glass man
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WELL WE GOT ALL MY COLLECTION PACKED UP AND READY TO RIDE TO THE BIRMINGHAM ALA. BOTTLE SHOW.
MY DAD LEFT ME HIS 1993 GRAND PRIX CAR...GREAT SHAPE ,BUT BEEN RUNNING HOT AT TIMES. LEAK SOME WHERE? WE DID NOT HAVE THE TIME OR MONEY TO GET IT CHECKED INTO...WE WERE GONNA GAMBLE WE WOULD GET THERE ..SELL LOTS O BOTTLES AND GET HOME..THIS WAS OUR ONLY FOCUS!
MAN IT WENT GREAT TILL...BOUT 20 MILES FROM OUR DESTINATION WE GOT IN A BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC JAM...THE HEAT GAUGE WENT FROM 220 TO SOLID RED FAST!
WE PULLED OVER ,OPENED THE HOOD,PRAYED NO ENGINE DAMAGE AND WAITED IT OUT TILL THE RADIATOR COOLED ENOUGH TO DO SOMETHING.
THE TOUGH PART WAS WE WERE RIGHT OUT IN THE SUN AND THE OUTDOOR TEMP WAS 109! WE RAN OUT OF DRINGING WATER...IT WAS LOOING GRIM..NINA TOLD ME"I TOLD YOU WE SHOULD OF DONE THIS AND WE SHOULD OF DONE THAT"O YE WOMAN OF LITTLE FAITH,COLUMBUS WOULD NOT HAVE HAD A CHANCE IF NINA HAD BEEN ONE OF HIS CREW![COURSE TO BE HONEST INSIDE I WAS GOING"YOU ARE RIGHT,YOU ARE RIGHT,DAMN YOU ARE RIGHT!!!]
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL FROM WHERE WE HAD PULLED OVER WAS A RED LIGHT.A TRANSFER TRUCK PULLED UP TO US AND A LADY[ANGEL] OPENED THE DOOR AND HANDED US TWO BOTTLES OF WATER!!!LATER A GUY THAT WAS WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE JUMPED OUT HIS CAR AND RAN 30-50 YARDS TO HAND US SOME VERY COLD WATER!![GOD BLESS THE SAINTS!]
AFTER A HOUR AND A HAFE LOTS OF WATER AND SOME SALT WE TOO THE CAR HAD COOLED DOWN ENOUGH TO PUT WATER IN THE RADIATER...WE HELD OUR BREATHES AS NINA CRANKED THE CAR...PURRED LIKE A KITTEN![WE WERE ONLY 20 MILES FROM OUR DESTINATION WHEN THIS HAPPENED!]
WE FINALLY GOT TO THE SHOW!! AL;RIGHT!!WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A 2 HOUR TRIP AT THE MOST TOOK 6 HR.GLAD WE LEFT EARLY!
WANT TO SAY TOM LINES AND GANG RUN A GREAT SHOW! LOADING AND UNLOADING IS EASY CAUSE YOU CAN PULL RIGHT UP TO THE LOADING DOCK THAT ,WHEN THE HUGE DOOR IS OPENED IS RIGHT AT WHERE YOU CAN UNLOAD THE BOTTLES...NO STEPS ,NO LONG WAITING ETC.
THE CART DID GET AWAY FROM NINA WITH A FEW BOXES OF BOTTLES ON IT GOT AWAY FROM HER AND SHE HAD TO RUN THEM DOWN!!PEOPLE SAID YOU ARE FAST...NINA SAID YES IF I GOT TO BE!
I SOLD A GOOD DEAL OF BOTTLES TO DEALERS MAINLY THE FIRST DAY .ON THE 2ND DAY SOLD BOUT AS MUCH.I SOLD ENOUGH TO GET US BY,BUT NOT SO MANY THAT I DID NOT HAVE ANY THING TO BRING BACK.
I SOLD A COMMON PT? CORNACOPIA/URN FLASK,BUT IN SUPER MINT CONDITION,VERY CRUDE..COULD HARDLY STAND UP..ALSO HAD SEED BUBBLES THROUGH OUT[ONE OF THE ONES I HATED TO SELL] TERRY GILLIS BOUGHT IT.
A WONDERFUL THING THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN AT A BOTTLE SHOW WAS WHEN THE FRI. MEAL WAS PASSED OUT A PERSON ASKED THE BLESSING! LOVED THE PART WHERE THE PERSON THANKED THE LOAD THAT WE HAD ALL GOTTEN THERE SAFE[AMEN!] AND WOULD HELP US GET HOME!
TONS OF GREAT GLASS THERE...90 DEALERS AND SOMETHING FOR EVERY ONE NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAD OR DID NOT HAVE!
THE BEST PART IS THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE! MADE NEW FRIENDS AND GOT TO SEE OLD ONES.!OF COURSE THE SOUND OF GLASS BREAKING WAS HEARD! I WAS TOLD THE BROKEN BOTTLE WAS A COKE HUTCH! IT WAS IN ROUGH CONDITION I WAS TOLD,BUT STILL!
