One of my favorite "non game" memories of Bridgestone is Alice singing School's Out on the bandstage with Vince Gill. He was introduced as Vince's golfing buddy. There is a picture that shows on the Jumbotron of him in Predators gold.
I wish but I was definitely middle of the demographic. I'm not the Springsteen fan (Mr Adz is) though I do like the concerts. Since I don't care what's next on the set list I watched the crowd. Most people there were between 55 and 80. Everyone there save a few kids being brought with their parents or maybe grandparents looked identical: t-shirt or polo covered with plaid shirt, blue jeans, longish hair (now gray or dyed, not particularly shiny) but think we're cool. Observation: walkers do NOT add to the cool factor but canes are permissible except for Hurrycanes) We are not our parents' version of old people (nary a hint of pastel polyester) but we're still old. I found it amusing to see a packed arena full of olds doing all the concert moves we used to do as teens: the above the head clapping, the arm waving, and even smelled the evidence of someone sneaking in a little weed.
Meanwhile I'm almost to the point where I can navigate the I-65/I-40/I-24/I-everything merges and splits without resorting to a GPS. Almost.
I found the state quite attractive and welcoming -- we went to a McDonald's and a White Castle (we are not foodies, ha!) and the workers were just so nice!Ahem.
I know some of the tickets in the fan zone are labled "Smashville Sky Lounge Bundle" and are about $100 more than a regular ticket up there. I think it includes food and beverage from that lounge maybe?? I am sitting in fan zone tonight (but don't have those bundle tickets) so will try to check it out
Never really noticed because you know I'm southern lol. The one that stuck out to me was Portsmouth, which so many call Porchsmith and it drives me ( and my wife ) nuts.
That's how it is around here. If you pronounce city names in the manner that you assume is accurate you're immediately outed as a foreigner.
Well there only the uneducated morons pronounce it that way. Anyone I've met with a brain rolls their eyes when it's said like that.
We have Versailles( Ver-sales) Cadiz(Kay-deez) and Lafayette (La-fay-it) among others.... and of course the big daddy of them all Louisville (Loo-uh-vul)
The oddly pronunciation of Lafayette in Tennessee makes sense because we have two towns with the same name so you know which one they are talking about.
My brother and I both went to college with young men from Aren't-in.
My bestie has lived outside Dayton for almost 40 years. He was born in Richmond IN but moved to Lewisburg early in life and we graduated together after I moved there in 8th grade. Dune never really had much of a southern accent but he could turn it on when needed (we do that!) We have both lost some of our Lewisburgianisms over the years (definitely a grammatical improvement) but both of us randomly blurted out a "What's the deal, Lucille" during our visit that puts us smack dab in Lewisburg circa mid 70's. No one else does that, right?
And I've got a friend or two from Nerk who occasionally visit here in Klumbis.
That's not southern, that's Appalachian, and yes there is a difference.
My dad grew up in Beckley WV. He "lost" his accent in the navy (no doubt due to endless teasing) but both he and my Grandma had a lot of Appalachian in their phrasing. For her there was no past tense. We "eat" meant we could be eating now, tomorrow or yesterday. For my father the WV came out only when he was frustrated. Then he'd let fly with stuff we never quite understood but we knew it was best to disappear til he was done being mad (or bring him a Coke and a Hershey bar).
