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Hey everyone. Thanks for being patient with me today. It's my daughter's birthday and I was in charge of present procurement. Some recent revisions rendered my (hard-fought) Wii Fit moot. Other merchandise was considered more coveted and useful.That's where I come in.
Anyway, we'll probably spend plenty of time this summer talking about recruiting. A lot of that talk will surround Auburn's needs and how closely the team's top targets dovetail with those needs.
So let's take a look at where Auburn's current scholarship allocation chart, which (theoretically) will give us some clarity when it comes to identifying the Tigers needs.
Here is where Auburn is right now. New signees aren't yet included.
RED is for players who won't play next season.
PURPLE is for players whose status is in doubt for whatever reason.
QUARTERBACK (4; 4 in '09)
QB Kodi Burns
QB Chris Todd
QB Neil Caudle
QB Barrett Trotter
RUNNING BACK (7; 6 in '09)
RB Tristan Davis
RB Brad Lester
RB Ben Tate
RB Mario Fannin
RB Eric Smith
RB John Douglas
RB Onterio McCalebb
RECEIVERS (16; 10 in '09)
WR Rod Smith
WR Chris Slaughter
WR Robert Dunn
WR James Swinton
TE Brent Slusher
TE Gabe McKenzie
WR Montez Billings
WR Tim Hawthorne
WR Derek Winter
WR Darvin Adams
WR Quindarius Carr
WR Terrell Zachery
WR Phillip Pierre-Louis
WR Harry Adams
TE Tommy Trott
TE Bailey Woods
OFFENSIVE LINE (14; 10 in '09)
OL Tyronne Green
OL Jason Bosley
OL Kyle Coulahan
OL Chaz Ramsey
OL Lee Ziemba
OL Ryan Pugh
OL Bart Eddins
OL Andrew McCain
OL Mike Berry
OL Byron (Lee) Isom
OL Jared Cooper
OL Darrell Roseman
OL A.J. Greene
OL Vance Smith
DEFENSIVE LINE (13; 9 or 10 in '09)
DL Sen'Derrick Marks
DL Raven Gray
DL Tez Doolittle
DL Andre Wadley
DL Antonio Coleman
DL Antoine Carter
DL Michael Goggans
DL Mike Blanc
DL Zach Clayton
DL Jake Ricks
DL Jomarcus Savage
DL Derrick Lykes
DL Cam Henderson
LINEBACKER (10; 6 in '09)
LB Tray Blackmon
LB Courtney Harden
LB Merrill Johnson
LB Chris Evans
LB Craig Stevens
LB Josh Bynes
LB Spencer Pybus
LB Adam Herring
LB Da'Shaun Barnes
LB Eltoro Freeman
DEFENSIVE BACK (14; 11 in '09)
DB Jerraud Powers
DB Ryan Williams
DB Jonathan Vickers
DB Zac Etheridge
DB Mike McNeil
DB Walt McFadden
DB Neiko Thorpe
DB Mike Slade
DB D'Antoine Hood
DB Drew Cole
DB T'Sharvan Bell
DB Christian Thompson
DB Marcus Jemison
DB Aairon Savage
SPECIALTY (3; 3 in '09)
K Wes Byrum
P Ryan Shoemaker
DS Dax Dellenbach
OFFENSE: 41
DEFENSE: 37
SPECIALTY: 3
OVERALL TOTAL: 81
2009 RENTURNING: 59 or 60, depending on Andre Wadley.
2009 SIGNEES: 26, including Nick Fairley.
THE MAXIMUM REAL NUMBER: 85 or 86.
Are you the police?
ReplyDeleteNo, ma'am. We're musicians.
Nice work JGT, that's a lot to digest.
ReplyDeletework stomping me, no time for substance.
ReplyDeletePlease offer your daughter a big happy birthday from the gang here!
ReplyDeleteMine youngest turned 3 on the 12th.
Yea. It's kinda tough to ingest because many members of Auburn's 2009 signing class will qualify and snag scholarship slots.
ReplyDeleteI just can't speculate how many.
Mrs. Murphy: We got two honkies out there, dressed like Hasidic diamond merchants.
ReplyDeleteMatt "Guitar" Murphy: Say what?