I JUST HAD TO BUY A LITTLE SOME THING...TO CONSOLE ME AND A BOTTLE SHOW JUST AIN'T A BOTTLE SHOW UNLESS I GET JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING...WHAT I GOT WAS A FAT,RUBY RED,DIFF.PAINT DESIGNS ON IT BARBER'S BOTTLE ..WITH STOPPER..AT A GREAT PRICE..KNOW IT WILL BE SOLD LATTER,BUT AT LEAST FOR NOW!
THE BEST PART WAS THE KINDNESS OF PEOPLE..YOU HERE BOUT THE MONSTERS OF SOCIETY THAT ROAM SEEKING WHO THEY CAN HURT..BUT THANK ALMIGHTY GOD FOR THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE ON THIS EARTH...A GUY GAVE US A MINI FOLD UP HAND TRUCK CART THAT CAN HOLD TWO BOXES OF BOTTLES AT A TIME..[JUST RIGHT FOR MY LADY AND ME!!]
I WOULD LOVE TO GET A GRANT TO FIND OUT WHY THE VAST MAJORITY OF BOTTLE COLLECTORS ARE SO VERY KIND AND HELPFUL! I HAVE BEEN TO OTHER DIFF.COLLECTING SHOWS..RECORDS...CIVIL WAR...BUT THE COMMARDERIE OR CARING JUST WAS NOT THERE LIKE WITH BOTTLE COLLECTORS...IS IT NICE PEOPLE ARE DRAWN TO COLLECTING BOTTLES OR DOES COLLECTING BOTTLES MAKE PEOPLE MORE KIND AND LAID BACK? I KNOW MY BROTHER THAT WAS DYING WITH CANCER SAID LOOKING AT MY BOTTLES GAVE HIM A PEACEFUL FEELING...MAYBE THERE IN LIES THE ANSWER!
THE TRIP HOME WAS EASY..A RAIN HAD COME AND IT FELT SO COOL!!WE GOT TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE ,MAKE ENOUGH TO KEEP US GOING AND GOT TO TAKE IN A BOTTLE SHOW!! A VACATION FOR ME..COULD ASK FOR NO MORE!
I LOVE ALL ON HERE...YOU PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO VERY KIND TO NINA AND ME!!GOD BLESS YOU!
NINA WILL PUT SOME OF THE PICS. SHE TOOK LATER...I JUST WAS NOT ABLE TO HOBBLE ROUND TO DO IT...LIKE I SAID...GREAT SHOW LOTS OF GLASS,CLOSE MOTELS,EASY LOADING/UNLOADING...SET YOUR SIGHTS ON BIRMINHAM..SWEET HOME ALABAMA...FOR NEXT YEARS BOTTLE SHOW!
JAMIE
MY DAD LEFT ME HIS 1993 GRAND PRIX CAR...GREAT SHAPE ,BUT BEEN RUNNING HOT AT TIMES. LEAK SOME WHERE? WE DID NOT HAVE THE TIME OR MONEY TO GET IT CHECKED INTO...WE WERE GONNA GAMBLE WE WOULD GET THERE ..SELL LOTS O BOTTLES AND GET HOME..THIS WAS OUR ONLY FOCUS!
MAN IT WENT GREAT TILL...BOUT 20 MILES FROM OUR DESTINATION WE GOT IN A BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC JAM...THE HEAT GAUGE WENT FROM 220 TO SOLID RED FAST!
WE PULLED OVER ,OPENED THE HOOD,PRAYED NO ENGINE DAMAGE AND WAITED IT OUT TILL THE RADIATOR COOLED ENOUGH TO DO SOMETHING.
THE TOUGH PART WAS WE WERE RIGHT OUT IN THE SUN AND THE OUTDOOR TEMP WAS 109! WE RAN OUT OF DRINGING WATER...IT WAS LOOING GRIM..NINA TOLD ME"I TOLD YOU WE SHOULD OF DONE THIS AND WE SHOULD OF DONE THAT"O YE WOMAN OF LITTLE FAITH,COLUMBUS WOULD NOT HAVE HAD A CHANCE IF NINA HAD BEEN ONE OF HIS CREW![COURSE TO BE HONEST INSIDE I WAS GOING"YOU ARE RIGHT,YOU ARE RIGHT,DAMN YOU ARE RIGHT!!!]
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL FROM WHERE WE HAD PULLED OVER WAS A RED LIGHT.A TRANSFER TRUCK PULLED UP TO US AND A LADY[ANGEL] OPENED THE DOOR AND HANDED US TWO BOTTLES OF WATER!!!LATER A GUY THAT WAS WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE JUMPED OUT HIS CAR AND RAN 30-50 YARDS TO HAND US SOME VERY COLD WATER!![GOD BLESS THE SAINTS!]
AFTER A HOUR AND A HAFE LOTS OF WATER AND SOME SALT WE TOO THE CAR HAD COOLED DOWN ENOUGH TO PUT WATER IN THE RADIATER...WE HELD OUR BREATHES AS NINA CRANKED THE CAR...PURRED LIKE A KITTEN![WE WERE ONLY 20 MILES FROM OUR DESTINATION WHEN THIS HAPPENED!]
