You missed a great Tapple Computer Club meeting last night. George Dawson called me at 6:30 and asked if I wanted to go to CompUSA and then to the Tapple meeting. Not to look a free ride in the mouth - I walked out the driveway and waited for George's Porsche to come by and pick me up.
It was super foggy as we tooled up Monroe Street - we got to CompUSA and quite a few of the shelves were empty - we are going to miss that place.
Then we arrived at Raa School and all the gates were closed and the lights off - immediately we realized - no meeting - school locked up.
We decided to go to the FSU girls' basketball game. We went to the box office to buy the $10 gray head senior citizen passes. For $10 - they hand you a book of about 10 tickets for all the home games. I went to the turnstile and handed the collector a ticket that was supposed to be used for the November 17th game - no problems - this is going to be fun.
George and I decided to sit right behind the scorer's table - at girls' games you are allowed to sit where you like.
We were playing Samford of Alabama - and they jumped out to an early big lead. We looked terrible. By halftime - we were losing by about 20. Both of us thought about going home - but our wives needed the "alone" time at home so we stayed on. The halftime show of musical chairs basketball was more exciting than the game.
FSU was handicapped by only having 8 players. Injuries and "breaking team rules" cut the team size in half. Many of the girls were getting their first playing time and it showed.
Something happened in the second half - the girls started clawing back. FSU has a very tall trim girl by the name of Jacinta Monroe. She reminds me of Manute Bol from my old days of following the Sixers in Philadelphia - except she is pretty. She decided to put the team on her back. The score kept getting closer and closer - but would FSU have enough time?
With 15 seconds to go - FSU got the ball behind by one point. We drove the length of the court and put up a shot. It was wide - Monroe got the rebound and put the ball back up - as it left her hand - the buzzer sounded - but the ball went through the hoop. FSU won 52-51.
FSU girls are now 9-3.They play number 7 ranked Georgia in Miami on Saturday.
George dropped me off at the driveway - I walked in and told Lulu about the meeting.
Not a bad Tapple Computer Club meeting.
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