Mrs. Murphy: They look like they're from the CIA, or somethin'.
Matt "Guitar" Murphy: What they want to eat?
Mrs. Murphy: The tall one wants white toast, dry, with nothin' on it.
Matt "Guitar" Murphy: Elwood.
Mrs. Murphy: And the short one wants four whole fried chickens, and a Coke.
Matt "Guitar" Murphy: And Jake. Shit, the Blues Brothers!
Don't you blaspheme in here!!
ReplyDeletethe penguin....
ReplyDeleteSouth Park was very funny last night ... Cartman as a Somali pirate.
ReplyDeleteCartman on the high seas
ReplyDeleteAnswering questions from the other thread:
ReplyDelete* I don't wear hats, so a HABOTN hat isn't something that excites me.
* Jet, do you still want me to submit a list of facts re: HABOTN?
* I don't watch MMA or UFC. I read about Kyle Maynard, but it wasn't something that excited me.
I'll be at Talladega this weekend. I may post some pics here ... even though the races have nothing to do with Auburn.
ReplyDeleteMMA/UFC is a stupid fad that hopefully dies sooner than later. They are going to get that Maynard kid killed
ReplyDelete#14, in honor of previous thread hero Ben Leard. :)
ReplyDeleteWow Jay G. this post so excites the wonk in me! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHarrison this post made me lose control sitting right here in my office: Harrison said...
We tried to start a Fiero gang in high school. Like a motorcycle gang but way nerdier. it never amounted to much
scottie b
ReplyDeletedid you see my post on previous thread about shirt size?
sad thing is Mon is we actually had discussions about it.
ReplyDeleteyo ho ho and a package of gum!
ReplyDeleteRainbow City is already looking a a giant bee hive.
ReplyDeleteAnd it will only get worse as Sunday approaches
As much as gum rocks, bring on the rum!
ReplyDeleteJay G ...
ReplyDeleteI did my own research, so we're good.
JGT - Don't let this happen to you at Talladega:
ReplyDelete0.9% Financing
yes sir Digger, i'd say you're a Medium too. i'm 5,11", 205 and a Large works for me. unless you wear your stuff really big.
ReplyDeleteJay - Happy Birthday to the little one JGT.
ReplyDeleteFor what it is worth, my son's Birthday is today too!
Hope your party goes well!
Thanks for the great coverage.
gatiger, that's a creepy obit, imo...
ReplyDelete... just waiting on Rep. Love's call to see if he'll sponsor a House version.
ReplyDeleteJust kiddin'
We're so glad to see so many of you lovely people here tonight. And we would especially like to welcome all the representatives of Illinois's law enforcement community who have chosen to join us here in the Palace Hotel Ballroom at this time. We do sincerely hope you all enjoy the show, and please remember people that no matter who you are and what size HABOTN hat you wear to thrive and survive there are still some things that make us all the same. You, me, them (Bama), everybody, everybody!
ReplyDeleteTuscon - Bring out yer dead!
ReplyDelete12 year old Little Miss Aubie asked The Bull to "show me your guns"
ReplyDeleteHere is the pic >
Dear Leader ...
ReplyDelete"I've always loved you."
Struttinduck..
ReplyDeletehe is lookin good.... ready for football!!
Will asked him the same thing and then he gently squeezed his arms. It was weird.
ReplyDeleteI ran outta gas! I had a flat tire! I didn't have enough money for cab fare! My tux didn't come back from the cleaners! An old friend came in from outta town! Someone stole my car! There was an earthquake! A terrible flood! Locusts!! It wasn't my fault I swear to God!!!
ReplyDeletewhich ol is the scholly longsnapper?
ReplyDeleteHut hut, hut hut, hut hut,...
ReplyDeleteI'm Tucker McElroy. Lead singer and driver of the Winnebago.
ReplyDeleteAfter I took the pic he asked my girl, "why is your dad wearing a red arse monkey suit with an orange Auburn - HABOTN prototype jersey?"
ReplyDeleteTHAT was weird.
Whatchu gonna do about it ... Stein?
ReplyDeleteUse of unnecessary force in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers HAS been approved.
ReplyDeleteHe is ready for football, but first we have to get through the birthday party, which includes a real live fire truck visit and a Dalmation blow up jump and bounce.
