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5.07.2009

Furlough, Pt. II: Day Five (Thursday)

Hey everyone. HABOTN headquarters may have had some issues with power loss and water in the kitchen this morning, though nothing can be confirmed since I am on furlough and I post-dated this thread.

Sorry for this thread's late arrival.

Take a look at the radar if you're not in the Selma-Montgomery-Auburn area. You'll understand.

Peace and love.

Photo credit: Todd Van Emst/Auburn University

128 Comments:

Blogger Seanzie said...

Woot. Shake N Bake.

12:29 PM  
Blogger Seanzie said...

I guess I'm the only one hanging out.

12:32 PM  
Blogger Monica said...

Kitchen issues = bad.

12:37 PM  
Blogger AUMom said...

You folks in the Gump building a boat yet?

12:38 PM  
Blogger Seanzie said...

Kitchen issues=expensive.

12:38 PM  
Blogger Monica said...

I didn't realize Mont had so much flooding!

12:40 PM  
Blogger Quitstina said...

You better have a boat if you work downtown....

12:40 PM  
Blogger Monica said...

I would like to hear from Jet.

12:43 PM  
Blogger Seanzie said...

Jet is busy lashing together legistlators to make a raft, and he's tying them to tegether with hair...from his back.

12:49 PM  
Blogger digger4au said...

Did Jay reset the auto pilot or sneak in and tickled the ivories

12:58 PM  
Blogger Monica said...

I'm anxious to hear that all our Gump and Prattville Hotties are safe and dry.

12:59 PM  
Blogger NoVaTiger said...

Had to do the flurry of work I came for. I just need to finish getting the material ready for FedEx and my work here is done.

Of course, I have to wait for a 7:30 flight. I hope the Charlotte airport has free internet.

12:59 PM  
Blogger Scott M. Brannan said...

whattup hotties. been a long week. hope all is well.

1:00 PM  
Blogger Monica said...

hey Scottie B. just wanted to say my mother loves the tshirt from your joint so much that she's threatening to leave with it and she's a bammer! She asked if y'all had any HABOTN-like T's, but with some bammer graffiti. I said no. :-)

1:04 PM  
Blogger Scott M. Brannan said...

nice monnie. guard it with your life!!!!

oh, i finished the fence for my kids last week. they love it. i can't get Sully to come back inside, even in the rain. :)

1:08 PM  
Blogger FSJ said...

Conference calls suck.

1:10 PM  
Blogger Seanzie said...

I think we should have a HABTON conference call instead of work related ones, that way Steve and I could actually have a conf call to look forward to.

1:19 PM  
Blogger wartiger said...

Hey Hotties...nothing new to report..just checking in..hope those of you in Alabama are all safe..guess I got out just in time..

What has Manny done now?

1:28 PM  
Blogger j-z said...

From a previous thread....

Hoopie,

Love me some Williamson Bros. They used to have an all you can eat lunch special when I lived in the ATL. That was a beautiful thing for a young, fresh out of school bachelor kid.

Prattville had some flooding downtown and out east. Nothing too major. I am worried about Jet out in Vaughngumpery though. It's pretty bad out there.

1:28 PM  
Blogger wartiger said...

nevermind..just saw it..geez what a goob...sox fans around here are laughing their butts off..I didn't know why..now I do..

1:29 PM  
Blogger FSJ said...

War...

Manny has done the juice. allegedly.

1:29 PM  
Blogger wartiger said...

I didn't realize Manny was 36 years old..supposedly is wasn't steroids but a chemical that's suppose to restart the testosterone after a cycle..not usually a baseball fan but there ain't crap going on..Manny fixing to get the job..50 games!! it had to be pretty bad...

1:35 PM  
Blogger NoVaTiger said...

If I don't comment in an hour, the airport doesn't have free wireless. I may even be desperate enough to pay. I'm almost finished with my book and I haven't found another in the news stands.

1:37 PM  
Blogger soldmysoultosaban said...

Just Manny juicing Manny

1:41 PM  
Blogger Monica said...

I'm on a conference call too, FSJ. Are we on the same one?

1:49 PM  
Blogger Monica said...

Thanks for the update on flooding, JZ.

1:53 PM  
Blogger Seanzie said...

Don't you guys worry about Jet. He's a survivor.

1:58 PM  
Blogger Seanzie said...