WE FINALLY GOT TO THE SHOW!! AL;RIGHT!!WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A 2 HOUR TRIP AT THE MOST TOOK 6 HR.GLAD WE LEFT EARLY!
WANT TO SAY TOM LINES AND GANG RUN A GREAT SHOW! LOADING AND UNLOADING IS EASY CAUSE YOU CAN PULL RIGHT UP TO THE LOADING DOCK THAT ,WHEN THE HUGE DOOR IS OPENED IS RIGHT AT WHERE YOU CAN UNLOAD THE BOTTLES...NO STEPS ,NO LONG WAITING ETC.
THE CART DID GET AWAY FROM NINA WITH A FEW BOXES OF BOTTLES ON IT GOT AWAY FROM HER AND SHE HAD TO RUN THEM DOWN!!PEOPLE SAID YOU ARE FAST...NINA SAID YES IF I GOT TO BE!
I SOLD A GOOD DEAL OF BOTTLES TO DEALERS MAINLY THE FIRST DAY .ON THE 2ND DAY SOLD BOUT AS MUCH.I SOLD ENOUGH TO GET US BY,BUT NOT SO MANY THAT I DID NOT HAVE ANY THING TO BRING BACK.
I SOLD A COMMON PT? CORNACOPIA/URN FLASK,BUT IN SUPER MINT CONDITION,VERY CRUDE..COULD HARDLY STAND UP..ALSO HAD SEED BUBBLES THROUGH OUT[ONE OF THE ONES I HATED TO SELL] TERRY GILLIS BOUGHT IT.
A WONDERFUL THING THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN AT A BOTTLE SHOW WAS WHEN THE FRI. MEAL WAS PASSED OUT A PERSON ASKED THE BLESSING! LOVED THE PART WHERE THE PERSON THANKED THE LOAD THAT WE HAD ALL GOTTEN THERE SAFE[AMEN!] AND WOULD HELP US GET HOME!
TONS OF GREAT GLASS THERE...90 DEALERS AND SOMETHING FOR EVERY ONE NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAD OR DID NOT HAVE!
THE BEST PART IS THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE! MADE NEW FRIENDS AND GOT TO SEE OLD ONES.!OF COURSE THE SOUND OF GLASS BREAKING WAS HEARD! I WAS TOLD THE BROKEN BOTTLE WAS A COKE HUTCH! IT WAS IN ROUGH CONDITION I WAS TOLD,BUT STILL!
I JUST HAD TO BUY A LITTLE SOME THING...TO CONSOLE ME AND A BOTTLE SHOW JUST AIN'T A BOTTLE SHOW UNLESS I GET JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING...WHAT I GOT WAS A FAT,RUBY RED,DIFF.PAINT DESIGNS ON IT BARBER'S BOTTLE ..WITH STOPPER..AT A GREAT PRICE..KNOW IT WILL BE SOLD LATTER,BUT AT LEAST FOR NOW!
THE BEST PART WAS THE KINDNESS OF PEOPLE..YOU HERE BOUT THE MONSTERS OF SOCIETY THAT ROAM SEEKING WHO THEY CAN HURT..BUT THANK ALMIGHTY GOD FOR THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE ON THIS EARTH...A GUY GAVE US A MINI FOLD UP HAND TRUCK CART THAT CAN HOLD TWO BOXES OF BOTTLES AT A TIME..[JUST RIGHT FOR MY LADY AND ME!!]
I WOULD LOVE TO GET A GRANT TO FIND OUT WHY THE VAST MAJORITY OF BOTTLE COLLECTORS ARE SO VERY KIND AND HELPFUL! I HAVE BEEN TO OTHER DIFF.COLLECTING SHOWS..RECORDS...CIVIL WAR...BUT THE COMMARDERIE OR CARING JUST WAS NOT THERE LIKE WITH BOTTLE COLLECTORS...IS IT NICE PEOPLE ARE DRAWN TO COLLECTING BOTTLES OR DOES COLLECTING BOTTLES MAKE PEOPLE MORE KIND AND LAID BACK? I KNOW MY BROTHER THAT WAS DYING WITH CANCER SAID LOOKING AT MY BOTTLES GAVE HIM A PEACEFUL FEELING...MAYBE THERE IN LIES THE ANSWER!
THE TRIP HOME WAS EASY..A RAIN HAD COME AND IT FELT SO COOL!!WE GOT TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE ,MAKE ENOUGH TO KEEP US GOING AND GOT TO TAKE IN A BOTTLE SHOW!! A VACATION FOR ME..COULD ASK FOR NO MORE!
I LOVE ALL ON HERE...YOU PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SO VERY KIND TO NINA AND ME!!GOD BLESS YOU!
NINA WILL PUT SOME OF THE PICS. SHE TOOK LATER...I JUST WAS NOT ABLE TO HOBBLE ROUND TO DO IT...LIKE I SAID...GREAT SHOW LOTS OF GLASS,CLOSE MOTELS,EASY LOADING/UNLOADING...SET YOUR SIGHTS ON BIRMINHAM..SWEET HOME ALABAMA...FOR NEXT YEARS BOTTLE SHOW!
JAMIE
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