H-Ahner

301 N. Bewley St., Santa Ana, California August 13, 2007
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A Drive to KyuuHouDai June 5, 2009: Howard Ahner
Nobeoka is Biodegrading
Shiohama Art Gallery
Respectfully, Nichiren
My mother is holding me, Heisei Youchien, and Kawaminami Kouminkan, Miyazaki Ken
You better watch out. There's a "bad boy" coming through Nobeoka, Japan!
US Constituion
Let's Be Careful With Fire
He Can Pose, Can't He?
301 N. Bewley St., Santa Ana, California August 13, 2007
Some topics for discussions for Monday, August 13, 2007 - Ahner Eikaiwa, Nobeoka
August 1st, 2007 Study Material - Nobeoka Eikaiwa
Cannibal, Man-Eater, Savage, Anthropophagus Joke by Nakashima Takao
"We should not be afraid of our government, our government should be afraid of us."
"Only when all who surround you are different, will you truly belong."
"If you are obvious, your chances of being eaten increase."
"Build it, and they will come." ? "Post it, and they will build it." I say...
Provide Comfort For Others? Free Bench, Access to an Air Pump, an Umbrella, a Hat, some Books, Water
Forward Planning Resides in US
Let's Not Waste Resources
Skeptics Can Be Deadly To You
Paranormal Life in Japan
Word Definitions Change on an International Basis
Old Yamashita Douri, Nobeoka
How to Survive (ikinuku) Natsubate
Typhoon GoGo, August 2, 2007 - Nobeoka
The First Cut is the Deepest
Remember the Sunrise Out of My Window? Well, Here's a Typhoon Out of My Window
Baker Street Friends
What Communication Should Be
The people of Kami Igata grow up
The Changing Faces of Howard Ahner in Nobeoka
Meeting My Students Around Town
Brother-in-law
The Group on Atago Yama
Home Again, Home Again
Greetings at Hitotsugaoka Festival
If I Ever Need a Hair Cut
Once Upon a Time in Igata
Pink Petals Falling Into Our Teacups
Gather Round! Mates! Gather Round !!
Students Excel in Other Areas
Ai of Igata
Ch Ch Ch Ch Changes!
Always High in Spirits
Baby is Pawed by a Monkey
Grandfather and Granddaughter
A Good Swimmer
She kind of recognized me at McDonald's in August, 2007. But, it's been years.
Saturday Morning English Class For Children
Howard Ahner Wants You!
A Little Keiko Art
The Old Animal Collection House
Nobeoka Nobeoka Nobeoka

The house was six years old when we moved into it in 1958.  It served us very well.  You can have it for only $497,000.  You know, my mom paid only $7,000 for it in 1958.  She paid $30.00 a month for about 30 years. So, she must have put down a payment. 
 
Well, back then, you could buy a decent used car for a little over a hundred dollars!  I bought a 1955 Chevy in 1967 for $150 from Steve Devey.  Of course, I was only making $1.00 an hour at my uncle Norman Tamura's car wash in Garden Grove on weekends and during summer vacations.  In fact, I saved up over $1,200 dollars by the time I was sixteen.  Then, I spent it all in six months after my sixteenth birthday. Dum Dee Dee Dum Dum

That concrete put my mom in debt for about $50,000.  We never knew why she had it done.  That's what I paid for my first house in Japan in 1995.

We never made much use of our back yard.  There was once a Japanese miniture garden made by Ichiro Tamura, our mother's father. 
 
We once made a fallout shelter, well it was a home made one.  I remember I was trapped in it once with my brother and his friend, Kenny jumping on the top while dust was suffocating me underneath.

Also, Joe Avilla taught me how to throw my first curve ball here.  He convinced our little league manager, Hank, to let me pitch in our last game of the season.  I pitched a hitless three innings before I walked two batters.  Hank took me out of the game.  That was the end of my pitching career.

On Saturday mornings, Howard used to pitch baseballs towards that brick thing on the left.  He used to wake his mother up on many a Saturday. And, he did quite a lot of damage to the aluminum siding.

Howard used to ride on a skateboard on that little piece of a concrete driveway.  He never invested in his own skateboard.  He used the one left over in the garage.

Remember when Howard used to play with Victor's younger brother, Kiki?  One time, I told him I wasn't going to play one day.  Later, I heard some "thud" noises on this side of the house.  It was Kiki.  He was throwing bricks at our house.  He was trying to hit the window of the bathroom.  He was a rascal, wasn't he?

The best thing about my mother's kitchen was her spagetti.  She made the best spagetti in the world!

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The train stations is just 15 minutes down the street.

The 1st Bridge, Santa Ana

There used to be sand in the Santa Ana River Bed. We would sometimes swim in there after the rains.  I once almost drowned, but my friend's brother pulled me out. My mother then decided it was time that I learned how to swim. So, my brother and I took lessons at Santa Ana College for two weeks.  We learned how to kick our legs.

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I thought this was on Hazard Street near Hazard Elementary, but they tell me it's on Newhope Street, Santa Ana.  I passed by it many times on my way to the Garden Grove Car Wash to work.

My wife, Keiko spent some time at our house.

My wife, Keiko spent some time at the Ahner residence.  She thinks it's a nice place to live. 

I don't know which room this is.  Maybe it's the garage. 

There is a lot happening in these pictures. 

My grandfather, Ichiro Tamura used to live in this room.  Then, it was my brother Ed.  I stayed there a couple of nights in 2005.  I remember we had to go into the closet to dig out the dirt that some golfers pushed up there.  The bathtub rested on dirt.  I always wondered why it didn't rest on concrete.  Well, that's how they made the house in 1954 in Santa Ana.

Fritz.  He was my favorite dog.  He got run over a few times.  He liked to chase cars. 

A lot of people visited the Ahner house.

 

  

Yuna

US Constitution

301 N. Bewley Street, Santa Ana, California 92703

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Skeptics can be deadly to you...

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Chicken Nanban

If you are obvious, your chances of being eaten...

Only when all who surround you are different...

We should not be afraid of our government...

Cannibal Joke
Cannibal Joke

Post it and they will build it.

Topics for Discussion

Forward Planning is Within All of Us

Provide Comfort For Everyone

Words Change All Over The World

Let's Not Waste Resources

The First Cut is the Deepest

Ichimiya's Climbing Wall in Kami Igata Cho
Natsubate

Baker Street Friends

What Communication Should Be

Ai

Ayaka

Yukina

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