ReplyDeleteNot as fun as Dega, yet I am going to have a few beers and try to land a couple of flips in order to release the inner child...
"Anyone know 'Minnie the Moocher?'"
ReplyDelete"I once knew a hooker named Minnie Mizola."
We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline.
ReplyDeleteStruttin - here's my future **** first encounter with a firetruck.
ReplyDeleteGuys gotta run out to the DMZ... talk to ya whan I get back to Pyongyang,, but until then You contemptible pig! I remained celibate for you. I stood at the back of a cathedral, waiting, in celibacy, for you, with three hundred friends and relatives in attendance. My uncle hired the best Romanian caterers in the state. To obtain the seven limousines for the wedding party, my father used up his last favor with Mad Pete Trullo. So for me, for my mother, my grandmother, my father, my uncle, and for the common good, I must now kill you, and your brother.
ReplyDeleteIt’s 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses.
ReplyDeleteHarrison - I had no doubt that you actually had those conversations. THAT is what makes it so sad...I mean funny.
ReplyDeleteyour women. i want to buy your women. the little girl, your daughters. sell them to me. i want to buy your children!
ReplyDeletechange girl and daughters to boy and sons in that BB quote and i think you have $aban's recruiting pitch.
My friend Chad still swears if he ever gets rich he will still buy us all fieros. I think he's running out of time to find Fieros that still work
ReplyDeleteHow much for the little girl? The women?
ReplyDeleteFour fried chickens and a Coke.
ReplyDeleteWhere's my cheese whiz, boy?
ReplyDeleteSweet Ga!
ReplyDeleteI bet the litte one loved it!
There is something about little kids and big trucks - they love it. Same as big kids and big trucks, and fast cars, and the Blues Brothers....
I hate Illinois Nazis!
ReplyDeleteI don't know what a Fiero is, but I will gladly join any gang. I need the companionship and approval that comes with being in a gang. Most of you wouldn't understand.
ReplyDeleteStruttin - it was pretty cool & impromptu. We were all out for ice cream & the local firehouse crew & their 3 trucks were all at a restaurant next door. We were just milling around the trucks when they came out, opened them up & let him explore. He still doesn't understand why he couldn't turn on the sirens & honk the horn.
ReplyDeleteMichael- you are in the fiero gang, although you may have to buy your own. Or make friends with my friend chad. He lives in Birmingham, give him a ring.
ReplyDeleteChad?!? From Birmingham? THAT Chad?
ReplyDeleteNever heard of him. I think you're making him up.
I just called Chad, and he said he didn't know you. He even had the nerve to say his name isn't Chad.
ReplyDeleteHarrison, are you full of it? Do Fieros even exist?
Is it true that Fieros were made out of recycled aluminum cans and that when you finished with one, you just crushed it under-foot?
ReplyDeleteuse of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the blues brothers has been approved.
ReplyDeleteI bet Chad Maynard could beat Harrison up. I like MMA, I like UFC, in general, I enjoy watching people get hit in the face, as long as I am not one of those people.
ReplyDeleteCris Carter on ESPN just gave Andre "Juggs" Smith one piece of advice....don't take your shirt off.
you must have called my other Birmingham friend, Jeremy.
ReplyDeleteMichael i would link you a picture of a fiero but i aint real good wit' the porno box
One Timex digital watch, broken. One unused prophylactic.
ReplyDeleteThere's porn. And stock quotes!
ReplyDeletefiero!
ReplyDeleteWill- how could you say that? you see me lift over 100 pounds at the gym all the time. That Maynard kid can't weigh more than that
ReplyDeleteWatching bare-knuckle fighting gives me the willies. Very uncomfortable and unpleasant.
ReplyDeleteDisco pants and haircuts...
ReplyDeleteYeah, lots of space in this mall.
No, sir, Mayor Daley no longer dines here, sir. He's dead, sir.
ReplyDeleteChad Maynard is a great man, and a gentle lover
ReplyDeleteThe new Oldsmobiles are out.
ReplyDeleteboys driving fieros gives me the willies
ReplyDeletegat, you bought the one that comes with stock quotes? Lucky!
