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Tiki Bar wrote:

Thank you all for your hugs, love, and prayers. I really could feel them, and they helped me through a difficult day with a strength I never expected. I'm the baby of a wonderful family, and along with our friends, thank God we have eachother! ((((((Gary, Cheryl, Lynne, Gregg, and Guy))))))

Our mom has spent the year in hospitals and nursing homes. About 2 months ago, I happened to see the video for Garth Brooks "If Tomorrow Never Comes" on tv one night.

With the final verse...

"So tell that someone that you love
Just what you're thinking of
If tomorrow never comes"

...I wrote a poem to my mom, and it's been hanging in her room ever since. It was right there beside me while I was holding her hand, so I read it aloud to her.

Mom, do you know how much I love you
and that you're always in my heart
when we're spending time together
and when we find ourselves apart?

Mom, do you know how much you've always meant
and how much I've always cared?
I feel lucky, blessed, and grateful
for all the memories that we've shared!

Mom, do you know the comfort of your hugs
and the reassurance of your touch?
Do you know the twinkle in your eyes
when you smile and beam so much?

Mom, do you know how much I admire you
and how I value your ideals?
Do you know you made me all I am
and how loved you make me feel?

Mom, do you know how proud I am
of how you raised our family
to share a special closeness
with bonds as tight as they can be?

Mom, do you know it makes me tender
that my girls do love you so
and they cherish times with Grandma
for all the kindness that you show?

Mom, do you know how much I appreciate
all the many things you do
while always giving of yourself
to help us make it through?

Mom, do you know that you're an angel
and have been all along
and when you get to Heaven
you'll be right where you belong?

Mom, do you know how much I'll miss you
but how I'll think of you and smile?
Do you know you're the best mom ever
and I've known that all the while?


Outside in the courtyard, where my siblings were, church bells were ringing.

Sail on (((((Mom)))))

Feel the love of God's embrace, feel his peace and comfort






And again, thank you all... yes, I can still feel it. ((((((((BN)))))))))

mjeischen wrote:My 3yo daughter knows this as Buffett too from our live recordings. When she here's 'People in the party Hot Hot hot" her renditions is "Pee pee in the potty hot hot hot".

It's one of those things I plan to bring up again at her wedding some day.

Staredge wrote:

Shannon is giving one of her kidneys to her brother and with that a chance at a normal and happy life at last.

Marnin Grita Guy wrote:

sunseeker wrote:Just got back from dropping phritz off at the airport....Barry, auntie and BG left as well.....my house is empty but my heart is full...I have never in my life had a better group of people that I could call friends....


I've started and stopped writing this post a half a dozen times...each time erasing what I have typed...it at a time like this that I have no words.....so I will only say...

I can't even begin to explain the love I have for each of you....Thank you for being a part of my life.....

Love you too baby.

I am home and safe as I can be after enduring an evening with a bunch of

artistic, boisterous, carnivorous, degenerative, erotic, fractious, groping,

heinous, incorrigible, jealous, kinky, lascivious, maniacal, naughty,

obscene, perverse, quirky, reckless, sadistic, transgressing, unstable,

vicious, wild, x-rated, yawping, zealots.

Once i recover I will try to salvage a few pictures which will be postable.



I hate you Phritz!





Long live the happy kidneys.

phjrsaunt wrote:

sunseeker wrote:Just got back from dropping phritz off at the airport....Barry, auntie and BG left as well.....my house is empty but my heart is full...I have never in my life had a better group of people that I could call friends....


I've started and stopped writing this post a half a dozen times...each time erasing what I have typed...it at a time like this that I have no words.....so I will only say...

I can't even begin to explain the love I have for each of you....Thank you for being a part of my life.....

We love you too, kiddo.
I got my pictures last night. Barry, thanks for taking so many pictures of me with my camera! I am even smiling in them, despite the fact that I have a lime wedge in my mouth for many of them! A very cute one on Shannon with her dangling happy face kidneys...I will try to post the picture at lunch (I'm not real good at that, so may need someone to hold my hand).

Auntie wishes to thank all her loyal servants who did her bidding...any time y'all want me cook for ya, just say the word! Any time I can "get me some butt" I'm there!!

I was soooooo in my "happy place" Saturday night. Back to reality....

balcony girls wrote:

sunseeker wrote:BG just made me cry......

. .and you made me cry last night . . .

. . thank you for my tropical bowl . . you know I love it . . ! !

. .and many " miss you " hugs to all my weekend POC's . . ! !

. .my NC phriends . . it was great to see you again. . .! !

. .Auntie . . you doooo serve up some good butt . .! !

. . Barry . .my sweetie . . .always look forward to my hugs from you . . . ! !

. . and Phritz . . .I think you know by now I have a " not-so secret " crunch on you . .

. . sooooo many memories . . .

. .thank you all for the great time . . . ! !

phjrsaunt wrote:Here is Shannon with just a "few" of her happy kidneys:

sunseeker wrote:My mom had kidney phest and all I got was this stinkin' bandana!!

phjrsaunt wrote:

phjrsaunt wrote:This was on one of the AOL news headlines this morning:



Where have I seen something like that before???????

