthy to me was I could see my own dad in Steve’s dad. On my infrequent trips back home, he had almost a schedule for me of people to visit, mostly his loafing buddies. I bet Steve has to put up with the same stuff from his dad. I am trying my best not to put my kids through that.

By: Corky

Corky — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:43:27 +0000

Yeah, Abilene is a small town but big people come from and to here…….some just visit and some stay (they are the really old ones, lol). Steve Doocy used to be our weather man on channel 13 and used to hop around like a flea on a hot skillet. His sister and brother-in-law lived in the house east of us for several years so we watched him arrive in his very large Lincoln (no doubt on a retreat from his million dollar house after doing all the fix up stuff).