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Donald Chandler
"You load sixteen tons, what do you get?... Another day older and deeper in debt..." Tennessee Ernie Ford, 1955
Connie… October 24th sounds like a good choice to me. Thanks for inviting us back to your home. You are always a wonderful hostess. I hope Liz and I can be there, but, as I said, we may not know for certain until the time comes, depending on how she feels.
We had a nice anniversary weekend. Friday night we went to a friend’s 60th birthday party (another sexagenarian is on the loose). The party was a lot of fun… celebrating the 50’s and 60’s with a live band playing oldies but goodies, dancing, and chili dogs and hamburgers served by “Varsity” impersonators complete with little red paper hats… whadayahave?, whadayahave? There were also door prizes… $10 gift cards to Chili’s Restaurant. I won one of those by answering a trivia question. After the band played “Sixteen Tons“, they asked if anyone knew who had a #1 hit with that song. I have used some of my dormant brain cells to store away that, until now, useless information.
Saturday was our actual anniversary and I fixed a big late morning brunch for my bride, and then we went out to dinner later in the day… to have sirloin and shrimp at California Dreaming, a restaurant we had never tried before. And then Sunday School and Church on Sunday completed a nice weekend.
The only thing that could have made it a better weekend would have been a Georgia Bulldog victory on Saturday. I really thought they were going to win that game when they came back to tie it with those two fourth quarter touchdowns… but, alas, the Hawgs beat the Dawgs. Looks like it might be a tough year with a new defense in place (that doesn't tackle very well) and a redshirt freshman quarterback. But I REALLY like Aaron Murray… I think he will be a VERY GOOD quarterback with a little more game experience. But I wish he had a better offensive coordinator working with him. Of course it doesn’t help matters that A.J. Green is suspended for 4 games. I think we could have beaten both South Carolina and Arkansas with him in the lineup. Oh well… All the sports news was not bad… the Braves swept three games from the Mets in New York! I always love to beat the Mets! And it would be nice to take two out of the next three games with the Phillies starting tonight… a tough order. And the Falcons won yesterday too!
Gary… I’m sorry to hear of the circumstances surrounding the death of Sherron’s cousin. I know it has to be tough on the family, but it sounds like it was a wonderful service honoring his memory.
And, by the way Gary…I will tune in “Pawn Stars” and “American Pickers” tonight. I checked them out last week and liked them both… especially “Porn Stars”… uhhh, I mean “Pawn Stars.” You know, I don't think I have ever been in a pawn shop in my life.
And I’m with you Connie… it would be very nice to hear from some of our other classmates now and then. What happened to Kathy? I did not get to know Bobby Sparks since I was only at OCHS my Junior and Senior years (1966-1968), but it is nice to hear from him too. Welcome Bobby!... and thank you for serving our country!
Thanks for the kind words, Diane. I guess you and Dick are having cooler weather up there in Ohio. It’s still very warm here in the South, but Fall is on the way.
And one more thing... I stopped by my favorite bookstore to browse at lunchtime today. They already have hundreds of different 2011 calendars for sale and it's still summer! Anyway, I love calendars and they have just about any subject you can think of. Two that really stood out were "Outhouses" and "Toilets of the World". Yes folks, each month you can have a different outhouse, in full color, for your viewing pleasure… great for home or office. Thought I would pass that along (so to speak) for any of you trying to come up with unique gift ideas for your friends.
Have a great week folks.
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