Gary Grice

Some names just fit their profession .... and others should find another profession.

Jimmy Willis

I GUESS WE SHOULD ALWAYS PROOF READ! PHAT FINGERS!!!

SORRY

Gary Grice

 Here it is Friday already and I Feel Like Dancing.  Congratulations to Teresa on the new granddaughter!  Hopefully she will drop in and post some pictures soon.  We are on standby for the arrival of ours (#7). 

Yes, Diane, Fall is in the air.  There was a thunderstorm rolling through this morning so we didn't get to walk.  But the last couple of mornings I could really feel the change.  The moon peeping from behind some passing clouds just added to the feeling. 

The season of sports choices is set to begin - to watch football, baseball, go hunting or play golf.  Decisions, decisions, decisions.  I guess that's why God gave us Tivo!  I guess I'm lucky not being a sports fanatic.  Maybe I'll just grab my honey and go on a picnic!! 

I hope you all have a VERY blessed weekend.  Later.

FYI - We've now had over 10,000 visits to the website since its inception in April 2008!!!

Gary Grice

Just noticed that Junior Smith has a birthday this Sunday - Happy Early Birthday JR!!!  Later.

Diane Harris (Moore)

Donald Chandler

My best wishes to Junior also for a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!  I don't know if he ever checks in with us here on the website, but if he doesn't, I hope that someone who knows him and sees him will let him know that we are sending Birthday Blessings his way.  Have a great one, Junior!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

BRAVES WIN!!!  BRAVES WIN!!!  Another amazing comeback! 

Gary Grice

Well Happy Monday!  I woke up today to discover that human rights violations in the good ole USA (specifically Arizona's Immigration Law) trumps slicing off body parts and genocide in other parts of the world.  I guess my "non-progressive" standards are inverted.  I did discover something with which I can agree with PBO:

*** During a conversational 15-minute speech, Obama poked fun at himself telling the crowd that when he was photographed last weekend riding a bike with his children, he looked like Urkel. For those unfamiliar with Steve Urkel, he was the nerdy, bespectacled semi-hero on the long running sitcom “Family Matters.” The show was centered on an African-American middle class family living in Chicago.
 

Maybe someday he will examine the economic collapse he has engineered for this country and say, "Did I do that!"

It looks like I'll be batching it this week as Sherron will probably be headed to Hickory this afternoon to await the arrival of our new granddaughter.  I'll keep you posted.  I hope you all have a VERY BLESSED week.  Later.

Jimmy Willis

MORNING MATES,

    JUNIOR SORRY I MISSED YOU BIRTHDAY! I HOPE IT WAS A GREAT DAY

FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. AND MAY YOU HAVE MANY MANY MORE!

    DON, YOU KNOW I GOT SO D--- UPSET WITH THOSE BRAVES BY THE

6TH, I TURNED THEM OFF AND WENT OUTSIDE. I DIDN'T EVEN LOOK AT

THE FINAL SCORE UNTIL THIS MORNING. AS I TOLD YOU BEFORE

THESE GUYS ARE GOING TO GIVE ME A HEART ATTACK! I DON'T KNOW

IF I'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THEM AND THE DAWGS BOTH! GUESS, I'LL

JUST NEED TO GO HUNTING UNTIL ITS ALL OVER WITH! Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

LATER

Donald Chandler

Jim... I was on the couch watching the game and dozed off when the Braves were behind 6-1... my belly was full after a nice lunch and I couldn't keep my eyes open.   :-)   I woke up at the top of the 8th and the score was still 6-1.  The Braves scored three in the bottom of the eighth to make it 6-4, and I thought to myself that it might be an interesting ninth inning.  Sure enough, they got men on base with a little help from the Marlins, and both Diaz and McCann homered!  This team is AMAZING!  Just take your meds, Jim... and hang on for the ride!  Now we need to take 3 out of 4 from the Mets!  GO BRAVES!... and GO DAWGS!

Have a good week, mates!

Connie Morgan (White)

Junior, the birthday wishes are late, but very sincere!  I sure hope you had a special day, and that it will be a good year.

Gary, all good wishes for your soon-to-be-born little one and all the family! 

You Braves fans have gotta be loving all the excitement!  Personally, I want the Dawgs to just go on and get several points ahead early in the game.  I'm with Jim, my old heart just can't take too many close games.

I haven't written lately because who wants to hear:  I ate, I slept, I went to work, I gained weight - day after day...    I do hope all of you are doing well, and I enjoy hearing from those of you who write!!

Have a great week! 

Jimmy Willis

HELLO MATES!

    Everything is great in Middle Georgia! I had enough courage last

nite to keep the Braves on til the end of the 9th. and they WON! BIG!

    Anyway, Connie I don't know about the rest of us but it makes a

difference to me if we hear from you! It lets me know that the folks

who were a very big part of my life are ok. And it may seem silly but

I check everyday to see who has checked in. For some reason it makes

me feel better that day. So fess up folks and check in you'll feel better.

At least it will let us know that every once in a while you're thinking

about us also!

Later,

Jim

Gary Grice

Connie, maybe I should "get a life", but I would love to hear  how you "ate, slept, went to work, and gained weight - day after day..."    Later.

Donald Chandler

Connie... I agree with Jim and Gary... It brings a smile to my face when you check in, and when everyone else checks in too.  I check everyday, several times a day.  And Connie... even if it is just to say you ate, you slept, you worked, you gained weight... It's still good to hear from you.  I know I post a lot of boring stuff on here but I still do it anyway.  It's always nice to touch base.

That was good one last night, Jim... our cable is out, so I may not get to "see" the game tonight, but I will listen on radio.  GO BRAVES!   BTW, Jim... I saw a report the other day where this young minor league pitching prospect for the Cincinatti Reds at Louisville had a fastball clocked at 105 mph!!!... and his slider was in the low 90's.  They say that Bob Feller was once clocked at 107.9 mph.  Wow!  But I think they are going to destroy these kids arms with that kind of velocity (Strasburg is already having Tommy John surgery).  Power isn't everything... just ask Greg Maddux.   

Diane Harris (Moore)

Connie Morgan (White)

I love y'all!

Diane, there was a nice article in todays Athens paper about your cousin (and UGA's new athletic director).  By the way, do y'all have plans to come to Ga. this fall?

Just 4 days til that 1st. UGA game.   Go Dawgs!!!

Kathy, I sure hope you've enjoyed your mountain trip. 

Gary, how's the baby watch?  I have a grandbaby due in December, and we are very thankful.

Jim, are you holding up well with all the wedding planning going on around you?  When is the wedding?   We want to get-together this fall, but sure want you and Beth to be able to come.

Don, what you write is never boring!  I look forward to checking this site every day and am always so glad when someone has written!  Our 40th. class reunion and the renewal of frirendships has been such a blessing in my life!

Good luck Braves, and get ready to cheer for the DAWGS!

Gary Grice

Good morning one and all!  Sherron is in Hickory awaiting the arrival of Lila - but "like most wormen", she is making us wait.   Sherron can't decide if to continue to stay there or come home and await further developments.  I'm headed to Madison for a meeting today but just wanted to take a moment and comment on nothing.  I was thinking that you could liken this message forum to Seinfeld - sort of a forum about nothing - but still very enjoyable.  Well since I have nothing to share ..... I thought I would infuse a little culture into the discussions with a little seasonal poem.  So here is:

LEAVES DON'T LEAVE ME

by: Reese Bryan (age 6)

Leaves fall from the trees

and the tree gets very bare.

Nobody is aware that the tree is bare.

Leaves fall from the tree.

Leaves fall on the ground.

Leaves go away.

Leaves please don't leave me!

And I can't wait until summer is here again.

*********

Later.

Gary Grice

A Rose by any other name ....

Well some names should never be used, like the following rejected international sports teams.  Later.

1. Brussels Sprouts

2. Cannes Openers

3. Amsterdam Yankees

4. Vienna Sausages

5. Belgium Wafflers

6. Manila Folders

7. Czech Bouncers

8. Buenos Airheads

9. Bolivia DeHavillands

10. Seoul Brothers

11. Taipei Personalities

12. Syria Killers

13. Hungary Jacks

14. Prague Tologists

15. Peking Toms
 

Gary Grice

I almost forgot ......  Happy Beverly Hills 9/02/10!

Jimmy Willis

Good morning Mates!!!

