The Harbinger

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Volume 4 | Issue 7 | Date: 6-15-2008

Archive for the ‘Shifty Says’ Category

The Sinking Ship

March 23rd, 2008

It’s my column so I write what I want, don’t like it? Get your own column.
Early 80’s
It’s Saturday and I pop into my parents house to see what’s do’in and mooch a meal. I walk in and my father is on the phone, now you have to know my parents never answered the phone at […]



Making laps at Daytona International Speedway

March 9th, 2008

It’s my column so I write what I want, don’t like it? Get your own column.)
Early 90’s – Speed weeks Daytona.
I worked in the service department of a Pontiac dealership in Daytona, Pontiac supplied all the vehicles to Nascar at the time, even the pace car, which was a hopped version of the V6 turbo […]



Football is over, and the Daytona 500 is next

February 10th, 2008

So here is my hanging out with race car drivers in Daytona story.
January 1999/2000 – Daytona Beach
I stopped by my buddy Goose’s shop on the way home from work to check out what the latest project was and mooch a beer. Goose had a Harley shop on Beach Street, right next to the Outlaw’s club […]



A Giant fan’s view of Super Bowl XLII

January 27th, 2008

(It’s my column so I write what I want, don’t like it? Get your own column.)

The Giants have a rich history of names, stories, and a practice of winning close games to get to championships
The Patriots are obviously an active dynasty, but aside from their history making run they have what? Steve Grogan?
Long neck son […]



…Instant Fan…

January 13th, 2008

Memorial Stadium, 33rd. street, Baltimore, an old horseshoe shaped
stadium from the 50’s. I attended countless games in the 60’s, 70’s, and
80’s, Colts football, Orioles Baseball, hell I remember $3.50 bleacher
seats. A hundred years ago, but I remember them.

My first game was with my father, late 60’s, I was 6 or 8 years old.
Johnny Unitas quarterback’d […]