Weekly Mail 2017 Year in Review Part One

Happy New Year!!!

JANUARY



January 10- A Sad Day for NY-RIP Steven MacDonald

And so it began.... An absolute inspiration, to fellow cops and regular folks alike, Stephen MacDonald passed away January 10.


January 20- Here Goes Nothin'

Pretty self explanatory. But he spent the first few days of his presidency arguing that they under reported the inauguration attendance.  The first of many things I can't believe I wrote.


January 28-With Everything going on tonight, I thought this song appropriate

The Song: Let 'em In, by Wings. The occasion, President Trump's ban on immigrants from certain Muslim countries. The strange thing is, I'm normally a hawk on illegal immigration, but something about this felt wrong. I still think there is a debate to be had about stricter immigration laws without all out bans on countries.
Mostly though, I just like this song.





FEBRUARY


February 3- Wojo from Barney Miller and Doc from The Love Boat on Hawaii Five-0 tonight. The things I find exciting on a Friday night. #getalife.

There was one Friday night many years ago when I went out for a few beers with my co-workers from 292 Madison Avenue, took a train downtown, got lost on my way to the Meatpacking district, ended up going into a Bulgarian Bar to pee (and a courtesy beer to boot) repeated that for about a mile till I got to Cody's before finishing up the night at Culture Club. How the mighty have fallen.


February 4- The state of basketball in this city, between the Knicks, the Nets and St. John's is an absolute disgrace.

Hopefully, it's getting better. The Knicks sans Phil Jackson have been fun to watch, St. John's is improving under Chris Mullin and the Nets, well honestly, I don't really give a $h-t about the Nets.


February 8- Am I hearing this right? Charles Oakley went after James Dolan at the Garden tonight?

I still think we should get him season tickets to the Mets next year. Especially now that he's banned from MSG.



February 27- I didn't see the Oscars last night, did I miss anything?

And I still think this was all a setup. How stupid can you possibly be? (Wait, don't answer that)



MARCH


March 11- Whose watching the Kid's Choice Awards?

When you are more familiar with who is on this show than you are with the Oscars, you are either a prepubescent teen, or the parent of one. Fact of the matter is, this show was 100x more entertaining than the Oscars.


March 17- Rangers+Dayton losing = a lousy end to an otherwise fun St. Patrick's Day.

There a few more fun activities than watching the NCAA Tournament with my wife when her alma mater is playing. A few years ago, we were out to dinner, when the the elite 8 game between Dayton and Syracuse came on, and damned if she didn't have the whole place pulling for Dayton by the time we left.


March 19- Jimmy Breslin's column from the day after John Lennon was killed

I posted this upon hearing the news of the great Daily News Columnist's death at age 84. The last line in this column, referring to the fallen ex-Beatle as "another person who died after being shot with a gun on the streets of New York." is both brilliant and chilling.


March 22- A diagram of Izzi's bedroom is shown below. Tell me the area of her room, win valuable prizes.

I was never good at Math. And in case I didn't mention it, I hate Common Core. I know, I know, Welcome to the Club right?


March 23- Why the f-ck did Michigan hoist a three when they were down by one? This is why college basketball is so hard to watch nowadays.

I notice a trend inn these posts is that I really sound like an angry old man don't I? Maybe because I am one. To quote the great Keri DeAngelo #getoffmylawn



APRIL


April 1- Well, that sux.

This was after the South Carolina Gamecocks lost their final four match to Gonzaga. A South Carolina win would have made my friend and SC alumnus Sean Lanigan and his family very happy. But more than  that, it would have clinched an improbable victory in our bracket pool for my sister Kris Eller.  I don't have the words to express this enough, how huge this would have been. Alas it was not to be, and I'm sure I took it harder than she did.

April 3- Right now we're undefeated- Jim Breuer

Gonna be a great season for us Mets fans right Jim?


April 5- In other news, the sun is expected to rise in the east tomorrow...

I wrote this as several news outlets breathlessly reported on the coming out of 70's pop icon Barry Manilow.  This was my reaction.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeXatpVSInA


April 20 You mean their chances of going 3-13? I like those chances a lot.

The question, posted by WFAN.com was How do you like the Jets chances this year. This was when the schedule came out. They already have beaten by prediction by two games. The Giants on the other hand....

