In a memory piece, Richard Hyatt has touched decades of readers with his
column today in the Columbus L-E.. we are teleported back to simpler times..
read
it...
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2015/07/28/3833211_before-jordans-we-had-chucks.html?rh=1
It evoked my own memories as well...I remember two things about my b-ball shoes...first, you had to "break in" your Chucks.. Wearing a new pair for a game was guaranteed to raise a motherlode of blisters. Each season, we started by wearing our "game shoes' a few minutes in practice to get the shoe bed molded to our feet so we could play hard in the first game. Once accomplished , that pair stayed in the locker until game days . Then, that pair became the off season and the next season's practice shoes while we broke in a new pair for the next season's games. Secondly, in 1973, I needed a new pair to start a semi-pro season..I dreadfully went to buy a new pair of Chucks. I went to Metcalf's, and as I contemplated whether to buy white or black, I spotted a pair if Aididas " Superstars"....it was love at first sight.. soft white leather low cuts with 3 Stripes. Shockingly, they had my size, (14) in stock. I pre-laced them and slipped them on. They were like gloves . I tightened them and as the padded collar firmed up around my heel, I knew I would not get blisters. I bought them and played a game that night in Chipola, Fl blister free. No more Chucks for me.
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Follow up L-E story to yesterdays escape - L-E story: "nmate Shawn Doby turned himself in to authorities this morning on Hendrix Street near South Lumpkin Road, said warden Dwight Hamrick with the Muscogee County Prison. * Authorities spotted the escapee in the area around 2 a.m. and blocked it off with officials from the Columbus Police Department, Fugitive Squad, Georgia Department of Corrections K9, U.S. Marshals, Muscogee County Prison, Rutledge State Prison, Columbus Transitional Center and Columbus Public Works, Hamrick said." -- Whatever happens the rest of the year, our law enforcement turnout has eaten up all the savings from eliminating twice a week garbage pickups.
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L-E story: "The Supreme Court of Georgia has unanimously dismissed the city’s appeal of lower court rulings in lawsuits filed against the city and its top leadership by Sheriff John Darr and Superior Court Clerk Linda Pierce." -- And what Mayor TomLYINGson has distributed to her legal friends to challenge them would pretty much pay for their budget requests.
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L-E headline/story: "Council allocation will allow NeighborWorks to expand cottage program * Columbus Council allocated just over $376,000 Tuesday night to NeighborWorks Columbus, Inc., most of which will go to expand the non-profit’s Columbus Cottage program" -- Hold on! I thought we citizens had had our garbage service cut in half, but Council has just added more garbage than we should have to tolerate. Authorization to give tax dollars to a non-profit to benefit private citizens is just a tad too much. I'd like to know where such authorization is? Council has just voted out a twice-a-week garbage pick-ups to save $250--to-$500K and now has given away $376,000.00 in addition to the $700+K that Council has given to non-profits from our Public Safety LOST revenues.. Council was already working with a revenue-negative budget that had to dip into our fund balance savings, and now Council feels it can be generous with money it doesn't have. Damn I miss Red McDaniel!
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Did you see the sign in front of Kerry at the Congressional hearing on the Iran deal. ... " The Secretary of State"? Who's he trying to convince... and of what?
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Some guy ran 50 Triathlons in 50 days in 50 states. Don't tell me this guy doesn't have some mental problems.. There is nothing normal about this.
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That woman who was involved with the prison break at Clinton Correctional in NY was given a plea deal. You know, is any one content with what happened has been fully revealed and that all people involved have been arrested and charged? Too many variables had to have happened involving multiple layers of security personnel to even half-way explain what went on.
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Online headline: "Clinton emails from time of Libya's slide into chaos missing, report says" -- Hey Hillewinsky... "Black lies matter!".. "E-mails matter!" They do "make a difference"!
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Online headline: "Migrant dies in Channel Tunnel as British security body meets over crisis" -- Huh? Why is this a British issue? To access the "chunnel", illegal aliens must enter it in France.. how tough is it to guard a hole in the ground that's maybe 100' in diameter (probably less).
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Online story: "Jail releases more footage of Sandra Bland before her death * On Monday, an initial toxicology report was released for Bland that two experts said raised the possibility that she may have used marijuana while in custody" -- You know.. the deputy tried to get her to extinguish a cigarette she lit.. it probably wasn't marijuana , but she probably lit a regular cigarette to possibly mask the smell of marijuana around her.
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Online headline: "Mark Cuban just praised Donald Trump for being 'the best thing to happen to politics' in recent history" -- I agree.. Trump is no Ross Perot.. his participation has, and will continue to open conversations that have been "shushed" for way too long!