PHritz and I drew "maps" on Sunseeker w/ a Sharpie marker, so that the doctor would be "sure" of where her kidneys are located. Of course, we were "slightly" creative.

Dezdmona wrote:When your keet [7] sings along, really loud, IT'S MY OWN DAMN FAULT while Margaritaville is playing...he might be a parrothead, too!

Last Saturday in Houston

surfpirate wrote:These are good. Keep 'em coming!

carolinagirl
If you've ever typed PHantastic in an email about something totally
unrelated to Buffett, and had to backspace and change it to Fantastic ...
... you might be a Parrothead!

Tiki Bar
If the best time you've had all year was in a parking lot ...
... you might be a parrothead!

Conolulu
If you consider a Buffett concert to be a family reunion ...

If you buy shark decorations for your aquarium just so you can sing "FINS" when you feed the fish ...

If in your Last Will and Testament, you specify "It's Been A Lovely Cruise" be played at your funeral.

... you might be a parrothead!


SMLCHNGIf you go to a party in someone's home, halfway across the county, and have never met them before ...
... you might be a parrothead!

big john
If you come into work on your day off to use the company computer
when tickets go on sale because it's faster than your home computer ...

If you plan weddings, graduation parties, and funerals around
concert season ...

If you are dissappointed that the "extra large" grass skirt you found
only goes up to a 38" waist ...

... you might be a parrothead!

ScarletB
If every gift that anyone gives you has either a parrot or a flamingo on it!
... you might be a parrothead!

Dezdmona
If your keet [7] sings along, really loud, IT'S MY OWN DAMN FAULT while Margaritaville is playing...

.... he might be a parrothead, too!

Last Saturday in Houston


Conolulu
If your 10 yr old's favorite song is "Jolly Mon" because she doesn't get in trouble for saying "Hell"...

... she might be a parrothead.
(Thank God she never listened to West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown! )

bravedave
If you take personal offense when a restaurant sign spells buffet: B-U-F-F-E-T-T ...
... you might be aParrothead.

cocotel wrote:Your keets (10 and take the time to burn their own favorite Buffett songs from the computer just because their tired of asking to borrow yours!!


Or your eight year old corrects her teacher on the correct lyrics to a song.
"How do you know that Katherine?"
"My daddy has has Margaritaville as his homepage."

Conolulu wrote:MOST of the numbers in your cell phone have names like:

ph4ever
smlchng
Topless
twinnie
flipflop girl
sunseeker
aero parrot
LIPH
12VRick

etc......

AdamBomb8 wrote:If you have ever tried to pick up a woman with the line 'Why don't we get drunk and screw?'

If you name your children, your dogs, your cats, and your boats Frank, Lola, Delany, Savannah, and Banana Wind (not necessarily in that order)

If you've ever bought your wife a bottle of tequila for Christmas.

If your barstool has a seatbelt.

If when you're at the beach and somebody yells "SHARK" you raise your arms and start singing "Fins"

A couple hundered more here: http://cloud.prohosting.com/bmansfie/parrot/

Conolulu wrote:

Tequila Revenge wrote:

Conolulu wrote:

Dezdmona wrote:

Conolulu wrote:If in your Last Will and Testament, you specify "It's Been A Lovely Cruise" be played at your funeral.

OMG... I was just thinking about this sort of thing last week.

YOU might be a parrothead...!

Soooooooo..... thinking about stuff like this does not mean you just morbid Or getting old

No way!


Planning to make sure you go out the way you lived! To the Fullest...

Carolinadreamin' wrote:You take a day off from work, leave home at midnight the night before and sleep in a chair in the pouring rain and 45 degrees out to get tickets for a Buffett concert that don't go on sale until 10 AM!

Your daughter's dream wedding would be the CRB playing at the reception but she'll settle for the Tams....please Dad...please!!! I would try for the CRB but major organs can't be worth that much!

Conolulu wrote:If you use your bosses UPS acct to overnight boxes and boxes of Watermelon Jello to someone up North that can't find it...and they need it for a tailgate..






YMBAPH!

photogal wrote:Your the only ones in the bar that yell SALT! SALT! SALT! during Margaritaville and everyone laughs at you...

calypsogirl wrote:

surfpirate wrote:If you think a bumper sticker that says "My Child is an Honor Student at XYZ Middle School" is tacky, but a 4 foot plywood shark fin on the car roof is a concert necessity ...

... you might be a Parrothead.

OMG, THAT IS HILARIOUS! AND SOOOOOOOOO TRUE!

calypsogirl wrote:Your wedding guests are required to wear tropical shirts, flip flops and sunglasses, You might be a parrothead.

The wedding coordinator asks you what 2 songs you are playing for your wedding and they are both Jimmy Buffett tunes, You might be a parrothead.

One of the reasons you pick your honeymoon spot is that they have multiple Margaritavilles, You might be a parrothead

Oz_79 wrote:

Conolulu wrote:When you buy shark decorations for your aquarium just so you can sing "FINS" when you feed the fish.

Thats hilarious!!!



and...

If in your Last Will and Testament, you specify "It's Been A Lovely Cruise" be played at your funeral.

