A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....05-23-03....Sweet Home Alabama

Billie and Mama_Bear

[Mama_Bear]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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After discussing with Billie what I could post as a semi-monthly feature, we came up with the idea of doing a short 'vignette' piece on each state, starting with Alabama and working our way through Wyoming.

I am hoping to capture each state's unique atmosphere and flavor, without boring everyone with too many facts. This may (or may not) be a twice monthly feature - you never know what Da'Bear will post next ;-), but every so often I will be taking a lighthearted look at a new state and, together with you, we'll salute the Fine Americans who live there and proudly call themselves 'FReepers'.

In the spotlight today.....

According to the
Alabama State Page

160 Fine Alabamians
(blam, Alas Babylon!, FreepLady, Bizzy Bugz,
Paul Atreides, ToKillaMockingbird, and many more)

hail from the

(Crank up the volume!)

Alabama - Tidbits and Trivia

Alabama was admitted into the union on December 14, 1819.

The name "Alabama" means "tribal town" in the language of the local Creek Indians.

The State Nickname - Heart of Dixie, "Yellowhammer State"

Alabama State Motto - "Audemus jura nostra defendere" - We Dare Defend Our Rights

The Alabama State Song - "Alabama" (well, who would have guessed? LOL!)

The state nut of Alabama is the Pecan. (Pecan recipes, anyone?)

The star blue quartz is the state's official gemstone.

The state game bird of Alabama is the wild turkey. (Wild Turkey recipes?) ;-)

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Of course, no post about Alabama would be complete without a mention of the University of Alabama's......

and
Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant

***A bit of football trivia***

Does anyone know who caught Joe Namath's first touchdown pass at Alabama?

How about this one? Who scored the only touchdown in Alabama's 7-3 victory over Auburn in 1967?

If you think you can't live another moment without the answers, click on the graphic below where you will find even more UA Football trivia.

"YEA ALABAMA" FIGHT SONG

Let the Swanee Tiger scratch,
Let the Yellow Jacket sting,
Let the Georgia Bulldog bite,
Alabama still is right!
And whether win or lose we smile,
For that's Bama's fighting style:
You're Dixie's football pride,
Crimson Tide!
A-L-A-B-A-M-A

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Last but not least,
some famous Alabamians...

Boxer Joe Louis was born in Lexington in 1914. He died in 1981.

Baseball player Henry Louis (Hank) Aaron was born in Mobile 1934.

Helen Adams Keller was born on 27 June 1880 in Tuscumbia, in Northwest Alabama.

Lookout Mountain, Alabama produced the most popular band in country music history.....

...and, from Birmingham, Alabama's newest celebrity,
***The Velvet Teddy Bear***
American Idol winner, Ruben Studdard!

It's Friday so let's have some fun with this. Please join in with your favorite regional recipes, Alabama travel memories, state facts or trivia, or your favorite Alabama song.

I'll start....

A Finest Salute to our
FRiends from the
great state of Alabama!

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[Mama_Bear]

Would you believe that I've made that pork chop recipe a few times and it is good!

Really? Sure sounds simple enough. My kind of recipe. LOL.

[MinuteGal]

Yep, the Coosa-Tallapoosa is a lolla-palooza name for a river!

Leni

[Pippin]

Good morning, Lori!

[Pippin]

Howdy, FTH!

[Pippin]

hi, Meekie!

Are we gonna behave ourselves today? :O)

[Pippin]

Good Morning, Aqua!

[Pippin]

Hi, Gail!

[Pippin]

Good Morning Aeronaut!

[Mama_Bear]

Morning, Meekie. It took me the longest time to figure out how to get the code for this. I have one of these weather gizmos on my page, but forgot how I got it there. LOL.

[Diver Dave]

Interesting info about Alabama. My Dad was born in Foley and waaaay back in '51, we drove over a lot of rivers and through a lot of woods to Grandma's house.

Enjoy your trip down under, mate.

[Mama_Bear]

Hi, Pippin! Have you got plans for a nice three day weekend coming up?

[FreeTheHostages]

And a hearty good morning to you! This is a great idea and I confess I read about Alabama with some fascination -- a place I've actually never been to.

It's really scandalous how many states I haven't been to. I've been to California precisely once, for instance.

[Mama_Bear]

Yep, the Coosa-Tallapoosa is a lolla-palooza....

Sure is. I love funny names. You know, if something has to have a name it might as well be a cute, funny one. Whoever chose the names in our neck of the woods had no sense of humor at all. LOL.

[nicmarlo]

The state nut of Alabama is the Pecan

I thought it was Paul Atreides! : ) Very interest posting, Mama_bear....this is a great idea, about going from state to state! Looking forward to the rest.

Good Friday Morning, all!!!!

[Mama_Bear]

.....waaaay back in '51, we drove over a lot of rivers and through a lot of woods to Grandma's house.

I think maybe I traveled through Alabama a couple times when the Navy insisted on transfering us from the East Coast to the West Coast and then back again. LOL.

[MeekOneGOP]

So, uh, which one is MORE like the REAL Meekie, huh ???:

Hmm ?? Maybe somewhere in between . . .

[nicmarlo]

Are we gonna behave ourselves today? :O)

You two, behave yourselves???

[Aeronaut]

Good morning Pippin.

[Diver Dave]

BTW, the Freedom Flame traveling 9/11 display will be in Modesto today at noon and will then travel to Fresno this afternoon.

The display includes some steel from the WTC and one of the firetrucks from NYC.

Freedom's Flame "America's 9-11 Memorial" California Journey

[Mama_Bear]

Enjoy your trip down under, mate.

Thanks. The one thing that I hope to do down there is cuddle a koala. I didn't know about "koala cuddling" until I started doing some research on Australia. Seems there are places where you can actually cuddle one of those cute little creatures. Koala cuddling has been banned in New South Wales, but in Queensland, where we will be, it is permitted as long as they are only cuddled for no more than 30 minutes a day and have every 4th day off. I hope they have LOTS of koalas, otherwise the lines are apt to be very long. LOL.