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http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2015/07/28/3833211_before-jordans-we-had-chucks.html?rh=1
It evoked my own memories as well...I remember two things about my b-ball shoes...first, you had to "break in" your Chucks.. Wearing a new pair for a game was guaranteed to raise a motherlode of blisters. Each season, we started by wearing our "game shoes' a few minutes in practice to get the shoe bed molded to our feet so we could play hard in the first game. Once accomplished , that pair stayed in the locker until game days . Then, that pair became the off season and the next season's practice shoes while we broke in a new pair for the next season's games. Secondly, in 1973, I needed a new pair to start a semi-pro season..I dreadfully went to buy a new pair of Chucks. I went to Metcalf's, and as I contemplated whether to buy white or black, I spotted a pair if Aididas " Superstars"....it was love at first sight.. soft white leather low cuts with 3 Stripes. Shockingly, they had my size, (14) in stock. I pre-laced them and slipped them on. They were like gloves . I tightened them and as the padded collar firmed up around my heel, I knew I would not get blisters. I bought them and played a game that night in Chipola, Fl blister free. No more Chucks for me.
---
Follow up L-E story to yesterdays escape - L-E story: "nmate Shawn Doby turned himself in to authorities this morning on Hendrix Street near South Lumpkin Road, said warden Dwight Hamrick with the Muscogee County Prison. * Authorities spotted the escapee in the area around 2 a.m. and blocked it off with officials from the Columbus Police Department, Fugitive Squad, Georgia Department of Corrections K9, U.S. Marshals, Muscogee County Prison, Rutledge State Prison, Columbus Transitional Center and Columbus Public Works, Hamrick said." -- Whatever happens the rest of the year, our law enforcement turnout has eaten up all the savings from eliminating twice a week garbage pickups.
---
L-E story: "The Supreme Court of Georgia has unanimously dismissed the city’s appeal of lower court rulings in lawsuits filed against the city and its top leadership by Sheriff John Darr and Superior Court Clerk Linda Pierce." -- And what Mayor TomLYINGson has distributed to her legal friends to challenge them would pretty much pay for their budget requests.
---
L-E headline/story: "Council allocation will allow NeighborWorks to expand cottage program * Columbus Council allocated just over $376,000 Tuesday night to NeighborWorks Columbus, Inc., most of which will go to expand the non-profit’s Columbus Cottage program" -- Hold on! I thought we citizens had had our garbage service cut in half, but Council has just added more garbage than we should have to tolerate. Authorization to give tax dollars to a non-profit to benefit private citizens is just a tad too much. I'd like to know where such authorization is? Council has just voted out a twice-a-week garbage pick-ups to save $250--to-$500K and now has given away $376,000.00 in addition to the $700+K that Council has given to non-profits from our Public Safety LOST revenues.. Council was already working with a revenue-negative budget that had to dip into our fund balance savings, and now Council feels it can be generous with money it doesn't have. Damn I miss Red McDaniel!
---
Did you see the sign in front of Kerry at the Congressional hearing on the Iran deal. ... " The Secretary of State"? Who's he trying to convince... and of what?
---
Some guy ran 50 Triathlons in 50 days in 50 states. Don't tell me this guy doesn't have some mental problems.. There is nothing normal about this.
---
That woman who was involved with the prison break at Clinton Correctional in NY was given a plea deal. You know, is any one content with what happened has been fully revealed and that all people involved have been arrested and charged? Too many variables had to have happened involving multiple layers of security personnel to even half-way explain what went on.
---
Online headline: "Clinton emails from time of Libya's slide into chaos missing, report says" -- Hey Hillewinsky... "Black lies matter!".. "E-mails matter!" They do "make a difference"!
---
Online headline: "Migrant dies in Channel Tunnel as British security body meets over crisis" -- Huh? Why is this a British issue? To access the "chunnel", illegal aliens must enter it in France.. how tough is it to guard a hole in the ground that's maybe 100' in diameter (probably less).
---
Online story: "Jail releases more footage of Sandra Bland before her death * On Monday, an initial toxicology report was released for Bland that two experts said raised the possibility that she may have used marijuana while in custody" -- You know.. the deputy tried to get her to extinguish a cigarette she lit.. it probably wasn't marijuana , but she probably lit a regular cigarette to possibly mask the smell of marijuana around her.
---
Online headline: "Mark Cuban just praised Donald Trump for being 'the best thing to happen to politics' in recent history" -- I agree.. Trump is no Ross Perot.. his participation has, and will continue to open conversations that have been "shushed" for way too long!
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Online story: "The mayor of Reno, Nev., reportedly apologized after the
American flag was replaced atop city hall with an LGBT flag. " -- There's only
thing to do.. an improper flag was raised over a government building.. it should
should now be banned, and Walmart has to stop making Rainbow Flag cakes..
sometimes, unfair precedents are a blessing.
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Jonathan Gruber triple-double extra stupid LIV's L-E "soundoff": " It’s
very strange that an individual is allowed to donate only $2,700 to a
politician’s campaign, but the evil Koch brothers buy whole elections with their
billions. Only in America." -- Good grief.. only libs would complain about
Americans in politics while Democrats accept illegal foreign money.
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L-E headline/story: "Muscogee County high schools to start class days
earlier * Jordan and Spencer: Doors open at 7:20 a.m.; classes start at 7:50
a.m.; students dismissed at 3:25 p.m." -- good grief.. 15 minutes a day is not
going to solve this problem.. well, 15 minutes a dat could solve some problems
if it was the MCSD administration that shut down 15 minutes a day earlier, and
the salary saving applied to the classroom teacher salaries.
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