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Went to see George Strait and Reba. Great concert!!!!!

02/26/10 09:23 AM

#1335

“ADALIDA”… I’d walk through a hurricane… To stand beside ya, sweet Adalida, I’d swim the Pontchartrain.” (George Strait, 1994)

Glad you enjoyed the concert, Connie. I’ll bet it was a good one!

Tomorrow is my Daddy's birthday... he would have been 96 years old. He was not a rich man or a famous man, but he was a good man who worked hard and treated people right. I'm glad God chose him to be my father.

Have a great weekend everyone.

02/26/10 11:19 AM

#1336

He never did great things to be remembered
They summed it up in 20 words or more
But you'd thought he was a hero or something
At Route 1 Box 144. (Johnny Cash)

Its always sad as we approach a landmark or milestone of a lost loved one. They may not have been much to the rest of the world, but they sure left a mark on our lives. Don, I trust you will celebrate your father's life. I was a little under the weather yesterday and stayed home. Tried to watch some of "the summit" but too much political grandstanding to be worth watching so I watched "No Country for Old Men". Sort of a blood and guts movie but my point was, at the end of the movie, Tommy Lee Jones relays the dream he had about his deceased father - probably the best acting scene in the whole movie.
I hope you all have a BLESSED weekend. Later.

02/26/10 11:33 AM

#1337

Thanks, Gary. I appreciate the lyrics from the "Man in Black." By the way... today is Johnny Cash's birthday!

You are right about that "summit"... A bunch of grandstanding!!! If those Socialists try that "reconciliation" BS with this Health Care Bill, there might be some folks takin' to the streets... locked and loaded.

I liked "No Country For Old Men" too... but too much blood and guts for Liz. Not a chick flick. I like Tommy Lee Jones too... I think one if his movies is on every night, somewhere on the cable. He sure has worked a lot.

02/26/10 01:07 PM

#1338

Don, I know your dad was a special man (look @ his sons). Thoughts are with you on his special day. We never stop missing them, but we were blessed to have "good daddys"...

I hope everyone has a good week-end.

02/26/10 01:21 PM

#1339

I'd like to dedicate this poem to all the beautiful ladies who frequent this forum. Later. Belated Redneck Valentine Poem Collards is green, my dog's name is Blue and I'm so lucky to have a sweet thang like you. Yore hair is like cornsilk a-flapping in the breeze. Softer than Blue's and without all them fleas. You move like the bass, which excite me in May. You ain't got no scales but I luv you anyway. Yo're as satisfy'n as okry jist a-fry'n in the pan. Yo're as fragrant as "snuff" right out of the can. You have some'a yore teeth, for which I am proud; I hold my head high when we're in a crowd. On special occasions, when you shave under yore arms, well, I'm in hawg heaven, and awed by yore charms. Still them fellers at work, they all want to know, what I did to deserve such a purdy, young doe. Like a good roll of duct tape yo're there fer yore man, to patch up life's troubles and fix what you can. Yo're as cute as a junebug a-buzzin' overhead. You ain't mean like those far ants I found in my bed. Cut from the best cloth like a plaid flannel shirt, you spark up my life more than a fresh load of dirt. When you hold me real tight like a padded gunrack, my life is complete; Ain't nuttin' I lack. Yore complexion, it's perfection, like the best vinyl sidin'. despite all the years, yore age, it keeps hidin'. Me 'n' you's like a Moon Pie with a RC cold drank, we go together like a skunk goes with stank. Some men, they buy chocolate for Valentine's Day; They git it at Wal-Mart, it's romantic that way. Some men git roses on that special day from the cooler at Kroger. "That's impressive," I say. Some men buy fine diamonds from a flea market booth. "Diamonds are forever," they explain, suave and couth. But for this man, honey, these won't do. Cause yor'e too special, you sweet thang you. I got you a gift, without taste nor odor, more useful than diamonds... IT'S A NEW TROLL'N MOTOR!!

02/26/10 03:06 PM

#1340

Diane Harris (Moore)

Freezing to death here today. It's been an extremely busy couple of days, and keeps snowballing. Just wanted to comment on a few of y'all's recent entries.

Connie---so glad you got to see George and Reba. Wish I could have been there. I've seen Reba, but not gorgeous George.

Don----we also have driven Toyotas for 30 years. Starting with a Corona, then 2 Camreys, an Avalon, and now my Highlander. We've driven the wheels off of all of them, and passed one on to our son. My Highlander just turned over 100,000 miles yesterday as a matter of fact. I think Lexus is made by Toyota, and that's what Dick drives. Our cars take a beating with routinely long trips and wintry, salty roads.