STL PARROTHEAD wrote:You go to Home Depot's tool section, and pull out the bottom of your blender and tell the guy " I need an adapter for my drill that will fit this"

Conolulu wrote:If all 3 Floor Lamps in your home are dressed up in grass skirts, lei's , beads and sunglasses........



ymbaph...

STL PARROTHEAD wrote:THEAD"]IF...... when you kiss your kids good-bye when they are going out for the evening, they reach the door, and you say "Oh, and...." they turn around and say " I know, I know, Fins up"

Conolulu wrote:To the one who started this thread:


You might be a parrothead, if, when one of us needs help...you start a new website...a CafePress Store.....and spend hours working on designs to help out the ones that need it...and let them know they're loved.


(((((SurfPirate)))))

Tiki Bar wrote:If you're in the car, stopped at a light, and your 10-year-old says sternly:

"Mom! Put your fins, down!!"

(happened yesterday )

pbans wrote:

ragtopW wrote:

SMLCHNG wrote:You go to a party in someone's home, halfway across the county, and have never met them before.

or you have met them once.. when you were hitching a ride to Hooters..

....you let your teenage daughters roam the streets with some guy you met on the internet.....

Migration Michelle wrote:...when the china in your cabinet has been quickly replaced with signed flip flops, ticket stubs, and buckets full of LandShark caps!!

...you spend more time on this crazy website than taking care of your children!

PHAW Webmistress wrote:

MICHIPHIN wrote:

PHAW Webmistress wrote:Throw an annual party and have peeps stay at your home you've never met before they arrive and have them be the bestest friends ever...........

Take off in your car at the last minute to travel 23 hours to go to a wedding - stay 8 hours and travel 23 hours to get home...............
Introduce phamily members to "others" and not explain it.................

Play on an online bulletin board 6 years and counting...............

I'm sure I'll think of more later

and in the process....pass right by SOMEBODY and not stop for a beer.....

yeah yeah yeah

ragtopW wrote:

mommar wrote:

pbans wrote:

ragtopW wrote: or you have met them once.. when you were hitching a ride to Hooters..

....you let your teenage daughters roam the streets with some guy you met on the internet..... [/

or marry one !!!!!!

Pepsi stinks.. We need a Coke..
"uncle" Wayne on a Mission.

blackjacks wife wrote:

freaky4tiki wrote:

surfpirate wrote:If you think a bumper sticker that says "My Child is an Honor Student at XYZ Middle School" is tacky, but a 4 foot plywood shark fin on the car roof is a concert necessity ...

... you might be a Parrothead.

When shopping for your new SUV, your husband brings a tape measure to the car dealer to get the dimentions of the roof rack to make sure the 10 year old Fin will fit on this SUV without too many alterations....

Oz_79 wrote:What song would you want at your funeral?

I would want to start off with Hot, Hot, Hot!!!

Mainly because it would get the party started, and it would tell everyone where I am!!! At least from the movies, I think its hot down there!!!

Landshark Girl wrote:I'm going with Lovely Cruise for my funeral. I've told enough people now, hopefully someone will remember.

cocotel wrote:Lovely Cruise.
Already planned.

STL PARROTHEAD wrote:Lovely Cruise for me too

But......... I heard there was beer in heaven!!!
That's why I've been working so hard to be a good girl!!!!!!

East Texas Parrothead wrote:Oh, my list is already done, burned and filed with the funeral home.

We begin with The Temptations and we end with LOVELY CRUISE ... with a little rock 'n roll and Sinatra tossed in for good measure. It's going to be a great service. Attire: Beach Casual and there WILL be a Margarita Machine available.

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Star Spangled Banner - Francis Scott Key
Faith in Angels - Peter Mayer
Home Again - Mac McAnally
Lovely Cruise - Jimmy Buffett
Navy Hymn (Eternal Father) - Rev. William Whiting and Rev. John B. Dykes
Amazing Grace, on bagpipes
Taps

PackPhanGirl wrote:I swear I think I answer every poll about songs with the same song answer...


Survive


You'd think that was the only song I know..but it's my favorite

RinglingRingling wrote:haven't given it a lot of thought. But, there will be the contents of my liquor cabinet for the wake, so.. y'all better like tequila.

bocanuts wrote:He Went to Paris

Some of it's magic. some of it's tragic but I had a good life all the way....

bocanuts wrote:He Went to Paris

Some of it's magic. some of it's tragic but I had a good life all the way....

Left Field ParrotHead wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:haven't given it a lot of thought. But, there will be the contents of my liquor cabinet for the wake, so.. y'all better like tequila.

That's one funeral I will be attending. All that good tequila will put the "fun" back in funerals.

Migration Michelle wrote:

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:

blackjacks wife wrote:

Landshark Girl wrote:no beer in heaven?! that just ain't right. cute song, though.

If there really is no beer in heaven, I can think of a lot of my Irish relatives who are really P-O'd right now.

I think if the Irish got to heaven and found out there was no beer (or no Bushmills or Jameson ) they would probably say something like "Thanks anyway, but we'll be going now" to St Pete.....

Hysterical!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:SPEW!!! Only here in PH-land can you have a multi-entry post about funeral music in a feel-good thread!!

ritzyparrot1 wrote:Greetings Parrotheads!

You know, I have the best Parrothead wife. I have to first share with you a great story and then ask for your help.