April 22- WOOHOO!

This was truly a great night. I watched the Rangers put away the Montreal Canadiens while I was working at the Post, then while walking around MSG before my train came, I got to meet Noah Syndergaard outside a bar on 33rd Street. I'm posting a lot of stuff that makes me seem old, this night made me feel like a kid again.


MAY

May 6-D'oh!

Hold on, need to back up a bit here.....

May 6 was the day Timmy made First Holy Communion. It was an awesome day. He was so handsome walking down the aisle. One of the proudest moments in my life, watching him take the next step in his Catholic life. Then it was onto the party at Rocco Anthony's in East Rockaway, which went off without a hitch (for the most part), and a splendid time was had by all.

But when I got home, is when the trouble started. First I find out the Rangers gave up the tying goal to the Ottawa Senators with less than 2 minutes left to go in the game. (Scored by Derrick Brassard of all people) And now I'm with my in-laws (Islander fans BTW) getting ready to watch OT. About 4 minutes in, it appears we got the game winner from Michael Grabner, but a video review takes the goal away. I knew right then and there we were f-cked. And two minutes later we were.

But of course I can't flip my lid, after all my kid just made First Communion. Right? Somehow I held it together. Must have been my Catholic school education come back to haunt me.


May 9- Dear Rangers:Right now you are 20 minutes away from being eliminated by a team that quite frankly you should have put away already. On home ice nonetheless. So now would be a good time to show some heart and show some pride and take it to these guys. Let's get this to a Game 7 for crying out loud!

Do I even need to insert the spoiler alert here? They must not have gotten the memo.

May 20- He says it every time he plays the part. He also says he's leaving the country anytime a Republican gets elected President, and yet we are still stuck with him.

This of course is Alec Baldwin who is still here in the USA and still portraying (Poorly IMHO) President Trump.

JUNE


June 1 This is the last time we let you dress as Mr. Met, Keri-Ann Hart...

No, the mom of three from out east didn't dress as Mr. Met, but whoever did thought it was a good idea to flip off some fans at Citi Field. Pretty much symbolized our entire season, if you as me.

June 11- What a crappy end to the hockey season.

Pittsburgh beat Nashville to win the Cup. With the Patriots winning the Super Bowl in February and the Tar Heels winning the NCAA tournament, this was turning into one of those crap years in sports.


June 13- Marie Drexler- Wow, an old friend just reminded me that 30 years ago today, I graduated from St. Mary's. Wow! 

In honor of that amazing feat, here's some bar room BS

http://barroombs.blogspot.com/2017/12/1987-vs-2017.html


June 30- For most of the 90's and early 00's I held this title "NYC's most undateable man.".. but a new champ has emerged.

The dude's name was Billy Peck. He's an aspiring actor, 24 years old.  I had my own issues at 24, but this guy's big mistake was taking to the pages of Time Out New York, to embarrass a woman he met on a blind date. He blasted her for showing up 5 minutes late, said he "knew right away she didn't have the goods" and blasted her choices for dinner and dessert. (Steak and Ice Cream).  For all that, angry women all over the city attacked him on his Twitter. He used the old I was misquoted defense, but no one was buying that jive. I'm sure the Pecker will live to date again, but he certainly did himself no favors here.


Next Week- Part 2, July-December. 

Weekly Mail 2nd Annual Christmas Eve Special

Thank you so much for tuning in....


Last year when I wrote this I had visions of people taking a few minutes out of their busy Christmas Eve's to have some fun. I realize that many of you might not read this till Christmas or even after the fact. No matter. I hope you enjoy it whenever you get a chance.


Let's kick it off with a song parady shall we? In honor of the new GOP Tax bill...


A HOITY-TOITY CHRISTMAS

Sung to Holly-Jolly Christmas


Have a Hoity-Toity Christmas
'Cuz even though it's cold,
Santa brings me lots of things
Made of 14 karat gold

Have a Hoity-Toity Christmas
And check out my new boat
It cuts through ice and goes real nice
with my new full length fur coat

Oh-ho there's a foot of snow
Out in my front yard
But not a snowflake on my Lexus
Or the bow on top of my new car

Have a Hoity Toity Christmas
And don't you shed a tear
Don't resent that the 1%
Will have a hoity toity Christmas
next year



My list of Christmas songs haven't changed. If you want to check 'em out you can go to last year's blog. http://weeklymailfb.blogspot.com/2016/12/weekly-mail-christmas-eve-special.html


But here's some fun we can have.....

