Hello everyone! BIG NEWS!! If you recognize the man in the Picture , he needs no introduction. If You do not recognize him he is nonother that my oldest friend in the whole world Allen Hoppe of my home town, Gaylord Minnesota. Now Al and I have been pals for longer than many of you have been alive and we have hunted and fished this country from one side to the other. We have seen the bottom of many a bottle also. (of course this was in our younger wilder days) We have had great times together and there will many more to come, but let me get to the point of this post. AL HOPPE IS ENGAGED!!!!! TO BE MARRIED!!!!! WTF!! It is true. I heard it from the man himself. He got down one one knee and asked Kathy Hahn, whom he graduated high school with to marry him and she said YES!
twenty years ago Al, Smitty and I made a pact or a wager that the first one to get married between us the other two had to pitch in and ??????? We obviously should have written it down and given it to a lawyer as it was so long ago that we have forgotten what the pay off was!!! Its been so long that frankly we just figured that we would just never have to pay for whatever it was we bet. If anyone can remember what it was because it was a big deal back then please let us know. Otherwise we will be getting together to negotiate a settlement soon. (Although no date has been set as of yet so we still have some time Smitty)

Anyways,

Congratulations, Al and Kathy!!!