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You will, and you will smile

11 minutes ago, Furnier said:

Judging by the turnout at Stan's service tonight he never met anyone that wasn't his friend. I never saw anything quite like it. Farewell my friend.......and yeah, there needs to be a memorial party/tailgate/weekend.

I thought about going....I really did, but couldn't..I did send flowers by FTD.

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We might need to have a memorial

We might need to have a memorial Lot service next year.

I will be up for my final game in Dec....the Panthers game.  I will wander in to the Flatiron and hopefully see Ed, Don, Todd, and whoever....I can usually find them in there.  It's where I talked to Stanley for 30 or more minutes the last time I saw him last season.  I wish I could see Stanley pull up in his "chick magnet" van one more time.    I always called him Stanley

7 hours ago, Zombo said:

Glad you stopped in, Russ, even if it was awful news.

I always enjoyed seeing you at the tailgates, and I know Stan did too. We had quite a cast of characters and he just wanted all of us together always!

Z

To the Lot!

I don't get in here as often as I once did.  Came in to share the win, and see this.  Horrible.

Stan was as nice a guy as you could ever want to meet.  We bonded over baseball as both he and I coached the game.  I remember attending functions where he and his league were raising money.  All the tailgates.  He and his wife driving me to a Cavs game that Ed hosted.  Got to see him at 1 game last year.  He was at the Flatiron and we talked for 30 minutes.  Just a chance meeting, but one I will remember forever.

Sometimes life really sucks, and this is one of those moments.  My prayers and thoughts are with Kathy and his family.

Wow.  Sad indeed.

Tacos and beer.

Harrison, Tn.

As far as a sunrise or sunset, they are all pretty much the same.....be it high on a mountain where you might see rise or set a hundered miles away or at sea level where the horizon might be 3 miles away....they are all the same....conditions dictate....the best I have seen all hand some cloud cover. It's a time, moment, and place thing.

I was there last weekend and I am ready to move there.

 

"Welcome to Rose Bud" ~ Funny Farm.

Told you it was a great place.

Pat and I usually go up twice a year....once in the spring and once tucked somewhere in between browns and gator football games.

Red dots/green dots can also be perceived as places that still have manufacturing and places that don't....I think Detroit has a green dot.

You can't tell me that place is cleaned up....it just isn't polluting the way it was since everything is shut down..

Yes, that's it....Breakfast at Brennens is a must on your next visit.

I love Acme Oyster House...and do love Commanders palace....last time sat upstairs overlooking the courtyard.

Just talking NO has me wanting to go again...but I am not the foodie I once was...down about 50 lbs in the last year and a half and hope to be down close to 20 by fall.

On some of the ones I didn't change on the list, I have been to most you mention....I couldn't think of any better options or agreed in total...like the Savannah parks....I know they have parks all over the place....Clevelands Metro system is pretty nice as well....and the western town...there aren't that many to choose from.

As for the Smokies....there are lots of hiking areas that don't require great endurance and are more hollow walking than vigorous mountain trails..trust me...I don't do that.

As for Oxford....I could of...or in retrospect switched that with Blowing Rock...Blowing Rock is up in the Carolina mountains and Oxford is what you envision in old southern charm. Consider those a swap.

Best Sunset: Indian Rocks Beach, Fla.

Best Sunrise: Duck, N.Carolina

Best Beaches: St. John, US Virgin Islands.....no need to change your thought

Best Patriotic site: Arizona Memorial

Best Trees: Magnoila in bloom

Best Single Vista: Death Vally in April when the wildflowers are in bloom....multiple spots

Most Fun Town: New Orleans. (Honorable mention: Chicago) No arguments there.

Best Small Town: Blowing Rock, N.C.

Best Consistent Architecture: Santa Fe, NM.....I can stick with that

Campiest Attraction: International Tow Truck Museum, Chattanooga, Tn.

Nicest College Campus...University of Alabama

Nicest State Capitol building: Montpelier, NH

Best Tall Building: Empire State Building

Best Statue not called Liberty: Mt. Rushmore

Best Scenic Town Setting: Oxford, Mississippi

Best City Park System: Savannah, Georgia

Gawdiest Display of Wealth: Newport, Rhode Island....I agree

Best Stadium: Wrigley Field

Best preserved Western Town: Tombstone, Ariz. (honorable mention: Lincoln NM)

Best hiking for the average person: Great Smoky Mts

Best Lake: Lake George, NY

Best Mountain Range: The Grand Tetons

Best Casino: Bellagio

Best Aquariam: Tennessee aquarium, Chattanooga

Best Breakfast/Dinner combination: I'll go with Brennans, New Orleans