ReplyDeleteHarrsion, I would always have your back if you needed it, but I have to be honest, if a guy w/ no arms and no legs started beating you up, I would watch it until the bitter end....same thing if a girl beat you up.
Well, the Sister was right. You boys could use a little churching up. Slide on down to the Triple Rock, and catch Rev. Cleophus. You boys listen to what he's got to say.
ReplyDeletemy fiero was red. it had a luggage rack....that's about it.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you call a candidate in Florida with no arms nor legs?
ReplyDeleteChad.
his name Kyle Maynard guys.
ReplyDeletealong with the fiero comes a mandatory moustache
What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs involved in Ultimate Fighting?
ReplyDeleteWorks better with Chad ... kinda like the mustache with the Fiero.
ReplyDeletedid you have a luggage rack cause the trunk was stuffed with dead hookers?
ReplyDeleteWere there any fieros that weren't red?
ReplyDeletegood question ehyou. I can't recall any. Maybe our Fiero gang could paint ours to stand out more
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me of a joke:
ReplyDeleteQ. How many dead hookers can you stuff under a mattress?
A. Four
ehyou - former highschool buddy had a black Fiero. But I can't remember seeing anything other than those colors.
ReplyDeletethe luggage rack came in handy when hauling dead bear carcasses.
ReplyDeleteIf Fieros were real, I would get a pink one with blue polka dots.
ReplyDeleteI know a guy who had a white one.
ReplyDeleteFiero, that is. Not dead hooker. Although, I can't say that definitively.
E-Bay has 21 Fieros for sale, in many different colors all for 8,000 dollars or less.
ReplyDeletethe trunk had enough space to hold a cell phone. of course, cell phones were much bigger back then.
ReplyDeleteSo what you are saying is Fiero drivers only killed anorexic or dwarf hookers?
ReplyDeleteactually only imaginary hookers shaped like hand puppets.
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ReplyDeletescott... thanks a lot. Now I will be having nightmares about those for the next few nights.
ReplyDeleteMy wikipedia page has a section titled, "Puppet Genocide Accusations"
ReplyDeleteThis one works
ReplyDeletePontiac Fiero
There's still a section called "Engine Fire Reputation"
My Wikipedia page has ...
ReplyDeleteOK, nothing. I don't have a Wikipedia page. I am ashamed.
I sensed you would post that, ehyou.
ReplyDeleteBrad Lester?? He is gone too buddy.
ReplyDeleteKill enough puppets, become Queen of HABOTN, and become King of Eurasia, and you too might one day have a wikipedia page, Jet.
ReplyDeleteMichael,
ReplyDeleteYou give meaning to my life. You're the inspiration.
There aren't any ladies joining in the Fiero conversation.
ReplyDeleteIs there something wrong with us?
the ladies never got too excited about my fiero, if i recall correctly. or maybe it was just me. nah, had to be the car.
ReplyDeleteehyou ...
ReplyDeleteThey're just lying in wait, trying to find out who's got the Fieros, and then they'll pounce on you.
You'll be covered in women, who are powerless to resist the lure of the pride of the Pontiac line.
Oh, but you have to wait for to to die on those last two goals, Jet. Either that or can can kill me yourself and try to gain my crowns. I don't suggest that, though.
ReplyDeleteJust be patient, your day will come Jet.
Why does Huey Lewis keep asking me if I believe in love?
ReplyDeleteHuey is an information gatherer. He is curious by nature.
ReplyDeleteOne of my homies had an 88 Fiero GT and it looked lovely.
ReplyDeleteWhat an awful interior, though.
Another reminder: If you friend me in Facebook and don't identify yourself as a HOTTIE, I'm going to decline you.
ReplyDeleteThis remains a problem.
I understand that Huey Lewis and the News has quit singing on Mondays and Tuesdays, and may go online only on a permanent basis.
ReplyDeletePlease pray for me. My wife is in FL and I'm about to pick up a tornado from school and a hurricane from daycare for a weekend of daddy-daughter fun.
ReplyDeleteHow old is your child.
ReplyDeleteF1, F2, F3, F4, F5?
Oh, sorry ... Now I see that she's an F3 tornado.
ReplyDeleteBut that doesn't relieve you of your responsibility for this material. Now I'm waiting for reports from some of you... Listen, I'm not joking. This is my job!
