Friends and fun ...

BATHTIME AT OPRYLAND:
Angel and Carm get paybacks.

While visiting Opryland theme park last year, the babes decided to trick Randy, Carm's brother Kelley and me into standing in front of the big splashdown at a water ride. It worked, but we maneuvered them into the same spot..

The result was this nice shot of the girl's getting their bath! We had a great time that day.

You can get a closer look at Angel or Carm on their home pages.

THRILLSEEKING:
Enjoying danger on the Hangman

One of our favorite rides at Opryland theme park (before they stupidly closed it) was the Hangman. That's Angel screaming at left and me trying to look unperturbed at right. There's a picture of her with Randy and Kelley on the Skycoaster, on Kelley's page.

GHOSTIES: Carm and Kelley

For any single girls' information, Kelley Bahrey is Carm's ELIGIBLE BACHELOR brother, who occasionally visits us in Nashville. He's a banker-turned-broker now in Saskatoon, SK, but we're working on him to cross the border and move to Nashville. Kelley and I hit it off like we've known each other for many years and he's great fun to hang with. We had a ball at Opryland, where this haunted house photo was snapped.

RANDY GETS MUGGED
..what happens when you mess with the graphics master..

That's my good friend Randy after being processed through Adobe Photoshop filters. Remember the photo on my bio page with the big head and small body? Randy did that for me .. uh, to me. This was my response. He was in Chicago playing with his band at the time of this posting and didn't see it for several days. That may have prolonged my life!

THE REAL ROCK STARS
..Carm and Angel try looking innocent..

Never would I suggest that these two beautiful blondes would create a scene. They don't have to create one -- they ARE one anywhere they go. Randy and I have grown used to the ogling they provoke in any venue.

We were eating dinner at a country fish place near Opryland when the babes discovered this giant rocking chair. Now, just because we call them babes, doesn't mean we want them to regress to infancy.

But really, they aren't fooling anyone, because everybody knows that Randy and I are the real suckers.

But do you blame us?

BUDDY AND JAYDEE
..my "adopted" son, George Rooker Jr...

George is deputy tax assessor in Metro Nashville and his father was one of my good friends for many years. Just days before his untimely death a few years ago, the senior George and I were discussing his two sons, George and Ricky (who succeeded his father as the Circuit Court Clerk in Nashville). Curiously, George told me that if anything ever happened to him, he'd count on me to look after his boys. I've stayed in close contact with them and that assignment has been a pleasure. George and I play golf frequently, throw a few darts, meet for dinner. He's shown with his bride, Jennifer Davis, a legal secretary friend I introduced him to several years ago, and they have now survived a whole year of marriage.

RANDALL AND POLLY
..my karate black belt friend...

Randall Barnes is a highly respected professional engineer who specializes in fire protection systems. He's actually a lot younger than me, although his prematurely white hair and beard enables me to call him "Granddad." But since he's also a black belt in karate, I usually say that pretty low. We've become good friends over the years and he and his wife, Polly, even risk their reputation to be seen with me in public.

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