 A Visit To The Promised Land
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Now I fully realize such a bold statement will next to meaningless for the unfortunate non-believing masses out there. Others will mistakenly assume a wayward moder-tator has finally slipped over AUP edge. Others still will assume this poor soul finally found the path to rightousness leading to the Wailing Wall, Vatican or even 42nd street in New York. No this traveller found himself among 70,000 other Green & Gold clad true believers in the Promised Land, otherwise known to the outside world as Lambeau Field. It's an annual Pilgrimmage I have made many times since about 1995. A particularly moving experience as the ghosts of Ray Nitchke and Henry Jordan and dozens of others walk the field of dreams. On some journeys I am not embarrassed to admit being brought to the verge of tears. On some occassions, St. Vince himself can be seen cueing up through the turnstiles. Oh, the boys came through to the tune of 45-17 over some team from Gotham  jh
"It's not what I say that's important, it's what you hear" Red Auerbach
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"...Let freedom ring from Lambeau Field, err, the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California!
But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!
Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring..."
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Seein' as how you were there, answer me this John... While I was watchin' Aaron Rodgers throwin' those perfectly placed passes yesterday on my TV, did I also hear the faint sounds of those folks at Lambeau chanting somethin' like "Brett who?!"??? 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Not that Dwight, But 70,000+ Lambea u believers were yelling "K uuuuuuuhn" in unison telegraphing the next Packer touchdown as John Kuhn came on field. Unfortunately the NY Giants were somehow unable to stop a play everyone in the house gnue was coming . My brother did spot a vendor selling purple # 4 "Drama Queen" jerseys  Moe is right, order has been restored to the world jh
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"#4 Drama Queen" jerseys, huh?! Yeah, it's a shame Brett has been tryin' to cling onto his career this long, ain't it?! Gotta admit though, the guy might be the toughest player ever to play the sport...QB or not! (...and btw...the way the Giants have been lettin' their ball games "slip" away this year, I wonder if they're sellin' officially licensed NY Giant gloves at the "Timex Performance Center" all greased up and ready to go?!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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"#4 Drama Queen" jerseys, huh?!
So here I am in always hospitable Green Bay aeroport. Being a simple-country boy make small talk about motorbikes, sharpe cheddar cheese, pickled herring and such with the TSA folks. I drop the name Dwight Argo, at which point some humorless linebacker-sized woman appears from the foyer & says, "Would you mind stepping over here sir?" 
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"#4 Drama Queen" jerseys, huh?!
So here I am in always hospitable Green Bay aeroport. Being a simple-country boy make small talk about motorbikes, sharpe cheddar cheese, pickled herring and such with the TSA folks. I drop the name Dwight Argo, at which point some humorless linebacker-sized woman appears from the foyer & says, "Would you mind stepping over here sir?"
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Yeah?! Well, I had heard Gloria Kowalski had moved to Wisconsin, gained some weight, and had gotten some kind of a government job...but after 30 friggin' years you'd think she'd be all over that bitter breakup we had by now, wouldn't ya John???!!!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Dwight, If I remember correctly she moved into the old Miller place, 1/2 mile south of what used to be called the Piotraski farm. And for you neer-do-wells & mock the country boy naysayers out there, I am sitting at 36,000' over the Montana/Nort Dakota line headed into Spokane. Friar John rigged up this old KayPro 8088 machine with an internet card. And unlike my last flight into Spokane, I hope to land in the same year I took off in, 2010. and since this is a proper British motorbike website, I hope to actually ride one of the ****** thngs again in 2011, now that would be  jh
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...And unlike my last flight into Spokane, I hope to land in the same year I took off in, 2010.
Good plan, John. What say we give those night-shift nurses a little less work this year, eh?!
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...and since this is a proper British motorbike website, I hope to actually ride one of the ****** things again in 2011, now that would be
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Yep, and I have just the destination in mind for that ride, too! 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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So from now on John ,will your eyes water at the mention of Dwights name   
Oh, and Gordie, THIS would be a different reaction from how MOST folks react to hearin' my name because..............??? 
(...besides, of course, that other common reaction...the rolling of their eyes!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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...Friar John rigged up this old KayPro 8088 machine with an internet card.
wow. 8088 indeed! maximum ram was expressed in Ks. those didn't even have hdds although the betterer ones had two 5.25" floppy drives. wordstar was the word processing software of choice. college campuses where wide open. no fences or locked buildings. speech class props could be knife collections. RA's would share a pitcher at the rathskeller while discussing one's inappropriate behaviour. They would reminisce about woodstock interchangeably with scolding about slingshots and rolls of pennies. dang. good ole days of future past.
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wow. 8088 indeed! maximum ram was expressed in Ks. those didn't even have hdds although the betterer ones had two 5.25" floppy drives. wordstar was the word processing software of choice. college campuses where wide open. no fences or locked buildings. speech class props could be knife collections. RA's would share a pitcher at the rathskeller while discussing one's inappropriate behaviour. They would reminisce about woodstock interchangeably with scolding about slingshots and rolls of pennies. dang. good ole days of future past.
All true Jim,
But instead of buying RA's beer, we used to fill a large manilla envelope full of shaving cream, slit one end open, carefully slide it under the RA's dorm door and drop a large book on it (). Then we bought them a beeer 
This is all ba.com blather  , blather for sure, but life is good, and I hope the best for all my brothers & sisters out in ba.com land as they pursue their "promised lands"
jh
"It's not what I say that's important, it's what you hear" Red Auerbach
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