Me on the other hand, I've just been sentenced to three days time in Bentonville, AR. That will be a test of will.

1:58 PM  
Blogger War Eagle Girl said...

It is crazy here in the Gump! If you want to see pictures, go to www.WSFA.com and look at the weather pictures. A lady died after being swept off the road.

2:04 PM  
Blogger War Eagle Girl said...

Also the state house is flooded and closed.

2:08 PM  
Blogger Seanzie said...

Man and just last year we were having epic drought across the south. This year, disastrous floods.

2:09 PM  
Blogger ehyou said...

Weather that hits the Gump normally hits Macon a half a day later. I guess I can look forward to some serious stuff this evening.

2:12 PM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

WAR EAGLE!!! Only a few more days until the GreatJGT returns!

I hope y'all don't mind if I leave work early. There's nothing else for me to do and I can beat the 5pm congestion going through UNC campus.

Catch up with y'all later.

2:13 PM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

rats; looks like another 10 minutes, then I can skeedaddle

2:15 PM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

i'm gone
sf[qrtjafjga'pgjua'[rjiga'pr

2:21 PM  
Blogger scott,will not,from tucson said...

should be hitting 100 degrees out here today. dry as a bone (in a bad way).

2:24 PM  
Blogger scott,will not,from tucson said...

wow. pics from wsfa.com were wild. that's a lot of rain!

2:34 PM  
Blogger digger4au said...

It's been an hour NoVatiger where are you.
Braves beat Fins 4-2

2:41 PM  
Blogger Seanzie said...

dammit I owe people money, but good for the Braves.

2:41 PM  
Blogger Scott Chocolate said...

There's a pretty impressive pic on the WSFA site from the neighborhood I grew up in. If you search "Prattville" in the photo section, it comes up as the 1st photo (it's captioned "Flooded Prattville). It's got to be 3 or 4 feet deep and moving. We used to try to dam the creek right there when we were kids. Mother Nature does a much better job.

2:42 PM  
Blogger digger4au said...

Scott only 100, shoot it hasn't even warmed up yet.

2:42 PM  
Blogger FSJ said...

Is it 5 oclock yet?

2:46 PM  
Blogger Seanzie said...

Not even in Eastern time.

2:49 PM  
Blogger NoVaTiger said...

Took a little longer to get a cab than I thought. I'm ensconced in the food court now. CLT has free wireless!

I've got about 3 hrs before my plane boards.

2:53 PM  
Blogger scott,will not,from tucson said...

digger--and it's only the 1st week of may.

2:54 PM  
Blogger scott,will not,from tucson said...

re manny, i just read the substance was "human chorionic growth hormone". he and his doctor didn't think that was inappropriate? oh well, maybe he was trying to get pregnant.

2:57 PM  
Blogger NoVaTiger said...

I'm not starving but the smells from Manch Wok are calling me. There's a Brookwood Farms BBQ next to it but I don't really trust it.

3:14 PM  
Blogger digger4au said...

Don't try it NoVaTiger I lived in NC a little over 2 years and never did find any good BBQ

3:21 PM  
Blogger NoVaTiger said...

I went for the General Tsao's chicken, adequate for airport food.

3:28 PM  
Blogger AUMom said...

Airport barbecue is the worst. Eat at your own risk.

My last risk involved food poisoning.

3:29 PM  
Blogger ehyou said...

I'm going to make a unilateral declaration and say that it is impossible to find good barbecue in any airport.

3:30 PM  
Blogger Criminal Type said...

It was pretty bad here, but I didn't suffer any permanent or semi-permanent damage.

At least I know where my problems are now!

3:30 PM  
Blogger Criminal Type said...

Taking a stab at Chinese in an airport ... brave soul.

3:31 PM  
Blogger NoVaTiger said...

All airport food is risky.

Glad to hear you and yours are safe.

3:34 PM  
Blogger Norm said...

Chocolate - Hunting Ridge was my old stomping grounds many years ago when there were maybe only 4 streets with houses on them. We had a creek running behind my house we dammed up, caught crawdads in and did all the other great things boys got to do back in those days.

3:35 PM  
Blogger michael said...

Manny wasn't juicing - he took an erectile dysfunction drug.

Now if it were me, I might just say screw the hall of fame and let everyone think I was juicing at this point.

3:35 PM  
Blogger j-z said...

GaTiger...

That's officially bizarre. I grew up on Deer Trace. Sent you a FB note.

