My wife was just as fanatical a Razorback fan as I was in the 70's, 80's. She would discreetly exit meetings to tune in to the car radio. On her return, elders would whisper "What's the score?"
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Roll Tide!!!!! *indulge me*
by dinah inwhat about some bama football?
throw us a damn bone!!!!!!.
gawd saturday has me nervous.
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Dinah,
Thank you for mentioning Paul "Bear" Bryant, the boy from Arkansas.
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Roll Tide!!!!! *indulge me*
by dinah inwhat about some bama football?
throw us a damn bone!!!!!!.
gawd saturday has me nervous.
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Bama has a great team. There are probably only two teams in Texas better: UT and TTech.
Peace out, tms
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I just read an anecdote from U.S. Reed. He and his wife were vacationing in Jamaica in 2006. As he came up out of the pool, a man said: "Are you U.S. Reed the man who hit that shot?"
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Purplesofa,
That game was in '81. At that time Arkansas Razorback basketball was a religion in Arkansas. I worked in a Kroger Store in Little Rock where all the games were aired over the public address system, a practice common then in most Little Rock stores. Before that final shot, all of the customers in that mostly black store were frozen at the checkout counters. The employees were rigid at their stations. When that shot went in the celebration among customers, employees, managers was genuine and spontaneous. When the store phone rang, it was for me; my wife calling to convey the news.
U.S. Reed, who hit that shot, was the one tripped by Larry Bird in the '79 semifinals. Reed was called for traveling on what was an obvious foul, ending Arkansas' chances.
Arkansas' best team was 1978 with the triplets, as the late Al McGuire designated them: Sidney Moncrief, Ron Brewer and Marvin Delph. Sidney, who went on to star in the NBA, could easily have been elected governor of Arkansas in those years. Ron Brewer was actually the best athlete of the trio, but cocaine cut his career short. His son Ronnie now plays for the Utah Jazz. Marvin Delph turned down offers from the NBA to become a preacher. I think he sells insurance now.
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"and in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make."
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Large Flock of Parrots~Brownsville, TX
by TMS ina flock of 160 red-crowned green parrots patrols brownsville, feasting on palm dates, berries, citrus.
my son lives in an old house there and says the birds wake him up frequently.
the new york times ran an article this morning.
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From Country Girl:
"Just wondering why you posted this? Looking for other parrot people, or trying to raise dollars for the parrots?"
Well, not looking for parrots or dollars for the parrot people. Ornithology is a great field of study, by so is JWDology. . . . . .
At this point in the life of JWD, just making observations. . Whew! Did Kobe just miss freethrow?
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Large Flock of Parrots~Brownsville, TX
by TMS ina flock of 160 red-crowned green parrots patrols brownsville, feasting on palm dates, berries, citrus.
my son lives in an old house there and says the birds wake him up frequently.
the new york times ran an article this morning.
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Word is most of the parrots came to Brownsville after the last freeze in the early 80's. The hollowed trunks of dead palm trees provided natural cover.
They spend a lot of time around the old Charles Stillman house. Stillman was a cronie of the late Richard King (King Ranch). They roam around town a lot without an obvious method to their madness. In a non-scientific study, my son says they usually hit St. Charles Street early, only to return a couple of hours later.
I've read that many of the yellow-crowned are former captives. Most or all of the red-crowned are wild.
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Large Flock of Parrots~Brownsville, TX
by TMS ina flock of 160 red-crowned green parrots patrols brownsville, feasting on palm dates, berries, citrus.
my son lives in an old house there and says the birds wake him up frequently.
the new york times ran an article this morning.
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A flock of 160 red-crowned green parrots patrols Brownsville, feasting on palm dates, berries, citrus. My son lives in an old house there and says the birds wake him up frequently. The New York Times ran an article this morning. Hope this link works:
Here is a link with audio to actually hear the parrots.
http://www.worldbirdingcenter.org/bird_info/red_crowned_parrot.phtml
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