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David Rives

Profile Updated: April 18, 2022
Residence:
Liberty, MO USA
Spouse/Partner:
Catherine
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Occupation:
Writer
Children:
Adam, born 1979; Orthopedic Surgeron in Santa Barbara, CA.
Graham, born 1982; living in Richmond, More…VA area; works for Mergers & Acquisitions firm, based in NY.
Both graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
Elementary School:

Hampton (K-4); Bagley (5-6)

Work History:

Have published five books -- Walk Yourself Thin; Walk Yourself Fit; Enough is Enough: the Cure for Overweight and Obesity; The Discontented Rabbit; and Dying for a Smoke -- to try to do what I thought I was going to medical school to do -- prevent disease, since there are so few we can cure -- but found out that was not the best place for that, since there was so much that had to be learned about INTERventive medicine that there was no time left over for PREventive medicine. So, I left, went to California (where, it seemed, all new things start out [and where there's VERY little discussion about "wind chill" and "blowing snow", etc.]) and eventually did what I wanted to do ("eventually," because I arrived in California in February of 1968, the month of the Tet Offensive in Viet Nam, and suddenly I and millions of other under-26 Americans started looking like peachy-keen cannon fodder to the U. S. military. Thus began a multi-year odyssey around the draft, which odyssey included an appearance on a TV game show ("You Don't Say!"), where I won $2,400 (a lot of money, back in 1969), and a new Pontiac!
Anyway, eventually wrote the books and am still pushing them.
Many other adventures in the intervening years, not all of which earned me a stretch in Federal prison, which I'll be happy to discuss with anyone who's interested. Just give me a call: (800) 522-7735.

Grandchildren:

Brendan Rives, born 2019
Everett Rives, born 2017
Emelia Rives, born 2019.

School Story:

The Merciless Pistons. 'Nuff said?

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Mar 19, 2024 at 10:17 PM

Since you mentioned the Krim theater, Roger: met the owner, Max Krim, one day.  He had parked his car on 7 Mile Road, right in front of U of D High School. on his way to Beth Abraham Synagog, on the corner of 7 Mile and Roselawn.  The car was a Dual Ghia--https://www.hagerty.com/valuation-tools/dual~ghia/hemi/1957/1957-dual~ghia-hemi.  It had a badge on the front quarter panel: "Carrozzeria Ghia/Torino".  Was the only one I ever saw in Detroit.

And, as I've mentioned previously, I, too, loved Ron, who was absolutely unique for Mumford: direct, no B.S., no "airs"; riding around with all his buddies in his Buick (were you one of those guys?) 

Of course, the only reason I got to know Ron at all is he was good friends with a girl I was in love with: Susan Elkind, who passed very young, apparently of a drug overdose (did you know her?  She was beautiful; wonderful pianist).

Anyway, hope you stay healthy, and get to see me on TV, later in the year.

Love, 

David Rives

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Pick-up baseball game at Mumford.  Large guy playing first base; had never seen him before.

Batter hits a ground ball to the shortstop, who throws over to first base.  Ball takes a short hop about two feet in front of first baseman -- one of the hardest catches in baseball to make.  First baseman leans down and backhands the short hop as if it were the esiest thing in the world to do.  My jaw drops, and stays dropped for a good minute.  Had never seen someone make such a difficult play so nonchalantly -- especially someone in his mid-teens.

Over and above all the other Hall of Fame things he went on to do, that, to me, was Frank Goldberg.

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Posted on: Sep 01, 2023 at 6:39 AM

Re the motorcycle picture: Still remember riding around on the back of that bike. Maybe my greatest thrill at Michigan. Probably the reason I got my own bike (1978 Honda CK 750, single overhead cam 4-cylinder) the first chance I got. Sad that Marshall Rubinoff's experience with motorcycling didn't end as successfully as yours More…

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Posted on: Aug 14, 2023 at 5:42 PM

Marshall: Not seeing much of an "updated profile"(??)
How've you been? Are either of your brothers still with us: David and (I believe) Michael?
Fond memories of Woodhull Lake, your cottage on the corner, a block up from The Big House.
Remember when you got the beagle puppy; you called it a "bagel" puppy, which, as 12-year-olds, we found hilarious!
Remember you living in the "old neighborhood" (Dexter/Linwood/Davison/etc.) quite a while after most everyone else had moved up to the Woodward-Livernois-Wyoming-Meyers "corridor". And then, when you DID move, doing it with a splash: gorgeous T-Bird; swanky leather jackets, etc.
Can't remember why the sudden change in "situation" (thought it had to do with some sort of real estate deal [or business] that finally "broke through").
Anyway, if you'd like to reminisce a little more, feel free to email me — davidrives@hotmail.com — or call: (805) 901-6071.
Love ya!

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Jul 17, 2023 at 12:02 AM

A real "pepper pot".  A go-getter.  Never a "down" moment.

Remember Share Pharmacy, just off of 6 Mile, near Palmer Park.

Remember Jerry's lovely home on Pennington, a couple doors north of Margareta.

Sad that we never got together in later years, even though we lived just a half-hour away from each other -- I, in Liberty, Missouri, Jerry in Overland Park, Kansas, possibly the most upscale city in the entire state (think our own Sherwood Forest and Palmer Woods).

Glad we got to know each other, my friend.

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Mar 27, 2023 at 8:27 AM

Happy Birthday, Irv. Any updates on your work (cancer, etc.)? BTW, was I wrong in saying, five years ago, that it's likely that you owe your whole career to mainly one man: Mr. Strzepek?

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How ya doin', old "partner-in-crime" (cf, "The Merciless Pistons"?)

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Posted on: Nov 25, 2022 at 2:27 PM

Still remember when you got accepted to Berkeley. "'Berkeley?!', I thought. "Who the hell goes 2,000 miles to go to college, when you've got U of M all of 44 miles up the train tracks?!" It was as shocking as if you had said, "I just got acce[ted to the University of the MOON"!
Obviously, I never found out exactly how it went at Berkeley, so, when you've got a minute……

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Posted on: Sep 08, 2022 at 8:08 AM

Happy Birthday, Hugh ("Hugh"??)

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