3:43 PM  
Blogger cincytiger said...

Hey you Prattville people,
We lived on Thomas Ct in Hunting Ridge from 94 to 96. The lot sloped down from the street to the house - I bet it is really flooded.

3:56 PM  
Blogger j-z said...

This is just getting spooky. I have to go up and clean out my parents drains in the back yard. I'll let you know Cincy.

4:14 PM  
Blogger cincytiger said...

j-z,
101 Thomas Ct. Had a pool in the backyard. I always worried about flooding when we lived there.

4:22 PM  
Blogger cincytiger said...

Anyone heard anything from Jet? My sister had to evacuate the state house because of flooding. She doesn't know if her car is one of the flooded ones. Her neighborhood - Deer Creek - is also flooded. Roads are all closed and they can't get to their house to find out if it is flooded or not.

4:26 PM  
Blogger Jet said...

Gurgle, gurgle.

4:28 PM  
Blogger NoVaTiger said...

Someone throw jet a line.

4:29 PM  
Blogger Jet said...

My mother-in-law's store (Eastbrook Flea Market) has a flooded basement. She was in tears when I talked to her. Flood is not in your property insurance.

I, too, live in Deer Creek and have some electrical issues, so I am told.

The legislature is actually meeting in the old Capitol because the Statehouse flooded.

4:35 PM  
Blogger NoVaTiger said...

My 7:20 flight has now been pushed back to 9:20. Flying is such fun.

4:44 PM  
Blogger NoVaTiger said...

I'll have to leave my seat in the food court soon to seek out power.

4:45 PM  
Blogger NoVaTiger said...

Nothing for 2hrs? (cricket sounds)

6:45 PM  
Blogger digger4au said...

I keep looking in but no activity.
I know how you feel I have spent many hours in Airports when I was working.

6:48 PM  
Blogger Prowler said...

Yeah buddy!! Just got my HABOTN tshirt in the mail! That's one good lookin' shirt...hope it doesn't shrink cause right now it fits perfectly!

6:54 PM  
Blogger NoVaTiger said...

United shifted me to USair because the USair plane "isn't as delayed". So I hiked to the other end of the airport. At least there's more outlets in this concourse.

7:02 PM  
Blogger digger4au said...

Good deal hope you get out earlier. Those delays sure make the late drive home a bitch.

7:09 PM  
Blogger NoVaTiger said...

I'm not looking forward to getting up to go to the gym in the morning but I need to work off that airport chinese food.

7:20 PM  
Blogger digger4au said...

I just hope you can carry it home and not lose it in th airport toilet.
How far do you have to drive after you get back?

7:24 PM  
Blogger NoVaTiger said...

About 45 minutes, not too bad. It'll probably be almost as long from gate to car.

7:26 PM  
Blogger Monica said...

Nova where you flying?

My sister said her neighbor's car floated out of the driveway and to the street. She lives in Prattville.

So happy our Jet is safe. Are all our Gump/Pratt hotties accounted for?

7:30 PM  
Blogger digger4au said...

I think he is in Charlotte NC and heading home.

7:34 PM  
Blogger NoVaTiger said...

Trying to get home from Charlotte. A plane just came up to the gate. This looks promising.

I should have driven, I'd be getting home sooner.

7:34 PM  
Blogger digger4au said...

Good luck and have a safe trip

7:35 PM  
Blogger Monica said...

Who said he could travel to Charlotte?

7:45 PM  
Blogger digger4au said...

His boss said get on that plane and don't come back till the job is done.

7:46 PM  
Blogger NoVaTiger said...

Pretty much Digger. But the job was done 7 hrs ago. They should start boarding in a few minutes so I won't be around much longer.

7:51 PM  
Blogger NoVaTiger said...

I just googled it. Charlotte is 6.5 hrs from DC. I shoulda driven.

7:57 PM  
Blogger Monica said...

I didn't tell him to get on a plane. Ohhhh you mean the person who signs his paycheck! ;-)

7:59 PM  
Blogger Monica said...

Nova - You want me to come get you and drive you home, honey?

7:59 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

6.5 hours is probably a bit optomistic due to the I-40 parking lot in the triangle, but DC isn't a bad drive.

8:00 PM  
Blogger AUMom said...

Poor Hawks. They don't have a snowball's chance.

I am not that into the Cavs but someone needs to take down the Lakers.

