{"id":1828,"date":"2008-04-05T23:07:44","date_gmt":"2008-04-06T05:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=1828"},"modified":"2008-04-05T23:14:16","modified_gmt":"2008-04-06T05:14:16","slug":"tiger-watch-party-saucer-monday-night-also-jumper-cable-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2008\/04\/05\/tiger-watch-party-saucer-monday-night-also-jumper-cable-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger watch party @ Saucer Monday night. Also: Jumper Cable Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I walked up to the Saucer at about 3:30, an hour and a half prior to the Memphis Tiger game, still unsure whether I would stay there or go over to Barton Flats for the watch party some of my friends were having. By game time it was clear… I was staying at the Saucer. By end of game it was obvious I had made the right decision. We were sitting at the window celebrating, volleying Tiger cheers at everyone who walked by.<\/p>\n

Memphis vs. Kansas at 8:21 PM Monday. I will be there at 5:05 and will be getting the seats we had for the last two rounds. Gang who plans on being in attendance: Help me hold seats. This is not a case of sitting at the bar for a while and then moving. Get our seats the minute you get there or they will be gone.<\/p>\n

After the game, I watched the UNC-Kansas game, then tabbed out to go home. A new neighbor of mine tried very hard to sell me on a run at Big Foot, to the point that I wondered if he knew someone there who worked there and who hadn’t seen me in 4 days and wanted very badly for me to come in. But anyway, I got right outside of Big Foot’s window when a familiar-looking stranger approached me. “Paul, I’m Jumper Cable Guy,” he told me. “I’m the guy who’s been running the scams about jumper cables the past three years. I just wanted to apologize. I have a good job now, it pays $21 an hour. I just couldn’t make it on my military benefits, so I had to scam people. I apologize. I hope you understand. I won’t be doing it any more.” Do I believe him? Maybe 5%. Going to be real interested to hear if there are reports of this guy scammming over the next month.<\/p>\n

As I talked to him Big Foot’s owner and one of the managers banged on the glass and mouthed the words, “That’s Jumper Cable Guy.”<\/p>\n

Hang on, let’s post a pic of Jumper Cable Guy, in case there’s any doubt:<\/p>\n

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Beer report in the morning. Too sleepy to type much more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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