BAND AID 1984 VS. BAND AID 2014.

Seems every 10 years, Bob Geldof gets together the hottest group of British musicians to do an updated Do They Know It's Christmas Time. You've probably never heard of Band Aid 10 20 or 30, because well, like the 1992 Dream Team, no matter who you got in the following years, you'll never top the first one.

(Not that I'm against his trying. Shoot, if they raise enough money to combat African famine, more power to them)

Anyway, here is a tale of the tape between the original Band-Aid and Band-Aid 30....


It's Christmas Time There's no need to be afraid

1984-Paul Young
2014-One Direction

At Christmas Time we let in light and we banish shade

1984-Paul Young
2014-Ed Sheeran

And in our world of plenty, we can spread a smile of joy

1984-Boy George
2014-Rita Ora

Throw your arms around the world at Christmas time

1984-Boy George
2014- Sam Smith

But say a prayer, and pray for the other ones

1984-George Michael
2014-Paloma Faith*

At Christmas time its hard but while you're having fun

1984 George Michael and Simon LeBon
2014-Emeli Sande

There's a world outside your window, and its a world of dread and fear

1984-Simon Lebon and Sting
2014 -Guy Garvey (lead singer of Elbow*)


Where the only water flowing, is the bitter sting of tears-Simon Lebon and Sting
Where a kiss of love could kill you-2014 Bastille 
And there's death in every tear-2014 Angelique Kidjo*

And the Christmas bells that ring there, are the clanging chimes of doom

1984-Sting and Bono
2014-Chris Martin (Coldplay)


Well tonight thank God it's them, instead of you   1984 Bono
Well tonight we're reaching out and touching you 2014 Bono


And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmastime -1984 Chorus
Bring peace and joy this Christmas to West Africa- 2014-Seal

The Greatest Gift they'll  get this year is life-1984-Chorus
A song of hope where there's no hope tonight -Ellie Goulding

Where nothing ever grows, no rain or rivers flow-1984 -Chorus
Why is comfort to be feared why is to touch to be scared Sinead O'Connor

Do they Know it's Christmastime at all? 1984-Chorus
How can they know its Christmas time at all?- 2014-Bono

Here's to You-1984-Glenn Gregory
Here's to You-2014-One Direction

Raise a glass for everyone-1984-Paul Young
Raise a glass to everyone 2014-Ollie Murs*

Here's to them-1984-Glen Gregory
Here's to them-2014-Bastille

Underneath that burning sun-Paul Young
And all there is to come- Sam Smith

Do they know it's Christmastime at all-Chorus
Can they know it's Christmas time at all- Rita Ora


Yeah, I'm a little obsessed with this song...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjQzJAKxTrE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w7jyVHocTk (WARNING- the first 15 seconds of this video is hard to watch.


*Not a clue who these people are

FINALLY...

and I have to give a shout to my pal Mike Macchi for this one. Every year between 1963 and 1969, the Beatles recorded a Christmas song that was sent exclusively to members of their fan club. Can you imagine how many records they would have to send out today if they were so inclined? Their fans have to total in the billions.

Anyhoo, the one I'm posting here is from 1967. Why this is of particular interest to me is that it also served as the B-Side to 1995's Free as a Bird, the John Lennon demo the remaining three Beatles took and made into a Beatles song for the Anthology series. I knew Santa Claus was going to bring me the CD, Beatles Anthology One, so I went out and bought the Free as a Bird single cassette, with Christmas Time is Here Again as the B-Side.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovX5bcIxTQ8


Thanks for indulging my craziness...


Merry Christmas!

Weekly Mail December 17, 2017

Hey:

So this will be the final regular Weekly Mail for the year, as the next three weeks will be specials. I want to take the opportunity to thank all of you for reading this every week. This blog service records all the times the link was clicked on, and since September, many of my blog posts have had over 100 hits (my tribute to my father in law had 215 hits) The more eyeballs I get, the more I can charge my advertisers. And I pass those savings onto you. So please keep reading people!


