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re: Say goodbye to The Varsity in Athens
Posted on 5/13/21 at 4:19 pm to Peter Buck
Posted on 5/13/21 at 4:19 pm to Peter Buck
I met him once on an Athens barstool and another time on an Atlanta bar stool in little five points when he was peddling books to the alternative book stores.
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Posted on 5/13/21 at 5:58 pm to tylerdurden24
Which Varsity came first, Athens or Atlanta?
Posted on 5/13/21 at 6:19 pm to FirstCityDawg
Atlanta. And it was founded by a GT grad.
I personally don't give a shite about the varsity.
I personally don't give a shite about the varsity.
Posted on 5/13/21 at 6:50 pm to deeprig9
While Atlantas was certainly first I always heard the football player logo was supposed to be Fran tarkenton. Haven't seen anything to confirm that though
Posted on 5/13/21 at 6:52 pm to deeprig9
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And it was founded by a GT grad.
Reinhardt Grad, Tech drop out
This post was edited on 5/13/21 at 6:53 pm
Posted on 5/13/21 at 7:54 pm to AirbusDawg
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Gumbys
I worked there for a few weeks when I was in school as a driver and it was no wonder that place got shut down with a quickness. Managers and employees openly smoking pot on shift, coke being offered left and right, it was a little much even for a kid who wasn't afraid to dabble recreationally. I think I made it a few weeks on the job before I called it quits.
That was also the first place me and some buddies were able to score some pints using our shitty fake IDs our first few weeks at Creswell. It rarely worked anywhere downtown, but at Gumby's they were usually more than happy to oblige.
Pokie sticks, baby. Nothing better when you were good and sauced.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 4:21 am to playmakers in space
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Pokie sticks, baby. Nothing better when you were good and sauced.
I loved the pepperoni rolls too! Loaded with ranch ofc
Posted on 5/14/21 at 1:19 pm to Lucius Clay
My first trip back to Athens after leaving the Army in 1971 included a couple of pitchers at T K Harty's with friends.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 1:25 pm to AlaCowboy
Was the trolley still running back then?
Posted on 5/14/21 at 1:26 pm to AlaCowboy
Toss a few back with Abraham Baldwin and John Milledge?
Posted on 5/14/21 at 1:47 pm to tylerdurden24
I got a greasy burger there in 1980. They were so fast! Big gov hates local mom and pop shops.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 1:49 pm to playmakers in space
Calling Gumby's at last call and getting back to your house just before the delivery guy was always the right move.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 2:06 pm to deeprig9
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GT grad..
I thought the founder never graduated, just attended and dropped out or flunked out.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 5:05 pm to UnderDog68
Edit bad info
This post was edited on 5/14/21 at 5:48 pm
Posted on 5/14/21 at 5:32 pm to deeprig9
Mini target already exists where Taste of India used to be, next to Mayflower
Posted on 5/14/21 at 6:49 pm to deeprig9
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Ort never paid taxes
That poor guy gets the shaft so many times. Some jackass assistant DA who lives in his neighborhood had the county try to condemned his house because it was messy.
I remember him hanging out at my grandmother's bookstore in my younger years. She always referred to him as William.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 6:54 pm to Rex Feral
Poor poor pitiful Ort.
Posted on 5/15/21 at 5:17 am to deeprig9
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Poor poor pitiful Ort.
Careful, buddy, or I'll have to call on my lawyers, guns, and money.
- Zombie Warren Zevon
Posted on 5/15/21 at 7:30 am to AirbusDawg
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When Gumbys and the shrimp boat place closed down it was a sad sad day.
I don’t remember how large the largest Gumby was, but I remember getting a few and seeing the drunken rise from the dead.
Posted on 5/15/21 at 10:58 am to WG_Dawg
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I swear 20 years from now I'm gonna be downtown and look around and recognize literally nothing from my college days.
I know times change and all but small southern college towns should look the part, it doesn't need to look like a soulless Atlantic station
This is too perfect. Becasue not even 10 years ago, if someone made this exact same post, you'd of snarked out and called them crusty. Then, another chowder pop might of strolled up, danced a jig, and regurgitated a simpsons old man yelling at cloud gif for the 750,000th time. While another guild member chimed in with some incoherent cringe babble like 'lol. you haz a sad! Y U B salty?!'
But now here we all are.
Checkmate, chowder-pops.
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