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Lost a good friend from childhood,Jimmy Schimpf.There were 4 of us,same age,grew up together. Jimmy,Dave,Kevin,and myself.Spent alot ,I mean alot of time at Jimmy's home. His father was a gynecologist. They lived near the Loyalhanna creek,across from the Rolling Rock Brewery,lots of woods. We had a tree house club,with a 'cable way trolley' to get into tree house. We ate in there,had dues. Learned to shoot bow and arrow,swim,gas airplanes,working on bikes at his house. I remember using his record player to count how many times, 'tiger' is said for the Hurst 65 GTO giveaway.Figuring his player was better than mine. Jim was the intellectual of all of us. He graduated from St Vincent with a degree in physics,got a masters in physics. Jim was quiet,red hair. We all were 6'2".maybe getting our 'vitamins ' playing in the creek.He was living locally.We'll miss him. Just thought I'd share,besides brings back 'a ton' of good memories listing this.