1982 Home Recording

 https://youtu.be/lAg1mv_yJe0

0:00 – 0:48 War Eagle Show, Miles reading SEC predictions 

0:49 – 1:40 discussing AU backs Bo Jackson and Lionel James

1:41 – 2:43 Leslie helping with Auburn cheers, thoughts on Big Al

2:45 – 3:56 talking on phone with Dot 

4:00 – 9:00 song request by Miles (ha)

9:00 – 10:00 Allen Espy Hour introduction

10:00 – 10:25 secretly recording Mark playing piano and Dad and Luke

10:26 – 10:29 “Talk Taffy”

10:30 – 11:40 “The Weirdo Show”  interviewing Leslie Espy

11:41 - 12:58 “Ghost Tales”  Miles is in the story

12:58 – 13:59 commercial break (a song that epitomizes the era)

14:00 – 19:15 Mark gives us the world news

19:16 – 20:34 singing the National Anthem

20:35 – end dance music of the time

Escape

I loved this song and video - probably because Anna Kournikova is in it.  My dad always said he enjoyed her tennis game.  Ha.  It was really because she was so beautiful!  I remember burning this song, another from Enrique and several other songs by various artists onto a CD for my dad.  He said he really liked it.

Recently, I saw some live footage of Enrique in concert.  His voice is not nearly what it was.  Makes me wonder how many albums are simply just fine-tuned in studios to a level of perfection just to make a sale.  Good looks, flashy videos and a single album can rake in millions.  Hmmm.  Makes me really appreciate artists like Prince, The Eagles, George Strait, Bryan Adams, etc., whose voices in concerts match what's on their albums.

Here I Go Again

In 1987, "Here I Go Again" was a #1 hit in the United States.  I watched the video countless times on MTV.  I remember being very intrigued by the beautiful Tawny Kitaen, who danced on the car.

J. R. Vann Correspondence

 Jim, Jimmy

25th Anniversary

1958

The Headland National Bank

Headland, Alabama

Golden Peanut Co. - Headland, Alabama

In the opening, you can see the town square.  I see Watt Espy's family home, where he established the

Capital Research Project in the '80s.  I also see The Headland National Bank.

Ten Years Ago

This is before I really started seeing bears around Asheville.  I wasn't out walking like I am today.

Willie Tullis, Football

Comanche

source

The Comanche Indians were the Mongols of the nomadic plain Indians.  They had helped kick out the Spanish (late 1500s?) and while doing so scores of Spanish horses escaped into the wild.  The Comanches, more than any of the plain Indians, recaptured the horses, and mastered the use of them.  They were also very savage, not unlike the Mongols.  They would raid other tribes and later white settlements, not thinking twice about killing women and babies.  Pretty much only 8, 9 and 10 yr olds were spared, simply because the Comanches felt it could be a way to increase their #s in the short-term.  

Headland's First Bank

Headland, Alabama

J. J. Espy, Sr.

Seaborn Joseph Espy

The Dothan Eagle

May 20, 1932

Dothan, Alabama 

City Cemetery

Find a Grave

Lloyd's Restaurant

Birmingham, AL

I have a story to add later.

Sightings

I saw many episodes of this show back in the eighties.

In 2012, when Kade and I were in Vegas, I saw Robin Leach.  I was exiting the men's restroom as he was going in.  We practically touched shoulders.  No doubt it was him.

When I spotted Robin Leach, we were actually very near the entrance to the show Fantasy, which we were going to.  I later researched Fantasy and discovered he was an investor in it.

Another person I believe I saw sitting on a bench in the hallway near Fantasy was Darius Rucker.  We walked right by him.  I didn't say anything.  I loved Hootie and the Blowfish back in the day.

Click here to read more about Robin Leach's life in Las Vegas.

"Pennie" (Carroll) Byrd

Isaac Wilbur  & Penelope Elizabeth (Carroll) Byrd

Find a Grave

"Pennie" was a sibling of my gg-grandfather, Major Carroll.  She was named after their mother.

Click here for an article written by a cousin from this Carroll-Byrd family line.

Murder, She Wrote

This aired September 30, 1984.  My dad really liked this show.

Click here for Angela Lansbury's obit.

Kmart

Sears

A Date Is A Date

Allen,

Here's the story that I told about the date your mother had with curlers in her hair. 

She had a one time date with ......... (a nice guy but not what you would call classic, especially with someone like Dinah).  She accepted the invitation, but when he came over her hair was still wet and in rollers.  Rather than having to wait, she tied some kind of scarf, towel or something to cover the rollers and off they went on the date.  Lenora (her classmate and friend) could not believe that she would actually go on a date like this.  She asked Dinah what happened later.  "Well," Dinah said, "he never asked me on another date!"  When she dated on Sundays, Dorothy always required her to attend church.  This always griped me because I was "cast out" so to speak - was not able to sit beside her.  She and I always sat together in church or on the school bus.  She was always a good buddy to me and we enjoyed each other's friendship. 

Cousin Gary Flemings

Starting Out

I shared this with a relative in 2012.  

It took me two months of regular walking with a partner for me to build up the stamina and will to do long walks on my own.  A definite breakthrough was when I could go out and walk five miles simply on my own without wanting to quit or cut it short.  Most of my walks now are solo, and my will to keep walking is pretty strong.  Boredom can seep in, but I counter it by walking in areas where there's a lot of natural beauty.  There are many places like this in Asheville, so I would imagine that I could change routes frequently if need be and always be near a waterfall, mountain, park or lake.  Also, when walking, my mind isn't totally empty.  In fact, I may think through some things or talk out some things (like a crazy person!) as I walk.

I now can walk seven miles with 1200 feet elevation.  I still prefer walking partners, but I go out often on my own.  I have walked virtually every road in North Asheville.  I enjoy getting up in the  mountains, and bears are a big highlight now.  Views are still amazing, but bear sightings are my greatest source of motivation (besides exercise).

Bud Dayries

Bud married my cousin, Beverly (Espy) Dayries.

Birmingham Skyline

I will add some more to this one.

Birmingham, Alabama

The Old Mill Restaurant

Click here for more on The Old Mill Restaurant in Dothan, Alabama.  It was "fine" dining back in the day.  And it's still around.  I remember we all surprised my mother there on her 50th birthday.  She was so happy!  The kids arrived from Birmingham, Atlanta and Albany (GA).

Henry County Singers

The Wiregrass Farmer

September 22, 1927

The Wiregrass Farmer

May 17, 1928

Headland, Alabama

Henry County