Birthday's sometimes come and go with not much ado. Well, this is the story of my 40th birthday two years ago and it's a great story if I do say so myself. It started early the morning before my birthday. My wife had a business trip planned that required her to go to Memphis from Kentucky. Like a good husband, I agreed to drop her off at the airport to avoid the high parking fees. The only issues for me was that one, her flight left at 7 am and two, I would have to spend my birthday eve night alone.

At 5 am, here I am 1/2 asleep speeding across town to the airport and then off to work about 2 hours early. Not a good start to my day. Well, as I pull up to the airport, I kindly asked my wife if she would like me to drop her off at the curb or park in short-term parking and walk her in. She looked at me with a odd grin and said, "Why don't pull into long-term?" Being very early and still very groggy, I began to explain to her how stupid of an idea that was. She again said, this time more demanding, pull into long term. Again I began to argue when she said "JUST DO IT!". So of course I did and proceed to ask why.

With a grin the size of Texas, she handed me a small booklet with a bow on it and says, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY...WE'RE GOING TO MEXICO!" I think I said "WHAT???" about 100 time. I had to go to work, hell, I was scheduled to speak at a work event today, I have to..., I have to... I'M GOING TO MEXICO???? (Of course I did not even notice that Jimmy's version of Mexico was playing on the CD the entire way to the airport.)

A few hours later, I was walking into a wonderful resort in Cancun Mexico. Still very confused of course. To make a long story short, we have a outstanding 5 day trip in paradise with a crazy birthday night in th Cancun's Margaritaville with plenty of Jose and Bud Light.

Well...It's two years later and my wife's 40th is about 8 months away and I have to top that!?!?!?!

Here's where I need your help. Did I say HELP!!!!!

I think the only way I can top this to find a way to give the ultimate Parrothead some kind of Buffett birthday. When I say ultimate Parrothead, I really mean it. She (we) own every Jimmy CD, been to numerous show (typically 3 or more shows a year) and more t-shirts, hats, ect.. as we can store in our place.

I want to find some way to see Jimmy in November 07 and the untimate would be a personal brithday wish from Jimmy. I know this is close to impossible but ideas from you all can get me started in this direction. So HEY PARROTHEADS, HELP!!!!! Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. I know that Parrotheads are the greatest people on the planet and some of the most creative too. I'll be checking this regularly (hoping my wife does not see this post).

Thank you all in advance for your creative advise!

Ritzyparrot

ritzyparrot1 wrote: It's me... You know, the guy with the awesome wife...

You all are just too much. I can't thank you all enough for your ideas. I am now beginning the early planning for a trip to MOTM. All the suggestions, (yes, even the sparkly ones) are all wonderful.

I will be contacting some of you to get more details on your suggestions as we have never been to the Keys. You know, that's really odd too because we've been all over the caribbean but never to MOTMs or the Keys. That will all change in November.

I am also working up some letters with some photos to send to Margaritaville in KW and NO. You just never know...

Thank you all so much...

Not that I wouldn't like even more imput. This is GREAT! It's almost so good that I want my wife to read it but NOOOOOOO!... I'm going to do my best to make some of this a surprise.

Ritzy

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:

ritzyparrot wrote:Remember me?

Yep, the guy with the great wife that surprised me on my 40th B-day with a trip to Mexico.

Well, you all's ideas really helped and I purchased 6 tickets to see Jimmy in Vegas on October 27. No surprise yet but I do have a couple messages being deliverd (and hopfully read) to Jimmy to see if we can help me out. I'm not holding my breath but you never know.

We are staying at the Flamingo and will be partying at Margaritaville from the 25th to the 28th. Hope to see some of you there.

Thanks again for your ideas!

Dave Ritz

Excellent!!

citcat wrote:I'm PWI and I've had 4 margaritas. All I have to show for it is HEARTBURN !!!!!!!!!!
I smell something.

Either it's the cat litter box 2 feet away from my computer or I have a TOOMER. I'm guessing the cat had a little stinky. I'm afraid to lift the lid.

Nite nite time.

AdamBomb8 wrote:

AdamBomb8 wrote:

ragtopW wrote:

AdamBomb8 wrote:

AdamBomb8 wrote:

pojo wrote:I'm donin that' rught now..... fingers + alcophol = bad typinin

pbans wrote:to all of you who have......

worked your a$$ off to provide for your families.....

spent Saturday at a Little League game or a dance recital when beer and the recliner sounded better.....

who've ushered a young man in to adulthood with respect and good manners....

who've reluctantly let a young lady go on her first date knowing full well she'll behave because you've taught her to do so......

who've put a bandaid on a skinned knee and said, "It's okay, sometimes I cry when I get hurt, too"

who've loved your children's mother with all of your heart......and respected her even if the love is gone.....

Happy Father's Day to the DADDIES......you know who you are!!

with lots of love from a Daddy' Girl.....

pbans wrote:

SMLCHNG wrote:Thanks, Paige.


I absolutely ADORE my father. He's my hero, he's smart, funny, caring, and I love how I was raised. :D:D


In fact, we just wrote this back and forth today!!