My loathing for Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant are second on my hate meter. Bama, as always, retains the most hated.

8:00 PM  
Blogger NoVaTiger said...

You're not the boss of me Mon! And I'd like to get home tonight.

We're boarding! YAY!!!!!!

8:03 PM  
Blogger JD said...

We got through the day. The house is okay. When we moved in I civil engineered a way to dump all of the water in my neighbors yard, sure he really appreciates it. We lost 1 car today at work. The Future Mrs. JD's car was completely covered in water on Taylor Road. Good thing I just bought that old truck, we're going to need it until she gets insurance $

8:13 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

So, is it Sunday that Jay's muzzle is removed, and if so, will there be an official ceremony?

8:14 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

By the way, I see on Undercover where Auburn is going after a JUCO offensive lineman from California, John Cullen. That is very good news. I hope to see us sign at least two JUCO offensive linemen, and possibly more.

8:31 PM  
Blogger Monica said...

Wow JD! Sorry to hear about your property damage, but glad y'all are ok.

8:58 PM  
Blogger wtc said...

Evening folks- it was a long day in Montgomery. Everywhere you went there was water. Never seen so much water at one time. No damage for me. Only now will have to buy more salt for the pool as the overflow valve was working overtime to keep the water from flowing over the top.

9:02 PM  
Blogger JD said...

Thanks for the wishes Mon, but between you me and the fence post. We will probably get more for the total than trying to sell in this market. Blessing in disguise.

9:02 PM  
Blogger Prowler said...

Hope all you Gumptown Hotties are safe and your homes and vehicles are still ok!

9:27 PM  
Blogger Monica said...

Prowler! You good lookin' thang! You look good in your new HABOTN gear!

10:09 PM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

Great hockey tonight. Another OT game. Now we've got Ducks and Commies.

10:11 PM  
Blogger Monica said...

I wish I loved hockey like you do, THT.

10:13 PM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

Digger - come on back to NC and I'll show you good bbq. Where on earth did you eat? Yes, there are some crummy bbq places (especially in Durham), but no state has better bbq than NC. No brag, just fact.

10:15 PM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

Don't worry, Mon, MrsTHT just doesn't care for it at all, either.

I just find it the most skillful sport I've ever watched. And FAST!

10:16 PM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

I guess I wish I didnt love hockey like I do. I have to leave for work in 7 hours, and we've got at least 2 periods of hockey to go.

10:30 PM  
Blogger j-z said...

Just got back from hearing Coach Chizik speak tonight. I'm pretty damn impressed. I think the days of Auburn coaches getting outworked by the competition is long gone. CGC talked a great deal about his father and the lessons he learned from him.

Turns out his dad was on a college scholarship for football when Pearl Harbor was bombed. He dropped out the next day and enlisted in the Marines and went on to fight at Okinawa. He was in the group that took Sugarloaf Hill and was one of 12 out of 140 in his unit to survive the battle. I can see where he gets his intensity from.

I also didn't know that CGC started out as a 3rd grade classroom teacher (not PE)and started coaching by volunteering at a local HS.

Sorry to ramble, but I was pretty impressed tonight. I feel really good about the direction that our program is headed and the character lessons our players will learn under Chizik's influence.

10:38 PM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

hi j-z

Thanks so much for that report. Much appreciated!

10:44 PM  
Blogger Jet said...

Hello children.

Goodnight children.

11:11 PM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

Good night, Jet.
Commies up 2 goals on Ducks after 2 :-(

11:27 PM  
Blogger wartiger said...

j-z- your not rambling buddy...I would love to see more of what he was talking about..thanks for the info man..nicely done...

11:51 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

I have been keeping up with the Undercover articles on the assistant coaches. All of them have great tails to tell. I am impressed by the staff Chizik has chosen. Now, lets just see if he can keep it together for a few years.

12:12 AM  
Blogger Aeronaut said...

JGT is Nostradamus.

SteveFC.. I also talk about some really good tails, but only when I'm drunk.

3:55 AM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

Good Morning Hotties!

Luv, what day is it? That's right! TGIF!!!

WARRRRRRRR EAGLE!!!

4:56 AM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

MrsTHT's alarm clock makes a racket at 5 EST. I don't think she realizes that the hockey game didn't end until well after midnight.

5:01 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You got that right, TarHeel! It's FRIDAY!!!!