TERRORISM: Bumbling Bomber

Last Monday, some wanna be ISIS nut tried to blow himself and several commuters up in the tunnel that connects the 7th Avenue subway with the 8th Avenue subway on 42nd Street. Like Jerry Seinfeld once noted, those who try to kill themselves and fail now have one more thing they can't do right to add to the list.

I don't mean to make light of suicide and if this guy had succeeded in his quest, this would be a very different post. But all he did was screw up the morning commute for many, and not even that badly at that. The cops and first responders did their usual outstanding job and life went on. I do shutter to think what would have happened if this creep was able to do what he set out to, but luckily he wasn't. Idiot.


MEDIA: Francesa says Goodbye

A few years ago, my mom bought me a book called Fraternity: A Journey in Search of 5 Presidents. The author, Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene set out to talk to all the ex-Presidents who were alive at the time. His first interview was with Richard Nixon.

Greene said as he was leaving his meeting with Nixon, he began to feel a weird sense of sentimentality, "as if I was saying goodbye to an uncle I never got along with, but now would probably never see again."

I kind of understand where he was coming from, because that's kind of how I felt listening these last few days to Mike Francesca's final shows. As much as the pompous blowhard pissed me off over the years, he's been one of the few constants in my life.

The first time I heard him, I was with my dad on a Saturday morning, listening to Francesa on a college football show on the FAN. I had never heard anybody on the radio who sounded like that. I almost thought it was a joke.

The original weekday lineup at the FAN was Greg Gumbel, Jim Lampley, Art Shamsky, Pete Franklin, Howie Rose and Steve Somers. Francesa and Ed Coleman would take over for Lampley when he moved to Los Angeles. With Eddie C, he was a pleasant listen, knowledgeable but low key.

When Franklin left in a contract dispute, the decision was made to team up Francesa with Chris Russo and call it Mike and the Mad Dog. That was September 5,1989. I was 16.

Now 28 years later, both Francesa and Russo are off the FAN. It's weird. How many media people can you say took you from your junior year of high school into your mid 40's?

That's why I'm feeling a touch sad.

To be sure, he got very hard to take these past few years. In an online interview on WFAN.com, Francesa was asked about Phil Mushnick, the NY Post columnist who has been one of his biggest critics. Francesa answered that they got along fine in the beginning, but about 20 years ago, things changed.

20 years ago, 1997, was when Bill Parcells took over the Jets. And that's where I felt Francesa began to become hard to take. He made no bones about his friendship with the Tuna, adopting a sort of "I know something you don't know attitude" towards the audience

From there he seemed to rely more on schtick than substance.

He had such a beef with Rex Ryan, that he suggested that the Steelers let the Jets back into the AFC Championship game on purpose in 2011. That sticks out as the stupidest thing I ever heard him say. I'm sure I could come up with others. Oh, here's one... When Russo left to get his own station on Sirrius/XM, Francesa claimed someone told him it was like when the Beatles broke up. WHAT?!

Yes he was as the great Ed (Auggie) DePuy would say, a legend in his own behind, but doing anything for 30 years is an accomplishment. And I've been listening to him, from high school, through college to all the jobs I've had. It's going to be weird not hearing him on the FAN anymore.

And yeah, a bit sad.

POLITICS: Roll tide!

No, I am not changing my tune and rooting for that scumbag Nick Saban. I hope the Bill Bellichik of college football gets destroyed on New Year's Day.

I'm talking about the big thank you we all owe Alabama for not putting that slime-ball Roy Moore into the US Senate.

I don't know if he really did try to pick up girls at 8th grade dances, but too many accusations came out for it to be just a coincidence. There were just too many question marks with this dude. Surely, there had to be some Republican in Alabama with less questionable character.

And his wife didn't help matters any, when she said that her husband couldn't possibly be an anti-semite, "because one of our lawyers is a Jew."

Well, then....

I once heard a comedian (I  don't think it was Jeff Foxworthy, I think it may have been Kinky Friedman) say that a redneck can turn the word "Jew" into a 10 syllable word. Well, that's what Mrs. Moore did last week. If Moore's fate wasn't sealed before that, that probably did it.

Anyway, thank you Alabama.


And speaking of disrespecting the Jewish people, I sincerely apologize for not wishing my Jewish friends a Happy Hanukkah on this page last week. A Happy and a Healthy to all who celebrate.


