"America's Email".....ONE INSTANT IS ETERNITY.....ETERNITY IS NOW....WHEN YOU
SEE THROUGH THIS ONE INSTANT...YOU SEE THROUGH THE ONE WHO SEES... ~ WELCOME to
the Wintery "Field of Dreams Today" from snowy Virginia...The email that missed
snow while living in Atlanta....We would get one early little snow or ice day in
HotLanta and then it was spring...... ~ THIS DAY in 1959 ..Coast to Coast Jet
service started in the United States...And thus the bad airline meal was born...
~ Today's Farmer's Alamanac calls fo Sunny and Fair....Now they get it right
more than many think...But not today... ~ From The Front Office - Slogans..You
have to have one...As you know we call this "America's Email"....With the quotes
it simply says that someone - ME - has stated that fact...My baseball mentor Bob
Neal taught me to have a slogan and theme every year...Catchy..Something people
will remember...In 1978 we started "Pilots Power"...During selected innings the
Public Address announcer - One of my many
duties - would try to rally the fans when the home team needed to score..."OK
FANS IT'S TIME FOR A LITTLE PILOTSSSSSSSSSSS POWERRRRR!!!..And then the charge
tape was played...The slogan stuck for the next 10 seasons and believe it or not
we did score more runs in those innings...Of course we never used it when we
were 8 runs down and had no chance..But the fans did respond....So when I
followed my mentor to Auburn,New York with the Houston Astros we were trying to
come up with a theme...Bob and I had a house that actually overlooked the
ballpark pitchers mound that the city let us use...One night about 2 am I just
couldn't sleep..Thinking about a slogan...Then it came to me....I got up and
started banging on Bob's door...."Bob..Bob..What county is Geneva(NY) in?" - our
closest opponent - He looked at me like I was insane but informed me that it was
not ours......Thus AUBURN ASTROS "Cayuga County's ONLY Professional Sports Team"
was born...And caught on...We printed it on
everything...The newspapers used it...The fans liked it..It did several
things...It sounded bold..Even though Cayuga County was not a large county it
made us sound Big League...It also included potential fans outside of just
Auburn....And it gave the community a sense of pride...It stuck around even
after I had left Auburn until they changed their nickname...We also used "The
Team of the Finger Lakes"......"Come watch the Stars Come Out"..."Come Catch the
Rising Stars" and Falson Park -"Oldest Minor League Ballpark in America"..All
were good..But the original proved to be the best....Our new baseball team is
"Southside Virginia's FIRST Pro Sports Team of the 21st Century"...I like
it...It's sad though that ad slogans are not working as well as they use to..I
think companies don't stick with what works...NIKE still uses "Just Do
It"....Coca Cola is still "The Real Thing"..But Delta..They used "We love to fly
and it shows" for years..Then they paid some ad agency millions for "We're
on top of the World"...Huh....Stay with what brung you..And pound away at
it...If it's good it will stick even now in the 21st Century...And that's my
word as editor of "America's Emal".... ~ Today's
Word..."Temerity"....Audacity.....Boldness....Over confident... ~ From JAY LENO
HEADLINES..."Furniture drive for homeless launched".... ~ Today's Cool Site..
www.nasa.gov ....Great coverage of the Mars rovers.... ~ WELCOME back family
member ED FERNANDEZ to our group today..Ed fixes all the computer problems at
DHL/Airborne Express and helped me so much in my 10 years with the
company..Welcome back buddy!!.... ~ We have a Big Birthday to celebrate this
week...More later..... ~ Today's Sports Shot...OLIVER KIRK an Olympic Boxer from
the USA won 2 gold medals in two different weight classes at the same
Olympics.... ~ Today's Health Link...For people with Alzheimer's and their
families www.alz.org .... ~ So it's over for Ben and JEN....Does anyone really
care????...... ~ I spoke with my
buddy LORRAINE CRUMMER on Friday and she says hello..Yet another Airborne
alumnus..Lorraine I know you will find a new job that will be better than you
ever had at AIREX....Good Talking!!..... ~ It's Snowing..PULL THE TARPS....Kind
Words can be short and easy to speak...But their echoes are truly
endless...That's the Snowy Sunday "Field of Dreams Today"...The Road to a
Friend's Home is Never Long...Be Safe...Be Brave...Be Americans...And Never Let
Go..."Sic Semper Tyrannis"..Let's Roll!!



~ "God Bless America" ~ That's my Field of Dreams ~ Voice Mail ~ 800-699-2466
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Oublie" ~ Let's Roll!! ~






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