Hi all,
I've been reading over Mom's shoulder and some of the Emails that have been going back and forth and I want to say something for myself. Ahem, here goes. Please don't even consider anything for Father's day. I have my Father's Day all year long. Nothing has to be done in this period of heavy activities. I am so proud of all of you, that there is nothing out of the ordinary that has to be done. I have the best family in the world. Sometime in the days ahead just say,"Happy Day Dad" and that will suffice, OK?
Thanks for being my Family!!

Dad

HAPPY DAY, DAD!!!!!!! AND I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!

Tanks.....The love goes both ways.....Dad

::tear::
I miss my Daddy so much........
You are BLESSED to have yours AND have such a great relationship with him!

Wino you know wrote:Thanks for that great intro, Paige.

Although I never became a father, I AM a daddy.
That's my daughter (Desdemona) in my avatar.

Here's a photo of my "son." (Merlin).



And while we're talking about fathers, I have a message for mine-
DAD:
The sacrifices you made for us kids, the blood, sweat, toil, & tears you shed for all of us was just the tip of the iceberg of the dynamite, loving man you are. You ARE my hero, my beacon, my moral compass, and my guiding light.
For better or worse, you made me the man I am, and I thank you for the greatest gift any father could give any child, and that is the gift you gave us when showing us that true, pure happiness comes from virtuous living.
To say thank you is not enough.
To give you all the love, respect, and gratitude you deserve is not too much.
For this and so much more, for being the best father ever, and an even greater human being who is a shining example to all who love you, you can definately be forgiven for making me a Cubs fan.

phjim wrote:It's the 10th Anniversary of Buffett News, originally known as the Feeding Frenzy Page. I started this website in July 1997 during the Havana Daydreamin' Tour primarily to keep track of the set lists and the Stumpo El Bando feature that Jimmy did during the tour. In September 1997 news content was added to the site (keeps me busy on a daily basis).

Leave a message and let me know how long you've been following Buffett News along with your most memorable moments.

Watch a special 10th Anniversary slide show with some images from the past BuffettNews.com home pages.

PalmTreeGal wrote:I am a new phlock member so to speak and I found BN when I was invited to my first Buffett show, Wrigley Field, 2005. I quickly became addicted and had to have my BN fix on a daily basis. I look forward to getting back to having more time someday to feed my need.
Thank you for all that you do phjim. I have made many new phriends because of your hard work and dedication to this site. Phins up!

LivingOutMy2ndChance wrote:Longtime Lurker ... finally took the plunge last year when MID was a finalist (and then winner)! of the Sirius contest.

This is just the coolest cyberplace around.

THANKS phjim!!!

BottleofRum wrote:I came here first circa 1999 looking for info. Then sometime in 2000 the message board was created. The message board had topics but it was plain text and was still the best place to get Buffett info. I remember there being folders on the left side of the page that broke each topic into sections.

One thing I remember vividly was usernames were not required back then, anyone could post under anyname they wanted.

Later in 2001, we organized the first ever Buffettnews preconcert gathering @ Mo's in NYC for the 9.11 show without BN that would have never happened..

jonesbeach10 wrote:Daaammmmmmmmb

I first found BN as a link on RM.com in late 2004 after the Jones Beach concert. I started reading and lurking and finally took the plunge in March 2005. One of the best parts about BN IMO is that it really opens you up to different people and you witness lifestyles (for lack of a better word) that you would never see if you stayed in one spot your entire life. Thank you for all the great times that I have had because of BN (see above). It truly is THE best Buffett site on the net, and I know it's only going to get better. Thank you for all of your hard work to make this place as awesome as it is.

maufro wrote:I need to add a couple of years to what is listed as my ophicial membership, so I'm going to place it around 8 years.

First experiences were the use of the ticket trade forum and scoring 2 pairs each from a different person for the Raleigh Beach House Tour and winding up with only 8 or 9 seats between them. We were side by side for the show with he cooperation of our row mates.


Thanks for creating a community, virtual as it may be, that truly embodies the true meaning - good people with a commonality that goes deeper than a few songs (and drinks of course).


SLAINTE Jim!

Jeff & Maureen
Lake Worth, Florida

Snowparrot wrote:I joined BN in the summer of 2003 (or so it says on my ID): I hadn't been a big fan before that, just an admirer of the Jimmy songs I knew (and no, hardly any on SYKBH). I decided to go to the Chicago concert on my own, knowing there were some PHriendly PHolks to meet.
Little did I know what a Buffett parking lot looked like! Somehow, by sheer luck, I found the Buffett News gang, and they took good care of me. Someone had made name beads for all the BN PHlock, and I treasure mine dearly. Somehow, the BNers didn't twig to the fact I was a "virgin" and didn't subject me to any arcane rituals. They just fed me cheeseburgers, margaritas and beer and adopted me! Even gave me a ride back to the city after the concert. And one nice man offered me the extra bed in his hotel room.
Since then, I have been to concerts in Las Vegas and Tampa, and a phlocking in New Oreans ("before") and a Topless Phlocking, too. And I check BN every day, for news of JB and my phriends.... my Real Fake Friends. I have exchanged Christmas presents with total strangers for 4 years now!

My friends at home have figured out that parrots and JB music are good presents. One friend threw me a Parrothead birthday party. And my brother wrote me a happy birthday song, to the Margaritaville tune.