ReplyDeleteMrs. Milton thought he was a little bit of bore, too.
ReplyDeletesee gacebook only causes problems. I'm sure it helped bring down the housing market
ReplyDeleteHarrison hates gacebook and Ywitter.
ReplyDeletePuppet hour is upon us
ReplyDeleteBut he's always in My Space.
ReplyDeleteI knew dweeb in HS that had a red one and he had a big UAT sticker put on the hood....very classy.
ReplyDeletecrap! told ya i ain't good with these typin machines
ReplyDeleteMy wifey and family are in FL for the weekend too.
ReplyDeleteTivo has been saving
"100 top One Hit Wonders of the '80s" for me. Wild weekend!
I se a whole lot of UATalized prose in here. Remember pore crimson koolaid on your keybaord to fix the problem.
ReplyDelete"Drunk and stupid is no way to go through life".....but it beats the alternative sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI've had the house to myself (and the Golden Retriever) for a week and will still be this way until early next week. The first two days are pretty cool, but after that I'm ready for the chaos to return.
ReplyDeleteOh you did that (pore crimson koolaide on your keybaoard and it did WHAT?
ReplyDeleteYou're kidding.
Thanks for the overview Jay. The most glaring things are definitely the offensive line and the linebackers. We are in trouble in both areas.
ReplyDeleteWhat is probably surprising to some is the number of skill position players. This staff did great getting some skill position players, but the guys in the trench are in trouble. This may be due to the order in which the position coaches were hired.
I've got next Thursday-Sunday empty house coming up.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it sucks when the family leaves. After you catch up on all the DVR stuff your wife hates, then what?
ReplyDeleteI'll tell you what happens. That's when you start seeing puppets our of the corner of your eye, and then all of a sudden you lock yourself in the bathroom with a knife and mutter nonsense to yourself all night.
ReplyDeleteWifey left Wednesday morning. I have eaten Oatmeal Raisin Crisp for every meal since then. I'm running low on milk.
ReplyDeleteAlso as an FYI: I'll be on FURLOUGH No. 2 from May 3-10.
ReplyDeleteI won't be around the HABOTN to shoo away that pesky Criminal Type guy again if he causes trouble. So it goes.
That reminds me Michael... I watched "1408" last night. I'm pretty sure that was the plot.
ReplyDeleteeffin furloughs
ReplyDeleteI was hoping new Mayor Todd Strange would prevent the Criminal Type from permeating our fair city.
ReplyDeleteIs Scottie B here now?
ReplyDeleteWhat is 1408? Did someone videotape me last summer when my wife and kids were down in Florida with my mother in law? Because...uhh... well, I didn't give them permission, and anything you might have seen about goat fighting was surely creative latitude taken by the director.
ReplyDeletei like criminal type. reminds me of my uncle that's been in and out of jail a bunch
ReplyDeleteHey Jay, as someone mentioned earlier, Brad Lester is no longer an active tiger and should thus become red.
ReplyDeleteI need to add Lester. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMichael - DVR has been cleared, I've explored some shows I've never watched before but have heard about, I've done alot of work for the man during what would usually be family time, and now what? I'm going to watch some Lacrosse tourny near here which has AU playing as #1 seed. I know absolutely nothing about Lacrosse but I have nothing better to do so it could be fun.
ReplyDeleteMichael ...
ReplyDeleteI know not to ask you about your business.
My brother had an 88 (I think it was an 88) Fiero in 1990. He bought it used. The thing was a piece of junk, but apparently there was a bonus when he bought the car, the former owner had hidden a bag of weed behind the dash. We were putting a stereo in the car and found it there.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if it helped with the resale value of the car or not, but I assume the value of the weed was far more than the actual value of the car.
I think I'm a little late here, but I very much enjoy Mixed Martial Arts. It gets a bad reputation (much of which is brought on by stereotypical fans and the UFC), but it's just as much a sport as football or baseball. It takes tons of skiil and athleticism, and is much more than two guys punching each other.
ReplyDeletewhich one smoked more? the car or the weed
ReplyDeleteI'm a MMA fan as well, it's amazing the number of people who have the wrong idea about it...also, it's not bare knuckle fighting.
