Carlos are you kidding me? lol I just aimlessly and simply replied to the email and it was on freelists which was what you and everyone else did!!!!!!!!!!! LOL Stop!!!! Yer killin me. In a message dated 8/1/2011 1:21:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, carlglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Why not post this on Code3? Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T ____________________________________ From: TADSPAN50@xxxxxxx Sender: badges-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 12:56:09 -0400 (EDT) To: <badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ReplyTo: badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Badges - Re: Satellite Radio Forrest try this: Arness was born James Aurness in _Minneapolis_ (mip://07ed4410/wiki/Minneapolis) ;_[4]_ (mip://07ed4410/default.html#cite_note-Tel_obit-3) he would drop the "u" later. His parents were Rolf Cirkler Aurness (July 22, 1894 – July 1982), a businessman, and Ruth (née Duesler) Aurness (died September 1986), a _journalist_ (mip://07ed4410/wiki/Journalist) . His father's ancestry was _Norwegian_ (mip://07ed4410/wiki/Norwegian_people) , his mother's _German_ (mip://07ed4410/wiki/Germans) ._[5]_ (mip://07ed4410/default.html#cite_note-genes-4) The family name had been Aursnes, but when Rolf's father Peter Aursnes emigrated from Norway in 1887, he changed it to Aurness._[6]_ (mip://07ed4410/default.html#cite_note-bio-5) Arness and his family were _Me thodists_ (mip://07ed4410/wiki/Methodist) ._[7]_ (mip://07ed4410/default.html#cite_note-6) Arness' younger brother was actor _Peter Graves_ (mip://07ed4410/wiki/Peter_Graves) (1926-2010). Peter used the stage name "Graves", a maternal family name._[6]_ (mip://07ed4410/default.html#cite_note-bio-5) Arness attended John Burroughs Grade School, _Washburn High School_ (mip://07ed4410/wiki/Washburn_High_School) and West High School in Minneapolis. During this time, Arness worked as a courier for a jewelry wholesaler, loading and unloading railway boxcars at the James J. Hill's _Burlington_ (mip://07ed4410/wiki/Chicago,_Burlington_and_Quincy_Railroad) freight-yards in Minneapolis, and logging in _Pierce, Idaho_ (mip://07ed4410/wiki/Pierce,_Idaho) ._[6]_ (mip://07ed4410/default.html#cite_note-bio-5) Despite "being a poor student and skipping many classes", he graduated from high school in June 1942. He then enlisted in the _United States Army_ (mip://07ed4410/wiki/United_States_Army) to serve in _World War II_ (mip://07ed4410/wiki/World_War_II) ._[6]_ (mip://07ed4410/default.html#cite_note-bio-5) In a message dated 7/30/2011 6:52:18 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, fj@xxxxxxxxx writes: Brothers, James and Peter Aumess, better known by their acting names: James Arness (Gunsmoke, the Thing) Peter Graves (MIssion Impossible, etc.) Forrest