I shutter without the click!
11/19/07 06:23 AM
| SpurtsWe had a lot of stuff to take to Rich's. A cooler, my green-bean casserole, Jenni's hot mama's, Harps Beer, Corona's, limes, bottle cozies, you name it. I even formatted the card in my camera just to take shots of the festivities. That's why when we were about a third of the way there I said to Jenni, "Crap I left my camera at home." Inconceivable! A camera guy takes his camera. There would have been photos to take. Documents of Turkey Fryers having turkey, records of the main events, group shots. Pictures dang it. The food, as is to be expected was damn good. The Colts victory, which used to be expected was too, even with the kicker woes, the receiver woes and turnover woes. Three woes usually brings a horse to a stop but we managed to eek out a victory, and Adam managed to make as many FG's as he missed. Peyton limited his turn overs to one sixth of last weeks output and the team advanced to 8-2.
Then there was the primary reason for the Turkey fryers to convene, Miami-Homestead. Racin'. The final race of the season and the end of an era and body style (no not mine, I will recover form the copious amounts of food I consumed).
Next year the COT will just be the C. Next year Jimmie Johnson will have even more swagger in his step, with two champion ships to defend. Next year more turkeys will be sacrificed to the god of hot oil, and we will start a new season, there will be new drivers to learn, new team configurations, different configurations, new sponsors and new attempts to cheat and win in Racing, Nascar style. There will be a lot of tattoos altered too. I'll be there and I expect the crowd to be bigger at Rich's too. A formal invitation will be sent to all the "Fryers" in good standing, I'm sure. This year's line-up included Kay (Sweettreat), Mel (Oldetimeygirl), Dave Gansert (3DRacing), MIke Wilson (Billiken Racing), Pam Sipes (numberfourpam), Ed Sipes (fasteddie787), Rich of course (hd20tonyfan and kingoftheforrest), Jami Day (JD Racing) her son (Dalton or Alston I don't know) and her friend Eric, Mike McDaniels , Jenni (jenntenn), Dave's wife Judy and myself (Red Racer).
We half expected Travis (Mascot), and Liz (best race girl) but I learned that their invitations were not properly delivered, we also expected Maddie(peanut butter pie) and Guy Tucker (coorzguy), Lil' Joey and maybe Phil Gibson (Juan Pablo's Good Ole Boy Bitchslap) with Lojak in tow, but that failed to materialize.
Game over dude, game over. That race is run. I just don't have the pictures to prove it.
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