So, Jim, by creating BN, you have changed my life. I have a great hobby now, and some really fine fake PHriends, some of whom I've met and some not. I hope to meet you at a phlocking one day, too!

Thanks so much!

dewyduster wrote:Congratulations and thanks Jim! You definitely have enhanced the Buffett experience for me and I'm sure most who visit the site. I am a relative newby to the Buffett world, experiencing my first concert on 8-10-06 and joining BN last fall (although I have been following the Parrothead lifestyle all my life).

I don't think there has been a day that's gone by since I joined that I HAVEN'T surfed over to BN - whether it's to check on a setlist, find out about concert tailgating, or to hang out with my Parrothead friends while listening to JB on Radio Margaritaville (my favorite).

The Parrothead nation is truly a special group of people and I am honored to be considered "one of them". Jim, you have created a place where, no matter where we reside in the world and no matter what the weather is like outside, we can hang out on a virtual beach together. The sun is always shining and it's always 85 degrees at Buffetnews.com!

Keep up the terrific work and, again, THANK YOU.

citcat wrote:hoo boy, Jim....I bet you never thought in a million years Buffettnews would grow to be this big and important and life-changing for so many parrotheads ten years ago! Thanks for starting this information-and-friendship party. I mean, THINK about it: life-long friendships and marriages and actual CHILDREN because of this web site ! Not to mention all the vital information about Jimmy and his concerts, places to go in the world, how to do almost anything better. It seems every day I say to my husband or friends or my parents, "On Buffettnews today, there was this guy who said...................." It's my online newspaper, really.
Thanks guy. I know I haven't met you, or if anybody has (you like to be kinda incognito), but I'd like to give you a hug someday.
Linda (citcat)

SMLCHNG wrote:I could never have imagined what a website could have meant to my life.

But it has, beyond my expectations.

Amazing friendships. Laughs more than I thought possible. Information and stories regarding Jimmy. Enlightenment about things going on in this world, and our country. PHIN Power for family, friends, and loved ones. Other musicians I would have never known about.

But most of all for me? Was a good friend who, as of 6-23-07, became my husband.

Thank you, Jim. This place has been a part of my life for many years, and I can't thank you enough for the time and energy you've put into it. Thank you for letting me be a part of it.




<----- @ ((((Moogy))))


Queenie.....

Tiki Bar wrote:

phjim wrote:Leave a message and let me know how long you've been following Buffett News along with your most memorable moments.

Watch a special 10th Anniversary slide show with some images from the past BuffettNews.com home pages.

Happy 10th Jim! And thank you so much for all you've done, for all of us!

I've only been around for half of it's existance, but it's been a fulfilling part of my life from the 1st day I jumped in.

It's a place where people share and care...
It's a place where friendships begin and blossom...
It's a place where we join together and contribute to wonderful causes...
It's a place where you meet people for the 1st time and it feels like you've known them your whole life...
It's a place to celebrate all of the happy feelings that Jimmy provides in countless ways... and to discover new music, new places, new things...
It's the place to find what Jimmy and the CRB is up to lately...
It's the place to find out what all Jimmy and the CRB has done...
It's the place to find out what Jimmy and the CRB has on the horizon...
It's the place to find people to enjoy Jimmy Buffett concerts with, whether you have tickets or not...
It's the place for everything Jimmy...

Many, many memorable BN moments... the elation when Jimmy and Alan won the CMA for "Five O'Clock Somewhere"; the hype and hoopla for so many facets of the release of the "License to Chill" album; the buzz from so many of us across the country enjoying the "Coastal Confessions" book discussion of "A Salty Piece of Land"; discovering the answer to "who are the balcony girls"; mermaidindisguise winning the RM Ultimate Parrothead contest; Dawgfan winning the RM trip to Anguilla; the Phruitcakes in the Kitchen cookbooks; the Buffettfests; and the many amazing and thrilling stories about parrotheads and Jimmy.

I'm grateful for the friends BN has brought into my life... I'm grateful for the trips I've taken to enjoy life with those friends.

Proud to be a BuffettNewser!!

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:Congrats, Jim, and thanks again.

I found BN while sitting alone in a hotel room in Maryland, 4 months after 9/11, pulled back onto active duty and several hundred miles from my family. That first weekend posting, tickets went on sale for the Feb 2002 Florida shows. I bought tickets and got help with where to stay in FLL, etc.

But on Monday morning, I was told to get home and re-pack; I was leaving for the Middle East. My tickets for those FL shows were sold at face through the ticket exchange and my new "phamily" kept my spirits up while I was away.

Two best memories: First, Posting on the set list thread at 3:00AM local time from the FSOTW while listening to the FSOTW tour on a 24Kb hotel dial-up that cost 50 cents per MINUTE. Until I got back I never realized that it's normally impossible to listen to RM on a 24Kb dial-up, never mind post at the same time....

Second, the day The Box arrived in the Middle East.... I had never met any of you. Most people I only knew by screen names. But PHAW engineered a box full of cards, books, pictures, CDs, etc, etc.... My buddies made fun of my "Parrothead thing" until the day The Box arrived..... "You never met any of these people?" "Nope." "Wow..." I still tear up thinking of opening up that box...

We're a family.... We laugh together, cry together, share the joy and divide the sorry. We pray for each other in bad times and rejoice in good times. We've added children and grandchildren to the phlock and grieved over lost loved ones. Sure, we scratch at each other sometimes, just like any family. But when it counts, we stick together.

And along the way, we've made many, many wonderful memories all over this country and in couple of foreign countries, and have established life long friendships that will be with us long after Mr. Buffett plays Margaritaville for the last time.

Without BN, none of this would have happened. I cannot even express my gratitude, Jim, for the blessings this website has brought into my life.

Wino you know wrote:I flipped an 11-sided coin, and it came up "A Pirate Looks At 40."
Well, I AM a pirate, definately born 200 years too late, but this album has 11 solid gold gems on it.

Docktails at 5 wrote:Can I just vote for the whole album? That's like asking which of your children is your favorite. Almost impossible to answer.

LivingOutMy2ndChance wrote:HOW DO YOU CHOOSE???

I picked APL@40, b/c that's what I'm so excited about right now ... with the seguay into Redemption Song.

Another time or place and it could easily have been Nautical Wheelers, Tryin' to Reason, Tin Cup, Presents to Send You, Migration, Tire Swing ...

seminolegrl06 wrote:migration- anything that makes fun of the yankees overtaking florida is gonna win in my book anyday.

MrTwain wrote:

seminolegrl06 wrote:migration- anything that makes fun of the yankees overtaking florida is gonna win in my book anyday.

Wow... I could sure use a nice full mug of beer right about now.

blowinupinmissoula wrote:tough tough to pick here. i had previously believed this is my favorite album, and this poll definetly cemented that thought. at first i thought Makin Music would be it, then saw APLAF, then saw Life is Just a Tire Swing, then saw Nautical Wheelers, then saw Tryin To Reason. AAAARRRRRRR. had to go with Nautical Wheelers, although I love APLAF, as well as many others on this album I think that whenever Nautical Wheelers comes on it gets me the most excited, or its the cong that i enjoy most when i hear it. if i had this much trouble with a question concerning favorite songs.....oh boy

Boston Blackie wrote:Incredibly difficult choice here. As is the case with many BNers, this is my favorite Buffett album. After going back and forth between "Migration," "APLAF," "Tin Cup," "Nautical Wheelers," etc., I went with "Migration." The image of an African parakeet sitting on his shoulder, teaching the bird how to fuss, teaching him how to cuss and pull a cork out of a bottle of wine is a visual that I think is classic Jimmy!

Wino you know wrote:Wino you know loves The Wino And I Know.

And yes, they're getting tougher.
Not looking forward to the NEXT one.

jonesbeach10 wrote:As much as I love Come Monday, it's gotta be Wino & I Know. I am just tryin to get by, being quiet and shy, in a world full of pushing and shove...

pbans wrote:Ringling, Ringling.....because imagine all the heartache and tears in twenty-seven years of beer.....

conched wrote:Wino and I Know. Title is great, lyrics introspective of the good ole down to earth things in our lives. Percussion and pedal steel give it that country sound. The special percussion sounds...

I'm just tryin' to get by being quiet and shy;

Living my life like a song.

This song also makes me think of New Orleans The Cafe DuMond and Jimmy's mentors and friends there and other places.

NIEB AT 52 wrote:Come Monday .... Some songs just remind you of why you are A Parrothead

sonofabeach wrote:"and I'm somewhere below the sunlight
somewhere upon the sea
If you dig deep enough you might find me
find me cause that's where I'll be"

Brahma Fear
love this song!!!!!!!

Wino you know wrote:No Plane On Sunday.
In a nutshell, my wife and I lived this song when we were coming home from Hawaii in 1999, and it was one of the happiest and most special moments I ever spent with the world's most patient and understanding woman.

Meet Me In Memphis is # 2, because that's where I met the world's most patient and understanding woman in 1993.

conched wrote:When The Coast Is Clear. Great lyrics and feelings. "Hello Mr Other Me, it's been a long long time, we hardly get to have these chats, that in itself's a crime."

Always like less crowded places during off season.

SchoonerWharf wrote:

MrTwain wrote:I love First Look. It's about going down to Brazil... I love the infusion of Portugese into the song, and the rhythmic, pulsing repetition in the song. It's lovely and I could listen to it over and over.

A while back I posted a thread on what wa Jimmy's most underrated album and I proposed it was Floridays. A lot of folks agreed with me. It was almost impossible to pick one for me as it is first rate from top to bottom. Without question the album I wish got more attention during live shows.

sailingagain wrote:"Floridays" has special meaning to me.

"..on the corner of walk and don't walk somewhere on U.S.1"

pbans wrote:Barefoot Children....because wrinkles only go where the smiles have been!

pojo wrote:this one was tough... Barometer is one of my favorite albums.....

1. Barefoot Children (I'm a weather geek and LOVE to stand outside in the rain)
2. Mexico (JT vs. JB.... there's two phenomenal artists)
3. Barometer Soup.... another song I would like to hear live

murPH wrote:OK--Since there are no votes for "Blue Heaven Rendevous," I had to login and submit mine. I like the lazy, bluesy, sound.! As I said on another thread, if I ever could hear this song in concert, I would have achieved nirvana! I realize it probably will not happen, so I will have to settle for placing it on my own personal play list!
OK, that is my vote!
murPH

popcornjack wrote:Tough call. i like Diamond because I'm a fan of the short story it's based on. Painted Sky reminds me of when i was young and would ride around my neighborhood on July 5th looking at all the spent firework shells. barefoot is another favorite, but I had to go with Jimmy Dreams. It's just a sweet song full of hope.

rumdrinks wrote:This might be the toughest album to pick just one. Could be might favorite album. But went with Lage Nom Ai. Especially like the way songs progress from Blue Heaven to Jimmy Dreams to Lage and right into Don't Chu Know. Also really like the way album end with Mexico.

pbans wrote:Cap'n Ps pollathon (which I enjoyed very much) got me thinking.....
a lot of the songs I love best are because of one or two lines that have crept in to my vocabulary......

What are your Buffettisms?

For me....I talked about doing the 'Desperation Samba' whenever we're close to a deadline for something.....getting ready for vacay, Christmas shopping, or something like that......

My daughter and I often comment that "There's no dumbass vaccine" when we see stupid people........so we say that a lot.

My son is looking for an apartment (can I get a HALLELUJAH)....and I found myself singing to him...."I'd like to be a jellyfish, cuz jellyfish don't pay rent...." Now I call him the jellyfish....cuz he ain't been paying rent!!

parithedfred wrote:Depends on the situation but I've often commented, 'there goes another permanent reminder of a temporary feeling'.

ParrotheadKalee wrote:I love the "definition" of Margaritaville... being not a place, but a state of mind. Since I live in Wisconsin and we don't have the sand and palm trees I have to use my imagination a little, but Margaritaville is always where I am headed.

..Hence my license plate... 2MGRTVL

LivingOutMy2ndChance wrote:If we couldn't laugh we would go insane ... I teach 3 year olds 3 mornings a week

Also tell myself all the time that wrinkles only go where the smiles have been.

My husband and I use the "evolution can be mean" like an inside joke when we see someone who, from their behavior, is in the shallow end of the gene pool.

Also when I have a "here we go again" reaction to a news story I hum the "we're just recycled history machines, cavemen in faded blue jeans."

LOVE that Bubba's such a wordsmith

MrTwain wrote:Johnny Redfeathers from A Salty Piece of Land - "Leap... and the net will appear"

Just one of my favorites. It inspired me to quit my job (and I got a better one)

Conolulu wrote:I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then...

caly wrote:

LivingOutMy2ndChance wrote:If we couldn't laugh we would go insane ... I teach 3 year olds 3 mornings a week

Also tell myself all the time that wrinkles only go where the smiles have been.

My husband and I use the "evolution can be mean" like an inside joke when we see someone who, from their behavior, is in the shallow end of the gene pool.

Also when I have a "here we go again" reaction to a news story I hum the "we're just recycled history machines, cavemen in faded blue jeans."

LOVE that Bubba's such a wordsmith

I think this is what I want on my tombstone. I love that line!!!

Conolulu wrote:"I Have Found Me a Home"


In 1995, my only sister, and best friend, passed away. She was only 38.

She had moved to Fernandina a few months after I did....we had always lived close to one another....She fell in love with the island as much as I did...and said it, not Charleston , would always remain "home" to her....and she loved this song.

When she died...we had a celebration of her life.....and all she loved.

This is the song that was played.....and also another friend of ours played it for us later, at the beach...when we took her ashes down there..

We flew in a bi plane...3 of us. The pilot, her widower, and me....

Another small plane flew ahead of us with a banner saying "We Love You, Fran"...

He did two flyovers first.....

and it was our turn and we were throwing her ashes out of the plane over her favorite spot on the beach.....

There was a group of our friends on the shore, and a minister doing a reading...

It had been raining earlier in the day....

As we put her out to Sea....the other pilot said they were in vortex, under the wing of the biplane, and just circled for a while before falling to sea...

A double rainbow came out....and I looked down at the water...and there were over 20 dolphins jumping in the spot right below us.....My daughter was 9 at the time, and she was right at the waters edge....She saw this and ran to the other people and said.....

"Y'all! Come Quick! The dolphins have come to greet Aunt Fran!"

It was amazing and so right.....

The Rainbows...and the Ocean...The dolphins....and Fran.

I miss you Frannie....

all the time.



and THAT is why that is my favorite song on the album...

LivingOutMy2ndChance wrote:Okay, phriends, I have some happy Buffett news to share.

One of my keets has some learning issues, not enough to qualify for "services" or an individualized education plan, so that pretty much means mom has to be his advocate and explain over and over what he's up against. We start school really early in our tiny town, so our open house is this week and I've been very nervous about his placement this year. The right teacher makes or breaks the year for him!

After a week of no returned calls from the person I think I'm supposed to be talking to, I'm told by a friend that I actually need to be talking to someone else. I call the person "really" need to talk to, she takes my call, turns out she's the familiar face from two seats down at the Buffett concert this year, she remembers me, knows my son, assures me she'll follow up on his placement. Then, she takes the time to phone me 30 minutes later to let me know everything's in place for him to have a "great year."

I love being a parrrothead!!!