Well it's that time of the year! For us guys we've got baseball

running out our ears! Football!!! is here! And its the start of

hunting season! Now I ask you what would make life more

perfect? (NO Obama!!!). Anyway girls I pray you all enjoy sports

cause--- Its Here!!!

Have a great GEORGIA weekend!!!

Later

Connie Morgan (White)

Morning all:

Have a great Labor Day week-end, and may God bless (and guide) America.

Donald Chandler

Good Morning, Folks.

I'm with Jim... for me, it doesn't get much better than the ATLANTA BRAVES in a good pennant race and the GEORGIA BULLDOGS battling in the SEC!  A GREAT time of the year for sports fans!  And I know that Connie is a big Bulldog fan too.  I just hope that Mark Richt can find a way to keep those guys out of jail long enough to play on Saturdays... there sure have been a rash of Bulldogs arrested lately.  And, Gary... I'm looking forward to that international showdown between the Tai Pai Personalities and the Hungary Jacks... should be a good game with the winner to face the Peking Toms.  I do plan to watch a lot of baseball and football this weekend, and other than that... maybe just eat, sleep, and gain wieght!  No LABOR if I can avoid it... and No Obama either!  Liz and I have nothing really planned for the weekend except for church Sunday, but we may look around for something interesting to do here in the Metro area.

Looks like great weather here in Georgia for the weekend too!  So, whatever you have planned... be safe out there and have fun.  HAPPY LABOR DAY!

By the way... has anyone heard from Condeleezza Rice lately?

Reporting live from Marietta...  this is Don.   

You know, Gary... if Marietta had a professional sports team... we could call it the MARIETTA BIG CHICKENS!  That would really strike fear in the hearts of our opponents!  

Diane Harris (Moore)

Jimmy Willis

DON,

      A NOT SO FUNNY STORY JUST CAME OUT JUST AFTER I READ YOUR

 POSTING. THE FRESHMAN OGLETREE, WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO PLAY

A ROLE ON THIS TEAMS "D" HAS JUST BEEN ARRESTED ON A

MISDEMEANOR CHARGE OF THEFT BY TAKING OF ANOTHER STUDENTS

MOTORCYCLE HELMET. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GO IN THERE A SHAKE THE

WHOLE d___ @#$@#%&! TEAM. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE KIDS!

DO THE THINK THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW?! THIS HAS GOT TO STOP!

NOW! I CANNOT BELIEVE THESE KIDS CAN BE THAT DUMB! THIS SOUNDS

LIKE A FLA. STATE TEAM!

LATER

Gary Grice

Well Friday afternoon and all is ..... well it is Friday afternoon.  One night at a social gathering we began discussing high school mascots/names.  We all proudly proclaimed the names, Indians, Hawks, Eagles, Lions, etc, except one lady who remained silent.  Turns our her high school mascot was ......  are you ready for this?  The SLUGS!  After everyone regained their composure, we asked her for their fight song but she was laughting too hard to divulge any further high school history.  So see Diane, the beavers wasn't so bad.  Jim, maybe Georgia should consider a name change, from the Bulldawgs to the Outlaws.  I guess this just reveals a problem with athletes at this and higher levels - an invincible complex or one too many blows to the head!  Great runner - always out runs the law!  I wish them well this weekend though all the bookies are calling for a blowout! 

No baby YET, but Jennifer said she had a dream that she would be born on the 3rd.  Better hurry - only seven hours left.  Hope everyone has a GREAT weekend.   Later.

Gary Grice

HAPPY Monday/Tuesday!  No, no baby yet.  However, Jennifer did spend last night at the hospital for monitoring.  Sherron came home Sunday and is making preparations to return at a moment's notice.  I'll continue updates here. 

I broke down and signed onto Facebook on Sunday.  Someone sent me an invitation to see their pictures.  So far - I'm not impressed, but see how folks can become addicted.

I'm super happy that Bobby Sparks signed on and updated his profile this weekend.  Good to have you onboard.  I also see that you have an upcoming birthday.  I'll postpone birthday wishes just to keep you coming back.  Jump in and update us here on the forum on what's been going on in your life.  MOST of us here are pretty nice folks. 

Well since I get a pay check every couple of weeks, I guess I should get to WORK.  I'm starting to get the Maynard G. Crebbs (Doby Gillis) response to that word.  Hope everyone has a GREAT day and an even better week.  Later.