ReplyDeleteHowever the guy promoting the show in Auburn with Kyle Maynard is probably one of the promoters that give the sport a bad name, just going for cheap publicity.
I don't recall whatever became of the weed.
ReplyDeleteI was 14 and very sheltered at the time, so I wouldn't have had a clue what to do with it.
RK ...
ReplyDeleteAll you remember was being very, very hungry, then taking a long nap.
Have you ever noticed that Smirnoff Twisted V Wild Grape Premium Malt Beverage tastes like scuppernongs?
ReplyDeleteI would not normally drink such a non manly drink, but as I mentioned, my wife is out of town and there is no beer in the garage fridge. Very poor planning on my part.
ReplyDeleteDang, if I only knew where that damn grocery store was...
Uhhh my wife might have noticed, if she knew what a scuppernong was
ReplyDeleteAubie you can't let the fridge ever run out of beer. you just can't
ReplyDeleteOuch Harrison. that hurt. Excuse me while I go change my Stay Free maxipad.
ReplyDeleteMy wife put a sign over our bedroom door that says ...
ReplyDelete"Abandon hope, all ye who enter here."
What am I to make of this?
Oh, well. Time to leave. See you later, HOTTATARIANS.
Imagine my disappointment when I opened the fridge!!! Empty, except for very effeminate fruity malt beverages (known in some parts as wine coolers).
ReplyDeleteWhat if I actually start to like them??!! How will I tailgate?? I can't drink these in public! Will I have to move to Iowa or Cali?
I do like MMA. I would like to see an MMA match between Gene Chizik and Nick Saban at the halftime of the Iron Bowl. Can you imagine the PPV subscribers to that one?
ReplyDeleteI do enjoy your honesty about it though. i will answer your questions.
ReplyDelete1.yes, you will kind of like them
2. you cannot drink them at tailgates or inpublic
3. acceptable only if you are completely out of any other alcohol and have no hope of getting to a store
aubie- my wife will not drink beer. So we always have some crap like that int he fridge and i have to try all of them and sometimes end up drinking one or two myself
ReplyDeleteHarrison, your story is my story.
ReplyDeleteShe likes Michelob Ultra Raspberry Pomegranate. you ever had that? it is awful
ReplyDeleteWERK, I think the guy who is putting on the Maynard fight is an AU grad who lives in the ATL. I read that on yahoo sports I think. By default he is a good guy
ReplyDeleteMy wife doesn't drink beer either, but she will enjoy a margarita or two, which I can deal with.
ReplyDeleteScuppernongs=Muscadines. The fruit tastes great, the wine tastes like barefeet...not to be confused with bear feet, which taste great.
ReplyDeletethat bear foot will come alive in your colon and scratch you to death from the inside out..stupid
ReplyDeleteOrange Whip?...
ReplyDeleteOrange Whip?..
3 orange whips please...
I'll keep the criminal company.
ReplyDeleteJET - that bedroom door made Greg and me cackle!!!
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother had a scuppernong vine behind her house in the country. The grandkids used to pick them for her. We'd eat one for every one we picked. We'd squeeze the meat juice out into our mouths and then suck the juice out of the skin.
ReplyDeleteGood stuff... until the stomach ache hit
FWIW guys, 2010 Commit Jake Hollands Dad posted on another site that Auburn has picked up a big time commit today. Here were his words.
ReplyDelete1. Definitely a "WOW"
2. It is a prospect commitment
3. It's an offensive player
4. It's a big one, real high target for AU
5. It's fixing to starting rolling on the Plains! Well, it actually already is but just stay tuned for next few weeks!
Way to go Mackenzie Brown -- 12-year-old girls pitches perfect game against boys in New Jersey
ReplyDeletei have a 2 year old 4 pack of wine cooler stuff in my fridge. wife wanted it and now won't drink it. what to do?
ReplyDeletewhat's the story re brad lester/ injured, wasn't he?
ReplyDeleteScott,
ReplyDeleteIs is Smirnoff Twisted V Wild Grape Premium Malt Beverage?
Cause if it is, it tastes like scuppernongs.
sadly, it's bartels and james. it's red in color. i thought they had died or gone out of business.
ReplyDeletewhy don't you just toss 'em?
ReplyDeletehave to ask, aubie. are you a fan of dexies midnight runners? i always liked 'em.
ReplyDeletewouldn't tossing them be a sin against some kind of religion or something? "waste not that which can lay you to waste". book of jan terri, i believe.
ReplyDeletescott- in that case it's ok to drink them, just don't enjoy them and you're cool.
ReplyDeletenow THAT'S excellent and well reasoned advice.
ReplyDeleteHow is a car club nerdy?
ReplyDeleteNow chess clubs are nerdy.
Bartles is dead. He passed away from overinjestion of scuppernongs.
ReplyDeleteJaymes is semi retired. He lives on a goat farm in Idaho with his life partner Chuck.
... and yes I am a fan of Kevin Rowland and Dexy's Midnight Runners. Holder of the numero uno spot in VH1's most awesome one hit wonders of the '80's.
ReplyDeleteI named my daughter Eileen just so when we went to the mall I could holler, "come on, Eileen".
She is only allowed to wear overalls.
Come on Eileen...one of my favorite songs that I know less than 10 lyrics to.
ReplyDeleteI would like to thank the radio station in Birmingham that played Rick Springfield on the radio during lunch today...
ReplyDeleteNow I can't get "Jesse's Girl" out of my mind..
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
mine is "who let the dogs out" Will
ReplyDeletefsj... don't get me started on Rick. Took my high school girlfriend to see him at Boutwell in '82. Bought her a bootleg t-shirt in the parking deck and almost got arrested.
ReplyDeleteSaw him at City Stages many years later with wifey and kids. He was actually awesome... hand me another scuppernong wine cooler.
from southernfood.about.com
ReplyDeleteThe scuppernong is a greenish, or bronze, variety of muscadine. At first it was simply called the Big White Grape. During the 17th and 18th centuries cuttings of the mother vine were placed into production around Scuppernong, a small town in North Carolina. The name Scuppernong originally comes from an Algonquin Indian name, Ascopo for the sweet bay tree. Ascupernung, meaning place of the Ascopo, appears on early maps of North Carolina as the name of a river in Washington County that runs into the Albemarle Sound. By 1800 the spelling of the river had become Scuppernong. Soon the name of the town and river came to be applied to the grapes grown in the area. In this roundabout fashion, ascopo, the Algonquin word for sweet bay tree became scuppernong, the word for a variety of wild grape.
Tell me you didn't really care!
Rolled down the windows a little bit ago ... cranked up "Jenny-867-5309)" and sang at the top of my lungs.
ReplyDeleteIt was 1982 all over again.
Jet - the bedroom sign means no chest bump tonight
ReplyDeletei got rick rolled on youtube while trying to view a TI video- that's just wrong
ReplyDeleteNova (Sheldon) I don't think you're in a position to judge nerdiness. Just sayin...
always liked dexy's tunes "old" and "jackie wilson said" (old van morrison tune). their follow up album was pretty good, too. just never got airplay. they filed for bankruptcy after. rowland is now a stock broker, i believe.
ReplyDeleteI have a good friend that picked a bunch of muscadines and ask me to make wine with them. I was in to wine making at the time. I made 14 quart jars of wine. To me it was not very good but he loved it, so I gave all of it to him. I guess different strokes for different folks.
ReplyDeleteam not a big Bettles fan but this is good music
ReplyDeleteGetBack384kcp.wmv (7276KB)
Scuppernongs start good but have a nasty aftertaste.
ReplyDeleteMon, it takes one to know one.
used to pick muscedimes from my grandmother's vines. very good stuff. off to play a little poker--wish me cards.
ReplyDeleteI'm posting from the daughters new iPod touch. It's faster than my iPhone!
ReplyDeleteGhiardelli brownies, Blue Bell, Hershey's syrup.
ReplyDeleteHow ya like that, THT?
Jet - downright cruel. I'm stuck at work :-(
ReplyDeleteCaps fans - congrats. Sure wish I could have watched tonight.
Jay GT - for Christmas get daughter the alarm clock that you dock ipod in and wake up to your tunes. That's what wifey game me last Christmas. Love it!!!
ReplyDeleteTHT - 4-0 Caps are still alive for our match!
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