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Originally Posted by towsonengsberg

Hey Terrys, thanks for coming out tonight. I enjoyed meeting you all. Hope you enjoyed the show.

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Towson - we had a blast! Thanks for inviting us!

To let everyone know what we're talking about - Vita and I took our bus up to Cartersville, GA Saturday to see Towson's band, Tommy Crain and the Crosstown Allstars, play at a really neat club called Tom's Place. The band plays authentic Southern rock and blues originals and covers from The Allman Brothers, Wet Willie, Charlie Daniels and many more! The band features outstanding musicians, including Towson on drums, Tommy Crain (20+ years with the Charlie Daniels Band) on guitar and vocals, Jack Hall (founding member of Wet Willie) on bass and background vocals, Bob Rumor on guitar and vocals, and Bob Jones on keyboards and vocals.

Tom's Place is a friendly, comfortable club venue that boasts "the Biggest, Hardest and Longest Deck North of Key West" for sitting back and enjoying a cocktail or two, great food, and "listening to some of the Best Rock, Country and Blues Bands the South has to offer under the stars."

Towson and I both brought our buses, parked side by side in the big back lot at Tom's Place and enjoyed touring each others coaches, comparing notes and talking buses and music!

The band was great, the beer was cold, the food was good, and the people were friendly (a lot of the guys were very friendly, flirting with and hitting on Vita most of the night! - What can I say? She's hot! :D)

I'll post a couple of pictures after while to give you all an idea of the fun that was had by all!

Thanks again, Towson! We enjoyed meeting you, seeing your beautiful rig, listening to the band, and partying with the fun crowd at Tom's Place! We'll definitely have to scope out a "mission" in Atlanta real soon!

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldterry/3581817773/" title="Tom's Place by michael_terry@comcast.net, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3412/3581817773_30f5f71291.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Tom's Place" /></a>

Tom's Place

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldterry/3582627280/" title="Towson's bus on the left, mine on the right, by michael_terry@comcast.net, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3348/3582627280_5e997710e1.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Towson's bus on the left, mine on the right," /></a>

Towson's bus on the left, mine on the right

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldterry/3581819325/" title="Enjoying a cold beer &amp;amp; hot music by michael_terry@comcast.net, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3322/3581819325_ce6697a614.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Enjoying a cold beer &amp;amp; hot music" /></a>

Enjoying a cold beer & some hot music

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldterry/3582632884/" title="Tommy Crain &amp;amp; the Crosstown Allstars by michael_terry@comcast.net, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3648/3582632884_a94ff4fc1b.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Tommy Crain &amp;amp; the Crosstown Allstars" /></a>

Tommy Crain & the Crosstown Allstars

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldterry/3581823963/" title="Towson on drums by michael_terry@comcast.net, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3560/3581823963_ddd8f49d80.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Towson on drums" /></a>

Towson Ensberg on drums

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldterry/3581819681/" title="The hottest woman in the place! by michael_terry@comcast.net, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2462/3581819681_e7a412869d.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="The hottest woman in the place!" /></a>

My bride, Vita, the hottest woman in the place!

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldterry/3582630968/" title="Our lovely bartenders by michael_terry@comcast.net, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3645/3582630968_b259bc8d6c.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Our lovely bartenders" /></a>

Our lovely and hardworking bartenders

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldterry/3582631476/" title="Two wild &amp;amp; crazy busnuts! by michael_terry@comcast.net, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3553/3582631476_85abc0a046.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Two wild &amp;amp; crazy busnuts!" /></a>

Two wild & crazy busnuts - just hangin' out!

A view from the deck at Tom's Place

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeldterry/3581818581/" title="Our buses from the deck by michael_terry@comcast.net, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3334/3581818581_9ec13b7be9.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Our buses from the deck" /></a>

Our buses from the deck - a beautiful sight!

Great pix!