Gary----loved the late Valentine. No one can whip up a romantic poem like a southern gentleman. Also, we saw "No Country For Old Men" a few months ago, and really liked it, but boy was it dark. I didn't like the ending at all.

Don, about your daddy's birthday tomorrow. Like Gary and Connie said, loving parents are such a blessing, and when those special days roll around, I can't imagine not letting our minds and hearts honor their memory.

Oh, Gary and Jimmy, we are also signed up for the online tax revolt. I know good people can have differing opinions about a lot of political issues, but Dick and I hold this taxation issue right up there with some other things we feel passionate about.

Must go. I am cold, and can't get warm today! Where's a good hot flash when I need it?

Hugs to all.....

02/27/10 05:37 PM

#1341

Kids were over on the rec. ball fields today... Seeing them always makes me think that spring is here. (then I stepped outside into the wind and listened to the forecast for next week...)
Diane, I do feel for you and Dick in all that cold and snow! At least we are blessed with sunshine, and I even picked my first jonquils last week.

It was a really, really busy week @ work. Then one day I had to have my annual labs done (bloodwork). Seems everything in my life is UP except for my salary! :) :) (weight, cholesterol, blood sugar, etc., etc)

I sure hope everyone's well, and that you all have a good week-end!
God bless.

03/01/10 08:36 AM

#1342

Hello Folks!
We had a great weekend here in Eatonton. The weather
was great and Gatewood,our private school here, won the
girls State Basketball Championship. It was in Milledgeville at Georgia College. We're really proud of our girls. Gatewood is the smallest school in the GISA.
They beat Trinty Christian from Dublin in the last second of the game 50 to 49. As the score shows it was a tight
game.
On top of that, I was setting there waiting on the game to
start and this lady ask were the seats next to us taken. I
was reading the line-ups and without looking up I told her no and the they set down. After a second I looked up to greet her and had a shock, it was Nancy Lopez. And Little black dress or not she is still a very nice lady. We talked baskerball/golf/children everything under the Sun.
Beth and I had a great time. So even tho it's Monday I
don't believe much can get to me today. So here's hoping everyone has a great week.
After-A-While

03/01/10 09:27 AM

#1343

Wow Jim!! Nancy Lopez!!! I hope you got her autograph!! I had a good weekend though I spend all of it working at my brother's house. I am really looking forward to the day when I can take a weekend off. Since its Monday, and Connie had to mention the side effects of aging, I thought this might be appropriate. Later. Just in case you weren’t feeling too old today: The people who are starting college this fall were born in 1991. They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up. Their lifetime has always included AIDS. The CD was introduced two years before they were born. They have always had an answering machine. They have always had cable. Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show. Popcorn has always been microwaved. They never took a swim and thought about Jaws. They don’t know who Mork was or where he was from. They never heard: ‘Where’s the Beef?’, ‘I’d walk a mile for a Camel’, or ‘de plane, Boss, de plane’. McDonald’s never came in Styrofoam containers. They don’t have a clue how to use a typewriter. They probably wouldn't know who Nancy Lopez was either!

03/01/10 10:07 AM

#1344

Hey Jim… I always thought Nancy Lopez was an attractive woman too. Was her hubby Ray Knight with her? Being the baseball fan that I am, I remember him more than I do Nancy. He was a good player but not a great player. But I will forever remember him dancing across home plate to score the winning run for the New York Mets in Game Six of the 1986 World Series, when the ball went between the legs of Bill Buchner at first base. Buchner was forever labeled a “goat” in Boston Red Sox history. It was a classic World Series. I would have loved to hear your conversation with Nancy. What a treat!

Our weekend may not have been as exciting as Jim’s but we had a good one. Yesterday was the last day of our Missions Festival at church, and we sent all of our missionaries back out into the fields to harvest souls. I think I will give my cameras a rest… maybe until Easter.

There was a story on the news here in Atlanta the other night of someone losing control of a car and crashing through the front entrance of a neighbor’s house. I jokingly told Liz that I hoped it wasn’t a Toyota. As it turned out, IT WAS! The lady couldn’t get the brakes to work! Boy, Toyota is really having a tough time now.

Yesterday was the last day of the Winter Olympics too. I have really enjoyed them and will miss them. There are always some great inspiring stories, both in the competition and behind the scenes too. But time marches on, and it will be four more years before we have the opportunity to see Olympic curling again. Very sad. The “Winter Olympics” may be over, but “Winter” is not. Another “wintry mix” is on the way to Georgia for tomorrow. Are you and Dick still frozen, Diane?

Thanks for reminding us of our age, Gary. I feel your pain, Connie… I have a tough time with the HIGH blood pressure, HIGH cholesterol, and HIGH triglycerides… and I could stand to lose a few pounds too. For some reason my blood pressure has been more difficult to control since Obama was elected President. I think his proposed government run healthcare plan is bad for my health. Liz just switched doctors and is going through all the tests too, Connie.

Have a great week folks. Keep it in the fairway and watch out for runaway Toyotas.

PS Jim... did you challenge Nancy to a round of golf?

03/01/10 10:33 AM

#1345

Don, you really have a memory!! I've really enjoyed your posts in the User Forums and trips down Memory Lane. I'll have to post my VERY different trips from south Georgia. I too had a car run into my house one morning but it didn't make the news. Maybe I'll relay that story later also.
Well after an aging downer, I thought a few jokes might be in order. First, in honor of his meeting with Nancy Lopez, a golf joke for Jim. Later.
*****
A fellow was getting ready to tee off by himself on the first hole when a tall, stately, grey haired gentleman approached and asked if he could join him. The first man said that he usually played alone, but agreed to the twosome. They were even after the first two holes. The tall, stately gentleman said, "We're about evenly matched, how about playing for five bucks a hole?"
The first fellow said he was a pretty good player, and that he wasn't much for betting, but agreed to the terms, thinking we're pretty even so far, so why not? The stately gentleman played "straight & true" golf the rest of the round and won the remaining sixteen holes with ease.
As they were walking off the 18th green, and while counting his $80, the tall, stately golfer confessed that he was the teaching pro at a neighboring course and liked to pick on suckers.
The first fellow revealed that he was the parish priest. The pro got all flustered and apologetic, offering to return the money.
The priest said, "You won fair and square and I was foolish to bet with you. You keep your winnings."
The pro said, "Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?"
The priest said, "Well, you could come to mass on Sunday and make a donation. And, if you want to bring your mother and father along, I'll marry them."?

*******

Joe gets a job in an funeral parlor, but he says he's never seen a dead body before. His boss says, "That’s OK I'll take you around and show you some."
The first body is a man with a smile on his face.
The boss says, "He got 6 numbers on the lottery and had a heart attack, that’s why he has a smile on his face!"
The second body is also a man with a smile on his face.
The boss says, "He was on his honeymoon in bed and had a stroke, that’s why he has a smile on his face!"
The third body is also a man with a smile on his face.
The boss says, "That's Bubba. He was struck by lightning,"
The apprentice interrupts, "Why is he smiling?"
The boss replied, "He thought he was getting his photo taken."

03/01/10 11:33 AM

#1346

The 2010 Winter Olympics have concluded - so what ever happend to Barrel Jumping??? Later.

03/01/10 01:04 PM

#1347

Don, what do you do carry around a sports trivia book?
How in the world do you remember all that stuff? Anyway,
Ray wasn't with her she was there because her kids had
attended one of the schools that was in the boy's game
that followed ours. I would have loved to play a match with her. But I know would have gotten tored up!!!
That was a good joke Gary. I sent it to my brother the
reverend, since I whip his booty everytime we play>
later

03/01/10 01:22 PM

#1348

Diane Harris (Moore)

Just a couple of brief things.

Jim, cool about you chatting with Nancy Lopez. She always seemed nice, and I liked her dad. I have a weird memory. What was she doing there? Does she have someone at Gatewood?

I enjoy those walks down Memory Lane too, Don. I'm always taking them, but don't write them down often enough. Hope Liz will be pleased with her new doctor, and that she will feel better.

Gary, that was a funny joke. Both of them actually, but I liked the "struck by lightning" one best.

Yes, it's still cold up here. There is still plenty of snow on the ground, though I can see patches of ground now, which means lots of it has melted. There is a rumor that the sun might make an appearance up here on Thursday, so we're all about to wet our pants with excitement.

Went to see "Wicked" yesterday afternoon after church. We loved it. There's nothing I enjoy more that good live musical productions, whether from a play or a particular singer. Unless we go to Cincinnati, we have to wait a couple of years before the touring companies with the big musicals come to Dayton, but Dick is very sweet to take me to see them, 'cause he knows I love them so.

Connie, you are still young in my eyes! If it makes you feel any better, I'll share this with you. Dick picked up the mail when he came home Friday, and when he came in he had this exaggerated sad face on. We'd only received two pieces of mail that day, and both were for him. One was his AARP card, and the second was his first "Golden Buckeye" card, which you get up here when you turn 60 for discounts, etc. I couldn't laugh too hard, 'cause I'm not far behind.