Christmas Eve Special next week. It's been a bit slow going, so I shouldn't hype it up too much. Hopefully I can pull it off in the next few days.

Have a Great Week!

Weekly Mail December 10, 2017

Hey:

So on Saturday, I had to battle the weather, the tourists and SantaCon to get into the city. If there is one thing I don't need it's a snowstorm in December. Let Bing Crosby have his White Christmas, I'lltake mine snow free thank you very much.

Sorry to be a grouch. As Karl (the Ace) Ludwig pointed out to me last year, if they had SantaCon back in my day, I'd have been the first guy in the city with a Santa hat looking for fun. But at this point, I just want to get a seat on the train.

And the lousy weather didn't keep the gawkers off the streets of Manhattan either. Neither snow, or rain, or sleet stays these tourists from clogging up our sidewalks.

Tis the season.

Unto the week that was...



POLITICS: RIP John Anderson


So I mentioned earlier this week that I would write more about John Anderson, a third party Presidential Candidate who died last week at age 95.

Anderson ran against Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan in November 1980. A few days before the election, my second grade teacher, Miss Armstrong, gave out paper ballots. We were to check off who we wanted to be President.

It's 37 years later folks, and I can remember as if it was yesterday the results as Miss Armstrong wrote them on the board...

Reagan 17
Carter 15
Anderson 2.

And of course since I opened by big mouth and told everyone I voted for Anderson, I was the one who got his balls broken.

I wish I could sit here and tell you that I voted for him because I agreed with his platform or that like I did last year, I voted for him out of contempt for the other two candidates. The truth of the matter was, to me, he just LOOKED like what a President should look like. He had white hair and wore thick framed glasses, if you were casting for President, he'd be perfect.

Of course nowadays, that kind of thinking would get you labeled a close minded racist. But WTF, I was 7 years old, oh and BTW, I was probably the only one in that class who could name in order all 39 (at the time) Presidents, so maybe instead of laughing, y'all should have listened to me. (and you know who you are)

For the record, Anderson was a liberal leaning Republican who supported the Equal Rights Amendment, was pro choice and in 1968 played a large role in getting the Fair Housing Act passed in Congress.

Here's the Washington Post obit...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/john-b-anderson-fiery-third-party-candidate-in-1980-presidential-race-dies-at-95/2017/12/04/dd25dfda-d92a-11e7-b1a8-62589434a581_story.html?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.8c3547a7c788


BASEBALL: Hey we can all go back to hating the Yankees now!

My first thought on hearing the rumors that the Yankees and Marlins were in the process of completing a deal that would send Giancarlo Stanton to the Bronx was something my father in law used to tell me.

Back in the 50's and 60's they used to joke that the Kansas City Athletics (now the Oakland A's) were like a Yankee farm team. Roger Maris, Clete Boyer, Ralph Terry, and Hector Lopez were amongst the stars the Yankees were able to acquire from Kansas City for either cash or washed up players.

And now with Derek Jeter in charge of the Marlins, it appears they have become the modern day Kansas City Athletics.

I mean are you kidding me with this $h-t? One of the best hitters in the game in exchange for Starlin Castro and some prospects?

I hate the way the Marlins do business. I understand having to tear it down every once in a while to rebuild, but the way they do it is just obnoxious. I understand that the Mets were the beneficiaries of previous Marlins fire sales, but it doesn't make it right.

I'm not one for contracting teams, but there are two franchises in sports I think should be either contracted or moved. One is the Arizona Coyotes in the NHL and the Marlins are the other. Two horribly run franchises in cities that don't support them. Hockey in the desert should speak for itself, but baseball in 95 degree heat was 100% humidity is equally dumb. I know the Marlins now play in a roofed stadium but still they don't draw.

They are a joke. They need to go away.



RELIGION: Pope messin with The Lord's Prayer?

In an interview with Italian television last week, Pope Francis said that the line in the Lord's Prayer "Lead us not into temptation" can be misconstrued to imply that God could or would lead us into temptation if we don't explicitly ask Him not too.

“It is not He that pushes me into temptation and then sees how I fall,” the Pope said late Wednesday. “A father does not do this. A father quickly helps those who are provoked into Satan's temptation.”