5:45 AM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

"So, THT, what was on your iTunes this morning?" you ask.

Rockettown by Michael W Smith
Burn by Deep Purple
Rolling with the Punches by Zevon
In the Garden by Bob Dylan
Steve McQueen by Sheryl Crow
Already Gone by The Eagles

"Isn't that eclectic?" you ask.

No, I'm afraid it doesn't qualify for that honor without some GWAR and Saline Dijon.

6:18 AM  
Blogger ehyou said...

Horray!!!

It's Friday and get-away day. I'll be cutting out about 3:00 to head camping. Sweet.

Nice lineup THT.

Thanks for the excellent report JZ.

Morning Luv.

6:30 AM  
Blogger Jet said...

Friday is a very good idea.

6:47 AM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

Jet, take that idea to the legislature and see if they can't enact more Fridays.

6:49 AM  
Blogger Norm said...

All if favor of increasing the Friday quotient?

The majority of the AL Legislative body would respond "Aye"

However, never one to pass up an opportunity to be on the news, Alvin Holmes would boisterously shout "Nay".

7:25 AM  
Blogger Jet said...

GaTiger ...

Alvin had one of his famous meltdowns on Wednesday. I will send you an email to explain the details.

Here's the Cliff Notes version for the Hotties.

ALVIN: You racist Republicans ... and Neo-Nazis ... taking money away from this project ... yada ... yada.

UNNAMED REPUBLICAN: I will not stand by and allow you to call me a racist. You do this ranting and raving, and no one does anything about it. Mr. Speaker, it's time to put an end to it.

ALVIN: You misunderstood me. I didn't call you a racist. I called you a racist AND a Neo-Nazi.

8:08 AM  
Blogger ehyou said...

What's wrong with our beer? Our beer drinks pretty good, don't it?

8:14 AM  
Blogger Jet said...

I'm not tech savvy enough to appropriately link, so you'll have to cut and paste to view Everyday Should be Saturday's security cam capture of the Leigh Tiffin attack.


http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/2009/05/07/curious-index-572009/

8:19 AM  
Blogger ehyou said...

Barnhart has an interesting article today. Don't miss the part about Tubberville being in a movie.

8:38 AM  
Blogger Tar Heel Tiger said...

Jet - i just saw a little story there, couldn't find a video link :-(

8:39 AM  
Blogger ehyou said...

THT...
I think they mean the embedded Charlie Brown video.

hilarious btw jet.

8:43 AM  
Blogger michael said...

So what do you guys think about Tennessee signing a guy that assisted in raping his cousin a few years ago?

8:55 AM  
Blogger j-z said...

A few more thoughts on the Chizik speech last night...

There was a little coach speak going on, but on the whole, I think Chizik gets what Auburn is about, both on a football level and on a "Auburn means something special, we're different" level. I fully expect to see a very motivated team next fall. We'll still be a 7-8 win ball team, but there will be no question that the team left everything out on the field after every game. So we've got that going for us...

He also commented on sitting down with the players one on one and explaining to them what standards they were going to be held to both on and off the field, and that the standard would not be lowered to meet the players, the player would have to rise to the standard. Coach said some players didn't buy into that, and they aren't there any longer. Any ideas who he was talking about?

9:07 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Michael...at first it sounded like the wrong thing to do. Considering that the kid was 13 and his cousin was 14 when this happened and that the victim has forgiven him and even endorsed this scholly, this seems OK to me.

The kid will have to be on short lease and will get and undue amount of press scrutiny. Undue press scrutiny hardly ever works out well.

9:09 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

J-Z thanks for sharing. The "rise up to standards" ultimatum may explain some of the "medical" issues that a few recruits suffered during the spring.

It will be interesting to see how high the standards can be risen. CTT wasn't running an undisciplined show, so how much more will the kids buy into?

More is better..until it is to much.

9:16 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

dangit.....to = too

9:17 AM  
Blogger michael said...

New thread is up...; but Hoopie, I disagree. The kid should be in jail for the rest of his life in my opinion. Read about the crime specifics. Of course, we are soft on rape in America, so oh well.

And a 13 year old should know better than to duct tape a girl and assist in her getting raped. There are a lot of rapists who are remorseful and whose victims have forgiven them, but they are still in jail. That's where this kid should be.

9:28 AM  
Blogger FSJ said...

I agree with michael.

7:21 PM  

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