Ballard High School

Greetings everyone,

I think that most of those that attended will agree with me that the 30-year reunion was great.  Thanks to all of you who put in the hard work to get it going.  I would have liked to be more involved if I lived a bit closer. 

One of the main advantages of the internet is that it allows people in many different locations to collaborate and contribute ideas, stories, and news.  I've put this site together in hopes that this will happen.

You most likely found this site because you received an email with login information.  If you didn't and you are in the BHS class of '72, just click on the "Request an Account" link on the left and complete and submit the form.

Anybody that can log in, can contribute.  Once logged in, there will be an "Admin" link at the bottom.  Clicking on this will take present to an area where articles and calendar entries can be written and submitted.  If anyone would like to be more involved in the site, let me know I can set them up as an editor.

Take a look around the site, we have a guestbook, discussion area, directory, classifieds, and a calendar.  Hopefully the pages will fill up with news and information about and from our classmates. 

Vince

News Articles Wanted. No experience necessary. Just log on, click on "Admin" at the bottom, then click on "Article Bank" under "Website content" then click on "Create new article".

 You know you're from Louisville if...

1. When people ask what school you went to, they don't mean Vanderbilt, Yale, or Harvard; they mean Ballard, Male, Manual, Trinity or St. X.
2. You know what the Bambi Walk is.
3. As a teenager, you once dated the father or mother of your daughter's boyfriend, and your mother dated his grandfather.
4. Your last ten vacations were in Panama City or Destin.
5. You make an emergency run to Kroger for bread and milk at the first sighting of a snowflake.
6. You've lived here for years, yet somehow you get hopelessly lost each  time you attempt a shortcut through Cherokee Park.
7. You're convinced turn signals are useless options on a vehicle.
8. You hold up traffic to let a motorist you don't know into your lane.
9. You give directions based on landmarks that no longer exist or street names that have changed, but your directions never confuse any of the other Louisvillians  (Example: Turn where the White Castle was on  Eastern Parkway across from the building that used to be Stewart's; etc.).
10. You have never been to the Derby, but wouldn't miss the Oaks.
11. You call in sick to attend the Oaks and spot your boss - who also called in sick - at the next betting window.
12. You think all the REAL hicks live in New Albany.
13. You think the only thing Southern Indiana is good for is buying pumpkins.
14. When introduced to another life-long Louisvillian, you spend the first part of the conversation finding out how you are connected. It's never as many as six degrees of separation - usually three will do it. (Went  to the same high school but graduated in a different class; your sister dated his best friend; your spouses were in the same Sunday School class 30 years ago; etc.)
15. Your hairdresser is your cousin's ex-wife.
16. You think a pervert is someone who would rather have sex than watch basketball.
17. You've built a shrine to Rick Pitino in your basement.
18. You can read about Rick Pitino in at least three different sections of your newspaper.
19. You think the rest of the world knows what Benedictine spread is.
20. You think the rest of the world knows what a Hot Brown is.
21. You have never eaten fish that wasn't fried.
22. You think the whole world puts spaghetti in chili.
23. You want another bridge built over the Ohio River, just so long as it doesn't cut through YOUR neighborhood.

 

1972: Long hair
2004: Longing for hair

1972: The perfect high
2004: The perfect high yield mutual fund

1972: KEG
2004: EKG

1972: Acid rock
2004: Acid reflux

1972: Moving to California because it's cool
2004: Moving to California because it's warm

1972: Growing pot
2004: Growing pot belly

1972: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor
2004: Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor

1972: Seeds and stems
2004: Roughage

1972: Killer weed
2004: Weed killer

1972: Hoping for a BMW
2004: Hoping for a BM

1972: The Grateful Dead
2004: Dr. Kevorkian

1972: Going to a new, hip joint
2004: Receiving a new hip joint

1972: Rolling Stones
2004: Kidney Stones

1972: Being called into the principal's office
2004: Calling the principal's office

1972: Screw the system
2004: Upgrade the system

1972: Disco
2004: Costco

1972: Parents begging you to get your hair cut
2004: Children begging you to get their heads shaved

1972: Passing the drivers' test
2004: Passing the vision test

1972: Whatever
2004: Depends