He has a point and far be it for me to argue with the head honcho, but I'm still having trouble with the changes the church made to the mass several years back. I still need the missalette for some of the prayers and responses. I really would rather not have to relearn a prayer I've been saying for close to 40 years now. I've got enough on my plate as it is. Let's leave this one alone, shall we?

One more post next week, then the Christmas Eve Special and then we do our year in review.

Have a Great Week

Weekly Mail December 3 2017

Hey There:

We've just about made it to the end of 2017, a year I have to say I won't be sorry to wave goodbye to. On a programming note, I'm hoping to have two more regular posts, a Christmas Eve special, and our annual Year in Review for 12/31 and 1/7. At least that's the plan.


Let's get to it shall we.....


BENCHED (Part One) Matt Lauer:

FLASHBACK (From last week)


First of all, I don't get it with Matt Lauer. He's not particularly handsome or funny or much of anything, yet he's like the highest paid person on TV. I literally sit there and say to myself, "I could do what he does, and do it for a lot less money." And trust me, I'm not so arrogant as to think I can do any job on TV better, but his I could definitely do.


So as my dad pointed out to me this week, someone at NBC must have been listening to me, because just a mere 3 days after I posted the above words, Today show host Matt Lauer was given the boot by the network. The fact that he was not only untalented but also a perverted creep to boot made his ascent to the top of the TV world even more baffling than it already was.

I'm not going to rehash all the icky things he was alleged to have done, but rather I'd like to focus on possible replacements. As I have previously said, I'd take the gig if offered and I'd do it for half the money. But I'm guessing that's not going to happen, so I'll move on and offer these two alternatives.

1) Ann Curry- Why not give her another shot. Maybe with Lauer out of the picture, maybe her true colors could come shining through. Already a respected journalist, a more relaxed Curry could make the most of a second shot at the big time. Plus it would be the ultimate middle finger to Lauer, to be replaced by the woman whom he helped ouster a few years back.

I'm not nearly the first person to come up with that one, but here's someone I hadn't heard anyone mention,,,

2) Brian Williams- With all these dudes being outed for various inappropriate behavior, isn't time to forgive and forget with Lyin' Brian? I mean, telling everyone you were shot at in a helicopter while in Iraq doesn't seem so bad when you've got Lauer using his NBC office as his own personal brothel. As long as Williams managed to keep his hands to himself and his workplace manor appropriate, I think he deserves a shot at redemption.


BENCHED (Part Two) Eli Manning:

In his Sunday NY Post column, Phil Mushnick asked rhetorically,  "If Eli Manning started Sunday and had his knee wrecked, how many would say 'With a 2-9 team going nowhere, why was he even in there?'"

Think about it, the Giants have no offensive line and all their receivers are hurt. I would think by putting Eli on the bench, they are kind of doing him a favor. Let Geno Smith get his a$$ kicked.

I remember when Ray Handley gave the Giants starting job to Jeff Hostettler over Phil Simms. Everybody was up in arms about that too. They dismissed his reasoning, that two of the Giants best offensive linemen had held out of training camp, and Hostettler was more mobile than Simms. No, Handley was a moron who disgraced Phil Simms.

The problem isn't the decision, it's the way it was handled. Just like with Handley, Ben McAdoo came off as a bumbling idiot. Instead of stating the obvious, that the Giants are a lost cause and there's no sense in watching Eli get destroyed back there, he said that it was his decision that Geno Smith is the Giants best option to win. That he wanted to see what he has with Geno Smith and rookie QB Davis Webb. We all know what he has in Geno Smith, a decent backup QB at best.

I like Eli Manning, I really do. He took a lot of abuse before he won those two Super Bowls. He could play on my team anytime.  Maybe he'd be better off somewhere else, on a team a QB away from Super Bowl contention. Maybe Ben McAdoo will be left off the plane in Oakland. (That's the rumor as of press time.)  I don't see what Eli has to gain by playing these last 4 games, but he deserves to have a say in it, however that shakes out.


Here's some Bar Room BS in honor of Eli...

http://barroombs.blogspot.com/2017/12/jet-qb.html


BTW The Jets won on Sunday. I don't know if that's good or bad, but as someone pointed out to me while I was wearing my Jet jacket the other day, "It's safer wearing that jacket in this town than a blue one."

And who would have predicted that in September?

That's all I got

Have a Great Week