Gotta go. Dick does not have to leave town all week, YAY.....but now I have to plan meals and wash his undies. Too much info, probably.

Connie, pick a daffodil in my honor, please. Sob, sob.

03/01/10 02:25 PM

#1349

I'm glad that folks are enjoying the posts on the User Forums, especially Memory Lane. Maybe I am using those brain cells of mine to remember too much worthless stuff... but it's fun! Photos help to jog a lot of those memories. Gary... I think you should figure out a way to set us up a "MEMORY LANE PHOTO GALLERY." And speaking of that, I know you have set certain standards here on the website, and so I must warn the ladies out there that I posted a couple of pictures of me over there... wearing shorts and NO SHIRT! Woo Hoo! I'm just a wild and crazy guy!

By the way, Jim... you don't remember that play where the ball went between Buchner's legs? It is a baseball classic! And... if I were you, Jim and ever had the opportunity to play golf with Nancy Lopez, I'd do it it in a minute... even if she did beat me bad.

03/01/10 03:44 PM

#1350

Don,
Your wish is my command. On the column to the left is a new link titled "Classmate Photos". Click on that link and upload your Memory Lane Photos or Wedding Day Photos. If you have an idea for another category, let me know. Let's see how this works. Enjoy. Later.

03/01/10 05:43 PM

#1351

OH YES! I REMEMBER DON! I WAS MAD AS A WET HEN . I WANTED BOSTON TO WIN SO BAD! BUT THEN I THOUGHT OF HOW HORRIBLE IT MUST HAVE BEEN FOR HIM! HE WAS MOST LIKELY ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING PLAYERS IN BASEBALL AT THAT TIME. ON TOP OF THAT HE WAS ALMOST CRIPPLE ON THOSE KNEES.
DIANE, NANCY'S CHILDREN ATTENDED ONE OF THE SCHOOLS IN SOUTH GEORGIA. I THINK IT WAS DEERFIELD-WINSOR.
LEATR

03/01/10 07:47 PM

#1352

Jim... I was pulling for the Red Sox too. I can never pull for the Yankees or the Mets. I felt sorry for Buchner. He and his family even got death threats from idiotic fans.

Thanks for the new photo galleries, Gary! Since I suggested it, I felt obligated to post a photo there. I'm not sure if I did it right, but I do have one on the "Memory Lane" gallery to get things started. I would love to see lots of folks participate.

03/01/10 08:42 PM

#1353

Okay, I jumped in there too. Seems to work great. Now all we have to do is get some others to join us. Later.

03/01/10 11:42 PM

#1354

Diane Harris (Moore)

Ooh, ooh, ooh!! Love the sweet little pictures that you guys posted, Gary and Don! You were both so cute. If I'd only known you then! I loved seeing that dear little image of Ronald, Don. You must have been the bestest little buddies that there ever were. Gary, you looked very happy on your wedding day, and you still do.

I hope others will post pictures, too, Gary. I'll have to look through mine, and then figure it out, and I'll probably not be able to do that. It's also fun seeing the houses, washing machines, etc. in the background. A different era to be sure.

G'night, old chums!

03/02/10 01:51 PM

#1355

Hello Snow People!

We had about an inch of rain here in Marietta overnight, but it has been snowing since about 8:00 this morning. I went out for an early morning appointment to donate blood platelets at the American Red Cross and it has been snowing heavily at times. We have about an inch or two accumulated on the grassy areas, tree limbs, roofs, etc., but the roads are in pretty good shape... so far. It is too warm for all the snow to stick. As heavy as it has been snowing, we would have four or five inches by now if the temperature was a few degrees colder (it's in the mid thirties now). This has been the winter that would not go away!

Glad you enjoyed the photos, Cousin Diane. I posted another one a few minutes ago. I look forward to seeing your photos soon... and some from other folks too. Your photos are great, Gary. I'll try to come up with some wedding photos too soon. Stay tuned...

And stay warm folks! Hug somebody to keep warm... even if you don't know them. You both might like it. :-)

03/02/10 04:41 PM

#1356

DON!!! DON!!! LESS THAN ONE MONTH TIL 1ST PITCH! HAVE A
NICE SNOWY MARCH DAY FOLKS!
AFTER-A-WHILE

03/02/10 05:00 PM

#1357

Amen brother!

03/02/10 07:36 PM

#1358