Thanks for sharing the good times....:)

Damn, I was asleep at the switch on this one!:( I live only 15 miles from Tom's and Nancy and I stop there often on the bike. I stoped reading the thread anymore because I didn't give a rat's ass about parking in New York and missed it all!:rolleyes:

As Jdub would put it, I'm doing the walk of shame!:o

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Originally Posted by truk4u

Damn, I was asleep at the switch on this one!:( I live only 15 miles from Tom's and Nancy and I stop there often on the bike. I stoped reading the thread anymore because I didn't give a rat's ass about parking in New York and missed it all!:rolleyes:

As Jdub would put it, I'm doing the walk of shame!:o

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Tom - no worries! That just gives us an excuse to do it again sometime soon! I'm sure that we can coerce Towson into letting us know the next time they play at Tom's Place and we'll plan another POG Micro Rally! :D

Well, guess my cover is blown. We are back at Tom's on Friday, August 21. Let's see how many buses we can get up there.

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Originally Posted by towsonengsberg

Well, guess my cover is blown. We are back at Tom's on Friday, August 21. Let's see how many buses we can get up there.

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Okay - Atlanta area POGers - I believe that Towson has just issued a challenge! :p I'm going out on a limb by not consulting "the boss" (Vita) - but I'll be the first to commit to being there on August 21st for the second "multi-annual" POG Micro-Rally!

C'mon, POGers - who else?

I'm in on August 21st, rope off the parking lot!:D

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Originally Posted by truk4u

I'm in on August 21st, rope off the parking lot!:D

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Excellent, Tom! We're up to 3 buses already! (That's a 33.3% larger POG turnout than the first one!)

How about it Jamie & Debbie Bradford? Bob & Debi Boies? Jon & Diane Wehrenburg? Bueller? Anyone? :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Jeff Bayley

I have gobs of these but here are a couple of snap shots.

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Jeff those are cool pictures. I will forward a few of my favorites when I get some time to learn how to shrink and post. We are heading up to NYC this time next week so this thread is likely over...except for the post mortem. I. I plan on scoping the parking at the Today Show.

Hopefully you all can make one of. my gigs in Florida. We are supposed to be at BB Kings in Orlando and Hard Rock in Tampa later this year.

Towson, to size an image for posting, or anything else, use the linked program.
This is in layman's terms, as I know very little about computers. If I screw up, someone that knows it all jump in and correct me.

http://www.shrinkpictures.com/

Open the link and left click it and drag to the border just below where you enter www info. This is for quick and easy access.

Go to the resize rectangle in the center of the page.

Temporarily skip step 1) and go to 2).

For POG set it up for 600 or 350 pixels.

Leave 3) set on greyscale.

Set 4) to the quality you desire. I use best.

Go back to 1) and click Browse.
This will open to a window in your computer where information is stored.
Hopefully it will be "my pictures". If not click on the button at the end of the line where you can type an entry. This will take you to a list of saved data on your computer. Images are usually stored under "my pictures"

Click on my pictures and look through them. After you have enough fun browsing around, make a new folder that is labeled "RESIZED FOR POG"

Click on the image you want to resize for POG and the computer jumps back to the resizing program.

Click the "RESIZE" box at the bottom of that rectangle and be patient and wait.

When the resized picture finally appears right click on it and choose "save image as" from the list. That will open the window, "save image". In the "save in" line of that window, you want see the name of the folder, " RESIZED FOR POG", if you do, click "SAVE" at the bottom of the window.

You may clear the download box off the screen and back out of the resizing program.

To post the picture just resized, post a thread or reply with verbage or images what ever you want.

For the image posting click on the paperclip in the top border.

Click on BROWSE.

In the entry line will appear the images saved in the folder "RESIZED FOR POG"

Click on the image you want to post and then "UPLOAD".

You may add more verbage or submit the post.

I hope this works for you. It works very well for me and is now very easy. It is more difficult to explain than to perform.


JIM

OK guys, the August 21 Mini-Rally at Tom's Place is cancelled. Looks like the bar is feeling the ecomonic pinch as they cancelled our gig.

As an alternative, Tommy Crain and the Crosstown Allstars will be at GTO Concert Hall in Griffin GA on Fri Aug 7. We are playing with Jimmy Hall and Tommy Talton as well so its a good show. I will have our Marathon there.

Y'all come on.

T-berg,

I was at Tommy's recently, they were having a bike weekend shindig and I thought the turnout was dismal. I doubt the Vendor's made any money.:(

This is disappointing - but not entirely surprising, given the state of our economy (how much more "stimulation" can we endure?)! :eek: