[Rhodes22-list] Turtles, Politics, and Sailing

Sun Jan 2 17:21:42 EST 2005

Slim,

Congratulations to your fellow musicians and here's to
a great 2005.  I intended to start this missive with a
lyric from Hank, Jr. "Ain't it good to be alive and in
Tennessee!" but the weekend was a mixed bag.  My best
friend drove down from Illinois and we survived New
Years with the usual silliness.  Yesterday the weather
was just awsome.  Highs in the sixties and wind up to
20 knots.   We buried the rail a few times, not
because it made sense, just because we could.  At
times we were doing over 8 knots.  Last night my buddy
caught a ride to one of the local bars while I slept
on the boat.  About nine or so he was jogging back to
the marina and was arrested for public intoxication. 
He tried to explain to the officer that drunks don't
jog but that logic just pissed the cop off even more. 
I got a call about 4:30am to come bail him out.  Guess
that's payback time for my  snide remark about the
local muscisians.   Ken was pretty upset and wants to
sell the property we bought together.  Maybe a few
days of "spool down" time will change his mind. 
Anyway, the first sail of 2005 was wonderful.  The
experience with the local Gestapo wasn't.

Brad

--- Steve Alm <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:

> Brad,
> 
> Nope, not TN's wedding, but speaking of first
> daughters, a colleague of mine
> was on a flight from Minneapolis to Chicago and sat
> next to the Bush twins,
> Jenna and Barbara, who were out campaigning for
> Daddy.
> 
> During this chance encounter, Schroeder wished the
> President and his family
> the best of luck on the up coming election, and said
> if the President needed
> a band to play for his Inaugural Ball, what better
> choice than the
> "Casablanca Orchestra"? (which of course translates
> to the "White House
> Orchestra")  He then gave them a business card and
> said he'd follow up by
> sending them a couple of copies of the groups new
> Cd,"Covered".
> 
> A couple of weeks after the band sent a letter and 2
> CD's to the White
> House, the 1st Lady's Chief of Staff sent Schroeder
> and the rest of the band
> a thank you note.  
> 
> Immediately following the election results CBO sent
> a letter of
> congratulations and a press kit, again expressing
> their interest in playing
> for President Bush's Inauguration.
> 
> The 1st Lady's Chief of Staff once again sent a
> letter to the band and said
> she would forward the group's promotional material
> to the Inaugural
> Committee. After the committee poured over more than
> 1000 press kits, CBO
> was chosen to represent the North.
> 
> In addition, I used to teach high school band at
> Lakeville High (a southern
> suburb) and the LHS marching band is invited to
> march in the inaugural
> parade.  
> 
> As you know, I didn't vote for Bush, but I'm mighty
> proud that my fellow MN
> musicians got the gig!
> 
> Slim
> 
> On 12/30/04 5:45 AM, "brad haslett"
> <flybrad at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Slim,
> > 
> > That wasn't at Tricia Nixon's wedding was it?  The
> > Turtles played that gig.
> > 
> > The last of the snow melted here last night.  All
> > systems are go for a New Year's day sail.  I
> usually
> > don't participate in "amatuer night", otherwise
> known
> > as New Years Eve, but my buddy is driving down
> from
> > Illinois and we're spending the night on the boat.
>  He
> > doesn't have my steely self-dicipline so there
> will
> > probably be a local honky-tonk involved.  A few of
> the
> > local bands are quite good depending on who made
> bail
> > that weekend.
> > 
> > Brad
> > 
> > --- Steve Alm <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> "Imagine me and you--I do--I think about you day
> and
> >> night--it's only
> >> right..."
> >> 
> >> We did a couple gigs with The Turtles back in the
> >> eighties.  I actually sat
> >> in with them for a set when their keyboard player
> >> was too drunk to sit
> >> upright.  I wasn't much better.  But Flo and
> Eddie
> >> are the greatest!
> >> 
> >> Slim
> >> 
> >> On 12/29/04 7:59 PM, "Jim White"
> <jdwhite at utpa.edu>
> >> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Hi folks
> >>> I have attached a composite of the release of
> most
> >> of the sea turtles which
> >>> stranded during the Christmas cold front that
> >> plowed through deep south
> >>> Texas, dropping water temperatures into the
> 40's.
> >> My wife and I babysat 20
> >>> of the critters since Christmas day. We lost two
> >> (they were already pretty
> >>> much dead when they were brought in). The rest
> >> came back really well, and
> >>> today we tagged and released the herd into the
> >> open Gulf of Mexico, about 5
> >>> miles offshore in 64 degree water. We're hoping
> >> that they all do well, and
> >>> no more big cold fronts hit this year.
> >>> 
> >>> We had just gotten back in when the phone rang,
> >> some fisherman had snagged
> >>> a small green turtle, so off we went to recover
> >> it. Right front flipper is
> >>> messed up...so tomorrow...off to the zoo for
> >> rehab. Never ends! Next stop
> >>> for us though is the local brew pub for a
> >> celebratory pitcher (or three).
> >>> Hoping to get some sailing in now, like,
> >> tomorrow....
> >>> 
> >>> BTW No Rummy, the 4th photo is not me retching
> my
> >> Flor de Cana....if you
> >>> look closely, you can see the outline of a big
> old
> >> green turtle carapace in
> >>> the water.
> >>> 
> >>> Cheers everybody, hope you're having a blessed
> >> holidays. We are.
> >>> 
> >>> jw
> >>> 
> >>> Jim White
> >>> Le Menagerie
> >>> 
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> >>> available
> >>> Url: 
> >>> 
> >> 
> >
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> >>> 
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