Private stuff

Private stuff of interest only to my family. I’m hoping to make this relatively invisible to the Internet, with no links from my site or elsewhere reaching it. Family members are welcome to share the link to this page with their own families.

Cassette of Barney, Inky and Vince in 1992 at Vince’s house.


Audio letter that Barney Amdahl family made in 1961 to send to relatives in California. Don’t know if we ever sent it, but Barney copied it onto one track of a cassette, and that’s what this is. Barney speaks, then Kathryn (aka Kay) speaks, then Ruth, then Kenn, then Vince, then they all chat some more. Boring to pretty much anyone, but it was nice for me to hear my mother’s voice (after 50 years) and everyone else’s too. It might be nice for Ruth’s kids and grandkids to hear Ruth, as well as the voices of her parents and Uncle Vince. I feel a bit embarrassed that I teased my big sister Ruth about her spelling– in my defense, I was just a kid. Even compressed to an MP3, the file was too large to upload so I split it into two parts.

Part One of 1961 audio letter from Barney’s family to California relatives

Here’s part two:

Part Two of 1961 audio letter from Barney’s family to California relatives

Amdahl Christmas video 1994
https://youtu.be/u9JliG4iyWQ

California Amdahls 1994 Christmas video
https://youtu.be/oGxMM4mnrik